The Tulsa Democrat. (Tulsa, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 25, 1908 Page: 4 of 8
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PAGE FOUR
Telephone Company Not So
Poor as They Would
Make Believe.
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
BEFORE COMMISSION
Paid Operating Expense*, Spent Half
Millien On New Construction, Built
New Office Building Oklahoma City,
Paid 6 per cent Dividend on $2,500,-
000 Capital Stock-Partial History
of Pioneer*s Buainess Last Year.
Outhrlc, Okla., 8«»pt 22.—The Cor-
poration <%>mnnUnion have heard testi-
mony on a number of caaes .luring
the past we«*k—the September term
Annmk which wi re roinplalnt* asking
for depots at Valllant. Agwan, Dixon.
Rallard. Overbrook, Phillips ami Am-
ber. a*kinjf f'»r telephone In 'depot at
VYewokti und Hlalr and usklnK for Hide
tratkn, letter norvlce i*tr., at various
plueeK There has been a united
action on the part of the railroads
through their attorney! to appeal from
the <’ommissions' decision at this term
of court, as they did in a number of
caaes last term However, they have
discovered that the Commission has
too much "back bone" to be Indirect
ly intimidated tn this manner and as a
result they have withdrawn their ap-
peals in the Pawnee and Avard Phy-
sical Connections cases Chairman
Ijove insisted on a heavy hnnd and re-
quired that copies of all way bills
seven days after Issued be filed with
th»« Commission This was to enable
the Commission to check all excessive
rates charged shippers, owing to fail-
ure to put in the connections. In view
of this the Santa F® finally concluded
that the Commission did have the
authority to order physical connections
put In and gracefully surrendncd ac-
cordingly
On Monday this week, the Conimis-
aoin heard testimony relattv • t«» Pro-
posed Order 31 -requiring that tele-
phone camp'tntas ' shall n »: Increase
telephone rates without the consent *f
the Commission." These "General Or
ders' the law require* that the pro-
posal be published once a week for
four consecutive weeks in a nev simper
of general circulation published in the
county wherein the capBal Is located
and the Anal order dull he likawUe
published after It I* made Pecalllr.g
laid Telephone case last spring where-
in the Commlaslm ordered the "Pion-
eer" to reduce rates and which <ase
waa taken to the Supreme Court on
appeal by the "Pioneer." an early de-
cision Is now looked for By the way
the Pioneer s gross earnings last year
were $1,125.31111 30. They paid all their
operating expenses, taxes, apent half a
million on new construct Ion—built u
*ew office building In Oklahoma City—
IMAid a six* per cent dividend on $2.500..
•00 capital stock, and < n Jan 1st they
had u surplus of $131,335 25 and a re-
serve fund of $241, V. 4.25. Th- Okla
h.un.i City people are "squawking"
almut high a see asm *nts Three Is not
a single on# «*f these "taxdndgers" It*
Oklahoma City tha; would g>» Into a
written contract to sell their property
to any one at a price 24 per cent high
er than the highest assessed valtuillon
For example, the "Pioneer** company
t urrv as assets their real estate :U
$75,551 55 and their exchange, and Tall
Lines at $3,553,12$. Did the Oklahoma
County assessors find this" No The
Htgte Hoard «»f equalisation did it for
them
Kcporta to the Corporation Control*-
DISCUSS THE MORAL
SIDE OF LIFE
London. Kept. 23 The International
Moral Education Congress convened
here with delegates from all civilised
nation* in attendance The session*
of the Congress will last four day*,
during which discussions of the moral
side of life will take place, and many
Important and Instructive papers read
by authorities on this subject. The
United States is well represented In
the Congress, although Senator Por-
aker of < >hla did not put In an ap-
'••aranee a* was originally Intended
MAY CANCEL THE
DATE AT PERRY
Ferry, Okla., Kept. 23 Gov Ihtxk.-ll
In schedule^ for an address here today,
but In- may not he aide to keep the
date, because of his absence from the
state The date was arranged some
time ago. hut In the meantime the
governor was called north for a series
of addreaae* by the National com-
mittee lie will he given an enthus-
iastic reception |s he comes.
