The Oklahoma Farmer and Laborer (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1912 Page: 3 of 4
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Frum Saturday's Daily.
No Truth in That Story.
Mayor Denton, Commissioners I.< n
dermilk, Kioe and Hillis a.i Stated
to a Democrat reporter that they ha.!
never recti!', etl any word froiu am
jerson in reference to a pro! o«ed suit
of the waterworks.
Nor oould an# ;
tion boy tha plant
o \ VOTE OF
All franchise prop
n .milUMl to the r.
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THE
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PKOPLE
solo, ••rh« l>ay id Ended" with a vio-
lin obllgato was one o( the "fine
Uilngs of the evening. The emsem-
bio work by (he choir was an enjoy-
able feature ajid the accompaniment*
at the pipe or?..n by Mrs. James were
also an part of a \ it;.
delightful service •
Expressed His Regret.
K.ici 11 .1 u k Spain and Jailor Dillon
she raced across the fields to the would survive.
spot where lie was at work and gavej Two of .Mr. McCoy s boys. Dallas
him the weapon. She had been with and Maco. are employed by the Dmo
her bushand but a little time when
the Johnsons came up.
"Pa, let's go on and not have anj
' ". 'Tr • • d t ':<• Jul. li>oil '.1 1.
rifled by the turn events had taken
f
ud nia.lt> eonio hostile remark to
Pickett. The latter responded by
drawing hi, gun. Johnson knocked
er.ir, the former.a pressman and th«
latter #s carrier of one of the route:
in the cast pan of the city.
From Thursday's Dalh
tile tirst of the week to Dr. White. I Carl Morn. Came Back,
the . ve specialist who is here for a Carl Morris lias come hack
i-n.e locking after the local Indians Not to the fighting riig for he
The 1'cncn reservation consists of „e er was out of it. I„„ Sapulpa
alHM.t 100,000 acres and Major Farrel | After a sp... taeular career of about'
had many Interesting things to Bay | 18 •onihs dicing which tin* he has
ork here.
of hit?
One of th
i 1 n<l in u 1"'
1
i rd in
tra
| toni lit lt 11 glits, lost two decis
• | and leaped prominently Into the
! | cium of the big metropolitan spo
ary?'
And then the anistlc atmosphere
which pervaded the studio of young
C arl Morris, the baritone, would he
k^Mked into eyclones By big beefy
voices with some such m
lution
a cheap
t K. into
laid twe
. •
as
Carl, if
* pill|)>-
eaken
) stay
11:
club for the
)nday evening,
it the district
democrats ot
The meeting
year of 11)1:2 and on M
will enjoy a smoker
court room to which al
tho city are invited.
last night was (Tiled to order by .1
A. Pulp, chairman of the county com-
mittee and ho was selected to pre-
side over the meeting, with Lester
Childrss as secretary. The selection
of officers for the club followed, and
these were chosen:
President—C. Wj Lively.
Vioc-president—C. E. Edgerton.
Secretary—I^ester Childress.
Treasurer—Abner Bruoe.
Executive Committee—Dr. J. W
Hoover, Dr. R. M. Swinney, W. D.
Richardson, C. E. Woodruff, R. N
Whittlesey, U. J. Jones and Mart
Walters.
The roll of membership shows 47
names as a starter.
■ourt was taken up this morning
and some of the old cases were call-
ed and the defendants failing to re
spond the court was about to declare
the bonds forfeited when an invest!
gat ion showed that no bonds had been
filed. This peculiarity stopped the
proceedings for the time being in
these oases. This afternoon the
county court called a case against
Charles Ctewart.
sted
ni;
w a •>
<1 in
A colored woman living six miles
south of town started to a neighbors
last Thursday evening with a three-
year old child and got lost in a pas-
ture and wandered around until so
weak that sho fell from exhaustion.
The night was cold and a strong
wind was blowing from the north
and it is a miracle that she and the
child did not freeze. About three
o'clock in tho morning she was
found by somo of the searching party.
She was still conscious but nearly-
frozen to death. The child had stood
the weather the better of the two
but it was also in a very bad shape
and both would probably have died
had they not been found for a few
hours.
Mr. Oathey, our informer, told the
Independent that he thought the worn
an would recover.—Depew Independ
ent.
Prom Monday's Daily.
