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Show mm mm UNDER INDiCTMENT A i t li Setcn Other Oklahoma Citizens, Is Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud. MUSKOGEE, Okja.i Feb. 3. As J result of the in vest gation by a federal H grand jury ol alleged frauds in ooauec- H tiou with the scheduling of town lots H in this oily, seven indictments were H returned tonight.. The charge against H i in' defendants is conspiracy to defraud H i no government, and the names of H inflicted arei Gov. Charles X. Haskell, F. B. 8ev- en, A Z. English, C. W . Turner, W. T. Hutehings, James W. 1 1 1 M and Walter m Attorney Thomas V. Owen i Musk- H gee. representing Gowrnox Haskell, H made a rr.m foment, for the governor's fl appearance Friday morning to give bond in the Governor Haskell if at Guthrie, the 1 -tat'' Capital. There is but ..no indict - merit against him, charging him with B conspiring with Walter E. Knton and daxoncn w Turner to defraud, the h government. There r. iw.. indict- H ments against Turner and one each H against the others. ' Turner was firsi give bond in the B Mim of 10,000. Hutehings and Eaton followed, and U-"1'1' :l 15000 bond eaeh. All will probably be arraigned before Judge Campbell' Friday morning. Eng-lish Eng-lish is iii Los Angeles, Report Made. Quietly B The report of the grand jury was HH made to Judge Robert E. ( ampbell of the United States court. Walter B. Baton, one of the men in-dieted, in-dieted, is a brpther-in law of Walter B, Richie of Lima, O He is the secretary of the Indianoin Contracting company, i.f which Governor Haskell i- preat-dent, preat-dent, and which it is alleged, sched-uled sched-uled the name- ..t many "-dummies" to secure town bus. dames W. Hill, other of the indicted men, came here Ii ram i . A.is, imu iwcrnnv iuvuiiuicu the Muakogoe Development company, It is claimed that he disposed of a iarg- number Of lots fraudulently scheduled The report of the jury came at a time wholly unexpected by the public, as the government had announced an-nounced only two hours before that two witnesses were coming from Missouri Mis-souri and Ohi.. There were not more than twenty persons; in the courtroom when the report was made. Fifteen or the wealthiest men in Muskogee called at the ..thee of the United States marshal here tonight and signed Governor Haskell's bond for $J000. Many more ;isk- to bti allowed al-lowed to sign it, but there wss no (nolo space on the document. |