LONELY WIFE AT
HOME ALONE PUTS
BULLET IN HEART
“Honey, My Heart is Broken,”
Note Tells Husband in
Other City.
l«awton. okla., Kept 23. Lying on
her hat k. w ith hands extended, on a
bed In Iwr home, T'»5 Avenue B. a 35-
cullber Colt's revolver within six
Inches of her right hand and a bullet
wound through her heart, and draw-
ing her last breath. Mrs Kthel Crump
waa found shortly before H o'clock
Sunday morning by Sheriff Kufe Le-
Fnr*. who had been summoned by
neighbors
Upon tin* first leaf off a writing fab-
le! lying on th* sewing machine wa*
found this note to her husband:
"1 am gulng to my mother Gloomy
to you" «>h. you don’t know’ the heart
aches I've had Ybu have accused me
of everything Bury me with my pret-
ty white clothes and my rings and
watch and chain Sweetheart, always
take your next wife There is a dol-
lar for you. God bless you Mrs Be-
rner and I had an eggnog Money, tnv
heart l* broken.
A purse on the bed contained $1.27
The revolver contained two empty
shells ami between the two was a
loaded one upon which the primer had
been dented The neighbors heard
two shots. Another bullet hole through
the wall gavo evidence of one. prob-
ably the iir*9 which It Is thought to
have been fired accidentally.
Mrs Crump was said to have
been addl« ted to the use of drug* and
liquor ller husband. Bert Crump i*
a gambler, and had refused to |ter
mlt her to accompany him to Walter
He returned on the morning Rock 1*
land train shortly after the suicide
HASKELL FOLLOWED
pear before the district couri and con-
test the authority of the attorney gen-
eral to proceed and the district Judge
decided against the governor.
Meantime the governor had returned
from the Denver convention. His law-
yers filed the application for a writ of
prohibition which would prevent the
district court of Ivogan county from
taking further action In the case and
which would finally decide the author-
ity of the attorney general not only
in that aaoe, hut In all subsequent liti-
gation. The supreme court gave the
attorney general all the time he wanted
for the preparation of his case The
argument was continued and decision
delayed to give the attorney general
ample opportunity to present his side
and he presented a brief and orally
argued hi* case before the supremo
court. The court took the matter un
der advisement and finally, by a unan-
imous opinion, decided that the attor-
ney general had no authority to bring
the suits without the Instruction of the
governor and there the matter rests
till ttds day.
Then- never has hern an agreement
in writing regarding the construction
of the pipe line between the Standard
and the governor, or anybody else. The
penult to build the Hue which was |s-
sued bye the Interior department con-
tained nothing that has not been In all
of the permits for pipe line building
which have been issued by that depart-
ment for the past five or six years
Ml of the pipe line now In Oklahoma
•except this little branch line fr#n
Fancy to Nowata anil a small feeder
In till Hogshootei district were laid un-
der permits issued by the Interim de-
partment. Both of the pipe lines to
the gulf were laid under permits of
the Interior department. There was
nothing unusual about that and noth-
ing but praise was given the secretary
wh»*n he Issued the permit to relieve
conditions which had become Intoler-
able Nobody charged then that the
secretary had been bought Nobody
even intimated that he had been "ap-
proached." All the talks with the aec-
retnr> and the oil men anil the secre-
