Show CHICKASAW CHIEF REMEMBER How He Was Able to Deposit Just After McMurray Got Atty Fees HAD URGED INDIANS TO SIGN mount In to 10 Im Hed Paid Pille Sulphur Springs Okla Aug H IS Douglos Douglas A Johnson a In Indian dun dian and chief of ot the tho mom m members bora or of that tribe answered I 1 dont remember before tho the special con commute committee to o oday day when whon asked how It was wae that lao lio liouns was uns able ablo to 10 deposit the tha to his hi personal credit a 0 few tow days after atler J F McMurray had received u WI us at attorneys tornes foes Johnson has ha testified that ho always hail approved of ot what tutu aro known ai as the th present contracts which provided for tor the sale of ot 00 iO worth orUI of land belonging belon 1 1 II 10 to the In Indiana Indian Indiana diana dian And which would allow altow McMurray clur ray ro 10 per I er cent or In fees face lio 10 also aiso has urged other Indians Indiana to alga them He lie testified lio JI win was a n nII particular II friend of ot McMurray Ho lie testified In what are arc known as the tho citizenship cases several ye years rs ars ago that I lie lio approved of ot a 1 contract In which Mc Ic Murray got a 11 salary oalar of a year U 2700 OO a 11 year expense expenses A short afterward he hue approved of another contract on which McMurray obtained for doing tho the same nama work a 11 contingent tee fee of ot Tho The latter fee to was waa to t have been beon but bul wax was cut down by h tho government Why h was wait It you ou were cere tro willing to give gho McMurray OOOO for doing that Hint for tor which he already was wan paid a II ked C B n Miller of or Minnesota JOHNSONS S REASON Because we thought ho hue earned It replied Chief Johnson Johnon He Ue kept oft ort the tho rolls 1200 claimants claimant to 10 our prop property erty tit III anil thus thu navid lU us for tor each bo so kept oft off or a total of 16 I would have been willing to hi haw have paid him DO M per cent or Ton rout were willing to give a graft Kratt money mone In order to save nave that much land In IB I that It Now tell toll us ua why h It ItIs Is IK that n a few foW days da after that wax was paid to McMurray you ou were ere able to 10 deposit to tn your Our personal account In Ina InA Ina a bank at itt Denison Texas Where hero did you get that I dont remember I won was dealing In cattle and nd my account varied no so noI soI I dont remember Tho The depositing of ot to your PersOnal account produced so pm 0 little Im on your our mind that you dont remember ml er when you ou became heramn chief r or governor of your tribe trib It a R fact that your nur hank bank account wes was only How iTow then th n would you ou be b able to deposit Just Jut a short hort time Um McMurray got his tee te he wits was RS nuked asked JUST mPR Chief Johnson Insisted 1 hi h did not re rp remember remember member Asked why In warrants for e rendered r by b McMurray McMurry had been blen mild made out In his hi own favor Johnson explained ho hll was to pay all the th expense Mils bills Incurred by hi h McMurray Johnson said aid his hip salary us lip chief executive of or his hll tribe was lIa 00 1 In response to question the witness said 31 hei he h never had received financial aid A 1 1 from rem McMurray He Its declared t a majority of his hi tribe trl favored paying McMurray a II tee fee In th the present proposed pro sale aale of at land Johnron Johnon occupied almost the entire day 11 on the tha stand lUnd C N I IC Ia C a HaskeU today telegraphed his desire to 10 testify but probably will not be called U It wan IlM stated to the committee that other Indian witnesses who tube hud hind said ald they tho the contracts contract had hiatt asked to bo be recalled to 10 the Ih stand fol tol following lowing chief Chalet Johnsons testimony |