Judge A. W. Walker of Dallas,
president; Harold Walker of Dallas,
vice president; D. S. Menasco of In
dianapolis, Inch, and Hudraon Hop
son of Birmingham were reported in
dicted twice each, according to The
Age-Herald story Wednesday morn
ing, on 22 and 26 count, respective
ly, charging illegal sale or oifering
for sale stock in three Texas oil com
panies, and filing false reports re
garding these companies. Capiases
had not been Issued late Wednesday
from the office of Forney W. Bran
don, circuit clerk, criminal division.
It was pointed out that if the men
have been indicted, as appears to be
a certainty, requisition papers must
be served on the governors of Texas
and Indiana to bring them back,
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Here Is where one of the most br!U
llant pieces of criminal strategy vsed
in years in Alabama will come in,
according to those active In the case.
Indictments against these men were
returned in federal court upon evi
dence supplied by the Alabama se
curities' commission by the last fed
eral grand jury charging misuse of
the mails. When the officers come
into the state in March to be ar
raigned, county authorities will ar
rest the non-residents of Alabama.
Texas governors do not have extra-1
dttlon in eases Involving sale of oil
.-trteks. This means that these cases
wilt not come up up for trial until
March at least.
