The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-10
Logsdon Will Hear
Motion for Speedy
Trial of Garrett
Attorneys Wrangle at This
Mornings Session Before
Champion; Brown
Leaves City

Judge 3. G. Logsdon of Marietts
arrived in Ardmore at 8 o'clock this
afternoon TO hear the motion OF
Sheriff Buck Garrett for an Immediate
setting Of the custer case against him.
Judge Logsdon comes at the re.
quest Of Assistant Attorney General
Elmer #. Fulton through District
Judge Thomas w. Champion, after
Champion had talked with Mr.. Fulton.
This announcement was made at
the opening Of the court this afternoon.
and no further action was taken.
Attorney Russell Brown notified the
court at the morning session that he
would be absent from the city this
afternoon and IL is quite likely that no
one will appear before Judge Logsdon
this afternoon except attorneys for the
applicant.
The matter of the application OF
Buck Garrett, Sheriff Of Carter coun-
ty, filed in the district court asking
the court to set his case for a cer-
tam date during the January term OF
court was before the court at ID
o'clock this morning and was pass1
ed util 1880 this afternoon.
The application was heard yesten-
day morning at 10 o'clock and was
continued until the same hour toda a
and was then continued until thij
afternoon.
Russell Brown appearing in the case
by special appointment Of the Cow
ernor said that he was not justified
in agreeing upon date for the trial
OF the case. He stated that he had
talked with the office of Attorney
General and had informed the Attor1
ney General that Judge Champion had
taken the matter up with the supreme
court. He said IL Judge Champion
had not taken the matter up by phone
with the supremec ourt that prof.
ceedings would have been brought
before the supreme court by the at1
torney general to interfere with thc
proceedings here in setting the Carl
rett case for trial.
Former Case Cited
III. ii. Brown, who was attorney
in similar case tried in Johnston|
NoeHeyr "eN fsiShtd Dy tuc lfAifj
morning what the proceedings werd
in that case. Mr.. Brown replied thai
he tried TO do the same thing there
that Sheriff CARROTS attorneys are
trying TO do here; that the attorney
general would not agree to the set1
ting Of the case and that the setting
was made by the court that presided
in the custer proceedings. 1t was ex-
planned that the court who tried the
case was Judge George S. March.
Guy II. Sigler presented the appli1
cation to the court this morning. HID
said he had served the attorney gen1
eral with notice and that notice had
been acknowledged.
Must BE on Docket
Judge Champion said he had called
the Chief Justice and had asked for|
Judge TO be sent here to preside inI
the case; that he had not talked I'd
Judge Oldfield on account OF n bel
reavement in his family; that II would
be impossible TO try the case until
1t was first set down on the docket
for trial.
Attorney Sigler read section 6 Of
the Attorney Generals Bill in which
the law provides that an custer CASE
shall be given precedence. He argued
that the jury fund was being exhaust
ed and that Il the case was not tried
in January of this yeas that It would
have TO go over until September.
Russell Brown said he could not
bind the Attorney General In an agree
ment. lie said he had talked with
Judge Fulton and that Mr.. Fulton
saw no reason why the application
should be presented TO the court be-
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