Cleveland County Enterprise. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1916 Page: 1 of 8
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CLRVbLAND COllNTN
NO. 48
Feigns Partial Paralysis
Homer M. McCorab
{ti'^Coauty Clerk To Court of Appeals
VOL. XXIV
~u Truis State Fair Issues
P "Brf Trout, Sunday 191« ^minm
On Sunday afternoon immediate-
h after 12 o'clock, Ralph Arnold,
a middle aged farmer >f McClain
county, shot and killed his neigh-
bor "Buck" Trout, at the house
The forerunner
of
big and ;
prosperous State Fair-the 19ll
Premium List, has been lesuedand
is ready for distribution. All rules
and regulations and premiums in
.1 ft niPtll S I'M
of the former, u |Si..
-z r I**- ~sr j: i-
gether last Saturday, driving 1 ^ may be secured free on re-
nold's team. Whi!e there i 'n(> ; gt to I. S Malum, Secretary,
left his team in charge 0 ^ Oklahoma City
who was to drive it home the this year are the
tiay. ■;> ««•
remained here Saturday night and ^ ^ aairy house to
Sunday morning he accoinpnnie , t j h government and
J. H ' " 111: trv
there his team had not ytt aim
We are this week authorized to
11..111MI' \1 McComb a- w
announce n«>nn 1 •"
candidate for the democratic noni-
ination for county clerk of Cleve-
land county.
Homer McComb was born m
lacksboro, Texas in 1880, and
with his parents moved to C levetan
county in 18(10, locating on a farm
judge Rutherford Brett, of this
(itv received word yesterday ot
hi; ^ppointroent to the Criminal
\ St. Joseph, Missouri.
Pooled tlie .turtle «nd Jury.
Over in Osage county the
in 8-1-west, where he
the fall ql 1907. In the summer
of 1908 he completed a course
lone of the leading business colleges
in Oklahoma City.
Homer McComb, a boy raised 011
the farm, wl.o always worked hard
while tilling the soil, has also >een
case <>f
his appointment >■;' ' "r I Stephenson v*. the > • K. & T.
Court of Appeals to till - $f,0,fiOO for alleged per
■ 1 tpr,„ ,,f Judge llenry Eur- railway tor *
P'red tenn ot ik injuries, 01
man who died rc.-e. tl>. the 1
l,oinU'""" W";. Williams and | and witnesses for over 10 day
by Governor U. L. ,ll 1 . L,, :uvv returned a verdict ot
Judge Breit will begin us < ! $175 against the company, allow-
the l ing the plaintiff two months' sal-
I . . • I . , ♦ I. i- t'OlKl
D OS gill.
0.04 c.e.
0.2 e.c.
IS e.c.
say this
r 011 a iariu ,
lived until immediately
Judge Brett has been on
the Supreme Court, Commission
for more than a year and as a
member of that body, he distin-
irnished himself as a npetent.
and worthy jurist. His ability to
ni| the pi llion cannot be que
•ly all of the sniyptoins of paraly-
sis of the legs:
Stovian
Lacatie acid
Absolute alcohol
Distilled water
! Railroad attorneys
i merely one of a series of alledged
"fake" personal injury cases, an.i
■upied the time of 1 that, within the last live >l'^rs
everal attorneys roads running into St. • osep 1
' have been mulcted in damages o
the extent of $50,000 in this way-
Most of these eases were settled out
! of court. The personal injury
reason of which was the basis of the $10< ,
000 damage suit, is alleged to ha\f
occurred 111 the Rock Island rail
road yards in St Joseph, the night
the
and wishing to get it, sent lus boy
over to the Trout farm after it.
