Norman Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 169, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 7, 1920 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. VIII. NO. 169
NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1920.
PRICK FIVE CENTS
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\M LOST NEAR
*.VAS WANDERING AROUND
AND RECOVERING FROM
WAR EFFECTS?
William Williamson, whose lapse oi
memory caused him to lose himself
. iter lia.it " li ft Norman w hen driv-
• i i from Colorado it) a Dodge
•! •< r 1; t month. vva- found near
•
* : s home at Red l;ork now. ac-
•• to fr . Jen Trotter Keller,
R d < r-.ss head.
\ <!'-d as to his discovery and re-
t'rom north of Oklahoma < ity.
te in October was received here Fri-'
■'rom h< . «l'|uart- r- < •!' the south-1
fill division. Williamson is now j
i ' • oi, i d to be doing well and reeover-
i is memory in the home 01 W. ti. i
' i!!ianison, his father, who lives in
U >\ l-ork, a suburb of Tulsa.
\\ ar eonditions on the battle front '
! - . id to ha\ e caused the disability
w'meh \\a- understood to result ill
mc lanchoiia and loss o
to r c11 j;i i/.e friend , and to recall
JURY OUT THIRTY
MINUTES VERDICT
ON FIRST BALLOT
CLAUNCH OF LEXINGTON
FOREMAN WHO SIGNED
THE VERDICT.
BUSY WEEK AHEAD
FOR LOCAL CLUBS
Rotary Club Will Try For 100 Per
Cent Attendance Meeting
Tomorrow.
The week's downtown club meetings 1
will -tart off Monday noon when the
' Rotarians again try to - t a mark they
reached last week a 100 per cent at-
tendance. It was the first for the lo
| cal club and they're still feeling fine
i over it. President Muldrow has an
| ambition to make Novemln r a 100
i per cent month and has asked the co
operation of every number.
| Several new member- have been
i taken into the club at rect nt ine« t
ings and formal initiation will tike
i place some time soon.
I The Lions club, which i- fa-t l><
| coming one of the most popular and
nowers stand F iday afternoon and minutely j fense he was committing and the let- !l '('ll',s i" ^,''rni'"1- A , ',v
P°WCrS described the (iBht at the Modern Iter is said to have exclaimed, "If he I w0l'k,y luncheon rutsday. A ..i.Klity
I'll make
give him $50 to leave on. At this
Slade is alleged to have said. "I don't
care anything about your trouble. I've
killed better men than you with my
hands."
The wife's infatuation for Slade
continued and Biggs finally made ar-
rangements to leave town, with the
hope that the trouble would die out
in a few weeks. Arrangements to
turn over the laundry to the manage-
ment of his wife was made with W in.
Morgan, principal owner of the lauir
dry.
The night before he left he called
Slade to the laundry and told him
that he was forced to leave by "vour
actions with my wife." When asked
as a mail to leave his wile alone.
Slade said he would try. Biggs left
til- next day.
Before long he received
Went Through Here
Williamson, who was thought to
•,.. ,,
! rini !: <!, Col., on August 19 and
w !a-t ' <11 in Norman on Augu
24. was traveling through the
country :n a DorLe roadster and had
- : *ed through Hobart, \mber, Tut-
l! ! Norman, in succession.
I- liind hii i only -4 hour- on the
The jury reported to the
court at 12:30 yesterday af-
ternoon a verdict of not
tfuiltv, arrived at on the first
ballot. A. F. Claunch of
I Lexington was foreman of
j the jury.
j from W. K. Avery, who had visited
I N, L. Biggs, defendant in the mur- j the laundry and ascertained condi-
der case which started in district tions then existing Avery warned
i court Wednesday, took the witness i Slade of the seriousness of the of-
. . ' he
fight at
Bundle laundry on the night of April | ever
25, in which Harold Slade lost his
life.
Biggs testified that he had hired
Slade when the latter was penniless
r 1. . W. T. Davidson, his broth-
. !io tri <! to overtake the
ruinate before haj*m befell him.
- rt<d to have understood!
better than the others did. 11i-
tr • g - unfortunately in error
■ ■'! tiie veral w- ek- of W illiamson's |
.
' • untoward happening had injured
< • '.tiled him.
i he Xr'eriran Legion and the Red
' ross !i ! aided the distracted rela-
! i • - in ' i eir s< ar< h ft r the missing
' ut lie had been wandering north
of ()k!ahoma ( ity for three weeks or
anu |
■lustjaud without clothing, lie took him
in as a brother, fed and clothed him,
gave him work and let him sleep in
the laundry, over which the Biggs
;'ami!y occupied apartmens.
Soon after Slade's employment.
Biggs said that he became intimate
with Mrs. Bigg- and he was solely
grieved at the circumstance. He talk-
ed it over with Slade and asked him
tc) !<; vc in order that the family ' Boyd street entran
might be preserved. This Side re- and the-e left the taxi, telling th
[fused to do. it was said. I driver that he might have to go back
Had Killed Better Men. |t" tow '■ sleep
It developed that the deceased wa Wife in Lap of Another,
discharged by Biggs, but that the; He entered the south door o" the
hired him again. Again ! undry rid asked two girl
>mes back I
it at of him."
On Sunday morning. April 25. he
called ins h.' ine from Duncan and his
11-year-old son, Clyde, answered. B«
fore the conversation was concluded,
ti e ill one was jerked from the l>"y 1
hand. th< testimony showed. .Mrs.
Biggs told her husband, who said he
would be home in a d-;v or two, that
the In use was crowded then and there
might not be a place for him to sleep.
