The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-27
WATSON WAS A
GOOD BORROWER
Witnesses Tell Of Leans Made
TO Him and Others Who
Refused 10 Lend.
LAWT0N CASE Is MENTIONED

G. Is AmeS, prumiurut attorney ui
this city aud former member " ia,
supreme court comm,a. a.Iuu testified
before the special investigating ppm
miltrr OF the house th morning tina,
Col A. + Watson, m.uuur of th,
corporation commission uud borrowed
about SiUO from him a.I had repaid
only $50 of the amount although tL,
luan was made lu the m. of 1905.
Judl. Amr- sratru run Watson
came ro him at that tim. uu said rhur
hc had % sou in NundruI university
and that hc would Ike n borrow $40
% month ro carry the 0.. through the
senior class.
Il Ionuod him IA, m.u. said
Judge Amr- and tool ID uulr -lgnrd
h} CoD Watson aud hi. ..u The $40
payments were made 10. mu running
from about September zoos. r9 June.
1909
Judge j T. Drkcr-w member of
/ lhr committee asked Mr. Anne. II ne
/ was attorney for the ST. Loud, and
San francisco Railvs company at
rhut time
The witness replied rho, hr was.
and that his roud and other companies
/ we're having considerable business be-
FOR" the corporation commission at
That time.
liza, amy of this money ever been
/ repuld To- your Judge Ame. was
/ asked
/ Knew Watson a Long Time.
Two notes Of $40 each were paid
and the balance has newer been re
puid replied Ames
Have you asekd fur ruu money q"
| the witness was asckd
Yes, frequently" wu, the reply.
Judge Amcs stated that nt the time
7 Watson borrowed the money from him
he had submitted hi, resignation u4
attorney Tor the Frisco but that II
was not accepted until the following
/ January.
Judg" Ames stated. however. that he
did not believe that Colonel Watson
knew that he had resigned us Frisco
attorney because he had met told him
so. II" suited that he had known Wat
son tur twenty years. iu Mississippi
before coming tu Oklahoma
John ShHrtcl. vice president M the
Oklahoma Railway company. testified
that In the late fall ~ 1872 Col Wat
son tried 10 borrow about $500 N
him Shurle said he told Watson that
Dee could not comply with his request
aud dll not believe 1t proper TO make
the loan
Sought Loan From SharteI
"l In the fall Of 1913 Watson came
10 me again aud asked me To lunn him
$1,000 testified Shartcl "A refused
To let him have the money told
him that | thought It would be highly
improper for man In my position
with Il railroad which had cases be
fore the commission to make loan
To u member " that body called
his attention 10 the fact that my com
pany was under orders of the commits
sion and could be- fined for rontempt
FOR violations and that any member
NJ the commission should not be- nm
der obligations to any of the Officers
Shartel said that Watson then
agreed with him and remarked that
he had not thought ~ the matter iu
that light before
j. W Noeman, a farm loan man ut
Lawton. testified that In July. 1914.
4 = Watson presided for the commits
sion over hearing at Iawton upon
complains brought by citizens NJ that
town that the two local lee plants
had formed combination 10 give
short weights After the hearing hud
proceeded FOR time the wifury. .uid
all parties agreed on compromi,r
that the commission was IN make
general order requiring all Ice compa
nlcs I'm the state 10 give full weight
The matter ran along for about seven
weeks. according 10 lOemau when he
learned that instead of making the ar
der agreed upon the corporation com
mission had dismissed the ease
Case Was Dismissed.
Noeman said that 5. | McElhocs ms
,istant attorney general had conduct
'd the ease for the compainnnty and
when he learned the case was dis
missed hc asked McElhoes to find ont
The reason Later McElhocs told Voc
man, according tu the testimony. that
Watson had said that he had dls
missed the cnse upon n promise NJ
MIR KEYS NJ this city. who owns an
electric light plant and one ~ the Ice
plants at lawton that his company
would give FUN weights.
Are conditions the same nj Lgwtnp
now as before the hearing was helda
the witness was asked
Yes sir was the reply
'Iluve you ever gotten amy relief
from the corporation commis-ion9'
no. sir the witness replied
NoemHn testified that ns far AS he |
knew no reversal VI the dismissal or
icr has ever been made by the com. .
mission
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