EXTREME PENALY
J to other prisoners in the jail, and in
which he repeated practically the
! same statement made to him liefore
'saying. a .aid oaths rfiiwted at his
wife, ana (it the Haworth family.
they declare, was always mlssling af-
ter meal time and this morning they
telephoned to Frederick to summon
Baltimore" the negro who waited on
SO SOITHEK* SCl«KO JOBS I MCiKS PATRIOTIC
Washington. May 14—To a caller to-
day President Taft reiterated the
Guthrie, May 14 (Special)—TI* fol-
- lowing circular letter has been l.su-
   J .n.,ed by State Superintendent of Inatruc
Hopkins during the early days of bte   -- ,DDolnti anyltlon
They've go, me now, but when I get j,onflncm.nt .nd who_h  \cgTOte ofB,e they will To County
nu i A \u A ccrccrn
Ur Ij/\ ff A.iJtJLdOtJDU - — •  znr, ,siJSrSC£«.«  ~~
Verdict of First Degree Murder Received by John
Hopkins Without Visible Emotion
A";
Owing to the early "resting" of the on the president b> Southern r i
at 10:30 o'clock, the leans In bchdl' of negro leader ^ ^
ring to "the time of his arrest,
| clared that if he hadn't been asleep
on his rights, there would have been
a few less people in this world.
Judge Henderson, attorney for the
defense, here brought out evidence
defense .however,
and
Superintendents
Teachers:—
t 'in laws of 1905 make It
o< . ln every board of edu-
ca ry school dlstilct within
Oklai. to own and display within
the school house a United States flag.
prosecution Anally decided not to |aid^ ^mand^K | and Imposes a penalty of not less than
the negro who was being brought , ,icket last fall and "r® "."TreTua"' "$"lO.OO "nor more than *100.00 upon
for the pro.ecu.ion which had before via automobile, to for federal each member of said board for non-
not been made dear-showing that, MocU* ° ' |Bpp0,;umen, in the states In which |compllanc. with
Hopkins was not in a drunken condi-
tion at the time these last threats
were made.
Little Sen l> Star Witnc.s
The little thirteen year old son of
the defendant an I the deceased, Ar-
After an all night consideration of the law and the evidence in the case of John Hopkins, j
fnmterlv of Kingston, Missouri, charged with the murder of his wife in this city on the twent. ,
ninth of October, 1907, the jury reached a decision at daylight this moramg ant «opemng ^ ^ was fne W1(„„
of court shortly before nine o'clock, rendered the decision guih> of murder, to p jtroduced at the night session last
the PXtrpme measure Of the law, death. , I night—a most pitiable event, since
Tiro rniirt set Tuesday Mav 25, as the date for sentence and judgment at which time also, the „ungste, a bright little fellow
„ n"'«r«"d bj" todknt's counsel rffiMim for new trial will be ni.de In the
"ent new trial is denied, the decision expected, the attorney lor defense declare, be will make
appeal to the state < anal court of appeals. (
The Hopkins fate wa, -Uu u.Jnegro, convicted of murdering in*. Tuesday, when h
Ju-, at «:30 o'clock last evening batj Cherokee Hill
they did not go into sessionr. until of (sentenced, by
«•"   "'"• "nd 8 '.nd'clto in even, the vici, of the pre en.
town foi exercise. About
. . . ,   t'n i Inn trx it-.A OrnVflPfl COIIUIUUII Ul llic , ucinnm.u.
father. Edgar (lal
and Hopkins
here in Lawton, wad'met while Galyon was returning from
Federal Judge F. E. [supper and Galyon, fearing Irouble,
t around' Gillette, to hang January 4. 1907. but had sent his son back from the store
eight o-'the case has been appealed and ow-.to prevent the vlclt of
clock, locked In the jury room, tilling to the crowded condition of ^ defendant
fln-l steps in the ca: e were begun. court dockets at the time of Incoming Following
Of Canada resident of almost every Utalehood. no action has yet been | yon, now el
A P ljaurlc globe-trorrer, native' taken on the appeal. Present Judge a student In the ^Icunraland Me"
sute in the I nlon and directly to Ok- J. T. Johnson, with Col. L. P. Ross, j cl.ankal college at btlll -ter
lahoma from South Africa, his last represented the defendant and some his story, how upon the advlco of his
horn" no"   ba '-^e merchant of'attorney, believe bis punishment will father, he hurried toward home but
Chattanooga, and the only man on th. be lessened. More reaching home was me, b> Mrs.