He came through Oklahoma City
and purchased a revolver. Upon his
an val here he took a taxi to the
good program has been arr n e.| f<
this in- • ting and the pre-ident of the
club, R. W. Hutto, issues an urgent
appeal for all members t.. turn out
Wednesday the Chamber of Coin
merce holds forth and many matters
of extreme importance are scheduled
to come up for approval Many com-
mute. v which have been out for some
time will report and many thing*
which have been hanging fire will be
I definitely settled.
LET US GO TO CHURCH TODAY
(In (1
Kverv church in Norman oin;ht to he crowded today.
a matter of habit
bodv ou-'ht to :•>, wh
Hun-
a cMilp
tan
i*t people wtl
1 go a- a matter
belo:
tors in the | r
I a cry church in our
lrin^. ()tn tniniMei
worth hearing
i.;ri • *.ati< n of
n to church
f (hit \. K\ or
h or not, f r i
ati< 'ti of our c
it* church
.
)ll'
the vital
;tt
pleasure tc* inert.
You mav h el
w ill P
the be
all tim
1 people
i^ratn well worth
t.ite. ()ur musi-
h.it
tlic clutn
dii
linn
-ervic
-I '(* lot \
part
i> the
11(-1)i tn maintain tli
If voti are not
today. Tin- chance-
jia tin' <■ spi• 1 in 1II11
^raiu rrntli retl that
[mure.
moral t nulai'l-
arr mill l
iml that
■■ on ma\
11 n il earli i Ini
loin it w ill be a
i nlar ili-lit to tin
our civilization
in ilie. II v a
liurch alive ami
f otir time.
idiiifj church
in i veil that
re 11 will
■ enuine
■ church.
When
Mending
therein
.ill th
try it o
oil w ill e
nt the pr
nt
III tile
IN MACHINE FOR
CONFERENCE TITLE
KANSAS SCORl'.S TOUCHDOWN
AND SAFETY IN FIRST
HALF; 21 TO T
Wllhin 13 Y.r I- I,i
' ' 1 J ' f * ' '
fit'
Bi'G fJN£ NOW
Mill i
tend
conflictni!
introduce <
ninipt
there,
Bi^gs testified that he went to the ; •♦Where ire all the folks Lpon be
fellow and asked him to leave Nor- ing told t'lat they were gone, he went
man. lie even offered to pay all J on up tiie stairs to the apartment
incurred by him here and t" he stepped into the roomes, he saw
latter >
debt
Have You Got Yours?
I he Season I ickel to the Chamber
of Commerce Lyceum Course.
Season tickets for the three numbers will sell for $2.50.
:ale closes Saturday night, November 13.
First Number of the Course
Hon. f homas R. Marshall Mon-
day night, November 1 5, at
University Auditorium
Other numbers will be Judge Lindsay and ex-Presi-
dent William Howard Taft.
When the solicitor calls—buy a season ticket. The
proceeds above expenses are for your Chamber of Com-
merce for bettering your "University City."
Norman Chamber of Commerce
LYCEUM COURSE COMMITTEE
TOM B. MATTHEWS, Chairman
!e itling in a chair with M
K- ■ n his knee or on the arm of |
chair, and exclaimed, "What does |
to the laundry ( ::"s mean ;
then said that 1> >t!i of them ' 1
(1 ui> and made for him, that i, ns<
Slade ki- Iced him in the privates, stag- ! ('d
"critic and handicapping him fr.r the1"'!
figl-t hich :c!!o ved. Bigg- fired j
'rev shots, all of which took effect.,'1
'11' defense claimed that the three •
s! ts were f'red in tlie scrap Ahile ' 1
\s the state sought to prove that two "<
them ..c"i tired, hat Mil/« then went ,l('
down ^tc-irs and phov! to the doctor, j H*
undertaker, officer and lawyer and[l(",{
then returned upstairs and fired the ' W '
third shot. 1 m< •
Mrs. Biggs Thursday was discjuali- re.-
fied as an in "mpetent witness and : 1
.he- ■ \\'.a- no ovie*- eye witness t<) the '
deata scene.
Ki'iner« us witnesses had testified ti <
to threats alleged to have been made
by Slade and the ■ ..et that Biggs had
several times asked the man to leave
seemed to ha ve effect on the jurymen. h
( lyde Biggs was placed on the be
tand lnvii:-. ' a • m ' t •
made no testimony i f importance t"
t'ue case. Court adiourned until 7 o'cl
and
•d
nigh le•
u m;
un.
i I t old of the
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tir
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White punted 44
had ball . i 2b v
punted 70 ear ! ■
Wl-ite k- '• e■ !
on 4. rd line.
Complete 8-yard
yards. ()klahon.a
Goe
Hill gained t\
,1 through eville'-.
r ball = returned .
Cains f1 iiv thro
y fails but gains s
Over Lir.e.
two. Morr
fake p
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line, thi
and - i •
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Look Better and Will I
Your clothes will la-I longer and
look better ii you make a regular
habit of haying them parted Irom
the dirt and dnst b\ our modern
cleaning and pressing.
The pleasure and profit of a
neat and clean appearance is
worth many times the cost of the
work. Besides an added value is
given the clothes by taking ropi-r
care of them.
MORE CLOTHES
SATISFACTION
V"tir clothes an ^iiod, and tin-, cost lul-
of money. Yon will want all the wririin; -;i
isfaoliim there is in tlieni.
W e are here to help y«m .net more clothe
satisfaction.
Send for onr wagon tomorrow. Onick and
courteous service.
,ast
£ lie r
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1 • ^ . ' iS-. k.1
. '.a W
\ incent (cleaning Company
JOE VINCENT, M^r.
118 West Main Phone 280
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Norman Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 169, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 7, 1920, newspaper, November 7, 1920; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc114490/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.