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Show mmm biiiis, charge I O O O O O O O O O 4 ISSUE ORDER I FOR ARREST I OF EXECUTIVE I H Governor Robertson of Ok lahoma Accused of Accepting Ac-cepting $25,000 Bribe MANY OTHERS NAMED More Than 50 Indictments Follow Probe of Bank Failure KMLT.OEE. Okla.. March 22 I illy The Associated I'ress.l Oover- H i nor J. B. A. Kobcrtson of Oklahoma. ind I'red O. Dennis, former stale hanking comnus.-ionor, were named as reclpu-nts of a 125.000 bribe condl-Honed condl-Honed on their deposit of $150,000 of suite funds in the Guaranty Stat ' hank of this city to permit the bank io ontinue to operate whliu in an In-whom In-whom condition. In an indictment re- mm turned b the district tM.iurt graml Jury :.iinst John P. Cook, former presi-. presi-. nt of the bank, and John H. Rehold, lt vie.- presldonL The bill was made jfffl public shortly after noon today after Cook and Heboid hud been arrested. HUGE "si M UoHHoW ED. The Indictment charges that ih money wa paid to the gjpverndr and Dennis with the "felonious Intent tu ! Influence the a.cts, decisions and Judgment of them." after Dennis had I conducted an examination of th-I th-I bank's affairs on the same day an-i i found Uhe inslltutlon lo bo in an in lolvent condition and that Hebo'd was liable to the bunk for money bor-rowed bor-rowed in the sum of $400,000. sill Kit I II s, Klt NT H county now has a w urrant for Oover- I nor Uoberlson's arrest, but suld he ex- H I pected to hear from the executive sometime .luilni; Ihe da and thai Is-- did no: Intend lo toisn the warrant j B. a Robertson, as governor o Paw Oklahoma, aseumed of tlce January 1919, having been ole. d on tho Democratic ticket the precidlng fall. . He has been a resident of Oklahoma M blnce 1S93. Governor Robertaon WAS born In .H Keokuk county. Iowa. In 1871 The lndlctmont accusing Governor Robertson of connection w.fh a .! - I I illegal transncuons in connection witii ffH ! the failure of the Bank of Col: inc at Okmulgee Is not the first time h'd I name has been linked with the I 'Ivmu1-I 'Ivmu1-I gas bank situation. o( i M i OKI ( i -i .1 in a sensational report ic.urii' l iy the invesilgalion commute th Oklahoma legislature. Man h :1. I last ear. the governor wa . larked I with having accepted a bribe to' 'misuse of his official powers ,n ton,- oeetlon with alleged illegal irunsj I Hons Involving Ihe Juarunt St ij 'BB bank f Okmulgee His ImpeachdieXif H .v.is recommended, but In a spect ru ene in which a Democratic morn- H .... be house as brom,!. H I chamber In an ambulance to Vol . itte f body voted 42 to 42. 3. T Jerkins of Oklahoma City, BJ who left his pit k bed IO Vote ihe report Inter died. The majority ..f the ho -l-e were Republicans and the governor and his friends at IhO JH urn. declared the attack on him was J brough: SEARING INSOl EK 1 The report charging the governor H tv n h tol-use of his offl'ial powei : be- w I Ii ' rep-. I of it. ill.-K' ' I H tion between t it governor, Frd 1 Dennis then tate hanking com mi - H Sioner, and John H. Rebold of Okmfi fAwfl ' gee, vice president and largest stock- iH ' holder In tho Guaranty State bank. in the connection the report declared m i that the Guaranty Stuto bank pi ' Okmulgee was nearing insolvency tall of 1920 and that Fred Denuu , In an attempt to save the bank de- BBJ poaited in it 5150. 00-0 of state more- . BBB Ihe same Jay John Rebold gave Den- iH nis a check for $25,000 of which Dei ills later gave the governor ..n.- third. U according to the report. The mom BftBJ I paid Dennis was said to have bcea for an oil lease sold by rennis and I the governor. BAVJ OM.V PRETEXT CHARGE The report then asserted thai th-committal th-committal was of the opinion "tha: BJ the Lease sold by Dennis to Rcbol.l iBBJ was at that time as both Dennis nu 1 Rebold n not worth one dollar jfM an acre and that the sale of th. lease. If such sale was made, was a ;BBH pretext to CpVer up a corrupt frnr -action in which Rebold paid 525. One. and In which the governor parllclpat- BB ed to have his bsnk passed without CrltlOlam And to re. elv e this addition '1 $150,000 of state money. The report than recounted the faVt that ihe tank's condition became so serious tht t was consolidated wl'h BftBJ the Hank of Commerce, now defunoi ijBSa9MxSvStsmmiSmami!X mm |