Jury not a farmer tat present at ( Thi<ee men liav
least) was selected as foreman of the cuted since statehood
of age and
The defense failed to introduce any they live
depositions
as wai expected, showing condition
of mental aberrations resulting from!me.  - .. f tup
, accident, and no tea- similar to W. D. Crum as collector of , the
from Missouri physicians| The president has made It ^ , (han „ net,iiary.
the rock qvarry
timony was produced.
clear that'ought to he enforced, but so nettling
—r
 ~ ™
other than the;the port of Charleston
condition of "the defendant after the told the supporter, of the negro^can-
killing, to indicate apparent condi-jdidates lo look around for depar'men
tlons of insanity
wife of the then paster of
E. church. Rev. J. G.
ive been legally exe-1 Harshaw, wi
phood—Frank Ford, a the First M
jurv' 'an "n^Tborough' exanilnatlon of'negro, executed at Frederick for mur Harshaw. who told him Hopkins wa.
thl lilnce in the c«e wa. com- dering his wife: John Hopkins, white at the Oalvon home killing Mrs. Hop-
home, he
the evidence in the case was com- ,ueriu* u  -v,....     (
menced On the first ballot. It 1. un man. who killed his sweetheart. I.ena kin., ho , running on
demtood the vote stood eleven for'Craig. near Miami: and Will Johnson, searched in various rooms for his gun
conviction as Indicted with the ex-'negro. convicted three times for the while a, the same time he could
treme penalty of the law affixed and ,milder of Mrs Mary Cuppy. an aged hear the scieam. of Us aunt as she
one for a lessening of the Importance white woman near Srawnee. | pleaded with hcr ^8ba,ld ;'0t {
of the' c.1me with penitentiary sen- Five men have been lynched since her. and flnaU), how he.   h G«
Statehood, four Just a few weks ago lloone, and Dr. Mead, entered the
Th... the vote stood repeatedly and at Ada for killing -V A. Bobbltt, and front room of the house only l
the court u fifth. James Garden .a negro, at Mrs. Hopkins practically dead and
charged with murdering a l.cr husband, with one arm around
attorneys were called, and the jury white liveryman. Albert Rate.. |her neck and the handle of a steak
returned and asked for further In-,
at eleven o'clock last night,
convened, the prisoner was brought In Henryetta,
structlons fit)in the court. Foreman ''
l.aurie explained to Judge Howies *
that one of their number. Mr. Farrow. *
did not feel that the evidence in the *
case was sufficient to warrant convic-
tion for murder—his associates ex- *
plain today that Mr. F'.now'j oppo- *
.ttlon was chiefly cau.eu by conscien- *
tious scruples against the infliction of *
the death penalty. Judge Bowles ex *
plained to the jury that. If It was a *
case of fact, he could not Instruct
them further—the court, he said, is *
the Judge of the law, but to the jury ( *
alone. Is submitted decision as to fact. •
He submitted to them, however, the :
letter, which had been Introduced In prom Thursday's Dally
TIIK JI'KY
P. I.aurle, merchant,f<iri'iii.in
S. P. Thompson, farmer.
W. P. Cay. farmer.
E. P. Morse, farmer.
W. R. Farrow, farmer.
J. L. Kelly, farmer.
IV. ('. Jones, farmer.
It. .1. (Ilentiy. farmer
W. 1). Smith, farmer.
K. Lovelace, farmer.
I, V. McCallum. farmer.
John Johnson, farmer.
[beater In his right hand, lying be-
side her on the floor.
I Here, the steak beater, roughened
I on one side and partly sharpened on
i the other, together with the empty
, carbolic acid bottle, were presented
.to the witness for identification. Both
,weie Identified as having been found
, in the room, the handle of the steak
, beater having been the same found
I In Hopkins hand. Mr. Galyon stated
the location if where each was found
: j and declared that no such steak beater
' | had ever been in his home prior to
' | the visit of Hopkins.
