The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-11
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that committee. Hepburn, militant
and eager for another grand jury 10
be called, declared this afternoon ho
had all tho evidence needed 10 con.
Wet Dennis and the governor ana
be appears confident this jury viii
be allowed TO discharge rs mission
without, hindrance.
Henson Was Weak
Judge Christophers stated reason
for disc hnIEiuR tho grand lury was
branded ~ weak and uu8ouud hy
the county attorney. Christopher
81.t 10 was because tho jurors bed
been selected by him personally ana
not Mt random. ~ read 10 Judge
Chrlstophpr numerous decisions
showing that tho method OF obtain
Ing grand jury ~ Of little CouHo
qucrco 80 long ~ tho jurors arc
uGolifiod 20 srrvo.' Hepburn de-
olnrcd, "bul II was apparent he did
no. want 90 De convinced ho was IN
the wrong. Last Saturday when
he adjourned court until Thursday
morning he told me plainly that he
had mo- Intention Of dischutgiug the
jury iio reforrcd To 81 as his baby
and asserted ~ hnd been ompauelcd
according to the terms ~ tho law.
lie returned from oklahoma city
whore he had been called by the
governor. wednesday night. word
had preceded him that he intended
90 discharge the jury. Early Thurs
day morning ! asked him n that WAS
his intention. His answer was eva
slyo, but was Just clear enough that
1 presumed the jury would be al
lowed 20 complete lis work" A
report had bcon published In the
Times here Thursday morning that
the jury would be discharged with
the result that the courtroom was
filled with citizens an ot them curl
Gus TO know whether the report was
true, hut most OF them confident
II could not bo possible.
when Judge Chrlftuphor began
to stammcr out u statement 1t
quickly became apparent he did In
tend 20 discharge the jury My
fears were justified, arose and
pleaded with him not 10 let tho
jury 20. He would give mo no
satisfaction. read number OF
decisions TO him. lie remained un-
yielding 10 my cntrcatios. Then I
tvid him that II he discharged that
grand Jury he would be commit
ting tho greatest mistake OF his NE
He muttcrcd H0mcthiuR Perhaps
| became angry. At any rate / made
some statements and used suno Ian
guagc that was NnhoComlnC So
did some of tho citizens present.
Let me tell you thia-if Judge
Christopher had been acting with
honest intention, hc would have
fined me heavily ana sentenced me
TO term In Jail. lie did neither.
He crawled from his chair into his
chamber like n cringing cur, with
out oven rocessing or adjourning
court Then he sncaked out to his
car. I don't know where he Is now.
Neither does anyone else here. |
accused him openly Thursday morn
ing OF comforting with Governor
Robertson about this grand jury and
demanded to know whether the gov
ernor had requested him To dis
charge tho Jurors. His reply was
without meaning"
Christopher was appointed supe'
| rior Judge here about two years age
by Governor Robertson to flll u va
cancy.
Says Crowd not Mob.
NJ. G. French. local oil operator,
was one Of the citizens who attended
! tho Thursday morning session oi
Judge Chrlstophcr's court when tho
grand jury was dismissed. The I'M
preston has gone out that II was a
disordered, mob which visited the
courtroom but that impression Is
wrong" he explained. Instead OF q
mob u was 500 OF Okmulgoe's best
| citizens, the business men that
operate the city's largest ana best
establishments. II was In no sense
a mob. Several persons INDUCED In
profanity when Judge Christopher
| decision was announced but 10 wa'
the profanity that springs from sur
prise and not from prcmeditation
| I am confident that Governor j. H.
| A. Robertson and state Bank Com
missioner Fred q. Dennis Couspired
/ to have this grand jury discharged
and that they are responsible foi
Judge Christophor's action. an
confident also that they entered into
q conspiracy TO mako tho Guaranty
state bank pay them $4,000 for IN,
$4,000 of state funds they de
posted In that institution"
County Attorney Hepburn hal
been demged today with letters aut
messages cougratulating him on hi
stand In rebuking Judge Christie
pher and refusing To allow the graut
iury to be DISCHARGED without Wig