tary and the pipe line people were in
the open Just a** all of the talks be-
tween Haskell and the oil men and
Haskell and the pipe line people were
In the open The secretary announced
fit** giving of the permit and the gov-
ernor announced that lie thought the
company could go ahead under the js-r
mlt and not violate any of the laws of
this state and both announcements
were printed In all of the newspapers
ami nobody made a howl at that time
nor for a long time afterward
That Is nil there is to ihe whole mat-
ter The technical |s»lnt at Issue be-
tween the attorney general and the
Standard was not a question of past
violations of law. not for anything the
Standard had done, but merely wheth-
er the crossing of a public highway
by and with the consent of the county
commissioners after rights of way had
been purchased from abutting property
owners constituted an exercise of the
right of eminent domain and of Itself
brought the Standard within the pro-
visions of the Oklahoma sthatute which
require that all corporations exercis-
ing the right of eminent domain must
domesticate and take out an Oklahoma
charter before they can proceed. The
quest ion lias been lit* in every state
where pi|*> line* have hen laid and ha*
.-ilwnv* been decided that where con-
sent of the ahuttii g property owners
and the county authorities was ob-
tained there was n.» exercise of the
right of eminent domain
There ha* not been one single fact
hi the whole transaction which would
discredit the governor or Mr Garfield
and the oil country got a shock when
tt read the charge* thrown to the
world by Hear*t and rep«*ated by Mr
Roo**ye|t
GREAT WHITE"-PLAGUE
> it ■ ch ■.* that tb« Rod; 1 1 »n*l
•n»ri*ut*d 1212 mile* of ratlr *od In K.u
* «* In the year ISO? and pall $347.5**6
In taxes Ttie Hock LI. nil operated
1358 miles in Oklahoma year i »o: aid
paid the territorial’ gneminent
ten* q, taxes In K;»n«c’ assessments
are bad enough Thl* vear th. *»ki
h,"i , Stat« lb»ard of FqunllaatU i
raided the railroad valuation over »
per cent tseven hundred i and th*
« *uuc feature about if I- that "hen
the railroads come before Ihe For*
p.irstion Fommlssloti they swear Ihe'r
i ad* cost them from forty t * lift) •• r
cent nmre than the figure tin1 St ii«-
Iti.ard raised them to It appeal i t
th»* « ash * u* Is different for tat
making dividend, and "bond l**m
p'.fposes then it is far tax .ii«»n t "»-
im,m • When the railm.i*' and publh
► r\ *» assessments nre returned I»Ihe
\ brioiis county clerk * In the next week
or two, the county commission#™ will
Brut that they can reduce their p'o
p«»-*d levies *i» published about tlft>
iH*r cent It will be a shams to lake
thunder away from D*nnl* Flynn In
this way
IP> , print* nnd reports t•» the For
tmratlon Fommlaslnn from theKan
sas lTty. Mexico and Grlrnl By. dls-
rtose that the Ifon B H McGuire
treated that road very kindly In re
ferem-e m right of way through school
sections In Alfalfa. Major. Blaine ami
• ither counties in Oklahoma The Foti
trsaalonal Record discloses that Ihrd
ms* really present and busy in this
parbi uisr Instance The clllaeii* of
Guthrie are Justly Indignant at the
Htate Fspital but most of them irres-
tractive of |M>|icltcs get mm* consola-
tion out of the common expressions
Frank Greer was never known to tell
the truth In politics" and the business
m»«n point to hi# attack on the Uonstltu
tion last fall as a previous example
((’onlnued from I'ago 1 >
ami pnull tile pipe line lo he con-
structed That was all there was to It.
