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VOLUME II
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. 1914.
NUMBER 136
KILLING OF W. W. Bl'MGARNER
Verdict of Jury—Reed Taken lo Ok-
lahoma City—Cause of Killing
Still a Mystery—Automatic
Revolver Used.
Verdict of Jury.
The said jurors on their oaths do
say that said W. W. Bumgarner came
to his death by gunshot wounds in-
flicted by Laney Reed, and the said
killing was felonious.
J. H. TODD,
M. C. MURPHY,
MARK HEWITT,
A. M. CHAMPEAU,
M. T. TEEL,
D. T. TEEL.
over him and kept pumping the bul- making two wounds.
lets into his body. Only one bullet It is expected the funeral will be
went astray, and that struck a mare held Wednesday afternoon, under the
belonging to Charlie Taylor, wound- auspices of the W. O. W. Mr. Burn-
ing her in the shoulder. j garner leaves a widow, Mrs. Lulu
Reed was kept in the county jail Bumgarner, and six children, Mrs.
only a few hours, and taken to Okla-1 Dortis Stogner, John and Will Bum
I Misses - Ladies' Suit Clearance Sale !
homa City last night, the officers not
knowing what efforts might be made
to lynch him. "An ounce of preven-
tion is worth a pound of cure," in such
cases. _
Reed retains his non-committal at-
titude, but is reported to have said the
cause of the killing will be made
known at the proper time. He is said
garner, May and Grace, and a little
babe. The earnest and sincere sym-
pathy of the community goes out to
them in their terrible affliction.
Mr. Bumgarner was some 4fi years
of age. Reed is about 30, and un-1
married as far as known.
It is said the men were good friends
until recently, and it is believed the
to have asked if any gun was found tr°"ble that caused the, klllln* aros*
on "Bum," and when told there was wlth,n the Past two weeks or a month
not remarked that "That's funny; he blf what " was seems a m>'stery to
knew this thing was bound to happen a" collcelne(-
sooner or later."
Delany Reed is a son of the Widow
Reed who came from Arkansas some
ten years ago and settled near Den-
ver. There were three boys and a
couple of girls. One of the boys, C.
C. Reed, is now a physician at Hen-1
derson in this county. Vince Reed,
another of the boys, died some years j
ago in an Oklahoma City hospital.!
Mrs. Reed and Delaney and the' Four Teams Will Contest for Honors
daughters moved to Edmond a couple The Winners Will Debate
of years ago, but Delany has been in Teams of Other Schools
Norman, off and on, several times the
past two or three weeks, and has
Funeral Wednesday
The funeral services of Mr. W. W.
Bumgarner will be held at the M. E. j J
Church, South, on Wednesday, Nov. j
25th, at 2:30 p. m., conducted by Rev. J Ij.
R. L. Ownbey.
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HIGH SCHOOL DEBATING TEAMS J.
The above was the verdjct of the
coroner's jury empaneled by Justice
of the Peace Linton yesterday at the
Champeau farm to inquire into the
killing of Will W. Bumgarner by
Laney Reed, brief mention of which
was made in yesterday's issue of the
Transcript. The verdict was arrived
at after the examination of Ben
Craig, Edgar Shade, Mose Hewitt and
John Bumgarner, the latter being a
sqn of the deceased. It was thought
the latter would know something of
the causes leading up to the shooting,
but he knew nothing except the men past two or three weeks, and has j The classes of the Norman High
had been acquainted for a number of | been seen in conversation with Mr. School have finished their try-outs
years. The other witnesses gave f Bumgarner at different times. j for debating teams with the fol-
evidence as to the shooting. j Mr. Will W. Bumgarner was a son-' lowing results:
'It seems Mr. Bumgarner was pre- ! in-law of Mrs. L. L. Briggs and came Freshmen—Lucile Wickizer, Dwight
paring to move to his farm near Den-1 to Cleveland county from Yell county,! Patton and Frances Vincent.
