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Show GOVERNOR CHARGED . WITH CONSPIRACY Oklahoma's Chief Executive Said to Have Been Mixed up in a Land Grabbing Scheme. People Have Every Confidence In the Governor's Integrity and Hundreds Havo Offered Their Assistance as HI Bondsmen. Muskogee, Okla. Sixty leading business bus-iness men of Muskogco held a mass meeting hero to discuss seven Indictments Indict-ments returned late Wednesday by the' federal grand Jury In the government's govern-ment's town lot Investigation. Tho meeting was presided over by Mayor Martin. Expressions of confidence In the high standing, integrity and honor of tho indicted men were made, and a commlttoo ot seven members was appointed ap-pointed to correct what was termed an erroneous Impression as to tho legality legal-ity of land titles existing In Muskogoe end eastern Oklahoma. Moro details havo become known regarding re-garding tho Indictments. The first Indictment In-dictment returned, that against Governor Gov-ernor Charles N. Haskoll, Clarcnco W. Turner and Walter R. Eaton, allogod conspiracy to defraud tho government. Tho second Indictment returned was against William T. Hutchlns nnd Clarcnco Clar-cnco W. Turner, and alleged thlrtoen overt acta In conspiracy 'to defraud tho government. Tho third lndlctmont was against Albert Z. English, 'rod-crick 'rod-crick B. Severs and Jcsso Hill, and alleged al-leged ninety-two ovort acts in conspiracy. conspir-acy. Tho Indicted men nro among tho most prominent In Oklahoma. Governor Gov-ernor Charles N. Haskell Is Oklahoma's Okla-homa's first governor slnco statohood, and was elected to that office In November, No-vember, 1907. Ho formerly lived at Ottawa, O., and removed to this stato In 1900. Governor Haskell will be represented represent-ed by an army of attorneys when placed on trial, which probably will not tako placo till May or June noxt Blank sheets of paor have been attached attach-ed to Haskell's bond, nnd hundreds ot citizens havo slgnod them. |