George Boone, Dr. Mead. Dr. Tur-
ner, Mrs. Harshaw. Mrs. Turner and
Mrs. Mead, were all called In evidence
and told corroborative stories of the
evidence showing premeditation of i ghortly before noon today, evidence, „.vnn . Bnd
crime and gave them Instructions to j ,, was ali in and, re-opening j "" e drfmulant ind
proceed with their deliberations "un- ^ a( 2;30 0,cl0ck. Speclal Trla,!the later finding of the defendant and
til verdict had been reached." j judge William Bowles, of Perry,
read his in-
the deceased in the front room. Mrs.
, , Harshaw told of former visits which
Hopkins Has Klr-t Smile Twelfth Judicial dlstilct. read his In-, ^ ^ ^ (0 the Galyoll homo
When the jury reported inability to , structlons to the Jury, defining heim!(de Ho„kins. Mr. Boone stated
leach decision and promise was giv- (law In cases of murder, outlining
en for a "hung Jury", in conveisa- briefly the charges and line of evl-
tlon with his attorney, John Hopkins dence produced against Hopkins and
the accused, for the first time during' admonishing them that, if beyond rea Yqu ta)k ,()0 muchDan
the entire trial brightened in appear- ( sonable doubt, they find the defendant
ance and smiled. j Ktiilty as charged, and that the crime
Judge Commends Jury Verdict was premeditated and without exten-
ln receiving the verdict of the ( uating circumstances, It is their duty-
jury this morning. Judge Bowles com- to return a verdict of guilty and as-
mended the men highly for their ac- ^ sess penalty either of death or of life
lion, declaring that the decision wa. . Imprisonment. Judge Howies, especi
indeed the only proper one In
was compelled to tell of the killing
of hi. own mother whom he loved by
the hand of his father, thus standing
chances of sending the other parent to
the gallows, and to describe the 111
feeling of long standing between bis
two parents. His testimony was per
feetly intelligent thioughout and no
effort in the cross examination could
entangle hi. story.
And, In the evidence of this lad.
who was an almost constant compan-
ion of his mother is found the most
incriminating evidence to combat the
plea of temporary insanity of the de-
fense. It is the theory of tile de-
fendant that conditions of mind
brought on by injuries received in an
accident, in l°0fi, in Missouri. But
according to the testimony given by
the Had. his father had lepeatedly
come home drunk while they were yet
in Indiana, sometime in the year 1904,
had abused and "fought' his mother
and had threatened to kill her If she
left him as she declared she would do
if he didn't treat her better. This
Ihivat completely ante-dated the ac
cldent which it is alleged, has caus-
ed the "temporary insanity" and ii
held by the prosecution to be a com
plete refutation of the defense plead-
ings.
The testimony of tte lad of eveuts
following the arrival of his father in
[.awton was that, when he say his
father coming the first time Satur-
day morning after his arrival, he
ran into the house, told his mother,
and they avoided him: that late- they
met him near the Galyon store; that
Hopkins led them down D avenue to-
ward the Rock Island depot, tried to
get them to go with him up the rail-
road tracks north, from which ven-
ture the mother was dissuaded by her
little son who held to her hand; that
several times later they saw him.
each time Hopkins trying to force her
to return to live with him; that one
time they left him In the police sta-
tion hoping to get him locked up and
avoid trouble; that, on the evening of
the killing, Arnold was eating supper
in the Galyon home and his mother
clearing the table when Hopkins came
through the back door, rushed for
Buy Monaroh Coffee, 20 cents per
pound at The Model Gtoeery. 306 3rd
c, 5-13 w 2t
Washington and for
tal position
diplomatic appointment, for which
they may be available.
1!ii!>Ii f«r Washington Job.
In consequence of the president ■
' would be no particular advantage in
having the flag in each school house,
as provided by the law mentioned.
I think that every child in the state
should be told something concerning
the historic building situated at No.
Arch street. Philadelphia, in
flag of the United
23'J
attitude there are many candidates for,which the first ,
, o j Elates of America was made by Betsy
appointments of recorder of deeds [states oi Aioei".
I th'
City
PAY ( ASH FOR PAYl*« ....
