The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-08-03
STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
COUNTY or TULSA. a.

COUNTY or TULSA. "a.
!, Edward r. Vann, being flrs
uuly sworn, dopoae and sny that 7
am thirty-one years OF age, was born
In what Is now the County OF Mus-
kogoe, State Of Oklahoma, and have
resided IN the State OF Oklahoma
all OF my life;
That j commenced 10 work for tho
corporation Commission OF the
state or oklahoma on or about SEN
tember 10, 1917, and worked under
inc state Corporation Commission
untn May, 1913; that IN Nav. fefs
! was drafted into the army ana re-
mained there until December. 1oIS
when / was returRed to Oklahoma
city and on Janudry 1, 1919 again
entered the employ OF the Corpora
ton Commission and remained with
the Corporation Commission until
December, 1919:
That during the year 1919 7 was
the assistant appraiser and assistant
Inspector or public utilities in the
Sate OF Oklahoma under the Cor
poratlon Commission, that during
this time /, with eleven other cm-
ployes of the Corporation Commits
sion, under the supervision or M
~. Durham. also an employ OF the
Corporation Commission, was Tor.
dered to make an appraisement and
inventory OF all the physical pro-
perues OF tho Oklahoma Natural
Gas Company within the State OF
Oklahoma;
That work on the appraisement
ana inventory OF the physical pro-
perties or the Oklahoma Natural
Gas Company was started some
time In September, 1919, and finish
cd on or about the 9Th day OF
December. 1919, during which time
q. II. Thrhves, who IL now n can
didate for the office OF Corporation
Commissioner. was IN the employ Of
the Corporation Commission and was
fully aware of all the facts in con-
nection therewith;
That on the evening OF July 81.
1920. at the corner OF Fourth and
Main streets, Tulsa, Oklahoma, o. r.
Thraves made the statement before
n number OF people, In his speech
that he made Mt that time, that all
OF the persons who made the inyen-
tory and apprals9ment OF the pro-
perties OF the Oklahoma Natural
Gas Company are now in the en-
ploy or the oklahoma Natural Gas
Company, intimating that they had
been bribed at the time of taking
the inventory OF the physical proper
ties and. as a reward. had been en-
ploycd after that time by the Okla
homa Natural Gas Company;
That ! am the only one OF the
thirteen individuals who made such
physical appraisement and inventory
who IL now or has been at any time
employed by The oklahoma Natural
Gas Company, except I understand
and believe that one individual, w.
r. Sorrcls some time during the
spring or summer OF 1920 aid work
for the oklahoma Natural Gas Com
pany at Beggs, oklahoma. for
period of about thirty days:
That after the speech OF o. II.
Thraves. I spoke TO o. r. Thraves
and asked him why he made these
statements, that I had been n friend
Of his for n number OF years and did
not see why he should make any
false statements Ike these, and o.
r, Thravos said that this was poll
tics and ne had TO say something
and had 10 make II Just as strong
az ne possibly could make II,
EDWARD r. VANN.
Sworn and subscribed TO before
me, n notary public. In and for
said county and state on this, the
2nd day OF August, 1920.
c. A. O'Donovan, notary public.
My commission expires August
II, 1921.
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