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State Register.
SEVENTEENTH YEAR NO. 0
GUTHRIE, OKLA., THURSDAY. MARCH 190*
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Taft Is Already Nominated For President and the Only Scramble at the State Convention Will be Who Can Join the Love Feast ] vhicago.
ANARCHIST ATTEMPTS TO
MURDER CHIEF OF POLICE AND IS KILLED
t The Chicago Tribune lias the fol- I
lowing description of the anarchist's
attempt to kill Chief of Police Shippy: j
The fears of police officials, ex-
pressed iu the Tribune several days
ago, that their lives were in danger, I
were realized yesterday when an j
avowed anarchist, Lazarus Averbuch, |
tried to assassinate Chief Shippy of j
the police department, and was him- j
self killed.
The tragic attempt on the life of the
thief and the killing of the anarchist
occurred in the front hallway of the
chief's residence, 31 Lincoln Place—
near North Clark street and Webster
avenue.
It was just after 9 o'clock when the
man appeared and the tragic incidents
<*' followed quickly. The results were:
Chief Shippy, stabbed under his
arm, the wound being slight.
The chief's son, Henry, was shot
through the lung, above the heart, but I
] probably will recover.
Chief Shippy's driver, Foley, shot
through the hand. ,
The anarchist assailant, shot dead.
Attempt on Sunday Foiled.
It is evident that the young anar-
chist meant to kill the chief on Sun-
day. All of that day Shippy was in
touch with the reports being made
by the detectives detailed to guard
Roman Catholic churches from possi-
ble anarchist attacks. He went down
to his office once and spent consider-
able time in the North Halstead street
police station, in which precinct he
lives. At noon all the reports were
in and showed no attempts at vio-
lence. The chief returned to his Sun-
day dinner relieved of much appre-
^ hension.
Calls Sunday Afternoon.
On his return to supper Sunday ev-
ening the chief was told by his family
that a young man had called to see
him in the afternoon. The maid,
' Theresa Tauber, had answered the
doorbell and informed the man that
the chief was away. Mr. Shippy paid
no attention to the matter. It turned,
out, however, that the caller was the
young anarchist who committed the
deed of yesterday.
Assassin Finds tlie Chief.
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning
Chief Shippy had finished breakfast
an-d was sitting in the living room of
his residence waiting for his driver.
James Foley, to arrive with the police
department buggy In which he daily
is driven to his office. Henry, the
chief's 20 year old son, was upstairs
in bed. He had returned only a day
or two before from Culver Military
Academy, suffering from an abscess
in his ear.
' As the chief sat there taking the
first puffs ofa cigar the door bell
rang, and he arose to answer it in
person. As he threw open the door
he saw before him a young man of
medium height with a foreign cast of
features, smoothly shaven and dressed
in loose black clothes. He wore a
black slouch hat and altogether looked
like a young working man.
Caller Offers Letter.
As the chief opened the outer door
of the vestibule the young man step-
ped quickly inside, while Mr. Shippy
backed through the inner doorway to
receive his visitor. The man drew a
letter from his pocket which he hand-
ed to the chief.
But Shippy did not look at the let-
ter. He received it mechanically
while all the time he had his eyes
fixed on the eyes of the strange young
man. Premonitions and suspicions
were (lashing through the mind of the
^veteran policeman. As the two men
stocd there each with steadfast gaze
fixed on the other the trained detec-
tive read the plot and struck at its
heart.
Without a glance at the superscrlp-
tion the chief let the letter fall to the
floor, and with a sudden lunge, seized
' the young man's wrists. From the
moment that Shippy had hesitated in
the opening of the letter the stranger
had seemed surprised and wavering
in his resolution. When he found his
wrists in the policeman's grip the
young man said: "It's all right.''
The English was good and the chief
understood that he referred to the
letter, But he did not heed the man's
words.
Youth Stronger Thai Shippy.
The stranger had started to wrest
himself from his captor's grasp, and
then the chief found lie was dealing
SCHOOL LANDS All! Mil.
t
with a stripling of marvelous and de-
ceptive strength. Shippy is a man of
great strength, but he realized in a
flash that he was no match for his an-
tagonist. The stranger was twisting
his wrists about in their human
shackles with an ease that indicated
he would soon be free of those fet-
ters. The trained eye of the police-
man noticed the man's pocket hang-
ing heavy as with a revolver.
"Mother, come here and see if this
man has a gun in his pocket," called
the chief to Mrs. Shippy.
