The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-19
UOOK CASE GOES
ON TRIAL TODAY
ruIsan Accused of Or
ganizing a Fake Oil
Company Here
IS HELD ON 3 COUNTS
Us. Court Disposes of Sew
,ral Liquor Cases and Col
lects S1,700 in Fines

The alleged frenzled financial ma
,t5ulati1ns OF i. w. Rook or Tulsa
ip vosra ago when he floated the
cherokee Refining company sold
'..t 10 Investors over the state and
"a di,idends to stockholders OF his
pOnsnv pa,O until his bubble bursted,
.yiI .ji, he given a complete airing when
W.. esso Ia called for trial before
,,sgo n l.. williams In the United
sg,o,ss district court here this after
So " l.. Rampandahl. assistant
s,s,rict attorney, declared last night.
pook's Indictment by grand jury
.srow investors. who had placed
,boneands OF dollars in the com
,yp into manic. Rock was charged
siniw with Charles w. Glazner with
c,S.prnrv and two other counts, one
ssonspiracy and another OF fraudu-
lent use of the mails.
Paid Dividends From Sales.
According to the prosecutors Of
y.e Rook concocted the Cherokee
Refning company from thin air and
proceeded to start work. lie showed
r,osnertlye investors financial re-
ports indicating that the company
gss making money hand over fist"
aud nTOuUHNN lltNAdAbNf anu Nllk Nv "
documeu,s TO lend background TO his
statements
when 10 became time TO declare
5lyidends. il is alleged that ROok
promptly paid all stockholders, but
p,id them with money realized on
the sale Of stock.
Morton w. Rutherford, Muskogee
attorney. will represent Rook when
he appears for trial late this after
noon.
Dispose of Tuesdays Docket.
over Si,7OO has been collected by
the court in fines during the first
$40 days session. Frank orr and
~ p peck were convicted by a jury
for violation OF the prohibition laws.
John Davis was found guilty bf vio-
lation OF the liquor laws and paid a
fine Of $3.50. John NJ. Seely, y. J.
Bondenberger and Van Delden
plead guilty on liquor charges. J. W.
Rails. Sapulpa druggist was con-
ycted By a jury on a charge OF hav-
ing II gallons OF Jamaica ginger in
his place Of business. S, w. Rails,
his father. was dismissed.
Tom stevens was convicted of ped
ding dope. He lived at Sapulpa.
Lewis Abrahams, Joe McStroud, u.
S. Templeton and Juanita Knapp
we're convicted of violation OF the
prohibition laws.
List OF Jurors.
The following men compose the
petit jury:
Roland f. Adair, Pryor; C. f..
Arams Ardmorc: Don Il. Atkinson,
Durant; Dick Await, Madill; r. L..
Broadrick, Coalgate: Daniel NJ. Boal.
PotSau: Geo. w. Calvert. Adair:
John W. Capps, Haskell; j. NJ. Craig.
duncan; VIM. b. Dunklln, Spiroi
James h. Goolsby. Idabel: Paul Il.
Harrel, Durant; Albert +. Hobson.
Checotah; Harry Hudson, Tulsa: c..
Z. Ortman, Okmulgee; George w.
Patchett, Lenapah; James o. Price,
Checotah; Burr Randall. Okemah; /;
r. J. Raines. Ada; Il, Z. Selvdge.
Ardmore; James II. Shouse, Mus
I kogee; James Il. Stewart, Muskogee: !:
John l.. Templeton. Muskogee; w. A..
Worsham, Pryor: j. u. McNutt, Nor
rls' Jesse y. James. Fairland; II. T..
ketcham, Muskogee; ID. II. Remey,
Tulsa; $. b. White, Okemah; Frank
Banowetz, Lenapah: r. Il. Randell,
Checotah; Fred p. Ford, Okmulgee
a. Z. McClennan, Hugo: Moss Bond,
Claremore; J. C, McCutchans, Clare
more; b. c. Wallace. Claremore;
Thomas L. Terry Okmuigee.
c. S. Avery, Tulsa; Arthur Kyle,
Ardmore; ed l., Reese. Okmulgee
q a, Pattison, Okmulgee; Harry T..
West, Muskogee; W. c. Wood. No
gata; NJ. +. Garretson, Adair;
Charles l.. Puckett, Stigler; O. NJ.
Anderson, McAlester; d. w. Holmes,
Tulsa; Nanner Lamb, Wagner; +. J..
slmms Keota; r. p. Carson, Coal
gate.
The present docket Is one OF the
heaviest ever set in the Eastern dis
ulct court, Ellis ouiett said last
hshts Several cases will be con-
unled over until next term OF court
Judge Williams will open the Me-
Mes'er term Of court early in May.
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