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ES-
CME OF«
Sitting alone at a roadside east of
Tecumseh In the cold night air, thin-
ly clad, Birdie Reed, a youug Te-
cumseh girl, was found Saturday
evening about 8 o'clock by Justice
of the Peace Hal Johnson, Bob Hen-
derson and Sidney Langston, who
were on their way home from a hunt-
ing trip to Little River. The girl
■was brought to Shawnee, where Bhe
"was locked up until the county at-
torney was called. Sunday he took
her to Tecumseh, where she will be
held as a witness against a number
o£ boys indicted by the recent grand
Jury.
Was Going to Dallas.
Wheu accosted by the men who
found her Saturday night, the girl
stated that she was waiting tor a
young Tecumseh man, whose name
she mentioned, to come for her and
bring her to Shawnee, where he was
going to buy her a ticket to Dallas,
Tex. She had a Buitcase, she said,
hidden in the brush nearby. The
girl was shivering with cold, having
no warp of any kind about her, and
Mr. Johnson insisted that she accom-
pany them to town. The men wrapped
their heavy hunting coats about her
on the trip In.
A Wicrd Spot.
The place whero the girl was found
Is a wierd spot. It is about 100
yardB from the place where, about
six years ago, Alex Reed killed his
sweetheart and then committed sui-
cide.
May Canse Trouble,
It is probable that a warrant *111
be Issued for the young man who was
to buy the Reed girl a ticket, charg-
ing attempt to run away with a wit-
ness in a criminal action. The girl
is said to be one of the two whose
testimony before the grand jury re-
sulted in the indictment of some boys
of prominent Tecumseh families.
No banking institution In Shaw-
nee is conducted on more con-
servative lines than the Se-
curity State Bank. It has nev-
er promoted speculative enter-
prises, nor will It do so.
A safe bank to "tuck away"
your little savings where you
can get it when you need it.
4 Per-Cent on Sav-
ings Accounts
$1. Starts an Account
SECURITY STATE BANK
UNDER GUARANTY LAW.
TO FIRST M.E. CHURCH
Rev. G. W. Irwin of the Ponca
City M. E. Church comes to the First
M E. Church of Shawnee, in place
of Rev. W. G. Lemraon, and Rev.
Thos. B. Pingry has been reassigned
to the Grace M. E. Church. Rev.
and Mrs. Lemmon and Rev. Pingry
returned today from the annual con
ference at Guthrie.
TO
Hobart, Okla., Oct 23.—All of the
former officers of Swanson County
appeared here Saturday to answer to
contempt charges growing out of
their refusal to turn the records over
to Receiver Terry. Each defendant
was placed on the stand to answer
to the charge. The plea was set up
that they had never been served with
writs and did not turn over the rec-
ords for the reason that there was
some doubt as to who should receive
them.
The charges were dismissed on
their agreement to turn over the
records to the receiver not later than
next Thursday. Thursday Mr. Terry
will go to Mountain Park and Snyder
after the records, moneys, etc., of
the defunct county and proceed to
check over affairs and act under or-
ders in disbursing the money of the
former county.
LIBEL SUIT COSTS THE
SAPULPA STAR $125
Sapulpa, Okla., Oct. 23. After
three hours of deliberating the jury
iu the damage suit of Dr. W. L.
Short against the Sapulpa Daily Star,
in which Dr. Short sought $10,000
damages on the grounds of an al-
leged libelous article published by
that paper, returned a verdict award-
ing the plaintiff $125 damages.
The case went to the jury Satur-
day evening after two days of a
hard-fought legal battle. The court
instructed the jury that the article
which the action was brought
was libelous per se, and that the
plaintiff was, therefore, entitled to a
verdict of not less than $100. There
was quite an array of legal talent
on each side of the case.
The next case in the District Court
is also a newspaper damage case,
brought by J. C. Lane of Kelfer
against the Searchlight, formerly of
the oil town, but now of this city.
KILLED CHICKEN THIEF.
GETTING HARDER TO
GET A MURDER M
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 23.—A Jury
in the McNamara murder trial by
Jan. 1, 1912, was the prediction by
Attorney Clarence S. Darrow, chief
of counsel for the defense.
With no court in session, opposing
counsel in the trial took opportunity
to finish up the work of the first
court week in the trial of James B.
McNamara, charged with the murder
of Chas. Haggerty in the Los An-
geles explosion.
Attorney Darrow's statement was
biased, he said, thus far, which
shows three talesmen in the Jury-
box subject to peremptory challenge,
but more upou that manifested by
talesmen to infliction of tho death
penalty on circumstantial evidence,
or, in some Instances, under any con-
dition.