ver and had gone to the Champeau Ark., in 1891. He owned a fine farm , Juniors—Claude Monnett, Willard
sale to purchase a horse. The sale near Denver, but has lived in Norman Wickizer and Gertrude Howe,
was over, and Will was leading his for several years to educate his child- Sophomores—Herbert Hyde, David
horse across the yard when Reed ren, and has been connected with the 1 Morris and Guy Parkhurst.
met him. One witness testified he Oklahoma Sanitarium for a couple of j Seniors—Bryan Griffin, Wilmer
heard Reed say "Bumgarner," and years as attendant. He was popular Wickizer and Marion Gooding.
some other words he could not under- with his associates and regarded as an
stand, and saw him (Reed) reach for excellent citizen, and was a member
his gun. The reports of the shots of Norman W. O. W. and Woodman
from the revolver (a Savage auto- Circle, carrying $2000 insurance in
matic "32"-ten-shot gun) were said the former and $1100-in the latter.
by one witness to sound like a bunch His body was brought from the
of big firecrackers going off. All the Champeau farm last evening, to the ' team in the state
wounds, seven of them, were in Mr. undertaking parlors of Meyer, Meyer j It will be noticed there are several
Bumgarner's body—none in his face & Morris, and prepared for burial. I young ladies on the teams, and they
or head. As he fell at the first shot, The undertakers sewed up nine bullet; are said to be good ones too; evi-
he exclaimed: "You've killed me; holes in his body, but think some bul- i dences that the women are coming
don't shoot any more," but Reed stood' lets passed clear through the body, . and can't be kept down.
If you have been waiting for this
sale to buy your suit you can have it
in time for Thanksgiving and yet
only pay January prices.
We have about seventy-five latest
style Wooltex and other good makes
of very fine winter suits that we
shall include in this sale.
The style range includes all the
popular models, in all the better
styles; only one suit of a style.
Choose from our regular $15 Fall
and Winter suits at only $9.95
All suits that were $17.50 are now
reduced to only :—$11.75
Choose from our very best $20.00
suits at only $12.95
Finest $25 suits in America, best
styles, reduced to only $16.65
Elaborate suits that we have sold
all season at $30 are now reduced to
only $19.95
Very fine "Wooltex Suits that sold
at $35 are now reduced to only $23.50
Choose from our finest $40 suits,
reduced to only $24.95
Colors are black, green, brown, purple navy and blue. Many are very elaborately
trimmed with silk braid and velvet. All are in the popular lengths. Remember we offer
you choice of our entir stock at the above g reatly reduced prices.
These teams will debate a question |
concerning advantages and disadvan- j
tages to the country of the national
reserve bank law, and the winning j
team will be Norman High's repre- j
sentatives with any other high school
Final Clearance Sale
of Millinery
Choose from our very finest pattern hats, made from
finest imported silk plush and velvet, trimmed with finest
flowers and feathers, hats that sold at $10, $12.50
and up to $15, final clearance sale price is only —
Choose from beautiful trimmed hats that sold at
$4, $5 and $6. reduced to only
Children's and Misses' hats in many styles and
colors, regular $1 and $1.50 reduced to clear at
The S. K. McCALL Co.
"NORMAN'S GREATEST STORE"
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Copyright, 1914
want every young
man in the city of Nor- ~
man to inspect our new j
arrivals of
** one among the best tonsorial artists I kick by Halfback Graves from the 24-
Baimacaan Overcoats
made in the new Scotch
I
Cheviote material and in
the newest and most ex-
clusive models for stylish
dressers. See Them. We
have the prices to suit—
$10, $12.50 and $15.
A. L. WYNNE BUYS BARBER
SHOP.
A. L. Wynne, who for the past year
held the first chair in the Henton bar-
bershop, has bought the shop at No.
231 East Main street formerly owned
i by W. C. Henton, and invites his
friends and former patrons to see him
at his new location. Mr. Wynne is
MISSOURI DEFEATS KANSAS.
First quarter: K. U., 7; M. U., 0.
Second quarter: K. U., 7; M. U., 7.
Third quarter: K. U., 7; M. U., 7.