In a short time the boy returned
saying that Trout had abused him.
mau?
listed for premiums in the Uv
stock classes. Two new clubs
have been added to the Boys and
I;iris' club contests, Crop Rotation
ying that Trout had abused him. • • The "breedingphase"
A short period elapsed and Jrout and Pean ^ ^ ^
was seen coming up to the Amol • mftny prizes for
pi ace with the team. Arnold met
him at.d inquired into the >0 s Amusement features are more
fair. The abuse. Troutdemedand ^ ^ previous ye rs
Arnold called him a liar and it J ^ f„r tw0 (ll,ys, harness
said that Trout leaped ^ ^ an(1 rnn„iug races four days, foot
vehicle, whereupon Arnold v „ , iiinnndrome si
and runniuB • <- >
ball bands, Hippodrome show and
the Jones Exposition Shows on
Midway are mentioned- ' he spec-
tacular "Last Days of Pompeii
a pantomime and fireworks nigh
spectacle, with three hundred
people, will be produced eaeh night,
for the first time in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma's First Product
drew to the house, procured a
shot gun and returned shooting
Trout twice and breaking the stock
of his gun over Trout's head.
There were only three eye-wit-
nesses of the killing. One was the
son of Trout, another the sou of
Arnold, and the third was W esle>
McCarty. All of the boys are
quite young. ,
County Attorney < iowi M. oJ )ooal pov-d agent, U. L.
McClain county, held an in > oklahoma City
gat ion. in the two
taken down by (,'a,e i' , raade in Oklahoma.
Norman. Young Arno < am ^ |u,0 thfi (irst ,-ars of an>
Carty were exaunne<l ami made in our
«i. v ««• - ««* •
,-ept that Arnoltl' 1 rei-entlv eKtjtlilishe,!. lu^e
he saw 110 Knite. • ^ ,,
was not guestioned Others tcs 1^, a Mining & drain
fled as to the position ot l.out . 1 ^ of lhe two
body and of the good reputation Lo^.^P^ Taylm hrought
both parties.
hard worker m olllce. Many
nights he has worked while a dep-
uty in order to accommodate the
people, and he is always pleasant
and courteous to all, "in 1- a
thorough believer in earning his
'alary. . , . ,
Mr. McComb is married and ha.
a family; he is a democrat and has
always labored for the success ot
the party, though he never held a
public office.
He was clerk of the comity court
by appointment under Judge F. I>
Swank, tor one-aud one-half years,
and has been deputy in the county
clerk's office since January 1, l(-'b>,
and as a deputy gave excellent sat-
isfaction.
Homer made the race for county
1 clerk in 1912, and though he was
! i„ the field about six weeks made a
splendid showing, only losing by a
I small vote. He now feels that tie
I is due the careful consideration of
I the voters at the primay, and will
greatly appreciate your support
tioned. Helms, for many years,,
been a practicing attorney ot the ,
state and has been very successtiit.
He has. through long experience
trained a thorough knowledge ot
the statutes of this state and he
knows the common law. He was
located at Cordell for many years
and moved to Norman about one
year ago.
• The people of the State are very
favorable to the appointment l he
position is one of honor and Judge
brett is to be highly complimented
upon his appointment. One
thing is certain It is- lt 111
his decisions. Judge Brett will do
justiseto all parties and will not
be influenced by corrupt interests.
More Training for
Business Students
l)K. K. A
MORTEK HUNOKEt)
The slaver is represented by Ben
p Williams, of Norman, and
Man Id in ^ Franklin, of Purcell
Self-defense will be the plea, Ar
11 old claiming Trout started at him
with an open knife and that he
thought Trout would do him g.
bodily harm. ,
It is a sad affair from any stand-
point and one of the men is already
dead and the other facing a charg
of murder. Both are representa-
tives of good families who w.tl
greatly sn tTcr because of non-con-
trol of angry passions.
Patronize our advertisers
down and wil
ice.
use it for delivering
Fire Boys Take First
The Norman Fire Company,
composed of Ceo. MoKinney H
M McComb. O C. Banks, Claude
Summers, H. O. Cherry, an
Homer Johnson, made a goo.t
showing at the Firemen s con % en
tion at Cushing last week.