At this the young man began to
struggle fiercely, and the two men
swayed fiercely into the narrow hall-
way at the foot of the front stairway.
The fight became more desperate, the
stranger writhing about and Shiopy
striving to retain his hold of his ad-
versary's wrists.
Mrs. Shippy Feels Revolver.
Mrs. Shippy, a little, slight, elderly
woman, came running to the scene.
She put her hand into the man's right
hand overcoat pocket and her fingers
closed about the barrel of a reVolver.
"Yes, George, he s got one," cried out
Mrs. Shippy.
The chief was fast losing his grip
on his foe and he made one final ef-
fort to overpower him while Mrs,
Shippy strove to pull the revolver
from the young man's pocket. But in
the midst of the struggle she was un-
able to get the weapon free of the gar-
ment. By main force, then, the chief
drew the man to him and hurled him
with all his strength into the corner
under the stairway, where the police
and public telephone instruments are
placed.
The young man crashed into the
telephones, overturning them, and
landed in a half reclining position
against the wall, while the chief
backed into the hattree on the oppo-
site side of the hallway and whipped
out his revolver.
"Call Foley, mother," shouted the
chief, and Mrs. Shippy ran out to
summon the driver, who had just ar-
rived.
Bullet Answers Knife Thrust.
Shippy advanced upon his adver-
sary with his revolver level,ed, and at
this the man sprang out of his corner
with a bright, keen knife in his hand.
He had drawn it from the breast of
his coat. With the dagger upraised
he sprang savagely at the chief and
drove the knife at his breast. The
blow glanced off and the blade mere-
ly cut into the flesh under the chief's
right arm.
At the same time the chief fired,
and young man staggered back into
his corner beneath the stairway. The
shot had taken effect in his neck
It was Shippy's idea to capture the
man without further wounding him,
and again he advanced oil the un-
known. called on him to surrender. At
this time Harry Shippy came running
down the stairway and Foley dashed
up the fornt steps. The son, clad in
his night clothes, in which he had
leaped from a sick bed, rushed brave-
ly into the breach.
Foley, revolver in hand, sprang in
behind the young man. The driver
fired. Almost at the same time the
anarchist, who had wrenched his re
volver from his pocket, fired point
blank at young Shippy, who was
rushing forward to grapple with him.
The young man staggered back with
his hand to his breast.
"Papa, I'm shot!" he gasped.
Foley then fired twice more and the
anarchist twice. One of the bullets
passed through Foley's left hand and
the other went wide and imbedded
itself in the ceiling of the living
room.
Chief Finishes Assailant.
At the sight of his boy falling with
the blood welling out upon his cloth-
ing, the chief sprang once more upon
the anarchist and fired two shots with
deadly effect. One bullet went into
the man's breast near the heart and
the other into his head above the left
temple. The revolver dropped from
the assassin's fingers and fell beside
the knife at his feet, while he sank
back into the corner and died with-
out a groan or a word.
Throughout the struggle, which had
lasted not more than three minutes,
the anarchist had not uttered a syl-
lable beside the words he had spoken
at first concerning the letter. He
fought on doggedly and silently, with
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lS.SOO Acre Still Due Under Enabling
Art Gift.
At the meeting of the school land
commission Secretary L. D. Marr rec-
ommended that he be given help in
securing the 18.650 acres of school
land etiil due the state under the en-
abling act which gave the state 1,050,-
000 acres of public land in addition to
the $5,000,000 school fund. The iom-
mission has taken up all the surplus
lands in Beaver, Woods and Wood-
ward counties in northwestern Okla-
homa. and there still remains 18.H50
acres due tha following educational
institutions of the state:
State university. 495.2i acres; A. &
M. College. 467S.63 acres; state nor-
mals, 5089.55 acres; university pre-
paratory, 2219.S5 aires; colored A. &
N. College, 1612.6.1 acres.
These lands will have to be taken
up where any surplus lands can be
found in the state and will be an ar-
duous task.
Besides this, several thousand acres
of indemnity lands are due the state
by reason of Indian allotments and
before the school • land commission
can ascertain just how much is due
it will be necessary to check up the
different land offices in the state and
the Indian agencies. The school land
commission now has 3,150,000 acres
of school lands under its supervision
bank, no express office no money or-
der department in the local postofflce.
nor could small currency be found in
the town, so the sender of the money
tied two silver dollars and a half
securely together with a waked cord
and attached a cord bearing White's
and attached a cord bearing White's
address. The money came through
without delay.
m:N M * II ANN MAKES \
STATEMENT TO THE l'l'BLIC
Denies ( irciilar Letter Sent Out lty
C. G. Jones About the Results of
the Mva Convention.