Clerk W. R. Julian has already jn the District of Columbia, now held
collected moie than four thousand [by John C Dancy of North Carolina.
dollars on the first D avenue paving ^hat place for many years has been |
contract from property owners who held by a negro. ~'
prefer to pay the cash rather than to that Dancy will not be reappointed j alent
have the bonds issued against their]and that he will be succeeded by a
property. He says that he will col- Southern negio. Among the candidates
lect at least ten thousand dollars In for his place Is J. M. Wasson of Kin -jve
this wav This is an evidence of sas City. Mo. Wasson has auppoit- ap .
prosperity and that money Is easy in er6 ln the Missouri and Kansas dele-,the schools of the 'tate th PI
Lawton ' The property owners have gallons who have gone to the front to be in session at that time,
the option of paying cash or taking for him. A. G. W Sango of Musko-^t won
year, to pay for the paving. gee is another, candidate. They have .    
encouragement. Was- this >vork and a mingo foi special pto
C. Wasson. also a | grams wherever possible.
candi
'Ross and subsequently adopted by
congress June 14, 1777.
In harmony, therefore, with a wor-
The understanding! thy custom which is generally prev- ,
among all of the states of the
Union, 1 hereby recommend that Mon-
day, June 14th. 1909, the 132ml arnil-
rsary of the birth of the flag, be set
apart and observed as flag day by all
state that
I think
u!d also be well for all of the
seven years to pay .or .... J gee I. another, candidate. They have ! count,V Superintendents to take
paying one seventh each year with received
seven per cent interest. [son's pother. X — . — v;e t0 be aLt, send out
A little
Model Grocery, 306 3id St.
WANTED—1000 dozen eggs at The'th(, Taft admlnlstiatIon. He first went special literature on tli.s subj <t.
-13 w 2t af(er the position of secretary of the which will be sent freo to all teach-
American legation In Liberia, butler, who may wlBh suggestions on this
found that appointment was not avail- subject
able. Now he is a candidate for sec-
retary of the American legation in
Haiti.
Vernon Nat lo be Ousted
William T. Vernon of Kansas City,
FINE STRAWBERRIES
R. 11. Webb, who earned a reputa-
tion as one of the best tailors in Law-
ton, but who for somtf time has been
conducting a fruit vegetable and
chieke.. inch near the city presented
this office with a half dozen boxes of |Ka„ . will he permitted to serve out
fine BtrawbeiTles this morning. | |,|s tcrm as register of the treasury
SCHOOL LAM) LESSEES.
Lawton, Ok., May B, 1909.
There will be a meeting of School
Land Lessees in the city hall, Lawton.
Mr. Webb lias one of the finest geverai negroes have endeavored to Okla., Saturday May 15, 1909, at 2 p.
places In the county and he is mak- j ggt hlg piace, but the president has in^m., by that tlm ewe expect to elarn
Ing a success of the proposition. Lo-' lormed them that Vernon wo"ld not be what action the state board Is going
cal merchants make a mistake when 'dlsturbed. Vernon was appointed to take In regaid to the sale and leas-
they do not purchase the home grown about (wo yearg ag0 His iecord at ing of our school lands.
berries. They are superior to those (he treasur>- js creditable. I w- CHABTKEE,
shipped in and are fresh. Besides ,   15-5 d St t w 2t
would be patronizing home (n- j
President.
Complete threshing outfit to sell or j
they
dustry. which is one patriotic duty. I trade a|s0 djsc plows, Easy terms. Out-
    ' fit is at or near Geronimo, Ok. T. J.
Will Julian was in Oklahoma Clt.v Crayton, Ablllne, Tex., R. F. D. No. 3.
5-13 w 2t
yesterday where he went to confer
with a number of clerks and repre-
sentatives of the State Examiner s yor parm allj short time loans. See
and Inspector's office with a view of \yjenicr, 826 D Ave., second iloor.
2-2 d and w tf
establishing a uniform system of city
records throughout the state. Bill
secured some pointers and gave the
other fellows some. He Is one of
the most competent clerical men in
the state and has devised some splen
did forms that are useful to munici-
palities.
that, while they were awaiting for j his wife exclaiming: "Oh, yes! I've
the officers. Hopkins said. In response i pot you now." while the mother ran
to numerous remarks made about the (to avoid him. screaming as she went.