Music lovers by the hundred crowd
ed the auditorium of the Presbyterian
church last night to listen to the song
service by the choir assisted by Mrs.
W. N. Robinson, Miss Minetta New-
ton, Mr. O. L. James and Mr. Albert
N. Iloxie. The church was filled to
the dorrs ajnl several who arrived
late were turned away. The program
was well arranged, and was a credit
to the organist and choir director
Mrs. O. L. James, as well as to the
others who took jwirt. -The program
included religious compositions such
as "The Holy City" and Handel's
"Large in G,'' and selections from
operas as varied as 'The Evening
Star" from Tannhauser, and an in
termezzo from "Caviliera Rusticana"
Although th* dignity of a Sunday
Sunday night service was supposed
tm prevail, the audience just had to
applaud, even to the extent of encor-
ing two of the numbers.
The violin numbers by Mr. Hoxie
were a splendid feature of the pro-
gram. Mr. Hoxie is a master of his
instrument, playing,• not only with
technical skill,, but with feel'ng and
rare interpretative power,. He estab-
lished a wireless connection with his
audience from the first and each of
his numbers were heartily welcomed
IJe was very generous with his music
but J)js listeners still wanted more
nnd most of them stood about the
rooms till the strain* of the post-
lttde. "Tho Wedding Marc* frorr
Mrrxtalfihohn had Btorpe'f Mrs. Rnb
inson's vocal solos were as good as
ever And were heartily applauded
M1s« Newton sang a pleasing number
"A Little While," and Mr James
Prom Tuesday's Daily.
Bank Robbers Captured.
Mike McClanahan and Charlie Tur-
ner, two men whose spectacular rob-
bery of a bank at Peru two years ago
brought them into the clutches of the
law were recaptured Saturday night
at Fort Smith by Harry Stein. The
men had been running at large since
McClanahan skipped his bond after
the Peru robbery. Mr. Stein went
after the men in the interests of the
bondsmen, Joe Brown and Tom Sew-
all, a local Indian . McClanahan's
bond was fixed at $5000
Mr. Stein says that when ho arriv-
ed in Fort Smith he headed straight
for a saloon, thinking to take some
liquid refreshments before performing
any Sherlock Holmes stunts in locat-
ing the men. He arrived in Fort
Smith at 10:55 and struck the saloon
at 11 p. m The first two men upon
whom he looked were McClanahan
and Turner who were sitting in the
saloon unarmed and apparently not
looking for trouble. The men wer
instantly arrested and taken to Paw-
huska. They are now in the Paw
huska jail.
The bank robbery at Peru occur
red in September, 1910. The two
men, masked, held up the bank em-
ployees with revolvers and secured
$1350. The robbery was in broad
daylight in the business section of
the city. McClanahan was shortly
afterward arrested and released on
bond. Since his escape he and Tur-
ner have been plying their trade in
various parts of the country.
Killing at Briseow.
As the result of a line-fence feud
which, for years has been increasing
n bitterness,-A. W. Pickett, a well to
do farmer of Bristow, is lying dead
with a bullet through his brain and
Leo Johnson, a 1G year old farmer
lad, is confined in the county jail
and will be tried later on charge of
murder. Other figures in the tra-
*edy are Sylvester Johnson, 70 years
old, thl father of tho boy, Mrs
Pickett who witnessed the killing
and is almost crazed with grief. Rnd
:he seven fatherless Pickett (Jhildren
Trouble between the Johnson and
Pickett families had beefl brewing for
years. Because of disagreement over
a lease and a line fence the families
have been at swords points, and have
repeatedly indulged in threats and
recrimminations against each other.
The dispute was a cankerous affair
and had been the cause of litigation
as well as bitter words.
Matters came to a climax at two
o'clock yesterday afternoon when
Pickett, went to his field to change
the position of the line fence. The
Pickett *and Johnson farms adjoin,
ind from a distance tho Johnson'*
s?iw Pickett working on the fence
Crreatly enraged, the elder Johnson
and his son lido took their guns and
farted for the spot. Mrs. Pickett
from a window saw what was going
tin. Grabbing her husband's gun,
county jail. Maples was .to be tried
in Judge Brown's court yesterday,
but his courage failed him while go-
ing from the office of his attorneys to
the court room. Maples was recap-
tured by Sheriff Holmes Davidson
and Special Enforcement Officer Ru-
pert.
Black Jac.k as a Weapon.