lint ti»*' Attorney general was not
satisfied. Though .t representative of
the attorney general* office bad been
pr« sent at the conference with the
officer* of the Standard and had not
objected to anything done or said the
Attorney general himself announced
thnt In would not he hound In the ac-
tion of the governor, that the govern
or vui of no more impriam e than an
oiirun grinder in the admlhistmthui nl
the law und that lie was going ahead
with ihe soil* although the governor
hlm*clf gave out the detail* of what
hod oc* tim'd tmtween hltliself Slid the
officers of the Standard and although
the governor remained in the state |
11• 11nl *• \cTAl dll)* after the details
the i'on\v>i*iitb>n were given «»ut tin
•ttorney general did nothing till the
go\ernoi was »*ii a train going to tha
l»« nver convention Then the attorne)
x**rvn»l wired the governor and asked
• i he Iim*1 Agreed to the laying of the
I i M* line The lelcgruht reaelied the
. •*% ernor at the Union station »•» Kan
koi A'lty The governor wli>*»I th# at
tome) general that lie was convinced
.b it Ihe Standard wn* not violating
III law and not to do niiyihltig HU lib
i.*lurn The attorney general tunned*
it. |y filed two suit* in tile district
out of Logan county to stop the lay
I u of the pipe Ilti«« and to forfeit Hi'
permit ef th. Standard to do business
m Mklahma The governor, from Dsn
• r instill, tel hi* law clerk, orville
- nl’h to appear and contest the auth- I
-rltv of the attorney ge neral to ln*tl
lute those suits and prosecute then
without consultation with or direction |
from the governor who Is. by the con
•tltutlon made the chl#f executive .if
hcei of the state Mr Hmlth did ap 1
BEIH6 CAREFULLY
COHSIDEREO
At Seventh Annual Meeting of
International Congress on
Tuberculosis
Philadelphia, Kept 23 The men
who tight in the for cut oat rank III the
world's wide war against the Great
Whit FI tgoe" ate gathering here to
ds> to attend the seventh annual meet
mg of the International conference on
tuberoclous which formally opens to
night in Horticultural hall The open-
ing session will he devoted entirely t«>
a lecture b> Prof Botthol.l, I'annwltx
of Berlin secretary of the general In-
ternational conference The confer-
ence wilt ii.ljorn Saturday night
SMALL CHILD DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Kadness reigns In the home of a
| Tul*a newspaper man today, for yes-
1 tefday at ms.a occurred the deatti of
I Mary, ttie few months old daughter
•f Mr iti.1 Mr« \ F Allen The child
had always been a hearty one. She
I took 111 Kunday nml from the first
her slckiies* was of a serious na
I turr Mr* Daxl.t Turner, mother of
| Mr* Allen nrrhed from Great Bend
Tue*d.»v morning The Itrreaved par
• nts ac. otupanied by Mr* Turner re-
titrne.l with the body of the little on*
to Great Rend Inst evening where It
will t»«> hurled Mr Allen is a mem
lief of tbs World fur™ The liereavrd
parents have the ayttipathy .if g large
. irel# of friends In this city
BRYAN ASKS FOR PROOF
FROM PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT
J If Charges Against Haskell Can
Be Proven Will Displace
Him.
In a statement given out by you yes-
terday and published In this morn-
ing’s papers you Indorse a charge
made against Governor Haskell of Ok-
lahoma to the effect that he was once
in the employ of the Standard Oil
company and a* such employee was
connected with an attempt to bribe
or Influence Attorney General Mounett
of Ohio, to dismiss suits pending
against the Standard Oil company. In
Indorsing thl* charge you attack the
Democratic party and Its candidate,
saying that "Governor Haskell stands
high In the councils of Mr. Bryan and
is the treasurer of his national cam-
paign committee"
And yo uadd thnt "the publication
of this correspondence not merely Just-
ified In striking fashion the action of
the administration, but also casts a
surlous sidelight on the attacks made
upon the administration, both In Den-
ver convention which nominated Mr
Hrvan and in the course of Mr. Bryan's
campaign."
your charge Is so serious that 1 can-
not allow it to go unnoticed Governor
Haskell has denied thnt he was ever
employed by the Standard Oil com-
pany In any capacity, or was ever con-
nected In any way with It or w’ith the
transaction upon which your charge is
based.
Governor Haskell demanded an In-
vestigation at the time the charge was
first made, offering to appear and test-
ify, and he demand* an Investigation
now. I agree with you that If Gov-
ernor Haskell is guilty as charged he
Is unfit to he connected with the Dem-
ocratic national committee, and I am
sure you will agree with me that If
he Is innocent he deserves to he exon-
erated from so damning an accusa-
tion.
