Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 68, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 20, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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Chickasha Oklahoma. Saturday March 20. 1909
NUMBER 68
VOLUME 10
TJOEEH OF THE WASHITA" IS
IB10VJH ABROAD
BSCONDING BANKER
SENDS BACK THE COIN
COOPER FOUND GUILTY
GETS TWENTY YEARS
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Sharp is Acquitted End of Famous Murder Trial!
Case When Verdict Was Returned This
Horning
Special to the Daily Exprett.
NASHVILLE TENN. MARCH 20
AFTER BEING OUT ALL NIGHT
THE JURY IN THE COOPER CASE
THIS MORNING RETURNED A VER-
DICT OF GUILTY AGAINST ROBIN
COOPER AND FIXED HIS PUNISH-
MENT AT TWENTY YEARS IN THE
PENITENTIARY.
THE VERDICT CAME AS A SUR
PRISE AS IT WAS CONFIDENTLY
EXPECTED WHEN THE JURORS
WERE SENT BACK TO THEIR
ROOM YESTERDAY THAT NO
AGREEMENT WAS LIKELY TO BE
REACHED.
Nashville Tenu. March 19. When
the Jury today returned a verdict of
acquittal for John D. Sharp charged
with the murder of former I'nked
States Senator E. VV C'armack and
declared It was "hoju-lesidy tied up as
to the Coopers" It was generally con-
ceded that the end of the famous ease
had been reached.
Nothing daunted by the expressive
firmness of Foreman Burke's declara-
tion of a disagreement Judge Hart
sent the twelve men out for further
deliberation and announced that he
would not discharge them until he was
absolutely convinced that an agree-
ment could not be reached. The 'juror
looked ilrsd- From the loud talking
heard In the room they have been
having a strenuous time but evidently
BIG BlOW AT
POCASSET
Special to the Daily Express.
Focasset Okla. March 20. Ap-
proachlng a tornado in violence
the fiercest gale of the season
tucpt over this locality last night.
Two houses were lifted from
their foundations and the Baptist
church was also jarred loose from
Its moorings.
Numerous barns and small out-
luiildities were wrecked.
No reiorts of damage In the
country hae been received.
PROGRESS M
HIGH SCHOOL
J. W. Cooper with the Occidental
: Concrete company has returned rrom
' attendance at the Northwest Cement
j Products Association meet at MInneap-
iolia Minn sir looper out reicuuj
came to Chickasha from Ohio and went
as a representative from that state of
this great gathering of men of the
nation interested In cement products.
He reports that other cities in Okla-
homa vera represented there but says
that no city In the Southwest caused
more favorable cotumeut through ad-
vertising literature handed out than
did Chickasha.
Before leaving this city Mr. Cooper
called upon Secretary Allard and ap-
praised him of his trip and mission
and he was ft ted out with a large
quantity of literature which he used to
advantage and says that he could have
used se veral hundred pounds of It. H
was beselged on all hands with Interro-
gations of the printed literature. It ap-
pearing to many as too good to be
true. Mr. Cooper say that all that
Is needed to make Chickasha In a very
few years the most Important city In
the new Southwest Is that Its actual
advantages be exploited abroad. "As
the literature being put out by the
Commercial Club Is distributed
throughout the states of the Union so
will Chickasha grow to a manufactur
ing and Industrial city." sa'd Mr. Coop
er In his enthusiasm when talking
nf ttin chean water nower and the
million dollar contracts for c'vlc Im-
provements now contracted for and un
der construction.
WHOLESALE
BURGLARY
Goods to Amount of $500
Are Stolen At El
Reno
After considerable delay caused by
are conscientious in their deiermina-1 failure to get material on time work
turn to vote with their convictions.
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it
i is now rapidly going forward on tne
I n-w hU'.h school building. The founda-
; Uon is completed and mechanics are
d in pu'titia down the first i
STATE LEVY
VERY LOW
Bulk oi The Taxes Are
Paid For Local
Purposes
J Lulu ami a )
Jl. 4 ..l. .A .. f J i
I ! I r A i I
! JOIStS.
J Alout iweiity-ejitht men hase been
employed during the .past few weeks
1 and the force hs increased today
j AIie:tdy eighty car loads of material
i 1kiw been secured. This is about one-
fourth of the quantity that will be re-
; iuir-d to complete the building
j Mr. Ob-son. who is superintending
1 tin- work for the Jferwin Construction
1 romnanv. expects to have the building!
ready to turn over to the board by j by
. Aug. 1. the date soer-ified in the' con
! tract.
El Reno Okla. March 20. Burglars
last night entered the clothing store of
Beckton & Davidson El Reno and
hauled away some $oQ0 worth of cloth-
ing and wearing apparel. A window
at the rear was broken and the door
unlocked.
