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Show EXECUTIVE IS I BARRED FROM GRAND JURORS I 'I Don't Give a Damn If He fl Is Governor,' Attorney Shouts I I SCENE IS DRAMATIC '' BBS Failure of Oklahoma Bank H Back of Entire State j Scandal i i I OKMUi ;f;E Mar. 3 Governor J IjljH Robertson whs attacked by James II. Ijljljll Lyons, an oil man. as the governor I H emerged from the private office of Vttorm ni Hepburn i H morning after a conference between i he county attorney and the governor. H ; Lng out of the oufer nftice of the court- H attorney's office, w-as Introduced to H Mr. Lyons. The governor extended h s I I hand and I.vons is said to have struck H him in the face. I said, and struck back al Lyons. Thev Kfl exchanged probably half h dozen I I blows before thev were separated. GREAT BXI ITT MKN 1 Pandemonium broke out in the crowded Bj man: persons fleeing expecting mum 1 I serious occurrences. BH That Mr I.vons itrurk Governor 'I Bj blow H statement of W. H. CrUmS and Assist- Bj anl attorney General Willian Zwiek H gOVemOl bad arrived her- Bj ic coun attornev B a letter offering lo appear in person t I bi (mi- the grand Jurj Investigating the fl B affairs of the defunct Bank of Com- BBJ merce and testify. BH "Who caused this disturbance?" BB I shouted County Attorney Hepburn. BH I "James Lyons." was the reply from BH B Mr. Hepburn started toward Lyons Bj and two or three men told the county Bj attorney that a remark of the governor BB Bts i ted I he .iffnlr Bj "I know who started this. " Zwick In. B I ten upted. HljH (. BRNOR NOT Hl'RT Mr. Lyons is president of tho Lyons Petroleum company and a director of BB the Guaranty State bank BBJ Governor Robertson was not injured H in the encounter. The governor, accompanied by mem- B bers of his party later returned to his BB1 Tin- r .i s offer to appear be- BBI fore the grand Jury had led to a dra- BBj i niatlc scene in the office of County B Attorney Hepburn just before the B f'.ght. The countv attorney declared BBJ I Governor Robertson was seeking to B rcede hin in conducting the Inves- B ligation of the Bank of Commerce ar- . Bj OKMt'LCEE. rikla.. Mar 3 In a dramatic scene at the court house this B morning, County Attornej i Bj Hepburn refused to consent to the B Quest of Governor J. B. Robertson B that he be nermitted to appear bcfor B the district court grand Jurj which ( BBJ is invosticating the failure of the Ban B of Commeroe. Tho county attorney declared that Governor RobertSOE BH could not supercede him in tho con BBJ duct of the proof. BH Governor Robertson replied that in BBJ had the power to supercede the counu I BBJ attorney. i VT Ri si tER CEDED "No Witness is going before that BBj Jury without my consent, 1 don't ,ni Ba a d If he is the governor," shout BBj ad Hepburn, poundinc a desk with h: BBj lsnched fist B "I am going to tell you just us I top George Short i attornev- general' B to tell vou the other morning, that n- man Is golnc to supercede the countv B attorney of this County'" B Hepburn added "You haven't got the power to sup- B er. ede me. Governor " B "You know better than that, Jim, I i have the power to Mupercede," Gover- B nor Robertson replied. Bv IRRIV VL Is si RJPRIS1 Governor VV. J. Robertson, unejc BBj pectedly arrived here early today anil B I declared that he intended to go bsf Olt ; the grand jury, present a waiver of , Immunity and demand that he be I I 'heard in I he lurv's Inquiry into flu B failure of the Bank of Commerce her, B last November. Bfl i Recenl statements from County .v B : torney Hepburn in charge of the in B ligation intimated that the govcmoi Was blocking Investigation in the case This was followed by the executive - B I request that he be pcrmtted to testlf B I before the grand iur- to prevent anv B action vvhah might "throw a stain B upon the state." Bfl County Attornev Hepburn has said B nothing further than that Governoi B ' Robertson would be called if his tSStl BB I mony was desired by the grand jury. B |
