Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1909 — CHARGES MADE BY HASKELL [ARTICLE]

CHARGES MADE BY HASKELL

Motion to Quash Indictments Against the Governor. Sensational allegations are contained in motions made at Muskogee, Okla., to quash the indictments against Governor Charles N. Haskell an other prominent Oklahoma men, charged by the government with conspiracy in connection with Muskogee town site scheduling. The motions to quash charge misconduct on the part of Special Assistant Attorney General Sylvester Rash, of Omaha, who conducted the grand Jury examinations. It is alleged that government secret service operatives gave hearsay testimony before the grand jury, that important testimony was suppresed, that 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 because the government wanted it done.