'l'he assault with intent to kill caae
against Jim Smith was heard before
Justice Root late Tuesday afternoon
beginning about 3:30. There was a
host of witnesses, nearly all young
men. The story went that Inman
was invited to a dance and as soon
as he appeared Smith went outside
and secured a club, carrying it into
the room under his coat. While In-
man was buying a dancing number
Smith slipped up behind him and
used the club, striking Inman in the
back of tlie head and felling him to
the floor. Smith was bound over to
the district court his bond being fix
e*l at .ti000.
Mattax Has Good Alabi.
Clyde Mattox did not commit the
Kiefer bank robbery. At least he
had a perfect alibi and
could do nothing else but turn him
loose. At the time of the robbery two
parsons saw the y.<> men in front
of the Kiefer bank building between
the first and second explosions and
saw them enter. One of the two
witnesses was a woman. From the
two a Frisco detective obtained a
good description and the result was
Mattox's arrest, as it was stated by-
parties who knew Mattox that he
had been seen in Kiefer the day of
the robbery.
As to the alibi, Chief Tilgman, of
Oklahoma City made affidavit that
Mattox was ther.e and went to Texas
and three Texas men came here and
said Mattox was there the very date
of the safe blowing.
< heai
Justice Root I rpjK
Was Work of Incendiary.
Longmire on South Oak street wa.
partially destroyed by fire. The
firemen, at the time, had every reas
on to believe that the place was pur-
posely tired and on the return of Dr.
Longmire to the city placed the facts
before him. Investigation made con
firms this belief and Dr. Longmire
has offered a reward for the arrest
and conviction of the parties. The
amount of the reward offered is
* 1 oo.
Two Nabhed For Larceny.
Two negro men were making the
rounds of various stores Wednesday
afternoon and evidently for the pur
pose of larceny. They visited a mil
iinery establishment and got away
with some property which was
missed before they were out of sight.
Officers Jones and Noah took up the
'•a?o and the former captured one ol
i hem last night and Officer Noah
nabbed the other. One of them had
cut off his mustache but this fact did
ot prevent his identification. An in-
formation was filed before Justice
Root and the two were arraigned this
afternoon and their cases set for
ring.
names of the two darkeys are
Albert Fair and Georgo Watson.
They will have a hearing April Gth.
l)<
eiu:
Peer C.ynt,''
er," ( haminai
McDowell; "The Dying
lalk; ''.March Funebre,'
serenade," Schubert and
) the Piano,'* Beethoven
"Th.
W.id
Poet,"
Cho-
'Fare
The
•The
Flatten r," Chamin ade; "To a
Rote,'
(lottsc
pin; "
wel 1 t
entertainment was under tho aus
pices of the ladies of • the Baptist
chuich. Prof Roper's music was
characterized not only by perfect
technique, but by feeling and ex
press ion. The entert ainment was
enjoyed by those who have not made
music as special study, as well as
by thoso who have had the benefit
of musical training.
Mc
"the
Switchman Injured.
Curtis McCoy, a Frisco switchman
who lives on South Birch, met with
serious injuries while switching cars
In. the local yards last night and for
i time it was feared he would not
survive. Mr McCoy, was . engaged
with a crew in filling some damag
ed cars into the repair sheds and
was in «the act of makifcg a coupling
to a car on which the drawhead was
broken. It is said that a chain was
being used to attach the car to the
one in front and that the man had
gone beitween the cars to fasten the
chain. The engineer no^ knowing he
was between the cars started the
engine baclgvard and caught the man
between the cars. On account of one
of them having no drawhead there
was nothing to protect his body
and he was caught squarely between
them.
The force of the impact caught him
about the waist and chest and here
his worst "Injuries were reclived.
