The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-11-02
Eleventh Hour
Canard Nailed.

Guthrie, Okla, Oct. 81. 1914.


time and read Of James sbu circular letters which
20 late that Is practically impossible to get reply printed and
Tuesday November myself the other candi-
aa dates this a., Ign a Ssea a. out & the county for the
why Hepburn circulate not two or
the ut Of his charges and 50 could have had opportunity
are untrue and Mr. Hepburn knew they would not bear ri npgaon
o. s so voters 0s m To record or % @ % 9p gee In MS ss A.
oey and also record Deputy county attorney but he gives
investigate anything time
ago In the Ansps p%as when Hepburn was at
to the same trick by sending out scurrous ccuar Friday
following repdated BY Ours under an -valanehe
over six hundred majority in favor n Adams Deeency politics
cannot possibly get my reply his circular in the mails before
after voted Tuesday But knowing might
have decided answer briefly of the most serious things he
AS to scroggns briefly the facts:
On September ~ 3 1911 one Thomas Terry filed a in the Dis,
employed James Hepburn defend him. office
s which the ns false s @ oan d
sq S shs m % Of so after Terp 1s
the not caring to face another tury \
man Then s saye years % a almost IT, ad % and G the
Of section 80 township Is range for s5OoOO in favor of
On scrogglns affidavit sworn to before
G H. ariswold Deputy Clerk of the District Court:
order protect would to make
fian would act
an e claim Of @ TERRY s In Gase @ said said
james Hepburn further represented that this mortgage for five
ether That said action afterwards tried in the District
tant the action resulted hung jury the
s e agree s % upon @ a That M TIN said sa action was @ @
aant office the said James Hepburn and demanded
cid man hearing poor sight
dollar morgage that the said james Hepburn lighted match ap
@ ass e burned s be Dc s a @ Sn s%9 d 5 % s
ended the whole matter That this aant paid the SAID
die Hepburn which N
s 1872 Received from JOHN sosns dollars
attorney fee in case Terry vs. scosgns % in the District Court bal
afant rendered the said Hepburn
Ssss asan' 0 S
& aeee ea r y M five dollars and no @ other e sum ns
on about June 18th s Mr. seossns we went to the Farmers
president the bank his neghbos
had thought Hepburn up preesne 2s
1912 had shown up IN the Logan county records and Mr. Beyer
the register OF deeds office and found
corded April 2sth
had that the had been recorded and he
At Mr. scrOggns request instituted the suit to quiet the title
mortgage making Of the party
1s camse M Sa' r SS @ 0 & M % srn Ss aaS on on the
Otrict Volume Mortsages Page the ress
paid check the Farmers and Merchants Bank IN
$500 than he had been contend
Why did Hepburn take 5000 and realise tOO0gH
nsass advised scroggns to pay 5000 because scrogsns
feeble that he had be assisted the stairs
de and felt that he could not bear the strain Of a
30 1914 Coggns died at his home the farm
th facts in the scrosgns case shown by the records
district and the register deeds office
sdhdavit Of John Scroggtns deceased
Hepburn his circular that August 20 1872
made between him and Scoggins in OLE
Had would haY
that Jim burned the real mortgage and not sose
Mr.. Hepburn explain this mortgage
March p 1872 placed
In OF deeds office till April 2sh 1887 Was be
fast failing health and had rea
Oklahoma, might time
$4,000 against his after his death
the facts and crcumstanual evidence iron
witch sou may draw your conclusions.
Hepburn that he informed that hour
passed said Swank robbed mel swami
believe that tho
thinking about financial matters No
Scroggns his right mind at that time he thinking
serious matters
indictments fled october % 1913
Others comprising cotton trust q
these indictments returned whneN
county He did tell that Attorney
mis- assistants conducted this bearing before
iRdtctmen signed Charles West Ate
1rney Kough. grand jury and
Hepburn had do IN mat
private He sometimes the
but aid nothing Hepburn
October till 3, 1911 Why didnt
bring these trial while he county attorney? lie