As the selection of Governor Haskell
as chairman >*f the committee or res-
olutions at D nver and a* treasurer of
the Democratic national committee has
my approval and Indorsement. I feel
it my duty to demand an Immediate in-
vestigation of a charge against him
Indorsed by the President o fthe Un-
ited States. Your high position, as well
as your sense of Justice, would pre-
vent your giving sanction and circu-
lation to such a charge without proof,
and I respectfully request therefore
that you furnish any proof which you
have in your possession, or if you
have no proof. I request that you In-
dicate a method by which the truth
may ascertained
Without consulting Mr Haskell, I
will agree that he will appear for In-
vestigation before any tribunal, public
or private, which you may indicate.
an.1 1 will further agree that his con-
nection with the national committee
an dwlth this campaign shall cease In
the event that the decision of such
tribunal connects him In any way with
this charge or In ease you. after an
Investigation of the facts, asy that
you believe him guilty of the charge*
made.
As a candidate of the Democratic
party, I shall not permit and respon-
sible member of the Republican or-
ganization to misrepresent the atti-
tude of the Democratic f>arty in the
present campaign I have assisted you
to the extent of my ability In remedial
measures which I deemed for the pub-
lic good which you have undertaken; I
have urged Democrats to support such
measures, and I have advocated more
ru.lical measures against private mon-
opolies than either your or your iiarty
issociates have been w illing to under-
take.
The platform of the Democratic party
is dear and specific on (hi* subject as
• »n other subjects, while the platform
■ •f the Republican party l» uncertain
and evasive.
Tlii' Democratic candidate for Vice
President. Mr Kern. Jonied with me In
requesting the Democratic national
committee to tlx a maximum of $10,000
for Individual contributions to publish
before the election all contribution*
above $100, and the committee acted
favorably ui»on thl* request.
The Republican candidate and the
Republican national committee propos-
ed n«q putdlcatlon before the election,
hut publication after the election 1
■‘uhinlt that our committee ha* given
the better evidence of its freedom from
connection with or obligation to, the
predator) interests Our committee has
not know high received a dollar from
any corporation known as a trust, and
It will not receive any money from
such If any money is contributed by
such persona without the knowledge of
tlie commute# It wilt be returned as
soon a•« the fact Is discovered
The Ivmo. ratio party 1* making an
honest and honorable tight In defense
of the principles and policies enun-
» !*id in Its platform, amt It expect*
und will demand fair, honorable treat-
ment from those who are In charge of
the Republican campaign
AUT0M0BILISTS AT
OKLAHOMA CITY
oklnlii'mit CHy. i>kl«. Hi-pt 2.1 Th»
Kaura, ('lt> Sturt Aut«mnhllc rtulitr-
uno1 r'>»t«'»t«nU nr* "n Iholr w«y tmrk
to K»n«»» I'l.y, having »rrlvc<l h«>iv
I and mi.i1, th* turn la*, night Th*y |
' «r*T* th. giiMt, HI ft bftltqtl*. glVMt
by th* locftt »uto c.itb
FARMERS’ INSTITUTE
AT SHAWNEE
Shawnee. Okla., Kept. 23—The Farm-
ers* Institute which open* here to-
morrow promise* to he well attended,
not only by the farmers of Pottowat-
omie County, hut by many for the out-
side. Tlie program is a varied one,
and some of the moat Important agri-
cultural authorities in the state will
participate In the discussions and pre-
sent instructive papers.
rloodeThorse farm
WILL BE ESTABLISHED
NEARJULSA
Miller Hammett on Deal With
Crouch ,of Vinita, to
Move Here.
If the efforts of ^filler Hammett
anil Tulsa will soon he the home of a
blooded horse farm. Mr. Hammett Is
now on a deal with \V. S Crouch, of
Vinita. whereby that gentleman will
move his blooded horses from Vinita
to a tract of land near this city.
