The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1903 Page: 1 of 8
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EL RENO. OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. NOVEMBER 19 1903.
tJ B. ROYALTY.
A Young Plumber Crazy In the
County Jail—He Came Here
From Ballinger Texas.
HIT WITH A BOTTLE
, He Says, By John Bannister a Bar-
tender at Hudspeths— His
Parents Have Been
Sent for
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starting in
said that he intended
business for himself.
This is a case of old dog Tray. Roy-
alty was recognized here as a hard
working young man, was a member of
the M. E. church and was well thought
of by those who knew him. but he
took to drinking and lost his head.
Bannister is a bigger man every way
than Royalty and if he did hit the
poor fellow over the head with a
bottle when he was drunk he deserves
the condemnation of every fair mind-
ed man.
Royalty's mother has been tele-
graphed for and is expected here to-
day.
BIG DAMAGES.
Fred Dolcater Ex-President Bank
of Commerce at Guthrie Filed
Suit for $50,000. Dam-
ages Against.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
(Dolcater) while cashier of the Guth-
rie National, embezzled the sum of
$3,621.61. Dolcater states that this
false and libelous statement was af
terwar.l ratified by the same person
and maliciously repeated numerous
, times.
Dolcater claims that the statement
was entirely false and without foun-
: dation, and known by Dale to be
! false, and therefore he flies the suit.
; At the time the alleged statement was
made Dolcater was president of tho
Hank of Commerce, a position which
ho claims tho false report compelled
him to resi?a.
A young man by tho name of J. B.
Royalty who has been in the employ
of the El Reno Water company until
recently is in tho woman's room at
the county jail a raving maniac.
Last Monday he was in Hudspeth's
saloon and drinking pretty heavily,
he had some words with the colored
porter who called on John Banister
to help him out. Bannister did help
by hitting the unfortunate man on the
head with a bottle.
Royalty covered with blood went to
I he office of the probate judge who
turned him over to the county attor-
ney, John Carney, who noticed that
t(ie man was out of his head.
Dr. Roberts was sent for and by
his advice was placed for safe keep-
ing In the woman's room at the coun-
ty jail.
On last Friday Royalty had Insert-
ed in the city papers a notice that
he had severed connection with the
El Reno Plumbing company. On that
<lay he had been drinking some, but
knew what ho was doing. He told
his story in the Democrat office and
Commissioners Meet Monday.
Tho commissioners intend to meet
next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock for
the purpose of accepting the court
house and at the same time to appoint
a custodian who is a taxpayer, and
who is able to give a good and suf-
ficient bond. If sometning should
happen that any member of the board
is sick with neuralgia or any other
complaint, another day will be set.
MUST HAVE MONEY THERE.
Shawnee Still the Third Largest City]
—Will Not Fall Behind Either.
Shawnee, 0. T., Nov. 18.—'Tho Son-,
tract for putting down a storm sewer j
main street and for paving the
street from one end to the other, is
now in readiness and the authorities
believe work will begin about Dec-
ember 1. The new system of street
railway will also begin operation on
construction about the same time,
and the parties owning the gas plant
expect their pipe and machinery be-
fore that date.
j It is quite possible that a few of
! the walking delegates are not saints;
I hut it is apparently Impossible to con-
I vince certain obedient and trustful
I unionists of it.
Of Guthrie Claiming that Officers
of the Bank Made Libelous
Statements Concerning
Him—Big Law Suit
Looked For.
Guthrie, O. T , Nov. 18.—In tho Lo-
gan county district court yesterday
Fred C. Dolcater, until recontly the
president of the Bank of Commerce
here, filed a suit for $50,000 damages
against the Guthrie National bank,
I claiming the officers of the bank mado
| libelous statements concerning him.