Last quarter: _M. U., 10; K. U., 7.
Lawrence, Kas., Nov. 21.—A place
in Norman and those who are looking
for good work in his line will get the
best of service at his place. No. 231
East Main.
FOR THE LITTLE GIRLS
\ Silk plush coats, ages from 2 to 6,
| worth $6 to $7. Special for $3.95.
RUCKER'S.
RUCKER'S.
NORMAN-OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL
Norman football fans who expect to
attend the doubleheader games at Ok-
lahoma City Thanksgiving day when
j Norman will meet Oklahoma high
: school for the state interscholastic
championship, can get reserved seats
I for the game by sending mail orders
to Westfail Drug company, Oklahoma
i City. The prices for the. games r.re
$1.00 for admission and reserved
grandstand seat, $1.50 for motor car
snaces and $1.50 each for box seats.
This includes the prices for both
games.
In the second game the Oklahoma
Aggies from Stillwater will clash
with the Colorado Aggies from Fort
; Collins. The Colorado team is coach-
'• ed by Harry Hughes, who was a star
\ halfback on the University team here
J from 1905 to 1908. He has developed
•{. a great team at Fort Collins, and
4" | many Norman people doubtless will
J1 desire to see his team play Thanks-
j. i giving day in addition to watching
4. the Norman-Oklahoma high school
4* I game, the most important one on the
J1 schedule for the local boys.
j. Should Norman defeat Oklahoma
4* City Thanksgiving day it will give the
*[* bovs the state championship. Coach
T "Trim" Capshaw and his cohorts are
•J. 1 putting in many strenuous hours of
4"1 draining this week in order to be in
"f" the best condition of the season for
a Thursday.
yard line in the last quarter with but
five minutes of play gave the Univer-
sity of Missouri a 10 to 7 victory over
the University of Kansas here this
afternoon, thus surprising even the
most ardent Tiger supporters.
The Jayhawkers fairly swept the
Missouri eleven off its feet in the
opening quarter and hurried to a
touchdown after but six minutes of
play Then the Tigers strengthened.
In the second quarter, the Missouri
backfield wore down the Jayhawker
line and plunged across the Kansas
goal line for a touchdown.
The third quarter was even but in
the final period the Missouri back
charged with aggression and brought
home victory for the Tigers.
WAR TAX NOTICE.
Effective Decembr 1, 1914, a "War
Tax" of one cent for each message is
required to be collected by all Tele-
phone and Telegraph companies. This
tax is required to be paid to the Gov-
ernment. In addition to the regular
toll charge the operating companies
are required to collect this one cent
on all messages where the regular toll
charge is 15 cents or over, and report
and remit to the International Reve-
nue Collector at the end of each
month.
Beginning December 1, 1914, the
Norman Telephone Company will be
required to collect and remit this
"War Tax."
NORMAN TELEPHONE CO.
—Mrs. Louie Westervelt is up from
Paoli visiting relatives and doing
shopping.
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♦ (Speaks German) ♦
♦ Successor to Dr. A. C. Hirsh- ♦
♦ field. Office over Barbour's ♦
♦ Drug Store. ♦
♦ Country Calls Answered •
♦ day or night ♦
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—Ladies $12.50 coats every
new, for only $6.50.—Rucker's.
one
Fresh and Cured Meats--
Beef, Pork. Veal, Brains, Liver, Sausage, Spare Ribbs, Pigs Feet,
Cured Hams, Boiled Hams, Minced Ham, Dried Beef, Fresh Oysters,
Bulk Mince Meat.
Fresh Vegetables and Fruits-
Egg Plant, Rhubarb, Fresh Tomatoes, Cauliflower, Celery, Let-
tuce, Green Peppers, Cucumbers, Red Emperor & Cornichorn Grapes,
Grape Fruit, Bananas, Lemons and oranges.
Turkeys Dressed or Alive
Bowling's Cash Grocery
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Burke, J. J. The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 136, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 24, 1914, newspaper, November 24, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112844/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.