Wagon tracks In the alley at the rear
show the men to have had a vehicle
In which goods were piled. The pro-
prietors are unable to give an account
of ail goods missing but have thus far
reported a.-T stolen twelve suits of
clothes valued at f-'W twelve pairs
of shoes valued at $Cf: several boxes
Assistant Cashier Reiits $6009 to The Comanche
Bank-Says He Was Drunk And Is
Sorry How
FILES TWO
srnnr ciiitc
County Attorney Barefoot today
filed suit In the district court
against H. C. McKay for penalties
to the amount of $7000 alleging
the use of his building occupied
by the Headlight for unlawful
purposes lit connection with the
sale of liquor.
Mr. Barefoot also filed a petl-
tion asking for a tejnporary In-
Junction against Earl Howard
Shorty Burgess and Walter Alex-
ander of the Legal Tender re
straining them from selling Uq-
nor.
Cuthrie. Okla.. Mar;ii 20. State In
spec'.or and Examiner Charles A. Tay
lor is compiling a statement of the
taxes levied in the state which will
show Just how much was levied for
state county township and school dis
trict purposes and the report will sur-
prise a great many people. For In-
stance it is generally accepted that
a taxpayer would be compelled (to
contribute more to the support of the
state than to the support of th town-
ship but the report will show- the
contrary to le the ondiiion; in fact
it will likely show thai where the tax-
payer pays one dollar to the state that
on an average he pays three dollars
of shirts socks and neckties amount- to (his township. Wherever taxes are
Ing to not less than $."0; six suit cases high it is on account of local and not
valued at $:0. i state conditions. The state levy is
When the store was opened in the only one and one-fourth mills on the
morning empty boxes were found scat-j dollar. This Is by far the .c-dt levy
nver !h ilorn- kIiow cases were i ever made in Oklahoma for state pur-
broken and shoe boxes were found poses. The territorial levy usually runs
in eveiv miner. The stock is covered I four or five limes that high. This one
burglar Insurance. Police are un
I.O.O.F. HOLD
BIG MEETING
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V H. J. Brownson i
The tea ding
Prcserip'ir.n
Druggist
The "I'-'V.rM Stars
FUNERAL OF SLUSH ER
BABY TOMORROW
Funeral services for little. I'tt Slush-
or will be In :id at o'clock tomorrow
afte: noon ut the Slushor residence
'if. Kansas avenue. Rev. M. h. Butler
land. Rev. S. V. Wilson will conduct Railroa.l detec
he services and interment will 101-
! low in the I O. O. F. cemetery.
. tpl ie to see how the burglars could
escape with their booty and are work-
l;g on the theory that the goods are
stored somewhere in the city.
A f ine io the burtflary was furnished
when Roi-k " Island detectives an-r.tinii-ed
that a hand car was stolen
from the company's yards in this city
last nigiit. It is thought the burglars
used this car to make their get-away.
es are working on the
case.
WEATHER FORECAST.
'
Cbickt.sha and vicinity:
4- night fair and cooler;
j fair.
To-
Sunday
The First National Bank
Capital -Surplus
and Profits
C. B. Campbell
E. B. Johnfon
C H. Bessent
DIRECTORS
J. D.Sugg
II. B Johnson
IL Bond
$t oo.coo oo
$ 70000.00
T. T. Johnson
T. H. Williams
Ben F. Jobnson
Two Bills Signed by
Governor Haskell
(luthrie Okla. March 20. Senate
Bill No. ISit authorizing and giving
nower to any board of .county com-
issionera in the state to pay for erect
ile or replacing bridges destroyed by
floods and Senate Bill No. L".n pro-
viding for cost of bridges and re-
H-aling Feel ion 7 Article 2. Chapter
2tt Session Laws of Oklahoma of 190.5
were sir.ned by (iovernor Haskoll yes
terday. Both bills carried the .emer
gency clause.
m
A Progressive Bank
in a Progressive Totfn
- UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
and nne-fourth mills levy covers all
expenses for the state educational In-
stitutions for the keeping of the pris-
oners for the luuinienance of the in-
sane the deaf and dumb and the blind
for all the salaries of all sta'e official.-;
in fact all the ikon--.r-.1s of
items of expense to which a gteat and
growing state is put. A farmer who
is assessed at 12.000 only pays t2."n
tax and many of them pay as high f as
$10 to the township in which they reside.
The Encampment of the I. O. O. F.
held an unusually large meeting last
night over a hundred members in-
cluding thirty-five visiting members
being present. The encampment de
gree was conferred upon seventeen j
candidates and tne work was followed
by a sumptuous midnight banquet.
On next Thursday evening the Can-
ton degree will be given two candidate.-.
There Is a good military rank
in the Canton at present and it Is
steadily growing! Among the out-of-town
visitors at last night's meeting
were: R. S Cox. W. H. Smith C. C.
Faurt and W. E. nonar of Rush
Springs; C. W. Krumtovn D. M. Lind-
say J. .f. Lewis John S. Graham How-
ard Tinsley J. W. Yatt and V. B.
