The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1900 Page: 4 of 12
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THE CHANL>l>;ti NEWS. KKID.W. MAY 25, 1m.h>
GRAND EXCURSION TO OKLAHOMA CITY
Sunday, May 27,
Frisco |ine
Or account of the base hall game between the Sapulpa.and Oklahoma City clubs, to be
ntoed at Oklahoma City, Sunday, May 27, the Frisoo Line wttl ron a special train, leaving
Tulsa,. I t,.abbuJ 8:00 o'clock a m.. Mid leaving CHANDLER about 10:30 a. m.', tfrtfving at
Okkluilni fW not later than l:o >o'clock P. M. The train will leave Onlahoma'City returning
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Tulsa
Oklahoma ury no* iau?r umu i:<- -uc.uc* «. '""V,
about - " ' p >i. Sunday Tickets for the rodnd trip .will be sold ai 11.25 from Stroud and $1.00
fr< • ii Ch snu.fr or from \\ elision.
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Eldridge Convicted.
Very few cases ."that have ever
been tried in the probate, court
of thi> county have attracted th>
attention or the interest that
centered in the ease of G. C Eld
ridge, wh i w;. n tri; l las.t week
charged with using false weights
in weighing h* ir>*for the purpose
of defrauding those from whom
he purchased hog-.* There was
a feeling'on the part of farmers
that if such men *ls were used
.t ;.i .-ill' i I : ' • p" •
t *crt<'ii and' "' th- Tende
should be severely punished, and
there was a wish on the part of
busines> men that" Chandler's
standing as a market should n >t
Ix* Injured by aitowing any ques-
tionable transact i. «ns • >f thi> - rt
• ■ ■ go tfnin >ticed.
The defendant was charged
with using false weights in
weighing some hogs purchased
from W. S Byles. through Kb 1 -
ridge's agent,„T. .M. Marshall.
There was no evidence that Eld-
ridge had anything t > do person-
ally with weighing or buying the
Byles hogs, so the prosecution
relied upon showing that the
iUa.-'- .
•that Eld ridge knew that they did
not "give his patrons honest
weight, and that he continued
using them after having been in-
formed that thev were not accu-
rate. The evidence showed that
the scales had bjeen examined by
the sheriff in the presence of the
probate judge, the county attor-
ney, and the defendant's attor
ney, and that one *of 'the 1p m
pound.weights, one of the 2,01
pound weights, and ijne '*p"on
tliQ beam were too heavy. The
scales were purchased from P.
S.« Hoffman and had been in use
by Mr. Eldridge for about two
years.
One of the witnesses for the
prosecution, Sam S. Allen baugh,
testified that he had -old a load
of hogs to Eldridge and that they
were taken to the scales in ques-
tion: that the h<«rs were unloaded
iii; the - a-! -, ind. while Allen-
ibaugh was lii.tching his team,
Baldridge weighed the hogs, two
of them separately and the re-t
mainder in a bur,eli. anil had
driven tljem into the lot, Eld-
ridge saitithe weight was 2100,
rand Allenbaugh insisted that it
was more and proceeded to
balance tlie scales. To do this it
was ne-essajy to take out of the
pan on the end of the beam 10
ounces of. shot, etc., an amount
'sufficient to make a difference Of
'over 800 pounds in the weight of
the hogs. The ' hogs . were
weighed again and the weiglit
I was found to be "27" 1 pounds.
Eldridge then said he had for-
gotten to count the weight of one
' >f the hogs. Eldridge denied the
truth of Allenbaugh's evidence.
Another witness. Mr. H >gan.
testified to having suspicioned
that the weights were incorrect
. because Eldridge sometimes paid
more than the market price* Ho
told Mr. Marshall what he
thought, and together they
tested the weights, finding that
some of the weights were too
; heavy. They left the weights all
together, to see which Eldridge
Wt ill Id use. After Eldridge had
weighed the nex: load they fv md
he had used the heavy .weight
and had hidden the lighter one
under the other weights. This
testimony was not disputed.
