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Show LAWYERS MADE BIG FEES. One Single Fee Amounted to $750,000 and Expense Accounts to $300,000. Sulphur, Okla. Lawyers' expense accounts running as high as $300,000; a single feo, already paid, amounting to $750,000, and contingent foes still pending that would aggregato $5,000,-000 $5,000,-000 figured In the Investigation ot tho Indlnu land affairs by tho special committee com-mittee appointed by tho house of representatives rep-resentatives Friday. It was pointed out that tho Indian nevor had socured large amounts of money duo them without having to "como across" In tho shape of fees, but although they employed regular lawyers on-yearly salaries, extra foes were constantly paid for tho omploy of spoclnl counsel. coun-sel. The, special feo of $750,000 was paid several years ago to J. F. McMur-ray McMur-ray and his law partners attor they had prosecuted what aro known as tho citizenship cases," which, it wa3 stated, stat-ed, kept off tho rolls 32,000 claimants who wanted to participate In tho olalms against the govornment. |