They got first place in the we
hose race, second in two othe
races, third in another, and fourth
in the bunk-out event.
On lay evening a smoker
and luncheon were given by Dr. !>.
W. Criffin at the Oklahoma State
Hospital 111 honor of Dr. '<• A.
Morter. This affair was attended
by a goodlv number of home pb>- j
sicians and some of the faculty
members of the University. I He
evening was spent in a joyful man-
ner and Dr. Morter made an inter-
esting talk concerning his work at
the Michigan State Hospital at
Kalamazoo.
Dr. Morter departed luesdaj
morning for Kalamazoo where he
will again resume his duties. He
has a responsible position and -
steadily climbing on the
path
The increased demand for train-
ing in the business world is re-
sponsible for the great growth m
ti, 1 school of commerce and indus-
try at the University of Oklahoma,
declares Jerome Dowd, director ot
the school, in announcing two
new faculty members for next year.
The new men are A. P !>• ' 1,1 St
ar of New York City, who will be
graduated this spring from the
Columbia 1'niversity school ot
commerce; and Errett R. Newby,
registrar at the University of Ok-
lahoma, who will teach in Hie bus-
iness school in addition to ins oth-
er work. ,,111
Mr. Drnckar comes to Oklatio- [
| ma with a strong recommendation H|l(,
v. K A. Seliguian, one of
ary for the time lost by
the alleged injuries.
rhe testimony showed
plaintiff on several ditlereiU oe. .1
1 sions bad claimed damage , for per
Lonal injuries from other eoinpa
I uies and it appears the jui> a
1 carefully weighing the evidence
concluded that the plaintiff s claim
was not honest and his alleged in-
juries were feigned.
An erroneous theory and sit Hi
ment has been established to a
I great extent which tends to make
a railroad company legitimate > •«•>
I for one who may have sustained
injuries by a wilroad company,
either while in their employ or not
in their employ, whether the con>-
panv" was at fault or not,-and ju-
ries are prone. in many cases, to
award damages to the plaintiff,
even though the evidence may not
warrant it.
The St Joseph, Mo., News re-
cently told a very interesting story
ot the gross injustice done the rail
roads, a part of which is repro-
duced:
George A. Callicotte, brakeman,
obtained an *l*.OO0 judgment
against a railroad company on
"fake" evidence. |
It is the theory of the state that
Hnorge A. ' alii feigned paral
ivsis of the legs. A year after
be "injury/- almost to a day,
Oallicotte was arrested at his home
Joseph while masquerading
in woman's clothes, carrying in
' ° Doctors who testified in the civil
suit then explained that the symp-
toms of paralysis must have been
produced artificially by the injec-
tion of a drug to the spmal
or to the sciatic nerve.
The test included thrusting pms
needles into his legs and feet.
ESTABLISHED 1059
B pianos #200'°# H50
Oldest PianoHou* inllic]ksl
Player Pianos 6375-StiOO !
Now
Sy Terms-$5.00 pe, month and upward, wffl do.
KrN0-
Dept. B 509 Omaha, Neb.
Miss berrican entertains
One of the most pleasant happen-
ings in social circles -for the past
was a little party given at the
home of Prof, and Mrs. Berr.g.m
enkins avenue, by their daugh-
ter, Miss Ruth, in honor, of Mis^
Vera Uorton, who will be one
of Norman's June Brides. So-
cially it was a meeting which will
long be remembered by every one
present and many of the younger
set envy them their good time.
Along with the social enjoyment
of the evening practical happenings
were not lacking. A certain time
1 was set for the hemming of tea-
towels foe. the bride-to-be thus
breaking the monotony of games.
When, after several hours of en-,
tertainnient, the guests began t
' feel exhausted, the liostes spread
before them a delicious course
refreshments. Those present were:
Misses Vera (iorton, Mauk. Walk-
er, Curtis, Mulkey. Betheridge,
Briegle, Trcvartlieu, Clover Nor-
ton, Thoburn, Luttrell, Reed, and
Allegra and Ruth Berrigan.