Physicians who examined him found
several ribs broken and his chest
badly crushed and .bruised. He was
taken to his home where It was
feared for a timo thaf he was fatally
Injured. At an early hour thin morn
Ing he began vomiting blood and it
was some time before this could be
stopped. Later in the d«y he be-
came better and physicians gave out
the hope Just before neon that he
Some time ago J. T. Kerr, of Paw
nee county purchased a piece of land
in the north part of. the county. 11
visited the scene and began plowing
for the purpose of sowing oats. Tw
brothers named Frank and Geore
Terill, tenants, run him off. He came
to Sapulpa and secured a warrant fo
their arrest. They in turn proceeded
to Bristow and secured a warrant
for Kerr. At that hearing it devei
oped that the Terills had a lease for
1912 nnd the party selling to him
had informed him the place Was clear
Kerr came to town today, paicf the
costs and jjie Teifills were discharg
ed. •
Coming up over the Frisco Tuesday
evening was a special from Southern
Texas enroute home, four ears of
thrifty Iowans, MIssourians and Ne-
braskans who had been on a land
seeking expedition. „
The passengers had wearied of the
fascinating cards, the gossip over
what they had seen and what they
were seeing as the train sped along,
and someone suggested a straw vote
for presidential preference. Of forty
two votes cast twenty-two were for
Roosevelt, while the balance were
scattered to all the other mentioned
possibilities of both, parties, with but
a few for each. •
The passengers informed a reporter
for the Democrat 'that the South
Texas proposition looked very good
them. The thrifty farmers are
Just now ending the marketing of
their winter crop of vegetables, and
the oflDp has been immense nnd sold
great profit. Corn is at a good
height and very promising.
The country visited is in what 11
termed the dry region although crops
ar0 grown by natqral rainfall.
Southern Texas is enjoying a great
influx of northern farmers.
Major Farrel Here.
Major F. E. Farrel, who has Charge
of the Ponca reservation In the We*l
| em part of the state, was a visitor
Johnson Bound Over.
At a preliminary hearing held yes-
terday in Bristow, Sylvester Johnson
and his son, IxiO Johnson, were
bound over to district court in con-
ideration of the sum of $15,000. Leo
Johnson is the 16-year-old boy who
shot A. W. Pickett Monday night,
and the father, Sylvester Johnson,
70 years of age. was arrested for
complicity in the affair.
The evidence showed that Pick-
ett and Johnson had had a quarrel
over a line fence and that on tin
day the crime was committed, Pickett
went cut to work on the fence.
The Johnsons went out to the fenn
with guns in hand and Mrs. Pick
ett supplied her' husband with hit
weapon. When the Picketts and
the Johnsons came * together at tlx
fence, the boy took the gun out
of his father's hand, begging him not
to shoot. Almost instantly Pickett
knocked the old man undbnsciou-
with his gun and the boy fired, Pick
ett's death occurring instantly.
The defense was represented by
Thompson and Smith and Attorney
Cheatham, of Bristow. Attorney John
Lawrence assisted the prosecuting
attorney. Mr. Decker. The only wit
nesses examined" were Mrs. Pick-
ett and her son, Charlie Pickett.
0"e of Ganq in Cilstcdy.
Hi 1 Is vi lie * Va., March 23.—S1dna
Edwards, a rugged mountaineer of 22
years sat calmly in the darkness of
the little brick jail last night, the
first catch of the posses that have
been scouring the mountains for
thoso of the Allen gang who got away
after the courthouse assassination
when a judge, a prosecutor, a sheriff
and two bystanders were killed and
two others were seriously wounded
Edwards^is emaciated and worn
from a week's wandering in the thick
He protest his innocence of the
■ndictment of murder against him
Hunters, spurred on by success are
11P in the Blue Ridge searching for
his brother, Wesley Edwards, his un
cle, Sidna Allen and his cousinp,
Claudci and Friet Allen.
A posBe came upon Edwards asleep
in an empty house two miles fron
his home. He was unarmed an*
when he woke the detectives were a
his side.# He made no resistance and
went to a farmer's house near Lam-
sburg. Va., and started for Hlllsrlllr
with his captors. Jack Allen, his
uncle—one of the Aliens who was
not at the court house on the day of
the trial—Joined his nephew on* the
way in, and ceme with the party to
Hillsville.
John A. Arnold of Tulsa Is a bus
ness visitor in the city.
c.'ooks In the world are in the prize
tight ing business. Everybody is look-
ing for graft. I have made a nice
little sum during the last few months
but if it wasn't for the money, I'll
tell you straight tha-t I'd chuck the
fame and work at running an engine.
The scrapings of the world are in
the prize fighting business. The
average prize fighter is, you might
say, an absolute degenerate. And
then, if a man has any heart, the
prize ring will always have its dis-
agreeable features. Yes, if it wasn't
for the money, I'd rather be firing
an engine."
What are the sensations of a pu-
gilist during a big fight? he was ask-
ed.
