Show I v INDIAN OFFICIAL HELD BLAMELESS Fob reb 19 19 1 Challes H Burke commissioner ot of Indian was wa exonerated bya by bya I II a house houe subcommittee today or of charges of ot pre ore pre preferred against him by Charles lur ph former fermer judge jud e of ot Okmulgee county Oklahoma lIre Ih Ol Oklahoma lahoma coults were ere sin sin- vin vindicated of ot charges brought against them bv by the th Indian Kights asso asso- association asso- asso association association of ot Philadelphia The Th subcommittee appointed by bythe bythe the Indian affairs committee pre pre- presented pre presented the report to the th full com coin committee com The case caso of ot Jackson Bar Bar- Barn Bar nett n neti tt wealthy Creek Indian about the management of ot whose hose estate much of ot the testimony In a II long Jong lon ln In centered was wae held by bythe bythe bythe the report to bo be a question that should be left lett for tor the th courts to de- de decide dedde de decide cide The Barnett case caso cas formed orm d the maJor basis for tor the Murphy es ee the Oklahoma judge judo asserting that the tb commissioner of 01 affairs had permitted a ion of 01 o a SoO 5 gift to Bal Bai inett Bai-inett nett nelt s a wife wire and a n similar sum to Bacone College Collece Oklahoma tile gaily I was as the report tha thai the Interior department 1 lit have criticised the th department o justice tor for a legal egal opinion In the Barnett case Murphy s a charges It was wa added were ere made without sufficient personal per onal Information George M K Swift S Oklahoma at- at t torne was a for tor his par par- participation participation participation in the chagres 00 00 |