Morning Examiner. (Bartlesville, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 362, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1910 Page: 2 of 6
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morning examiner bartlesville, oklahoma.
friday, february 11, 1910.
morning examiner
official city paper.
by examinee publ1shng 00.
R. T. BOOTH, Editor.
Entered as second-class matter
September 21, 1907, at the postoffice
at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, under Act
of Congress of March 2, 1879.
Published every morning except
Monday, at Bartlesville, Okla.
Subscription rates, delivered by
carrier, ten cents a week.
Per annum by mail $2.50
Advertising rates furnished npon
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cook is in bermuda
asserts brooklynite
will be able to to make that matter
square.
Mr. Doershuck said Dr. Cook toul
Doerschuck, Fellow-Clubman of Ex- llim ,lp >,urPosed sailin? f°r
plorer, SaVs He Talked With
Missing Pole Claimant
today.
TELEPHONE NO. 7
Packed Court Room to
Listen to Defendant
(Continued from page on«.)
Xcw York, Feb. 14).—Dr. Fredei i *k
A. Cook, whose whereabouts for
many weeks had been a mystery, has
been discovered in Bermuda, accord-
ing to a story printed in the Globe.
The discovery of Dr. Cook's where-
abouts was made by G. J. L. Doer-
schuck of Brooklyn, who arrived here
today from Bermuda.
Mr. Doershuck is quoted as saying
that he met Dr. Cook near Hamil-
ton. Bermuda, and that he recognized
him iiHtantly. as they were -ibotli
members of the Bushwick club in
Brooklyn. Asked by Mr. Doershuck
what ho was doins;. Dr. Cook said:
•' Just resting. T am feeling much
ibetter than T did and will soon return
to New York and -straighten out the
,, rtl, pole tangle. T am confident T Examiner Want Ads bring results.
$1750 REWARD FOR BANDITS
Official*- Anxious to Catch Men Who
Held Up Missouri Pacific
Train.
Pittsburg, Kan, Feb. 10.—Rewards
aggrega, ing $1.7.~)0, are now offered
for the arrest and cmivrcfion of the
three men who held np the Missouri
Pacific passenger train Xo. ^10 five
miles east of here last Saturday night.
Today the railroad official* nffcrei
a reward .if $1,500 for the arrest and
conviction of the three men or $.W)
for each robber, Oovcrnor Stubbs
Iiad previously offered a reward 'L
$254).
knife. She and Pete went m me
Brumtield's. Pete had told her that
his father was going to Colorado and
had arranged to sell all the cattle and
take all the money out of the bank.
When she asked Mr. Brown about i
he wanted to know who was so wise
as all that. She did not tell him
that Pete had told her but she went
to Mr. Boone's office anil talked the
matter over with him. Mr. Boone
asked her if they had any trouble
with Mr. Brown and if they could
no: live happily together. She said
the only trouble they ever had \v:!s
on account of the boy and that
Brown was good to her except wh :i
he and the boy were quarreling.
Mr. Boone said he would tie up the
money in the bank and would have a)
warran served Monday. She went,
home and that night Mr. Dave Ware
served papers on Br uvn. Brown came
into the house with the paper in his
hand and said to her as she lay «jii the
bed:
•'Well. Xeltie, yuu have raisii
h 1. "
She was seared and said "W hat?
He said *'God d 'you, don't say
'what'; you know wha . "
They both stayed at the bouse that
night and the next morning talked
the matter over and he t«dd her tint
lie would not leave her; that Pete was
too uncertain;, that he (Pete) iiad
gone away and left her alone in the
house at night. T?Tie went back m
a few days and saw Mr. Boone an
lie advised her not to continue to Ii
with Brown if «he expected to t-
granted a divorce. She went .o Bruui-
tields' and stayed two weeks; tlien siie
had a friend from Dewey come o
viaTt~iier at the home of her busban I
The friend .stayed two weeks and then
she went back and stayed tiiree weeks
at the Brumfields.' 'llien sb^' learned
that Mr. Brown was away Jr.mi home
and she stayed there until he came
bacK in probably four day* or a wee*.
Then she went io the BruintiehJs'
again.