BRUTAL ABUSER OF WIFE, WAUKOMlo
FARMER SLAYS NEIGHBOR FOR REVENGE
COAL KATE IS
REDUCED ABOUT HALF
Makes Roads Responsible for Loss in
Shipment.
That a 50 per cent average reduc-
tion for every ton of coal sold in Ok-
lahoma will result from the order of
the corporation commission which be-
came effective Monday, is the opinion
of Commissioner A. T. Watson. A fea-
ture of the law is that destination
weights shall be the basis of settle-
ment instead of the weights at the
mines. This holds the railroads re-
sponsible for the lose of coal in ship-
ment. The same ground is covered
in the bill of Senator Stafford and
other measures pending in the house
A new schedule on lumber which
became effective Monday makes a re-
duction of from 50 to 00 per cent. The
new rate on grain is much lower than
the one formerly maintained. The
demurrage order also became effec-
tive Monday.
In four weeks a new rate on oil
shipments, reducing the maximum
from 35 cents to II cents will become
effective. The order has been issued
by the corporation commission. The
new schedule will allow 6 cents for
the first 100 miles, and 2 cents each
additional 100 miles. The maximum
in no instance to exceed 11 cents.
CAN NO VS RULE IS ABSOLUTE
\o Republican Unwilling to Make His
Ideas Agree With Those of the
Speaker Can Hope for a Good
Committee.
Speaker Cannon will have to con
front the charge of having packed
every committee in the house to
which important measures have been
referred for legislation. One com-
mittee. that on banking and currency,
has got away from him and the Fowl-
er bill reported is the result. The
Speaker is for the AMrich bill and
expects finally to whip that measure
through with the aid of a caucus, de-
spite the practically unanimous op-
position of his banking and currency
committee to it.
But if one committee has broken
away a score have complacently
yielded. Thus it is with the Presi-
dent demanding certain legislation
and the public insistent upon still
other measures, no wheel can be turn-
ed in the lower branch of Congress
looking to the advancement of any
one of these measures. A dozen or
more bills, providing for a revision of
certain tariff schedules which are es-
pecially inipuitous and generally ad-
mitted to be so, are pigeon-holed in
the ways and means committee.
Among these bills are a half a dozen
revising the duty on wood pulp. The
Speaker will have no tariff debate pre
cipitated and the committee's duty is
to prevent any tariff measures from
coming before Congress.
NOVEL monev.se> dim;
Charles White, a Guthrie merchant
received in a novel way a payment
of money through the United States
malls from a customer in Phonolite,
Nev., a mining town. There was no
Dennis Flynn has made public the
allowing letter:
Oklahoma City, March 2.
1 attended the convention at Alva
A-hich instructed its two delegates to
'hicago to vote for Taft. 1 am just
in receipt of a half dozen letters, writ-
°n by Hon. C. G. Jones to various
lekgates to the state convention, in
which he says: ^
Mr. Flynn t .s «, the Alva conven-
tion Wednesday and told Jake Ha-
mon he got the worst grubbing he ev-
er got in his life; he lost on every
proposition he undertook. We got 106
votes out of 143. leaving him 37 votes
for his proposition and his man. As
to the instructions for Taft, Charley
Hunter won out because nobody op-
posed the instructions. Charley was
there with all the appointed federal
power he could collect, and of course
Dennis was in line iwth him, as far
as it went for instructions; but Den-
nis also wanted to get instructions
for himself, and many other things he
thought ought to be done, all of which
were turned down at a vote of 2 to 1."
I hoep every delegate, as well ai
every visitor, to the Alva convention,
between now and the 11th of March,
when the state convention meets, will
read the above quotation from Mr.
Jones' letter which he is circulating
In parts • of the country that had no
representative present at the Alva
convention.
If Mr. Hamon told Mr, Jones what
he is quoted as saying above, he told
a falsehood; if he did not tell Mr.
Jones the above, then Mr. Jones is
circulating a falsehood. If Mr. Ha-
mon or Mr. Jones asked a solitary one
of the 143 delegates in the Alva con-
vention to vote for instructions, I nev-
er knew it. I am delighted, however,
to know that while Mr. Jones has been
viciously upbraiding Hunter, that he
says he went to Alva and helped Hun-
ter pass instructions for Taft. Mr.