In the uase of the Byles ho'gs
the testimony showed that the
i weight of the hogs at the county
scales, by weighing wagon loaded
t and then weighing back empty
wagon was 96 pounds heavier
than the weight at defendant's
scales, and the contention of the
prosecution was that the greater
portion of .this difference was
caused by the use <>/ the heavy
loo t pound weight by Marshall
in weighing one load and the
defective "p"on the beam in the
! other 'load, and that this defect
ive weight was used with the
assent of defendant, not given 5
specially in the case of Byles.
but jvlth an understanding be-
tween Mat's!; . alii Eldridge
that itwas to be used whenever it
was considered safe to do so. A
large amount of evidence 'was
introduced bearing 011 the ques-
tion of intent.
"Eldridge denied having known
that the scales were incorrect
until lately, and said that when
he learned that they were not'
'accurate he instructed Marshall
not to use the heavy weights.
The instructions of the court
were full'and comprehensive, and
the case was thoroughly argued
before the jury by counsel, over
six hours being consumed in the
argument. Th- ry retired at
5:20 p. m. Thursday and agreed
upon a verdict of guilty about 10
p. m. The jury stood s to 4 for
collection on the tirst ballot, and
it required considerable discus-
sion to bring about an agree-
ment.
A motion for a new .trial was
made on'Monday and overruled.
,as was also a motion to arrest
judgment. Judge Harvey then
sentenced Eldridge to pay a fine
< if >T> 1 and the c-osts of the action,
amounting to £ls3. We.under-
stand that the cast will be ap-
pealed to the* district court.
The territory was represented
* in this case by Deputy Cyunty
Attorney Decker, assisted by A
J. Rittenhouse: while John
Embry appeared for the defend-
ant. There was a good deal of
hard lighting between the oppos-
ing attorneys to what evidence
should be omitted and some
bright repartee was indulged in.
Aside from the serious incon-
venience and pain caused by
piles, there is a tendency to
tistula and to dinner in the rec-
tal regions. Piles should not be
allowed to run on unchecked.
Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment
is an infallible remedy. • Price
50c a bottle: tubes 75c. A. 1).
Wright.
Sad Accident.
,J. L. Squires was in town
Wednesday morning and report-
ed the accidental shooting of his
nephew," Lije Keiffer, son of W.
M. Keitfer, who lives nine miles
north of Chandler. Young
Keiffer had leaned his gun to a
young ni;fn of the .neighborhood
and hearing that the jatter was
going away went to get his gun.
He was told it was not loaded.
Taking it home lie went into the
house wliyre his mother and his
bethrothed. Miss Selby, were.
They begged him to be careful
but he believed the gun to be
empty and continued to handle
it. Suddenly there was a report
and lie fell forward, dying im-
mediately. The shot entered the
left breast, near the heart.
There is not a doubt but that the
shooting was purely accidental.
Voting Keitfer, who was hut
twenty-two years of age, was
engaged to be, married to.the
young lady who witnessed the
affair, and his prospects were of
the brightest. The burial took
place Tuesday at the cemetery
three miles north of the home.
The entire c uiimcuity is shocked
and grieves with the family over
the untimely death*of one so
young and so much esteemed.
Y. P. C. U. at Denver. .
For the above occasion we will
sell tickets to Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo and Manitou at
rate of one regular first-class
normal tariff fare plus *2.00 for
the round trip. Tickets on sale
July 2:trd and 24th, tickets linT-
it<«.l continuous passage to Pueb
lo, after reaching Pueblo stop
over will he allowed at any ^Colo-
rado common point, but not later
than August 22nd. Return trip
niufct not be commenced earlier
than^August 1st nor later than
August J till and must he contin-
uous passage
A. J. Cork ins.
Agent*
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Gilstrap, H. B. The Chandler News. (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1900, newspaper, May 25, 1900; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc115926/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.