.She met Mr. Brown in Pawhuska
tine day and they talked ahmt set-
tling the divorce case. He offer m
her $2,<)').) if she would withdraw the
suit. Boone advised her to t! us she
thought best and said tor Brown .o
come to his office. This Brown re-
fused to do. lie drew out a cheek
bo k and wrote a check tor .f2,000
■in lier favor bu: would not go up and
see Mr. Boone. She went back to
Boone's, office and he told her to do
what was agreeiole to her. She re-
turned t i Brown and he said to lie:
"Nettie, I'll tell you what 1 will d>.
I'll give you $1 ,'VM), a team and a
wagon and a pair of col s, if yau
will drop this suit."
"He had written out another click
for fifteen hundred dollars. I be-
lieve he went with me to Judge
Boone's office. I took the check an I
went to the post office and when 1
came back the bank bad closed. He
had the money and would cash the
cheek for me. He gave nie $1 ..)(M
and 1 gave him the cheek which he
tore up. He and Boone tried to set-
tle and Mr. Boone said that Br wn
was the contraries man he had ev;r
met. He told Mr. Boone that l.e
would give toe .the money but that
we had determined to put it
home that was satisfactory a:id the
deed was to be made to us jointly. "
During all that time she had never
said anything to Pete ab< ut killing
his l'atlier but be had to he<. She
iM.cr gave Pe e a bnttle of chlorofcrm
nor did she ever have any eon versa
tiou with him on the subject; she had
neer offered him $fKH) and a mule.
Kite remembered Pete coming to the
weeks before they had started west! branch. Mr. Brown and Rujy
to find a liew location. Pete nad I l'roni the branch and we were 110 or
40 vaids on the other .side of t ie
come to the Brumfleld home af er
they had retired and after investiga-
tion Cora let him in. He was pale,
very white. He said that the old in in
had fastened up the house where they
slept and had gone out, leaving tue
drug in the room. She and (ova
drcssei 1 and went to the'Brown house
and found the place reeking with the
fumes of chloroform. They opened
the house and aired it and then re-
turned !<■ the Brumtield !k use where
they stayed until morning. She saw
Brown the next day on ft woodpile
and talked with him.
"At anv lime, from the moment
when you entered the Brown home ■
the wife of Mr. Brown, until the
time when you started on that trip
west, had y u ever had any crimi-
nal rela ions with Pete Brown?
asked Charlton.
"1 did not." said the deteiidant.
The interest in the crowded court
room was tense, and all eyes were on
the witne s as she sat apparently
raiting it r he moment wlie.i sh
ion Id d<;iiy that oft-repeated story.
Being told t-> tell the story of the
trip to Wichita and the niirli in Ar-
kansas City. Kan.. Mrs. Brown said
in part:
"When Pete and I started '"
Wichita we were going to visit his
grandparents. I was sick when we
were in Arkansas City and was .-it-
ing in a chair in the dep;>t. A mau
came up and asked was 1 sick,
was a policeman. Pete said 1 iiad
spells with my heart and he didn't
believe 1 could go on because 1 might
faiut on the train. The man said 1
cimie to a nice private house where
there were some good old people who
would take care of nie. 1 said
would lose a lot of time, but the man
said it would rest me aitil I c uhl
get away in the morning. Then Pete
and I went to the place.
branch. Mr. Brown and Ruby
made a tire alongside a big log which
was half burnt up. 1 lay down l>.-
«>ide the wagon because L was sic
Mr. Brown got supper and 1 a
some. Then Kuby and 1 z'-t in ! ■
wagon and we played the phonograph
I had no conversation with Pe e. 1
did not say this was a good place to
kill the old man. 1 had n> conver-
sation witli him whatever and had had
ilone since we started on the trip.
Four men came to our camp and
Pete asked me to play "San A -
tony.' and Mr. Brown asked me ;■
play his favorite, 'Beautiful l*le -d
Somewhere.' and 'Peaches and ('ream
I did. I had sixty pieces and play."I
all but live. I played two after the
men went away. Then Ruby and
I undressed and went t> bed. I
askeil Pete for a drink and M:\
Brown bror^ii it in a dipper. Rubv
asked for some and Mr. Brown said
new that damn kid would want
drink." He asked me t kiss him good
night. I did and lie got down ott
the brake. I didn't hear anything
more. ''
"Did you ever see him again i
"1 have never seen him since that
time." said the witness and llien
hurst into tears.