Hunter has at least been consistent;
he has always been for Taft instruc-
tions, as far as I know. I never knew
that Mr. Jones was for Mr. Taft or
instructions, and in view of the half
dozen letters which my friends have
forwarded to me, which Mr. Jones
has written, I will be delighted, as Mr.
Jones is a consistent gentleman, to
work side by side with him at our
convention in Oklahoma City on
-March lltli for an instructed delega-
tion for Mr. Taft.
If Mr. Jones did not oppose instruc-
tions at Alva, then myself and 143
delegates were mistaken, I am will-
ing. however, to work side by side
with him at this convention for Taft
instructions. I desire, however, to
state that I will advocate instruc-
tions for Mr. Taft on the 11th, even
should Mr. Jones change his mind be-
tween now and then. One gentleman
to whom Mr. Jones wrote, in writing
to me, says: "Strange, that when
Jones licked Hunter in Oklahoma
county, he couldn't do It at Alva." The
delegates at the state convention may
as well understand one thing, as far
as I am concerned—I am opposed to
sending any delegates to Chicago who
are not instructed for Mr. Taft. 1
have always understood that Mr.
Jones was against Mr. Taft and in-
structions, but will be delighted to
have his support and that of all his
friends in Instructing our delegates
for Taft. The instructing of our dele-
gates for Taft to Chicago is more im-
portant to me, .and I think to the Re-
publican party, than the question of
who shall be our delegates.
Concerning the vote at Alva. Mr.
George H. Dodson, who was elected
one of the delegates, can answer
whether or not I was his loyal sup-
porter in the fight.
Yours very truly,
D. T. FLYNN.
P. S.—There are now over 230 dele-
gates that I have heard from who are
instructed to vote for Flynn as dele-
gate at large. What county of the 75
within the state of Oklahoma is in-
structed to vote for Mr. Jones?
U. T. F.
Enid. Okla.. March 3.—Culminating
a neighborhod feud that has caused
several petty lawsuits andone charge
of murderous assault, Lowry White,
a prosperous farmer living near Wau-
komis, shot and killed Fred Hahn-
stein, a neighbor, today. White es-
caped. but was captured twenty miles
south.
Two loads of buckshot were fired
by White, both hitting Hahnstein.
John Rhoades, a young man, who w as
in the seat with Hahnstein, miracu-
lously escaped the fusilade of shot.
Rhoades lashed his horses into a run
after the two shots and was out of
range before White could reload.
As White fired the gun that had
been carried to him by his wife, who
three months ago besought neighbors
to have him arrested for murderous
assault upon her, alleging that he tied
her to a table and beat her when she
was iu a delicate condition, the wom-
an ran to the house and returned with
more ammunition to enable White to
finish his bloody work, according to
Rhoades.
Hahnstein was taken to his home
where he died an hour afterward.
Rhoades, the only eye witness, ex-
cepting the wife, is still scared as a
result of the shooting, and gives a
garbled account.
Officers were dispatched from Enid
as soon as the news reached here. In-
structions were to swear in several
deputies at Waukomis, eight miles
south and six miles from the killing,
to prevent violence by the neighbors.
Mrs. White will be arrested as an ac-
complice to the crime.
"I shot in self defense," said Lowry
White in the Garfield county jail to-
night. "Hahnstein was armed with a
club."
White did not shoot in self defense,
but first attacked Hahnstein with a
club and then shot, states Mrs. White.
"The men were talking about farm-
ing matters. It drifted to the old feud
and the assault case, and Lowry got
mad. He picked up a club, but Mr.
Hahnstein wrenched it from him.
"Lowry grabbed a shotgun near
where 1 was standing and shot Mr.
Hahnstein as he started away."
Bad blood between White and his
neighbors has been evident for some
time. He has been particularly bit-
ter against Hahnstein, who testified
against him in the trial in which he
was charged with brutally assaulting
his wife.
Wife Gets (<un for Murderer.
Hahnstein and Rhoades were on
their way to Hahnstein's home after
a visit with neighbors, according to
Rhoades' story, when the killing oc-
curred. He says they were passing
White's place in a lumber wagon
when White called to Hahnstein.
One word brought on another un-
til the two men had i^^lied over the
whole case that was ^Werred against
White last winter. As the argument
[progressed White grew more and
more enraged until his loud tones at-
tracted the attention of his wife, who
glanced out of the door just as White
placed his foot on the fence as if he
was going to vault over and attack
Hahnstein.