Mr Crouch I sthe owner of "Mon-
arch." a famous Hlghland-Denmark
and "Rex McDonald," saddle stallion
and "Chief Buffington." a three-year-
old saddle horse, which has captured
many blue ribbons throughout the
United States
Beside snwritng these two fine horses
Mr Crouch Is a trainer of considerable
reputation. For the past five months
Mr Hammett's little horse has been In
Vinltn under the care of Mr Crouch
who ha* been training her as a saddle
horse. I,ast Saturday Mr Crouch took
"Slaud Riley" to Chelsea and entered
her in the sweepstake* for geldings and
more saddlers. Much to the surprise
of her owner the animal easily took
the blue ribbon.
It was this forcible knowledge of
Mr. Crouch's value as a trainer that
decided Mr Hammett to interest him
In moving to Tulsa I*ocal horse lov-
ers. no doubt, will appreciate Mr
Hammett's efforts and aid him. as It
will mean much better horses for Tul-
sa drivers and riders.
ROOSEVELT^ ADMITS
(Coninued from Page 1.)
eral what the attorney general felt
waa hi* sworn duty to prevent, the
alleged instance of the breaking of
law* by this particular great corpora-
tion.
"A* far us 1 have seen, Haskell has
not even attempted anything which
can be called a defense „f this action
of his It thus appears that his ac-
tion w as as Inexcusable a* It was
wanton, except on the theory that in
defiance of the attorney general of
the state and at all haziirds, he In-
tended for sonve reason of hi* own, to
protect the interests of a great corpor-
ation against the law. It ha* been
suggested n hi* behalf that, after all.
he did not favor the Standard Oil
company, but merely the Prairie Oil
and Ga* company This claim is dls-
(used of by the testimony of the Stand-
ard oil company Itself, taken In the
latter part of 1907 in the suit now
pending before the United State* court
at Ht. Louis ;«galn*t the Standard Oil
company. In thl* testimony the Stand-
ard Oil company .upon being required
by the government to put In a h.^ of
all the (oinpanie* in which It held
stock or in which its subsidiary com-
panies held stock, reported, among the
others, the Prairie Oil .1- Ga* com-
pany, total capital, $10,000,000, of which
the National Transit company's pro-
portion was $$,999,500 And further-
more it appear* the National Tran-
sit company had capitul stock of $25,-
455,200. of which the Standard Oil
iompuny owned $.’*».451.650 In other
words, thl* Prairie nil ami Gas com-
pany was owned all except $500 by the
National Tiaimit «otnpany. unit thl*
National Transit company was owned,
ill except about $3. >50, by the Stand-
ard Oil company.
"Now contrast your action in this
.u— of Haskell with Taft s action us
regard* Foraker a* set forth July
20, 19o7, which 1 quoted In my state-
ment It was u matter of notoriety
about For.ik.T, a* it ha* long been a
matter of common notoriety about
Ha*k«ft|l, that he was a defender and
supporter of certain great corporate In-
terest*. Mini therefore hostile to th*
policies for which the administration
stood There wn* no such convincing
proof against Foraker at that time
however, us there wu* against Haskell,
when, a* you say. he was with your
approval, made treasurer of your cam-
paign committee Rut Taft refused to
be a ixirty to the re nomination of For-
aker, even though It represented that
only thu* could he advance his own
interests, showing by actual deed*, and
that his words w. rc true when he said
I do not care for the presidency If It
has to coine by a cuupromloe with
any one on a matter of principle'
"With a hundred fold cleared evi-
dence before you as to the connection
of Haskell with the Standard «MI com-
pany than Taft then had as to th«
connection of Foraker with any cor-
port (Ion. you. nevertheless secured
Haskell a* the chalrmAn of the com-
mittee to write the platform on which
you stand, wntl put him In as treas-
urer of your campaign commit too. LB
I tue add that Hatkalffl utter ttwfftn###
TULSA DESPERADO KILLS
KANSAS CITY MARSHAL
♦
for any public position of trust, or for
association with any man anxious to
make an appeal on moral issues to the
American people, has been abundant-
ly shown, wholly Irrespective of this
action of his in connection with Stand-
ard Oil Interests.