"Oh, mercy," the last words, the lad
says, he beard his mother say.
Letters In Testimony
Gallup and John Dossett, officers con
nected with the case, gave the con-
necting link following the arrest.
Father Tells of Former Trouble
ljite in the evening. Col. I. B. Ha-
worth. postmaster at Mirable, Missou-
INSI RE YOl'R COTTON.
And all other crops against hail. Lib
eral contract to live agents. Call or
write Siders and Hoagland, 405 Fifth
street. Lawton. Ok. 5-14 w 2t
CORPORATION COMMISSION' PITS.
Qt'lETl'S OX RAILWAY' AT-
TEMPT TO HOLD I P
SHIPPERS
IN WRIT LAW HIS DEFENSE
Three letters, from Hopkins to his
wife while she was at her father's
home in Mirable. and which were iden
titled by Col. Haworth, weie intro-
duced in evidence as the closing of
this j ally advised the jurymen as to their ri. member of the board of<?ounty com (
.  miseinnAm merchant and father of the case ior tne siaie. iu « u vi
case and the punishment just, that duty in such criminal cases for the
they had exhibited real manhood In protection of the public welfare and the murdered woman, was called to
meeting the responsibility as they had the organited government of the the witness stan . i. a*or
1,1 1 h I stated that his daughter and John
and dealing out justice where justice state. I*
Bails Opens for State Hopkins were married in October.
Judge Lewis Davis, retained by the>S9. that three children were born
relatives of the murdered woman to to them. Mary. Arnold and Deshie;
assist in the prosecution, opened the that at first they re.ided seveial
argument, for the state by a brief re-(places In Missouri and then removed
view of the evidence in the case, avoid , to Terre Haute. Indiana, where they
ing a detailed review of the evidence remained until about 190o, when they
because he declared the evidence Is so returned to Mlnnowville, Missouri.
clearlv incriminating that it would be near Kansas City, and Hopkins se-
red work in rock quarries: Mrs.
was justly due. and that tlieir action
would mark a step of progress toward
the geneial effort for the prevention
of crime in Oklahoma.
"It has been the custom of this
court." lie .aid. where juries serve
all night, to count time for another
day. Go and draw pay for three
good days' work. You are excused."
Judge Bowles has secured exten-
sion of jurisdiction for 30 days and
will return for final action In the case.
He left for home today.
Will Ask New Trial
As announced in notice served by
Judge Henderson, new t-.-ial for Hop-
kins will be asked at the time
insult to the memory of the jurors
letters, Hopkins makes threats, either
open or covert, that unless his wife
returns to him he would kill her,
and not only her but also members
of the Haworth family.
Stale "Rested" Last Night
At 9:30 last night, the state "rest-
ed" its case and, upon request of the
attorney for the defense, further hear
ings were postponed until this morn-
ing, a recess being taken until 9:30
o'clock this morning.
Defense Occupied Morning
I'PPE ltSTOKY HI TLER
ADDITION HOUSE BURNS |
Fire which started at noon today in
the stairway of the Al. Morris home,
west D avenue, on the Butler addi-
tion, practically destroyed the upper
story of the house before firemen
could arrive. Very little damage
was done to the first floor. The
house belongs to A. J. Bringly and is
partly covered by insurance.
Guthrie, May 14 (Special) -On April
15th, lines operating in Oklahoma is-
sued Southwestern Lines Tariff No.
9-A cancelling Southwestern Lines
Tariff No. 9. tariff to be effective May
  ] 27th, 1909, and raising all rates into
Pleading the advantage, of the "un- Oklahoma from New York. Philadel-
written law" as Ills defense, Isaiah pj,ia and wnat is known as Atlantic
Culler, negro, charged with murder- sea-Board territory via water routes,
lug Rev. Will Lewis in this city Jan- Many of these rates were raised IS
nary .">, 190H, tills afternoon began a (0 20 cents per one hundred pounds,
tight for his freedom in the criminal the time this tariff was received,
division of the district court, with tjje Corporation Commission had sani-
District Judge J. T. Johnson again thoroughly examined and announced
presiding... loiter stabbed Lewis Willi that It was one of the most arbitrary
a knife in 11 room of his own home raises that had ever been issued, lm-
where lie found the negro preacher mediate step, were taken to contest
. For Farm and short lime loans. See
Wiemer, S26 D Ave„ second tloor.
