The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-24
81 NAMES IN BOX
COUNTED IN
District court
Commissioner Says Names
Duplicated and Added to
List During Time 1t
Was Being Copied.
CLERK AND SHERIFF
TELL OF HAVING KEYS
Charges Are That Names Re-
moved, Then Replaced Dur
ing Day Interval.

Motion to sustain the quashing
of the jury panel and purging
the jury box in district court were
sustained mere this afternoon by
Judge f. d. Oldrield, and the jury
commissioners were instructed to
Immediately draw another jury
list of 800 names.
Upon being called to the stand
County Attorney James II. Math-
ors admitted having changed some
Of the names while copying the
list, saying that he had been given
permission by the Jury commits
sion"
Before adjourning court. Judge
Oldfield reset the case against
Buck Garrett. now under sus-
pension, for the first Tuesday,
in February, same being Feb
ruary Z.
Only 50 names were found to be
in the district court jury box when
the slips were removed and checked
up at a special hearing before Judge
Il. D. Oldfield in district court this
afternoon. Charges that the box had
been tampcred with and some of
the names removed. then replaced,
were made last week, following which
a motion TO quash the panel and
purge the box was filed by Assistant
Attorney General T.. l.. Fulton.
Testimony Of Mike German, one OF
the jury commissioners, threw more
complications into the hearing when
he said that during the copying OF
the list, which work was done by
County Attorney James II. Mathers,
nine or ten names were duplicated
and ten or eleven names not selected
by the commission were added.
The testimony Of German came af.
ter Jess Lasley, court clerk, and Ew
ing C. London. newly appointed sheriff,
told Of the drawing of u jury panel
on last Wednesday. when II was first
discovered that the full one hundred
names We're not in the box. These two
witnesses also testified that upon
opening the hox the following day
1t was found that some names had
been replaced.
London said that he had been given
Il key 10 the box by Jim Carter, form
er deputy sheriff who was suspend
ed along with Sheriff Buck Garrett
Tasley has had his key In his pos
session since holding office, by vir
tue Of his position. he testified. Meth
or Of the men have relnquishcd con
troll OF their keys. they stated.
While drawing the jury list on last
Wednesday jim Carter and Russell
Brown were present. London testified
S. a. George, attorney who came
later protested the presence OF these
parties. he said, but It was adjudged
that such was not an infringement
OF any kind
II was noticed then before the full
panel had been drawn, that there was
q Shortage Of names. London said. lie
said there were about 90 or % names
in the box Lasley also estimated that
the box contained about this many
names.
Testimony OF German was to the
effect that the jury commission when
selecting the names wrote them down
In pencil. They were then In tho
office OF the county attorne.' and Il
was suggested that Mr., Mathcrs copy
the names on the typewriter which
was done.
German said that after the names
had been typewriter, none of the
jury commissioners checked the lis-
as to names. but by number. There
were then 800 names on the list. h,
said.