"It's getting harder all the time to
get a Jury in a murder case, accord-
ing to my experience," said Mr. Dar-
row. "The defense expects that this
sentiment will form a considerable
obstacle."
CHILCOAT'S OEAIH
IS
P. S. Hoodhouse, secretary of the
Retail Merchants' Association Satur-
day evening killed a chicken thief—
and ate him Sunday. Roodhouse is
not a cannibal—the thief was a good
at young possum. Roodhouse and
other neighbors had been missing
chickens of late, portion of their
bodies being found at various places.
Saturday night, hearing a disturbance
in his hen-house, Mr. Roodhouse went
out with a light and spied Mr. 'Pos
sum on a post, blinking at him. He
took a club and soon Mr. 'Possum
was ready for tho roast.
DEATH SUNDAY
TOOK B. C. NELSON
B. C. Nelson of 1700 North Union
died Sunday morning at 5 o'clock at
the City Hospital, aged 60 years.
Funeral services were held at the
First Baptist Church Monday after-
noon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment was
in Fairview cemetery.
An Old Resident.
BenJ. C. Nelson was an old resi-
dent of Shawnee, and waB a brick
mason by trade. He came to Okla-
homa from Illinois, where he was
born In 1851. He leaves his wife,
five daughters and a son.
Ml'RDER HEARING ON.
McAlester, Okla., Oct. 23— In the
District Court the case of the State
against Frank Wilmouth, charged
with the murder of Ed Barzell at
Hartshorne, on Dec. 26, 1907, is in
the hands of the Jury.
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FARMER POSSES ARE
HUNTING YEGGMEN
III"
FOB CLIENTS IS
Ryan, Okla., Oct. 23.—Investiga-
tion of tho mystery surrounding the
death of F. A. Chllcoat. 63 years old,
who was murdered here last week,
so far has been without result, al-
though a man and woman are under
arrest and one suspect Is being
shadowed.
Chllcoat's body was found at the
bottom of a 15-foot ditch in tho
southern part of Ryan by searchers
who had been out all day. The
search was instigated by his daugh-
ters, whose alarm was occasioned by
Chilcoat's failure to return to his
homo tho night before.
He had visited the homo of Albert
McDanielB tho night before, and, ac-
cording to the story told by Mrs.
McDaniels, who, with hor husband,
was arrested, was standing behind
her house when he suddenly Beemed
to become frightened and started to
run. He ran in the direction of the
place where his body waB found, she
says, and about five minutes later
she claims to have seen another man
coming from that directon.
The officers have evidence to sub-
stantiate this story and are shadow-
ing the man they suppose to be the
one Mrs. McDaniels claims to have
seen. Attorney John Vertress has
been employed to prosecuto the case,
and Attorney P. T. Hamilton has vol-
unteered his services to tho defend-
ants.
OCN IS SHORT'S, SAYS SON.
GETS FIVE TEARS
Qulncy, 111., Oct. 23—Farmer
posses are scouring the hills near
here searching for a band of four
bank robberB who blew the safe of
the State Savings Bank at Hull, 111.,
15 miles south of Quincy. early Sun-
day morning. J. H. Kuhlman, who
attempted to frighten the robbers
away with an unloaded revolver, was
shot twice by two men, who were on
guard on the outside of the bank.
Eighty-five dollars were secured.
Four thousand dollars was in the
strong box, but the bandits were
frightened away before they could
get it.
The excess of zeal certain at-
torneys of the State are showing for
their clients is liable to get some of
them into serious trouble, according
to a report that Is iu circulation in
legal circles. County Attorney Holt
is said to be about to start proceed
ings that will be a veritable bomb
shell among the ranks of those who
specialize in criminal practice
" Change the Records?
The trouble is said to be the
changing of the record in some of
the criminal cases In which convic-
tions have been secured In this
county, where * tho cases have been
appealed. The case-made is approved,
reading one way, it is said, and fi-
nally shows up in the Criminal Court
of Appeals with some additions, or
something cut out. Hence the ques
tlon, "When, where and by whom
were the changes made?"
Wlint Happens.
A local attorney said today that -.t
is easy to see how the case-made
tampered with. Under the procedure,
the attorney-general appears for the
Guthrie, Okla., Oct. 23.—Marvin
Short, son of W. J. Short, who shot
his divorced wife last Wednesday,
testified Saturday that the revolver
found in the Short home Friday for-
merly was carried by his father.
Marvin Short is keeping tho two
older children together at the Short
home on East Oklahoma avenue, and
the two younger are with Mrs. T. T
Barnes
" WILL NOT
BECOME EVANGELIST
London, Oct. 23.—A woman who
said she was Annie Gleason and was
sentenced here recently to five years
imprisonment, turns out to be the
celebrated "Charity Ann," formerly
of New York and Chicago.