"As an American citizen who prizes
his Americanism and hi* citizenship
far above any question of partisanship,
I regard it as a scandal and a dis-
grace that Haskell shauld be connected
with the management of any national
campaign. I have not space In this
letter to discus* Haskell's conduct, for
instance, in vetoing a child labor bill,
or the fait that his name appears as
one of the defendants in various suits
brought by th/' government to prevent
the Greek Indians from having certain
of their lands fraudulently taken; or
his connection with various other mat-
ter* of thi* kind. But let me call your
attention to his conduct In prostituting
to base purposes the state university,
a* set forth in an article In the Out-
look of September 5th last, under the
heading of ’Shall the People Rule in
Oklahoma?’ In this article you will
see that Haskell was given full oppor-
tunity to make every explanation, and
that he made non*
"You close your telegram by saying
you expected and will demand fair
and honorable treatment from those
who are In charge of the Republican
campaign. I am not in charge of the
campaign, but am greatly interested
in it I have shown you above fairly
and honorably, that Haskell Is a man.
who on every’ account I have named,
is unworthy of any position In our
public life. No further investigation
of these facts Is required. They are
spread on the record before you. and
they were available before Haskell
was chosen for his position as treas-
urer You also say that you will not
1-ermlt any responsible member of the
Republican organization to misrepre-
sent the attitude of vour party in the
present campaign You will have no
difficulty In getting me to represent
you all right, for my sole anxiety is
that the people of this country shall
understand this attitude clearly, and
.-hall then condemn it as It should be
condemned."
MONNETT BACKING UP
ON THE HASKELL
CHARGE
AH He Knows About Case is
What Squires Told
Him.
NEITHER CONDEMNS
OX EXONERATES
Statement Made By Former Ohio At-
torney General on the Private Car of
Bryan Enreute From Prospect to Ca-
lumbus— Believes Grand Jury Would
Find That Haskell Has Been Wrong-
fully Accused—Nothing Further.
Columbus, Ohio, Kept 23.—" If 1
have charged Governor Charles N.
Haskell wrongfully, it w»* because
Charles B Squire* gave me hi* name."
Frank K. Monnett. funner attorney gen-
eral of Ohio today made this statement
.>n the private car of Bryan, enroute
fr«»m Prospect, Ohio to Columbus
Monnett declared however, that he
could not exonerate Governor Haskell
from the charges that had been made,
that he was a party to the five hund-
red thousand dollar* bribery fund of
the Standard Oil Company nor could
he condemn him "All that I have
against Governor Haskell," he said. "Is
hearsay evidence and I have suggested
that If the case wrere presented to a
Grand Jury It would he showrn where
Governor Haskell ha* been wrongfully
accuaed " Monnett denied he had made
peeches in Oklahoma exonerating lias-
ketlkeli hut that In fairness to Gover-
nor Husk.1*11 he had stated the facts us
they had come to him And said that if
the charge* were proved he would re-
turn to Oklahoma at hi* own ex|M*n*e
and denounce him
POSSE AFTER BANDITS
WHO RAIDED BANK
VAOLT
Bank Fixtures and Vault Dam-
aged -No Coin Was
Taken.
(-hltllrotho. Mo, 22—Thrr.
nion foro-il thior w»y Inin t h»- Kurin-
. r» anil M.-n-lianta llank nl Wheel-
ing. eTx nnlr. rout of Chllllrothe curly
today and made an unaum-aaful ,.t
tempt l« enter the vault Two en-
ploalona of dynamite damaged th1’ \ault
door and hunk fWturea One robber
Itred at the ttrwt iltiien to arrive and
than all aacaped m a atolao buggy
wtth a poaae la pueaalt
Martin McDonald Shot By
Ernest Lee, Alias 0. E.
Lewis.
MNRDERER THEN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Lee Wat Living With Hie Sitter-in
Law—Whan Arreetad By tha Kantaa
City, Kaniat, Marshal Ha Draw a
Revolver and Shot the Officer Then
Turned the Weapon on Himeolf—
Tho Couplo Eloped From Thie City.
