Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-03-03

was called into the case by one Of
them TO represent Minnie lie sub
mitted a lease form and contract
later. following which Minnie's attor-
noy wired TO Tulsa TO ascertain the
standing OF Page and Josey, the Gem
oil company and Mr.. Long Follow
Ing this, Long returned TO Tulsa, At
torney Hanford also went to Tulsa
and in about two weeks a price for
the lease was agreed upon and the
lease under which Page and Josey
hold possession OF the land was duly
executed.
At the same time Long was In
Seattle, Sadie James, +. L. Montgom-
cry for the government and j. Car
field Buell. We're also there, together
with a detective named Robinson, It
was testified.
These men had offered Minnie At
kns So 600 for the Cushing property.
lIanford her attorney procured
$4,000 for her for it from Page
and Josey.
Attorney Corrorboratcs.
The attorney for Minnie Atkins
corrOrborated the testimony given
by Long auent the occurrences at
Seattle, the subsequent leasing of the
land and showed that the transaction
was one of absolute good faith.
1t was shown In the testimony of
Ilanford and Long that the Mont
Vgomcry- crowd, by making Min
something wrong and mentioning
seven years in the penitentiary,"
prevailed upon her to affix her sig
nature TO statement that Tommy
Atkins had died in his infancy. Min
ME Atkins told Montgomery the next
day that the statement she had
signed was not true, that Tommy
lived, and that she was much per-
turbed and had signed the statement
to keep Montgomery from bothering
her,
Hanford and Long testified that
mentioning Tommy Atkins to Minnie
was delicate question with her. She
was out in Seattle where she thought
she would not be known. The former
Carlisle pupil for years had felt Sc
cure in her marriage to Harry Folk,
felt that dark past would never be
revived TO her husband, who knew
nothing of the life his wife had
lived in Leavenworth and at Fort
Logan, Colo. Revealing this past life
now that she was happily married
was most repugnant and obnoxious to
her, even though it might mean the
possession Of a rich and valuable oil
property in oklahoma. 1t was to keep
down the facts that Tommy Atkins
was born In Granny" Letchers
place in Leavenworth that Minnie
Atkins said in a trial in Creek county
at Sapulpa several months ago that
Tommy was born in the sisters hos
pital at Leavenworth.
Hanford Wouldn't Talk.
A little liveliness was put into the
proceedings today when Attorney
Hanford told of call he had re-
ceived last summer to come TO a
hotel i'm Seattle. He went to the
room designated and was confronted
by Montgomery the detective Rob
inson and Buel. Hanford said he
would not talk before the trio when
Montgomery began questioning him.
Buel was then introduced as a.
southern gentleman who always
apologlzed before he shot, but when
he shoots, he shoots to hit" Many
took the statement literally, but later
in the day Hanford stated that he
believed the statement was a figure
OF speech.
Hanford said that Sadie James
represented to Minnie Atkins that
she was a representative of the
Dawes commission. Sadie said to
Minnie and her attorney that her
crowd of four others were members
of the Dawes commission and told
them not to have anything to do
with Frank Long. Sadie, he said,
asked them who Frank Long was;
said she knew Page, that Page was
trying to get land under forged deeds
in Kansas, and painted him in no
uncertain colors. HanfOrd declared
that Montgomery would point his
finger hypnotically at Minnie when
urging her.
Testimony taken today in the re-
ceivership case on the Tommy Atkins
was most voluminous with a two
hours recess at noon, 1T covered all
the time from $3.50 o'clock until
o'clock at a rapid pace. Attorneys
for the government and plaintiffs
questioned not a little bit, but
We're not able TO tear down any tes-
timony given by Defendants wit
nesSeS.
A considerable interest centered
around the place formerly kept by
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