"Charity Ann" was one of about
a dozen clever American crooks who ^ attorney-general nyiic*" a iu,
came to England several years ago, I state jn au appealed cases. Conse
atnai*1/tn ho vine ornwn ton Ti o t. for n n onon -in n h n l ti f
America having grown too hot for
them. She was the wife of "Slim
Jim," who professed to hail from De-
troit, but was suspected of being a
Southerner, spent much time "work-
ing" Atlantic liners, turned hotel
thief when ordered off, and only late-
ly finished a five years' "stretch" in
an English prison. When arrested
for shoplifting, "Charity Ann" was in
company with a Russian who said
he was a prince, but turned out to
be a waiter In a restaurant.
Statement of Condition of the
Shawnee National Bank
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA
Ai made t* the Comptroller of the Currency at the close of holiness Friday, September 1, 1911.
RESOURCES
United States Bonds, at par 50,000.#0
Time Loan* and Discount!
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures 22,000.00
Stocks and Securities (County Warrants! 2J.728.4#
Demand Loans ♦ tiAMM
Cash and Sight Exchange 21S4MJH 278,049.89
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock 150,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits 60/80.68 100,680.6#
Circulating Notes 60,000.00
Deposit.
Total A $901,088.95
The above statement Is correct: JNO. W. JONES, Cashlsr.
Correct—Attest:
H. T. DOUGLAS,
J. M. AYDELOTTE,
S. C. VINSON, Directors.
quently when tho case-made In
case is prepared, it is sent to his
office, where It remains, the attorney-
general being supposed to prepare
the briefs for the State in all ap-
pealed criminal cases. While tho
case-made is in the attorney-general's
office, it is easy, said this attorney,
for a zealous defender to get to the
document, upon some pretext or
other, and quietly make the changes
he believes to be essential.
Holt is Careful.
Ordinarily, said the same attorney,
a prosecuting attorney loses sight of
_ case after it is appealed, or is
careless what becomes of It, so that
ordinarily one who changes a case-
nmde is, as a general thing, safe In
so doing. County Attorney Holt,
however, follows up bis cases with
unusual vigor, with the result that
such tamperings are discovered.
There may bo some "proceedings" of
interest iu this connection very
shortly.
London, Oct. 23.—Jack Johnson has|
gently but firmly declined to enter)
the evangelistic field. His Invitation'
to enter from the Rev. Stanley Park-
er of New Castle on Tyne, who had |
learned that the "champ" was re-
tiring and thought that he might
like to lend a hand at Improving
things
In his reply Johnson respectfully
told the clergyman to mind his own
business. He also seized the occa-
sion to tell what he thinks about the
people who "queered" his fight with
BombaUier Wells, simply because
they didn't want to risk seeing a
black man whip a white one.
' "The white people of America and
France have treated mo as none
other than the very best and first-
class," he wrote to the minister, "and
there are somo peoplo in England
who feel the same way."
GETTING RESULTS
Wewoka, Okla., Oct, 23.—During
this term of the District Court, which
has been in session for the past two
weeks, a number of civil suits have
been tried, in which allottees In In-
dian lands claimed that the deeds
were forgeries. Three deodB have
been cancelled in tho court this
week and two of these were sub
talned by a Jury.
One of these was the case of Min-
erva Moppin, an aged al'otteo, who
was alleged by the defendants to
have executed a deed on Aug. 7, 1908,
in favor of Claude Gallagher. Galla-
gher claimed that he went to the
home of tho Moppin woman in com
pany with Geo. Paine, T. H. Wright
and Geo. Crump Jr., all of whom
held commissions as notary public
An instrument, the purported deed
was placed on record, but the al-
lotteo refused to give possession of
the land upon which she had lived
for 40 years. Suit was brought to
eject the allottee and to quiet title.
In the trial, a Seminole County Jury
brought in a verdict that tho deed
was a forgery.
Many Claims Surrendered.
In addition, six quit-claim deeds
have been executed and possession
given to land, in suits brought in the
District Court -In behalf of the al
lottees.
One individual, who has been an
extensive dealer in Indian lands in
this county, on Friday executed and
delivered to tho allottee's attorney
43 quit-claim deeds in favor of that
many allottees.
Recently the government appointed
Hunter L. Johnson of Shawnee as an
assistant to Federal Attorney James
E. Gresham, with headquarters at
this place. Mr. Johnson, prior to
the time of his acceptance of this
position, was assistant prosecuting
attorney of Pottawatomie County.
