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Show OKLAHOMA LAND FRAUDS. Governor Haskell Wants Indictments Against Himself and Others Quashed. Muskogee, Okla. Misconduct In the federal grand jury land investigation is charged by Governor Charles N. Haskell in motions to quash the in-dictsients in-dictsients charging him and other prominent Oklahoma men with land frauds. Notice of the motions was served Sunday night on Assistant United States District Attorney Gregg. The charge of misconduct is made against Special Assistant ' Attorney General Sylvester Rush of Omaha, who conducted the grand jury investigations. investiga-tions. It is alleged that government secret service operatives gave hearsay testimony before the grand jury, that important testimony was suppressed, but the government denied the jury's request for certain testimony, that witnesses were coerced and held in subjection and that Rush told the jury indictments should be returned for the reason the government wanted it done. |