Show WITNESSES GATHER fROM MANY 81 A TES MUSKOGEE Okla OkIa Jan Tan 26 The 6 The federal grand rand jurbe jury juo be began n its settings s today to in investigate tho the alleged town lot Jot fraud That tho the government o regards the thc matter mat mat- ter of If great importance is evidenced c bythe by bytho bytho V tho the fact that the tho jury jur is closely watched and anal guarded b by secret service mc men inen n. n Humor has haa it that there thore is a man for V every erv juror Additional in is a added dc d to tho the case caso by reason of the implication of the governor o Charles CharlesN X N. Haskell in the investigation He lie in in turn declares the entire matter is due clue to the enmity of William K H. Hearst This ramification tion of the case O is an echo of tho presidential presidential dentin campaign n of la Ja last vt year In Iu 1000 1900 and 1001 1901 a large number of lots were disposed of to purchasers who ho hore re registered their names with the government government govern govern- ment in much touch tho the same canto manner as wh when n land is homesteaded Federal authorities now claim that unscrupulous men scheduled a of lots when I they were entitles to but one In some Borne cases it is claimed me this was done ono w lOut tIe the of the tho dummy and in others the tho II dummy was a mere figurehead and I surrendered his title gratuitously or for fora a small compensation About bout persons whose names are sai said to have been heen used in this manner man man- ncr ner arc here having hn been subpoenaed bv by the government o from Texas Ohio West est Vir Virginia Tennessee Michigan Pennsylvania Pennsyl Missouri Virginia r nia and Arkansas The They are arc expected to testify tee tes as ns to what part they had in the tho thor r registering of or their names in applying for land It is confident confidently c expected p b by ly many that several Inc men n high up tip in in Joc local l affairs w will u JJ be bo hit b by the thc investigation The Indianola Contracting company of or which Governor is president owns many town lots These lots embrace em em- brace braco from one fourth of an acre to four acres |