2-2 d and w tf
This morning's session was oeeu-
PI.AN ro EXTEND ROCK ISLAND
With the hope of securing an ex-
tension of the branch of the Chicago.
Rock Island A Pacific railroad now
to review It in whole He dwelt prom- (Hopkins twice left him. once j "the defense, Ex-Sheriff C. f. I running southwest from Lawton to
iu'the big pasture just across the line
in Tillman county, will toulL-ht meet
he had!«ith the lawton Chamber of Com-
InenUy and effectively upon the bru- they returned from Indiana, and ---- i.efors Jail-' < hattannoga. a large delegation rep.
tallty of the crime in which the de-Jlast time, in the spr .ig of_ 1907 while (HanSherW Rate £fors. ^^ ^ < f
feiulant had slain, in the most brutal they resided at Mlnnowville. t mt on > . ' condition of|of Grandfield, the compromise town in
manner ever employed in the criminal, the occasion of the last time she left, be^ called to show Ok cond ,
history of Comanche county or the him. while their little son. Arnold.]the defendant after being
state of Oklahoma, the wife whom he | was lying injured by the kick of a. the coun^
foi1 "rendering sentence and judgment ^ -venteen years befor -taken to mule. Hopkins ^ame. «*> J | ^ ^ ^ ^ as j t^rce for the p.r^se of deternHo,^
Beginning a. 3 30 o'clock Judge wW morning when the sheriff was | his opinion that Hopkins ™ ~    plan which will altaln the
C Henderson opened bis argument'called and drove him off: that on this; •"    '^/'^snmablv "f ron. Lhe
for the defense, declaring that Hop- occasion. Hopkins cursed his wife and , ing of Ms wife, presumably tf.e
orobablv " he kins, acting urv'er a fit of temporary, declared: Anna. If you don't come
insanity in the killing of his wife and back and live with me. 111 kill you—
- vou know I've always told you if
in the case. Tuesday. May 25. Judge Protect
Bowles declares, however, that the
records are straight and it is believ-
ed he will deny the motion for new-
trial. No appeal will
taken since, after fair and impartial
trial has been granted, the state's du-
ties to the defendant have been ex-
ercised and no fuither expense to the
couniy can l>e Incurred by appeal. If
the defendant can bear the eniense.
the case might be appealed and the
execution of sentence thuB be post-
poned for a time. None of Hopkins
relatives! however, have accorded him
financial 6upport thus far and It is
believed no further effort will be
made.
Hopkins himself, when the verdict
was read, received it In that same
nonchalant depression  hich has char
actei ized his entire attitude during
the trial. He expressed the feeling
to Sheriff Lefor. that he did not care
what extremity of punishment is giv-
en him.
May be First Hanging
hu Hopkins is the second
ing before the bar ol justice
out money and without friends" to [you;
effects of acid poisoning, announcing
that it was an exceptionally unusual
case and could not well have been
caused by carbolic acid alone. He ad-
'attempted suicide" ani now pppear
with-!vou refused to live with me Id kill
'you;- and that Hopkins later came mltted. however on cross examina
I acid had been extracted from his
Haworth, and thrown in jail.
F L. Parker, sheriff of Caldwell, stomach, the only evidence of
county. Missouri, for the past se -. haying been
any
found on the mouth.
sents a most pitiable vision of human
outcast.
Prosecuting Vttornty J. A. Fain will
assistant cashier of a bank In Ham-'bring out the fact that Hopkins re.-
Ilton, wa. called and told of the two piratlon and pulse were at normal
visits to the Haworth home, of the la.i condition a.nd that. If unconscious,
arrest and of threat, which Hopkins both respiration and pulse should
is expected that the case will be turn-
ed over for the consideration of the
jury.
The prosecution opened itr case late
last afternoon with the introduction
of J. J. Galyon, of this city, brother-
in-law of the murdered woman, who
told of the arrival of Hopkins in I-aw-
ton. Friday evening. March 25, 1907,
of his fiist visit to the Galyon home
in Quest of Mrs. Hopkins, of a later land
meeting at his store and the attempt what 111 do.
have been depressed.