Kanaun City, Mo.. Sept 22—Mar-
tin McDonald, marshal of the North
city court In Kansas City, Kua. was
shot through the heart ami instantly
killed In a rooming house at Third
street and Shawnee avenue, Armour-
dale, yesterday afternoon Earnest
I.ee, alias C. Ei I^wls. shot the officer
while being served with a warrant
charging hi mwlth deserting hlg wife
and eloping with Goldie Johnson, his
wife's Bister, who Is 15 years old. After
killing the officer, the murderer shot
hlmaelf through the head He was
removed to Bethany hospital where he
died about 2 o'clock In the afternoon.
Martin McDonald, the murdered of-
ficer was accompanied to the apart-
ments occupied by Earnest I.ee and hla
sister-in-law, by Festus Foster, a hu-
mnne officer. When the two officers
entered the room Goldie Johnson was
lying on the bed and the man was
standing near the dresser
"Mr I.ee, I have a warrant for your
arrest," said the officer, as he stepped
In the room.
All right, but you'll have to wait til
I get some clothes on," was the reply.
He then walked over to the dresser
and opened the bottom drawer. Al-
though Mr. McDonald thought ho was
merely reaching for a collar, he watch-
ed closely, and when Mr I,ee pulled a
32-callber revolver from the drawer
and straightened up, the officer drew
his own revolver and ordered the pris-
oner to drop that revolver. This the
prisoner refused to do, and while the
officer was talking l,ee suddenly raised
his hand and fired. Mr. McDonald fell
dead without uttering a word
When Mr. Foster, who had been
trying to get behind 8mlth. heard the
shot, he attacked the murderer and
succeeded In wresting the revolver
from his grasp. The two men fought
for several minutes, each trying to get
possession of the revolver While the
murderer repeated over and over. Til
kill myself or die trying " The officer
was at last overpowered and the re-
volver taken from him
'Me got my head between his knees
and I thought he would surety kill me
as he had Mr McDonald.” said Mr.
Foster "I heard a shot and felt his
grip relax. J got on my feet and found
that he had shot himself through the
head.”
According to the statement of Ooldie
Johnson, the two had lived at the
Pennsylvania house. Third and Shaw-
nee avenue, Armourdale, for about five
weeks. They came to Kansas (Tty.
Kas. from Tulsa, Ok., where Ernest
Irf'e was employed on a ranch Th*
girt s sister. Grace, and Ernest l.ee
had been married about four years
nnd have one child Their married
life was not happy and a few weeks
ago they separated
Irf>e was In Tulsa visiting his sister
when Ooldie Johnson and her father
ram,, to talk with him That night
the girl says I,ee threatened to kill
her and the whole family unless sho
aerom panted hrm to Kansas City, Kas .
She says It was thruogh fear of him
that she has been living with him
Mrs. Johnson, the mother of Goldie,
finally located the elopers and Sunday
night she came to Kansas Tlty. Kas
Yesterday morning she went to the
north city court and swore out a war-
rant for Lee's arrest.
Mr McDonald, the murdered officer,
was an old soldier and had lived tn
Kansas City. Kas, about twenty-fivs
Veurs He was 85 years old and leaves
a widow and five ^lldren
ALL NONSENSE ABOUT
RESIGNING SAYS
HASKELL
Kansas City, Mo , Sept 22 -Charles
v Haskell, governor of Oklahoma, and
treasurer of the Democratic national
committee. Isn't going lo resign his
position by any means He even courts
Investigation, and what he thinks of
William Itandolph llearst couldn't he
printed.
Hesgn? Positively nonsense.” was
Ihe way he express'd himself at the
t'liion depot Inst night. "Why I was
vindicated of those rtmrges In the state
campaign last fall when I licked tho
whole bunch."
Mr l.asketl stepped off a Chicago
train and boarded an Oklahoma train
He was tired and dusty, but on the
depot platform hr was able to express
himself clearly Hi regard to the H re ret
chargee.
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