White retreated to the yard and a
moment later his wife appeared witli
the shotgun in her hands. She ran to
White and gave him the weapon.
Hahnstein did not move, Rhoades
states, but quietly asked White what
he meant by taking the gun. WThite
did not reply, but raised the gun am*
started firing. The first shot struck
Hahnstein in the left side. White
fired again as Hahnstein tumbled back
to the wagon bed, striking him in the
leg.
When the firing started the wife
turned and ran tark to the house, ac-
cording to Rhoades, anil appeared
again with a handful of shells as
White finished. When he saw the am-
munition, Rhoades realized his danger
and before White lould reload his gun,
had whipped his horses into a gallop
and was out of range. Hahnstein was
taken to his home and Dr. S. F. Scott
of Waukomis summoned. He died
within an hour after the shooting.
White immediately saddled a horse
and started south. He was noticed by
several persons who had not heard, of
the tragedy. Telephones and tele-
graph wires were working in a short
time and four and a half hours after
the murder White was caught near
tile village of Sheridan, In Kingfisher
county, twenty miles from the scene
of the tragedy.
Wife Ineiiiitc: White Whipped.
White was arrested November 30,
1907, on complaint filed by several
neighbors who alleged that he had
hound his wife to a table while she
was enciente and had beaten her un-
til her back was a mass of bruises.
He was taken to jail in Enid. The en-
tire community near the White farm
was aroused over the charge, and it
was talked that White should hang.
The wife refused to speak. Many
tales of the husband's alleged cruelty
were advanced by neighbors. One
man averred that the woman had been
hitched to a plow beside a horse and
made tu trudge backward and for-
ward across the fields as punishment
for not submitting to White's desires.
Other stories telling of lonesome
nights passed by the wife outside the
house with only animals for her com-
pany because the husband was mad,
of being locked in an open corn crib
during cold weather until she had
nearly frozen, and of White slaying
cattle and hogs seemingly without
reason were advanced to prove the
charges of the neighbors.
White stayed in the Garfield county
jail in Enid until December 13, when
the preliminary trial was held before
Justice Asher. He was dismissed on
the grounds that the evidence was
purely circumstantial. He left Enid
that night with his wife, who had
sworn never to return to him.
C. Lusher, a neighbor of the Whites
made the most sensational testimony
of the hearing. He declared White
had pitched his wife from a hay loft,
breaking two of her ribs, and had
threatened to end her life with a
butcher knife as she lay on the ground
helpless.
After their return home the Whites
seldom left their premises. They were
reticent and all advances made by
neighbors were repulsed. White was
sullen when he met any of the neigh-
bors who had sworn against him, and
often, it is stated, had threatened to
slay someone.
Murdered Man a Pioneer.
Fred Hahnstein, the murdered man,
was about 35 years old. He came to
Oklahoma in 1S93, at the opening of
the Strip and settled on the farm
where his family now lives. They
have been neighbors of White since
White came to Oklahoma.
Hahnstein was married. He leaves
a wife and two children. He has been
prominent in local politics and was a
member of the township school board.
He owned one of the finest farms in
the wheat belt, about seven miles
southeast of Waukomis.
Lowry White came to Oklahoma
about ten years ago, purchasing the
farm he now lives on, six miles south-
east of Waukomis, and has resided
there ever since.
He married Miss Lottie Smith of
Enid several years ago. She lived
with him a year or so and sued for
divorce, alleging extreme < ruelty and
brutality. The divorce was granted.
White then married his present wife.
They have been married about two
years.
He has been prosperous. He had
had frequent quarrels with his neigh-
bors, by whom he was disliked. He is
32 years old.
({KANT VICTOR NAMED
FOR U. S. MARSHAL.
The President has sent the senate
the nomination of Grant Victor to be
United States Marshal for the eastern
district of Oklahoma, in place of G.
A. Porter, whose nomination was
withdrawn at the request of the sen-
ate judiciary committee.
(II \ HIV A Kl THAT DOKS*T HURT.
A. I.. Walker, former editor of the
Temple Tribune, got married the
other day at Waurika, where he now
lives, and the "gang" posted the town
with the following circular:
M A R K I E 1>!
A. L. Walker
"The Man Who Deals in Dirt."
Waurika will have a population of
51)00 iu (hree years and jou
"CAN'T STOP 'KB."
Mr. Walker, being In the real estate
business, should not object to such
charivaries from his friends. I hey
could do worse.
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