Young Arnold Hopkins was called
by the defense to show that an injury
was received by his father in Mis-
souri. which affected his head and
khen I get out of here, just see!confined him to the hospital.
Later, while Hopkins | The officeis tesified to the appar-
made while in his custody. While en-
faute (to Kingston, to jail. Parker
declared that Hopkins, in drunken con
dition. said: "She's got me now. but
G  D  her. my time's coming
of Hopkina to Induce hi, wife to re-J was yet in Jail. Parker told of a con-|enUy unconsciou. condition of Hop-
Ki.« „>.rintr nhiMron.lversaton which he overheard in whichkkins following h s aire£t and of his
end.
For some time past the secretaiy
of the Grandfield Commercial Club
has been in communication with Sec-
retary G. V. H. Saltzgaber trying to
arrange some definite time of meeting
with the local body. It is felt by
the big pasture town people that, even
though they have a southeast to
northwest road, the Wichita Falls
& Northwestern, they are handicap-
ped without direct connection with
Lawton and the northeastern traffic
and they believe that, with the co-ope-
ration with the business interests of
lawton the Rock Island could be in-
duced to extend its branch line south
west from Chattanooga so as to tap
the productive regions of the pasture
.country.
It Is expected that some definite
plan will be determined upon tonight
whereby active steps will be under-
taken to secure the Rock Island ex-
tension at once.
uith liis wife, ami Lewis, alter run-1
ninir more than a block, dropped dead.
Judge W. C. Henderson is again de-
fending and County Attorney J. A.
Fair, and Assistant John M. Young are
representing the state.
The defense for Colter will show
that the maddened husband believed
that the preacher had ruined his home
and for that teason killed though the
state will be able to show by evidence
that Lewis and Colter's wife were on-
ly sitting in a side room, talking—a
sort of "pastoral call." as it were.
Colter alleged that he bad had sus-
picions, however, of the visits of
Lewis and had warned his wife
against being found with him. Upon
the occasion of the killing, he had
been out in the country working on a
farm and. returning suddenly, found
them together in his home and, with-
out waiting for explanation, drew his
knife, leaped at the throat of the
visitor and stabbed him to the heart,
(iet Jury; Two Hopkins Men
After but two hours' work. the
court this afternoon secured the fol-
lowing jury for the Colter trial: E.
M. Gross, farmer; Henry Keown. far-
mer; Robert Hodgcoke. farmer; Jno.
R. Hill, school teacher; A. B. Maxey,
farmer; W. H. Fisher, farmer; Jno.
Matheny, farmer: J. H. Scott, real es-
tate dealer; W. L. Herndon, cattle-
man; C. F. McCarty, butcher; A. E.
Lovelace, farmer; W. C. Jones, far-
mer. The last two men named were
on the Hopkins jury.
these rates and th Commission re-
ceived a telegram today from the In-
ter-state Commerce Commission that
the railroads had requested and been
granted permission to cancel this tar-
iff before it became effective.
This will have the effect of leavine
the old rates in effect.
The Imported French
Coach Stallion
Pure Cider Vinegar, 30 cent, per gal-
WHITE OAK POSTS for 8c.
them of BADGER LUMBER CO.
5-14d2-wlm
Get
STRAYED—From my house 913 E
on Sunday April 18th, 1 gray mare
weight 1300 lbs. Liberal reward for
return of same.
D. B. MALERNEE 4-20-dwtf
CHICHESTER'S PILLS
TIIK SIAMONU BRASD. A
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. Mils  « 3*4 KJ t—14 HfUllAy/
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"ERBE"
Will make the season of 190'-
at my barn, 1 mile south am
1 mile west of Lawton. He i
showing the finest line of colt
ever seen in this county. Th
company offers a premium c
$'25.00 for the best colt get t
1900 to be shown at the count
fair of 1910.
S. 0. Crutcher, Mgr
P. 8. I have 2 fine jacks f(
sale or trade for other stock,
t.nd 5 years old.
CHAHLES C. BLACK
Attorney at Law.
Aker. Building
Opposite Court House