Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-03-16
LESLIE N|BLACK
MUST Face TRIAL
EDITOR OF GUTHRIE LEADER
CHARGED WITH DEIRNUDING
STATE or MONIN.
FARRIS IS ALSO INDICTED
Three Counts Against Former state
Printer; Anoihrr Newspaper
Mnn Arrested

OKLAHOMA CITY. March 10. -
(Special) Leslie e.. NlbAck. cditoT
and owner of the Guthrie Leaaer, and
son law of former Governor G. N.
Haskell, was arrested brought here
from Guthrie, and arraigned In dis
tr.ct court late Saturday evening on
an indictment returned By the okla
homa county grand jury Friday Tho
bill, containing two counts, charges
him with preparing false evidence and
with obta ming money under false pre-.
lenses. Henry T. DerWln, superinten-
dent of the Guthrie Leader, was in
dicted Jointly with Niblack for tho
same ofienses, made bond and was re-
leased during the afternoon,
Three more separate indictments
against the mpeached state printer.
Giles w Farris. were included in tho
report returned Friday. f'arris also
was indicted two weeks ago, charged
with preparing false evidence There
are now four indictments against him.
Besides the arrest of Niblack, Derwin
and farris, a number of arrests, in
Volving petty criminal oflenses, wero
made.
Charged With Eraud.
The indictment returned against
Niblack and Derwin. while specific
ally charging the preparation Of false
evidence and for false pretenses,
makes the accusation. in substance.
that they are guilty of defrauding the
state out OF S2,l30.50 The indictments
returned against them IN believed to
be the outgrowth of evidence intro
duced previouly before legislative in.
yestigating committees Both were
under examination by committees on
or about February 90 1t ls believed
that at least Il part Of this evidence
was collected and submitted to tho
| grand jury. the indictment following
Witnesses who testified before the jury
were j, A. Menefee, Il. j. Allen, II. G.
| Cain, Lyman Cray and T.. Il. Howard.
Details of Charges.
The Indictments returned against
Nlblack and Derwin allege that the
defendants obtained state warrants
from former State Auditor Leo Meyer,
on November II. 1911, aggregating the
sum Of S2,1S0.j0. purportng to have
been issued in payment for work fur
nlshed by the Guthrie Leader COM
pany. The work consisted Of printing
reports supposed to have been fur
| nished by the Guthrie Leader company
to the office of the state treasurer. II
IL alleged that the warrant was false
ly forged, Countcrfeited and altered.
that the signature Of r. j. Allen, as
chairman Of the state board OF affairs,
was forged by some one, is alleged II
Is also alleged that Niblack swore on
his oath that the claim was correct.
This was done before notary pub
| lie. Lyman Gray, on November IA,
| 1911, according to the allegations
made. The second count in the indict.
mcnt recltes the same charges. sub
stantially. The first CONT attempts
to fix guilt on Niblack and Derwln
| for having prepared false evidence.
The second count is the one in which
they are accused with having nego-
tiated the warrant or obtained money
under false pretense.
Dcrwin Eidn't PLEAD.
Henry T.. DcrWin on being arraigncd
before District Judge W. Il. TAYLOR
took advantage of the legal preroga-
tive, allowing him twenty-four hours
in whc hto plead Since court win
ont convene again until Monday, he
viii take more than the allotted -
hours, 1t Is understood that he eN-
poets to hold counsel with his attor-
neys before entering plea. He was
not represented by legal counsel when
arraigncd He made bond in the sum
of $1,000 and was released Niblaek's
bond also was fixed at $1,000.