The attorneys for Dolcater are Cotter-
I al & Hornor, while Dale & Bierer are
' the bank's attorneys. ,
! In his petition Mr. Dolcater sets
| tween January and December 1902,
lie was employed in the Guthrie Na-
1 tional bank as cashier giving a sur-
ety bond with tho National Surety
'company of New York City. He
1 states that in April 1903, a letter was
i written by Frank Dale, Ex-Chief Jus-
tice of Oklahoma, president of the
Guthrie National bank at that time
and attorney for the bank, to tho Na-
tional Surety company. Ho states
that Dale wrongfully, libelously and
falsely informed the company that ho
THE DEAD ONES.
TRIAL JUDGE.
Said to Have Shielded Boodlers—
Charges Have Gone to Wash-
ington—Judge Burwell
Expressed Great
Surprise,
HON. J. C. ROBERTS
of the city council is not an Indict-
able offense in Oklahoma, then no
law can bo passed which would make
|it an indictable offense. The law is
so clear that there is no question
open for argument.
The attorney general has instituted
a rigid investigation and if the char-
ties made against Judge Burwell are
sustained he will be promptly remov-
ed.
j Did the Killing—Uncle Sam's Hand in
the Game.
Douglas, Wyo Nov. 18. The nine
| Sioux Indians who were arrested for
. participation in the fight in which
Sheriff Miller and Deputy Falkonburg
of Converse county were killed, were
given a preliminary hearing yesterday
and were discharged in tho evening.
The testimony showed, that Eagle
Feather and Black Kettle, who wore
killed, fired the shots which killed the
officers. One witness declared that
Jessie Little War Bonnet shot at tho
wM*n >. hut none of tho others
I could say that the priso~?t3
| part in the fight. Tho Indians will
j be returned to the Pine Ilidpe apenc>.
I
Attorney General Will Investigate
If Charges Made are Sustain-
ed the Judge Will Be
Promptly Removed
W. E. Thralls Dead.
W. F. Thralls, at one timo a resi-
dent of this town and well known by
the earliest settlers of Canadian coun-
ty. died at his homo in Lawrence,
Kansas, on tho 7th of this month.
He was a Knight Templer and Iho
members of that order took charge
of his funeral arrangements.
The members of the Athenaeum
club and their husbands will bo enter-
tained at the Ricker home on Friday
evening November 20th.
Washington, Nov. 18.—Charges have
been prefered against B. F. Burwell,
associate justice of the third judicial
district of Oklahoma. It is charged
that Justice Burwell last August usod
his official position to screen
proiuUt- !ncim'./..."i «>f liio council of
Oklahoma City who had openly ac-
! cepted bribes from corporations in
[that city. It is charged that when
I the grand jury was in session suf-
llcient evidence bad been submittod
to that body to cause indictments to
be returned against a half-dozen mem-
bers of the council, and that Judgo
Burwell secretly an£ of his own volt-
t ion, wont before the grand jury ami
j informed the members that the brib-
! (>|*y of a member of the city council
I was not an Indictable offense under
tho laws of Oklahoma.
It has been pointed out to the de-
partment of justice that tho Oklaho-
ma statute is clear upon the subject
and that if the bribery of a member
Shawnee, O. T., Nov. 18—Judge
Burwell today expressed considerable
surprise at tho announcement that
chargos had been filed against him
in Washington. He said that tho in
cident on which the charge was bas
•d had occurred in open court and
had been published in tho papers.
"It was and still is." ho said, my
honest belief that under the statutes
of Oklahoma a councilman cannot bo
prosecuted for boodllng. 1 was asked
for my opinion by the grand jury of
Oklahoma county, and I gave lliom
my honost Interpretation of tho statu-
tes. If that bo shielding boodlers
'then I am guilty of tho charge, but
I the supremo court of tho territory
has not yet passed upon tho law, and
until it does I cannot soo how excep-
tions can well bo taken to my inter
pretatlon. I do not seo how anyone
cau gynstnio our statutes 1ft such a
way as lo securfl prosecution of bood-
llng aldermen under thefTi. «
"Of course I do not fear any inves-
tigation of my conduct by tho Wash-
ington officials. Tho chargos against,
mo, it there are any, will fall of their
own weight as soon as I put In an
I anRwer to them.
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Hensley, T. F. The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 14, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 19, 1903, newspaper, November 19, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc111422/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.