The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-19
HIS REMOVAL SOUGHT
Freezing May Send Agent to
Tulsa This Week to
Conduct Probe.
FORGERY OF SIGNATURES?
Story Of Negroes That They
Did Not Sign Bonds Is
Given Credence

There was renewed interest In the
Hubbs phoney bond yesterday when
II was announced by members OF the
Automobile club that committee OF
prominent business men would leave
today for oklahoma city TO place
before Governor Robertson and At
torney General Freezing the set OF
resolutions passed recently which ask
for an investigation of The Official
acts Of County Attorney Munroe In
approving "A bond which later proved
worthless The resolutions as passed
by the automobile assoc In tion ASK
for an investigation by state Off
c!als with view to remova lfrom
office OF all incompetent. and
crooked officials"
II was said yesterday that Munroe
already has had conference with
both Governor Robertson and Attor-
uey General Freezing Members OF
The clud said that Munroe had .eN-
planned 10 both OF these state Off
clas that the attempt 10 remove him
from office was purely OF political
nature and that 1t WAS not because
citizens are dissatisfied with the
Wholesale theft Of automobiles
Names May he Forged.
allnOUEn no UflIllllt
was made It was rumored that "A rep
resentatiye from the office OF the
ATTORNEY general probably would be
In Tulsa this week to make an In
vestigation OF the charges against
Munroe's administration.
The statements OF Jessie Harvey
and EG White. negroes. whose names
wore sighed 70 the worthless bond,
hiatt did not approve the bond,
were given credence yesterday when
II Was learned that comparison OF
signatures showed that they did not
iAllv M
Jessie Hervey. one OF the signers.
has been In the employ OF Andrew
Arthur. 1916 South Cincinnati, for
the last II years, according TO M.
T.. McCune, Arthur's partner In the
feed busipess at izf West First
street. ana during all that time the
negro woman has had the conf
dence OF both the Arthur and the
McCurc families a
hcCune said that after making a
bond Of $4,000 for the release Of
me Hervey woman pending the
nearing OF the perjury charges
against her. he compared the sigma
iure Of the woman with that on the
pond upOn which Hubbs was re-
leased and found that the signature
On the bond s a forgery The woman
lo'd hcr employers, as well us Jus
"ct Gray. that she had never signed
any papers OF any kind in many
wears. without first consulting either
NFthur, Mrs Arthur or McCune. All
he legal papers belonging to the
woman are kept In safe In the
Arthur a McCune office and the
men have acted as her counsellor for
many years In business matters.
I'd White, the other bondsman,
VINO denied signing the bond. also
I'D McCune, who has had busin ess
ueAings with White for six years.
hat ne did not sign the bond and
hhe" nothing about IT, McCune said
.hAt IN all his dealings with White
business way he found the negro
uuS'"orthy IN every respect White
nu, only denied signing the bond,
oul sild that he could prove by "A
NUMBER OF Witnesses that he was not
Iulsa on the day the bond was
Leslie Brooks. the notary before
Nnon the bond is said TO have been
tneu' Is uncertain as to how many
,,s,oeS n,,,. or white men were in his
.'.lce at the time the bond was
hneo' FROM the signatures two
,s''ols. woman and n man. were
e sighrrs. but Brooks is uncertain
W whether two negroes signed
pohd or as to whether white
,s ~" accompanied the negroes when
'"'u uinent was signed.