"I wich I h" I language to describe
the terrible sensations which the
fighter feels before the fight. It is not
so bad after tho fight has begun.
Then you get carried away by the
savage excitement. Rut before—
that is the worst. I haven't the lan-
je to describe it—perhaps there
no words that I can describe It—
but 1 want to tell you that the sen-
sution .'fore the figh' is the worst
kind "of suffering in tho world. The
worry and anxiety make* a man
physically sick. He is in a fever and
wants w iter but he is allowed only*
to gargle and wet his throat. It is
this fright l>efore the battle comes
off that defeats many good men. It!
was what licked Jim Jeffries at Reno.
Xo question about it. The worry and
nervous strain preceding the cham-
pionship fight was what knocked out
Jeff, it wasn't Johnson. There isn't
a good man in th4 fighting riifg today
that couldn't have licked Jim JefTrles
in the condition he was0 in that day.
Johnson won the easiest champion-
ship in the history of the prize ring."
In the room in which he sat Morris
was surrounded by trophies of his
experience in the limelight of the
stforting world. Hanging over a chair
was a beautiful banner presented by
the Elks lodge of the Bronx to Morris
before the fight. The local lodge of
Elks to which Morris belongs is
Number 1118 and that of the
Bronx 8*1°. So tho letters on the ban
ner read "Good luck from 871 to Carl
Morris 1118. Then there were stacks
of photographs of Morris in different
fights, of other pugilists, cartoons of
the Oklahoma Giant in New York,
and a big scrap book containing
press acocunts of different fights in
whifh Morris has figured.
One of the amusing -anecdotes Mor-
ris relates of his experience in New-
York was that of a case of mistaken
identity by which he got mixed up
with Carl Morris, a young baritone
concert singer of New York. Morris,
the singer was lightly built brown-
eyed and the* musical temperament
was plainly expressed on his fine,
sensitive features. Because of the
identity of the names of these two
men, and of the fact that they were
both in Now York City, people got
them badly mixed. Carl Morris, the
fighter, would have to tear himse'f
away from the punching bag to ar.F
wer a * h ilrman-of-the musical-depart
ment-of he womens-club voice over
the phone saying:
Mr. Morris could you appear al
a concert for our club Thursday night
And w mid you prefer to sing ' D-
Bist WU Fine Bltune," or "The Res
; ) u r
' rri 4 Was asked.
v/er uas reply. "First of al!
t. .1 would like to, but I
i i' . i ever will, get another
1110 at Jim Flynn. When I fouphf
• !ynn, [ got. the worst beating that
,1:;n r took. For the last Tew
i' 'ls I couldn't ;. o a thins But i
liail been in the ring only a few
month.--, and Flynn Knows as well as
1 that It was Inexperience which
beat me. He knew that he couldn't
hurt nte after i had bad n channe !o
improve."
Morris' tirst liBht after leaving
Sapulpa will be in Springfield. Mo.
Liquor Cases in East Oklahoma.
Ilooze dealers in Tulsa nnd through
out the entire eastern side of the
state of Oklahoma, or that section
which was formerly Indian territory
received a heavy blow yesterday
when the famous Charles Webb test
'■a*e resulted in Judge Ralph Camp-
bell, sitting at Muskogee, denying a
writ of habeas corpus for the release
of Webb from the federal jail there
Webbs attorneys Immediately gave
notice of appeal to the United States
supreme court, and a" decision Tr-fim
that tribunal Is oxpected within thr-
next sixty da.vs.
Webb was indicted by a recent
grand jury at Vinita on the charge
of introducing liquor into the old In-
dian territory. Tho indictment was
returned in accordance with a federal
court decision that placed this section
of tho state again under federal pro-
hibition law. ,
Webb, who is said to have the back
ing of prominent bootleggers in va
rious parts of the state, immediately
proceed eminent legal talent, and
prepared to light the case to a finish.
Ho even went to jail at Muskogee, in
order lhat habeas corpus writ Vould
be asked for, Judge Campbell's decis-
ion yesterday was received with
various degrees of dissatisfaction by
the bootleggers, and there will be
very little booze selling conducted
until the supreme court decision In
the case is rendered.—Tulsa World.
•
S. L. James
Has remodeled his rooming
house. No. 200 N. Main and
is opened for business. An
up to-date restaurant in con-
nection. Give him a call
when in the city
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