The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-07-28
Mrs. B0arman Recalled to
Stand Tells What Was on
Part of Letter Torn Off
BY Judge Wright
CHECK DATED FEB. Is,
1921, EXHIBIT ONE
WITNESS SAYS SHE HAS CASHED
NUMEROUS CHECKS FOR THE
JUDGE DID NOT REMEMBER
THIS PARTICULAR ONE

limlnary hearing Of Judge Lucisn p.
Wright, accused in IN information.
fled By $ p Freeing state attorney
general Of having accepted q bribc Of
$4,000 for a decision he rendered in
the Tommy Atkins oil land case, en-
tered its second day of testimony at
q. m. today.
Mrs. T. Il. Boarman of Oklahoma
City, who was on the stand when court
adjourned Yesterday, was called back
today by Attorney General Freezing
for cross-examination at the hands
cf Judge Ben Thompson, head of the
defense counsel.
torn letter which Mrs. Boarman
was alleged to have received from
Judge Wright was introduced. The
defense objected on the grounds that
the letter was mutilated, but the OBJ
lection was overruled. Mrs. Boarman
testified that in the part Of the let
ter that was torn off Judge Wright
said:
After July l | will have plenty Of
money. after which l can go away"
After this testimony the witness was
released to the defense.
Judge Thompson questioned Mrs
Boarman as to money which she tes-
titled yesterday she saw Judge Wright
have. He inquired its denomination,
the amount and if she saw it at close
range. The witness replied that she
did not know the amount and was not
near when he showed the money.
The defense then introduced as ex-
hibit number one a check dated Feb
ruary Is, 1921, for SIS which Judge
A Thompson charged Mrs. Boarman
cashed for Judge Wright to pay his
way home" The witness said she had
cashed numerous checks for Judge
n Wright but did not remember this
particular check which the defense
claimed was to supply funds for the
N Judge to return home after the state
lad claimed ne displayed the alleged
~ money TO Mrs Boarman in Oklahoma
City.
In reply to a defense question the
witness said sne had known Charles
Page, against whom Judge Wright
ndeclded the Tommy Atkins case, and
yCharles McCloud one of those in
dorsing the information against Judge
Wright, only u few weeks"
Mrs Boardman denied that she had
ever received or had been promised
any money from the Page interests
She admitted receiving large sum OF
money from Sapulpa but not from
Tulsa. Sne also denied having re
Gently deposited $1,000 in an Okla
homa City bank.
Attorney General Freezing again
4 took the witness and questioned hei
about cashing checks for Judge
Wright
A man rame1 Smith, of Sapulpa
offered ner sum for her testimony
the witness testified, but the offel
was refused Mrs. Boardman admitted
receiving 81 500 from Judge Wright
and said 1t was u be used in paying
for her home. The witness saii
Judge Wright told her he had beer
playing cards with Attorney Lytle o.
counsel for the defense and had los
$40. which the witness said the judg'
told her, he paid by check so III
could have Lytle's signature" Free
ling asked how the $500 which
Wright sent her had been paid. e
which she replied. five hundred dol
lars by certified check. $500 cash an'
personal check for $500"
The defense again examined tn
witness, putting into the evidenc
another check as exhibit No. ., nc
knowledged by the witness to hav
been given by Judge Wright II
payment of taxes on property In OK
lahoma City. The amount was giveI
as sl0G.
Judge Thompson asked the witnes
about the card game which the dc
fendant played In.
She replied that II was poker
and that the Judge told her he los
Intentionally.
Asked what Kind OF poker" tn
witness said she Thought there wa
only one Kind"
The response brought laughter fron
the spectators.
The torn letter again came int
the discussion when Judge Thompson
asked who mutllated 1t.
My daughter" the witness replied
The defense brought out testimon
. that II was the only letter OF Judg
Il wright's which had been saved an
N that II was preserved because 1t cor
tanned reference TO money"
Jesse Jerico. a retail clothier G
Oklahoma city, followed Mrs. Boart
man on the stand. He testified {
having sold Judge Wright some clotf
ing mentioned In testimony yestc'
day. The purchase. Jerico sait
amounted to sos.
Before the opening OF the cour'
Judge Wright entered the court roor
..unaccompanied and mingled with tn
kpectators, shaking hands and smi
ing.
Several officials OF the court jol
inrly asked each other before th
scssion started. II they had "rid then
selves OF their sudden bosom friends.
neaning as they explained, that the
'were being accompanied about thel