Since United States Attorney James
E. Gresham has had charge of look
Ing after the interests of the Sem-
inoles In this county, a great deal
has already been accomplished and
over 15,000 acres of land have been
deede back to the original allottees.
Conditions in Seminole County are
Improving and land titles are more
I secure.
Department Has New Plan.
A plan recently was adopted by
tho department at Washington by
which patents, without which tho
government contends Seminole lands
are Inalienable, may be delivered in
all cases, where an Investigation
shows that a fair and reasonable
consideration haB passed to tho al-
lottees or his heirs. Two patents to
Seminole land already have been is-
sued under this plan. These were in
the allotments of Yoso-Fego and
Sarah Taylor, two deceased allottees.
W. B. Hays, a farmer residing near
Seminole, was the purchaser of this
land from the heirs of the deceased
allottees.
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OEVELOP STATE
Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 23.—Details
of a plan for the biggest develop-
ment company In the state of Okla-
homa are being worked out here by
Dr. Chas. N. Gould, formerly tho
head of the State Geological Depart-
ment, and a number of financiers of
the State. Articles of Incorporation
will bo filed this week.
It is proposed by this company to
capitalize the knowledge of the min-
eral resources of the State gathered
by Dr. Gould, during his investiga-
tions, covering a number of years.
It is proposed to orgaulzo a parent
compauy, and this company will en-
deavor to locate and develop through
subsidiary companlos lead, zinc, coal,
oil, gas and marble deposits.
Dr. Gould probably will head tho
company. It waa through his scien-
tific reports that the richest part of
the Muskogee oil field was discov-
ered, and many local capitalists are
ready to back future enterprises.
There aro also a number of capi-
talists at Oklahoma City, Enid and
Shawnee interested In tho project.
It is tho most comprehensive plan of
the development of Oklahoma min-
erals that ever has been undertaken.
$100 Reward *100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science haB
been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca-
tarrh, being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease by building up tho con-
stitution and assisting nature in do-
ing Its work. The proprietors have
so much faith In Its curative powers
that they offer In one hundred dollars
for any case that It fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Ad-
dress F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75c.
AT THE ltECKEIt THEATER
MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 23
No expense has been spared by
Rowland and Clifford In making
successful "repeat" with their pro-
ductions of "The Rosary," which is
carded for appearance at the Becker
Theater Monday, Oct. 23. Owing to
the crowded houses last season, many
who wanted to see this play could
not secure tickets. Rowland aud
Clifford have six companies playing
this play.
To memory tho many pairs of
half-worn shoes you have throw
away. You could have had as
much again wear out of them if
you had sent them to us.
WE REPAIR SHOES
of all kinds from pumps to rub-
ber boots. Half soling and heel-
ing, patching, sewing, etc. Rea-
sonable prices and first-class
work.
J. M. VAN TRESS, Prop.
Phone 184. 19 W. Main St
FLYING CHIP KILLS A NEGRO.
Jenerette, La., Oct. 23.—Nat Thom-
as, a 13-year-old negro, was killed
here when a flying chip of wood cut
his throat. The boy was watching
a circular saw rip a ploce of tim-
ber. The saw ripped off a chip and
sent it whizzing with sufficient force
to sever the boy's windpipe and Jugu-
lar vein
SHAKE-UP PREDICTED.
Muskogee, Okla., Oct. 23.—Presi-
dent E. C. Ingersoll of the Midland
Valley Railroad Is in Muskogee.
While neither Ingersoll or E. M. Al-
vord, general manager of the road,
will discuss the matter, there Is a
well-defined rumor in railroad circles
that a general Bhape-up In the gen-
eral office may result.
Win. Neff, former Shawnee patrol-
man and fireman, died at Tulsa as a
result of the wounds he received
Friday night, when Mrs. Fagatt, with
whom he had been living, shot him.
The Fagan woman was with him to
the last, trying to nurse him back
to life.
Claims Self-Defense.
Mrs. Fagan claims that Neff came
home drunk and attacked her, and
that she had to shoot In self-defense.
Neff corroborated this statement soon
after the shooting. It is probable
that the Fagan woman will not be
charged with his death.
Father Takes Hody.
Geo. W. Neff of Shawnee, father of
the dead man. took charge of the
body, and has taken It to Arlington,
Neb., his former home, for burial.
Mr Neff will not return to Shawnee
for about a month.
WE MAKE IT EASY
for you to possess a bank account. You can open an account
here with ONE DOLLAR—you can add to It as often as you
wish in any amount you desire.
We are anxious to do our part and would urge you to avail
yourself of the advantages and facilities we place at the
disposal of patrons.
Your business welcome here.
THE STATE NATIONAL BANK
SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA
WE ARE THE ONLY UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY.
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