Testimony in the trial shows he
i lid „ot llinch under this treatment.
The grand jury which re.-ently
returned eleven true b. Is in
I case summoned before it all of the
doctors who testified in the civi
'suit, and, it is understood, wen
exhaustively into the matter ot
from E. H- A. Seligman, one of
the leading economists of the conn
try. He will give courses in aud-
iting. accounting, practical bank-
11 inlt domestic and foreign ti.id
UPW11" mercantile science and business or-
ganization and management.
" Mr. Newby will give -re™1 ...
work in office management, show-.,artifloiR„y produced paraly M
ing students how to apply scien- , ( nul„bers of medical workeis
tiffic system in the handling ot t ' werP brought and they di-> <• i
office.' . that the following formula of a so-
T Bruce Robb, an instructor m hui()n whi(.yi ir injected at nu
the school this year, has accepted - ^ ^ wil( temporal
a schohusliip at Yale, where he
will complete his work for a doc-
tor of philosophy degree next year.
Prof. A. H A lams, who is doing
special work in Columbia Vnivers-
■itVt New York City, this year,
while <m leave of absence, will be
ftt the University of Oklahoma
again next fall.
,f Dec -'St ll, 101 I
A freight train, on which George
A Callicotte was brakeman, had
•ust pulled into the yards The
tngineer saw Callicotte fall from
the side of a car. As the tram
had come to a standstill, the engi-
neer went back and found I alli-
cotte lying heside the tracks, ap-
parently suffering much pam. He
held in one hand the gi ah iron
which had pulled from the side of
the car The theory of the rail-
ed company, as well as that ot
the state, is that the screws were
loosened by human agency before
Callicotte fell.
At hi* home where lie was taken
following the injury, Callicotte
complained of a pain «> his baeK.
Thirty days after the ' accident
„lirahsw of the legs developed.
Doctor Earlier explained this m the
t-ria, hv saying that, a clot of blood
probably had formed, and was
pressing against the spinal cord.
The next step in the proceeding
was to file a $100,000 damage suit
against Hie Rock Island railroad,
abeing contended in the petition
,hat Callicotte was totally and per
manentlv paralyzed below the waist
result of an accident caused by
the carelessness ot the railroad
company in maintaining its equip-
The case went to trial in Jniit
,9ir.. an 1 lasted a week. Each
morning the plaintiff was wheeled
into Hi room in an invalid
covered with a light blanket. I he
explanation was that his i t,s
were "dead." It was all very pit-
iful on the surface, and the spee-
,ade of the stricken man doomed
' t() a life of invalidism, no doubt,
made a marked impression on the
minds of the jurv and it hrongh .
| in a verdict for the plaintiff, an 1
land assessed his damages at *i ,-
; ,)00. The railroad company an-
nealed
Meanwhile Callicotte entered
upon the routine of his daily life,
and in ti ourseofafew months
the case was forgotton Even
8eoret service of the railroad seems
J AS. D. MAGUIRE
Everything in Hardware
The Bow-Nots are giving
progressive house party this we
consisting of slumber parlies, 1
I parties and dances.
'k,
Married*-Lewis-Morris
\,r. Sol Lewis, of the
Muldrow & Lewis, of this i
happilv married to
Morris, of Abiline, Texas.
home of Mr. and Mrs. II.
drow, Classen Boulevard,^
afternoon, May —, ,l' '
Httbhi Blatt of Oklahoma < lty per-
formed the cereuiouy.
Thev left at eight o .dock tor
| points in Texas, where they will
(spend their honeymoon.
' Miss Rli/.abeth Keller came
from Lexington, Wednesday.
itv, wa
Matt.ii
Monday
Bain Farm Wagons
Anchor Buggies
Charter Oak Stoves
Oliver Steel Plow, riding and walking
Black Hawk Planters
Peering Binders and Mowers
-^F.stablished in 1SS9-
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