The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-31

the Harris property if Mr. Rebold
would also get him this lease in Jack.
son county, and that he paid Dennis
just what Clark was willing TO nav him
Tor the. lease; and that he finally made
a trade with Clark to sell him the Har-
ris property and this Jackson county
lease for $205, 900. Then Mr. Rebold tells
how William G. McAdoo, Jr.. came
along and offered him $lS5. 900 for the
Harris property alone, with payments
10 be made in such way as TO make the
deal with McAdoo more desirable than
that with Clark, and the Clark PROPOSE
ton was abandoned; then McAdoo
taile1 to pay and the Prairie Oil and
Gas Company, who had vouched for
McAdco took over the Harris prop
erty leaving Mr.. Rebold the owner. as
Ne still is, Of the lease which Dennis
sold him. There is no satisfactory ex-
p.anati-n why Clark in purchasing oil
property in Okmulgee county wanted
companion piece 50 great distance
away as in Jackson county.
Your committee is convinced that tho
lease sold by Dennis to Rebod was at
the time, as Rebold and Dennis both
knew, in condemned territory and not
worth one collar per acre; and that
the sale Of this lease to Rebold if any
such sale was made, was a pretext to
cover up corrupt transaction in which
Rebold paid $4,000 and in which the
governor participated, to have his bank
passed wit'aout criticism and 10 receive
this additional sl50.000 of state money
Tor the use Of the bank. In January of
TINS year the condition of this bank
became so bad that it had to transfer
It's assets and business to another bank.
Ihe governor took this Dennis check
OF sS,333.33 10 Vinita and leaving II
with his brother-in-law, Butler Mr.
Butler, under the governors direction
'ooK up the governors note at the vi.
nita bank, receiving cashiers check
Tor the difference of s5,S95.S which he
sent to the governor. Then later the
governor returned this cashiers check
together with a check for 5000 signed
by j. NJ. Rule TO the order of Mr.. Rut-
Ter which two items, aggregating So.
4so.Ss, Mr.. Butler deposited 10 the ac.
count OF the governor in the First state
Bank of Ninita on October -. 1920. and
that bank, under date. of December "
l92O' sent TO the governor certified
check for s6,4s5.S9. which ne deposited
III the American National Bank of OK.
lahoma City ON December %, 1920. be-
ing the item under that date shown in
the details hereinbefore given of de-
posts IN the American National Bank.
Thus, in addition to the s4O.173.27
deposited In the American National
Bank by the Governor in 1919. 1920
and TO March IA. 1921. should be added.
as received by him during the same
period, the $2,000.0 90 draft issued by the
State National Bank to Mr.. Butler and
applied on the Governors note at Vini-
Ia, and the S2.437.i5. of the Dennis
check applied on the same note. as
above, making sl,437.45 which is not
contained in the credits given the Gov
ernor in the American National Bank,
making the total Of S4i.6l0.72 received
by the Governor during such time.
When Mr. j. NJ. Rule was called be-
fore your committee he said he did not
know Mr.. Butler to whom his $500 was
! payable; but he remembered that he
issued a check foc some oil stock, he
did not remember what company 1t
was in, had not had the stock trans.
ferred to him; that II was not a cor
/ poration, but some kind OF share ar.
rangement in which a number of par
ties were Interested; he did not remem.
ber whether he got an assignment Of
/ his interest; his recollection was that
he merely got a letter showing some in
tercst In lease In the Cement field,
but he could not explain how Cover.
nor Robertson got the check. When
Mr.. Rule returned to his home at
/ Hobart he advised your committee that
he found copy Of letter to the gov
ernor, and that Il was his impression
that the check was probably mailed to
/ the Governor. with the amount filled In
and signed and that the person to whom
the check was payable was left blank.
School Board Man Testlfies
There was testimony before your
committee that MIR. Rule had represent
| ed before the school text book commits
sion, OF which the Governor was chair
man, a book company which received
a contract to furnish school text books.
This Mr.. Rule denied: but he said he
| did give Il Mr.. Perry somo advice IN