Terry of Marlow. A. C. Waiter and J.
A. ronsine of Alex L. Conley. E. T.
a co. J. II. Gillespie. R. Broadhurst It.
II. Gardner J. II. Sloan and Frank
Routh of Tutile; Guy Durham of N'iu-
nekah and "VV. A. Bryant Lloyd M inter ' held this
Comanche Okla. March 20. An
other rensatton almost rivaling that
produced Monday night when It waa
learned that John Campbell assistant
cashier of the First National Bank
had skipped with over 16000 In gold
and currency was produced yesterday
when a draft for $6000 came la from
Denver In the form of two drafts to
the Waurika National Bank from
Campbell who accompanied the drafts
with a letter Btating that he was druuk
at the time he left and that it was hU
desire to right the wrong of which he
was guilty.
Ha stated further In the letter that
when he recovered from the drunk and
realized what he had done that the
strain was more than he could stand
and that he just had to return the
money and tell the trutL ?bout how-
he happened to leave. Had he been at
himself he says such an Idea as taking
the money would have never entered
his head but as it stands already a
deed In the past all he can do is tJ
rectify the awful mis-step the best way
possible. He kept out a few hundred
dollars but slated emphatically that
just as soon as he could he would re
turn that amount.
Immediately upon receipt of the let-
ter Wade Atkins president of the First
National Bank Comanche Okla. with-
drew the reward of 'M and state!
that the affair was at an end so far aa
the bank is concerned.
His friends are jubilant over the hap-
py termination of the unfortunate af-
fair and feci greatly relieved to know
that he was possessed of the usual
characteristic spirit to do the right
thing. Campbell has borne an excel-
lent reputation and his friends knew
that he was drunk or he never would
have toniiuiued such an unusual act.
Elks Hold Annual -Election
of Officers
WILL WED TOMORROW.
The marriage of Miss .Myrtle Bailey
daughter of Chief of Police S. B. Bah
ley. 'and Mr. W. P. Grirfin a Rock Is-
land fireman will take place tomor-
row at noon at the bride's home. The
bridal couple will leave Immediately
after the ceremony for Altamont Mo."
where they will visit Mr. Griffin's relatives.
Mrs. Maggie Anderson of Cement
who was visiting at the home of Mrs.
M. L. Jones returned home today.
Mrs. C. A. Jones returned home this
morning from a week's visit in El
Rtno.
The Elks had a large meeting last
night. It. P. Clay John O. Burgett and
Dr. It. J. Baze were initiated into the
order and officers for the ensuing year
were fleeted as follows: L. L. Bryan
exalted ruler; . ('. 11. Caneman.
esteemed leading knight; J. W. Rich-
burg esteemed loyal knight; B. . V.
Fester; esteemed lecturing knight; F.
F. Frey treasurer; F. A. Peyton secre-
tary; E. C. Burton trustee; A. C.
('rose tiler. :
The Degree of Honor wilt give a so-
cial tea at the home of .Mrs. George
Ltitz. 619 South Fourth street Wed-r.c-rduy
evening March 24 from 2:30
to i:"0 o'clock. Price 10 cents. Every-
body is cordially invidted.- k'OXit
MRS AT.IMPW P4SSFS AV.VAV
AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS
.Mrs Agnew corner Third street and
Pennsylvania avenue died last .night
after a brief illness. She leaves a
husband and nine- children. The fam-
ily were newcomers-in Chickasha hav-
ing moved here two months ago from
Pauls Valley. Funeral services were
afternoon interment follow-
and W. T. Kysar of Pocasset.
ins in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
LITTLE GIRL MEETS WITH
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Ruth Singleton a little 6-year-otd
girl living two miles' north of town
fell from a hack in which she was
riding yesterday afternoon breaking
her leg. She caught her foot in one
of the hack wheels as she fell twist-
ing her limb arid fracturing the bones
quite badly...
CARRIER BOY BITTEN BY DOG.
Willie McKay one of the Express
carrier boys" was bitten by a dog
while delivering his papers Thursday
evening. The .wound is not considered
at all dangerous as the dog is hot
thought to be rabid. '
The Popularity of
Deposit Guaranty
OKLAHOMA 1
li-rn.."
Our deposits incieaetl recently at tie rate of ovt-r
$56000.00 per month covering a period of four
. months.
This increase has been since the Depositors Guar-
anty law went into effect and clearly shows how the
people consider the law. These deposits have to come
from the people who have faith in the soundness of
the law 'l --; i ' J ';- - -
.This bank is' growing becoming stronger. every
: day constantly adding nev customers. t
We shall welcome your name upon our books to
receive the same satisfactory service we render to
all customers.
OKLAHOMA STATE BAfiiv
Chicllasho Okla
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 68, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 20, 1909, newspaper, March 20, 1909; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc730342/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.