Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-21
LINN CRITICIZED
IN BIG OIL CASE
Alleged to Have Bought Inter
est in Property in Litiga-
ton in His Court.
PLAINTIFF FILES PROTEST
Says District Judge Selected
Special Jurist to Pass on
100000 Case.
PLAINTIFF FILES PROTEST

Criticism of Judge Conn Linn Of the
district court for buyinr an interest
90 oil property after ,uit invoicing
that property had been started :. .ni'
court T. contained IN a document filed
IT, the district court Yesterday N Ht-
turueNs for The Wolverine on com
puny The Wolverine on company Is
suing William Parks ct q! for posscs-
si"n e an oil lease located near Icnl,s
aud estimated to De WORTH $500. 600.
Create, Sensation.
The case VAS to have been tried
Yesterday hefurc Judrc cham Jul,s %
Naurik1, who Is holding O. special Sos.
slou cf district court here. Yesterday
morning the plaintiffs filed an up
/ phcaiion for another iHdgc TO hear
/ their case.
Thi, new Development In the "half
/ dllion dollar" case created a seusl-
/ ton at the courthouse Tho appli
.atlou was read I'm open court but
the defendants. Of whom Judge inn
ia one. were prepared and immediptcl,
following the reading of the npIlica.
ton presented a rcspousr In Wnict
they asked nat Judge Jones hear the
case,
Selected Jones, l. Charge.
II was charged by the plaintiffs
that last month Judge Linn. without
their knowledge. entered into an
agreement with Judge cham Jones of
the Fifteenth judicial district. where
by Judge Jones was 10 hold special
session Of district court ON Feb
ruary 10. II is declared. Judge Linn
requested the chief Justice Of the su-
b premc court to assign Judge Jones
TO Tulsa II Is asserted In the plain
tfis' application that Judge Linn
. attempted 90 secure Judge Jones for
trying this cause
Associate of brother.
There are two Judges In the Fif-
teenth judicial district. one is Judge
Jones. The other Is Judge VIII Linn
brother of Conn Linn of this city,
For this and other reasons. the plain
tffs say. they do not believe Judge
Jones can give the case fair trial.
The suit of the Wolverlny oil COM
pany against william Parks and as
sociates was filed in the district court
last April ON July L.. It IS said
| Judge Linn bought sixteenth M
terest i'm tho property of the defend
ants. thereby becoming one of the de-
PENDANTS himself.
Linn Disqualified self.
Judge Linn at once disqualified
himself from trying this case. II was
agreed between plaintiffs and defend
ants that the case would hc tried on
December % before a special judge
3 10 be sent to Tulsa by the suprcm,
court. ON that day the supreme cour
failed to send judge, later explain
ing that there were no jurists avail
able on that date.
The case was continued When ar
= rangemcnts were complete for tn,
present special session the wolverine
case was included in the docket.
Judge Jones declined TO disqualif'
- himself outright. lie declared tina
T. he was not prcjudiced in the case aut
could give II fair and honest trial
lie did offer to turn the case over u
. the Judge Of another district. provid
ing one could be found who Wuul'
! come to Tulsa within the next .
hours. II not, he would proceed Will
the trial of the case at once, he said.
, May 60 To Trial Today.
The matter was explained to chic
Justice Sharp of the supreme Coui
, at oklahoma city over long distanc
telephone 10y Judge Jones last nish
The chief Justice said that he woul
endetvor To- find a judge To hear IN
81 wolverine case and will commun.cat
$ the results to Judge Jones today.
; Judge Jones said that ne Wuul
not take up the Wolverine case unit
o. this afternoon when his actions wi
I be governed by the Information frOt
E the supreme court Justice.
I Probably the greatest array Of lcga
{ talent ever connected with case o.
- the local courts viii be In attcudauc
, when the Wolverine case comes :
p trial owing to the large sum iu
- ] vni,.p1 engb side has retained "a luig