She described the bedding which the
men n>ed- They liao a wngou sheet,
three quilts, a enmtorr and two pil-
lows . "We always cramped the
wheels so they could put the head ot
the pallet under the other wagon.
"My niece woke me in the night,
baying some one had choked her. I
comforted her and said she was dream
ing. but she said her throat was *o
sore she couldn't spit. 1 lifted the
cover and saw Pe standing kw*
his father. Ruby was awake nearly
all night. She said her throat was
sore and she'd bet tliose nieu had
taken L'uele Tol away. 1 did no.
give Pete the adze and tell him to hit
liis father. 1 did not see Pete strike
him with the adze. I did not go tin i
las pocke js anil did not take the
lu. nt-y from his bosom. I did not help
Pete put the body on the tire. |t
tin1.: was done I don't know anything
about i . 1 only put one stick on the
tire early in the night." She then
went into a general denial oi \vh;t
has been charged happened on that
eventful night.
She then described the events .1
the morning, how she ate no break-
fast through worry atioui *ir. Brown.
She told of the drive to Ponca Ci'y
anil how Pete would not stop and
hunt !'• r his father there, how they
wen. to the 101 var.eli and on to
Bliss where there was pasture for the
horses. She told of going to Sh-i-
biua, Mo., and of depositing the
money in the name of Cora and Burt
Brumfleld and said she did s > because
Judge Boon? had said her husband
could take it from her. Mr. Brown
had given her $1..V>(> when the di-
vorce case was settled, and she ha 1
earned the rest by working for il n
the hay field and •■dliiur chicken-,
butter, eggs, ere. Some was ali-
mony she had saved and some was
her share in the sale of some catt'.e.
When she went to Missouri she' hi 1
P>.2M.
Pete had refused to come back to
Pawhuska with her. sayTng he hid
enough of tha* place. She went io
the office of Judge Boone and toM
hint she was a widow again and
said he expected that She asked
Burt Brumtield to help her bring I'ne
horses from Bliss as Judge Boone
said she had a rigli to sell them f.'ii
her support. Pete would go any-
where with her. he said, but Paw-
huska and he went on to Texas be-
cause she wanted to ;ro to Pawhuska
where she had friends. She describe !
the trip back from B!is with Bru n-
tield. saying they did not see ie
place where Brown had disappeared
and had yot seen it since. They drove
to the home • f the Brumtield s
where she had been arrested.
Wiih the consent of both counsels
court adjourned to !) his mornim'.
when, the examination of Mrs.
Brown will be resumed.
A GREAT SENSATION
AT FT. WAYNE
Wonderful Discovery Has Become
Talk of the Whole Country.
ment. After using three bottles of
the juice she gained sixteen pounds
and is able to do her house work and
care for her children. The lady is
well liked in her neighborhood and
the wonderful cure has caused a greu.
deal of ^alk. Mr. H. R. Beck, of 447
Superior street, told the reporter that (
he would not take a thousand dollars J
for what Root Juice did for him, as i|^
had completely cured him of a kidna
and rheumatic trouble of long staij
ing. Mr A. R. Hoylese of 502 LaSrf
street (an old and highly respecl
citizen) said: "I was complet^
cured of a chronic trouble of
This copy from the Fort Wayne
Journal-Gazette shows what Root
Juice is doing to the city in which it
is made: "Sensation upon wflisa.io-i
follows in rapid success in Fort
Wayne the>e days This is the home j ^a~h with" four
of Ri ot Juice and it has done o ties of Root Juice, and two bottl
many wonderful things here that it the liniment that is used with i
has become the talk oi the whole j,ook tl)p jui(.e ti,ree times a day
country. The reporter in one eve i-1 ovtM.v niiri)t an«l m< rniii«- with the
ing conn d lifty-six people who said menj Mr phriR Hostman, of/
thev were cured of some chronic ail- Jefferson street, after usinl
ment by the u-e of the disc,\cry and rPniari<ati,ie remedy a short while!
many of tlieni were people whose word pure(1 of ,, I)a,i rase 0f i„digesl
could not be doubted. Some of the an(1 ri,euniatism. Tt would takl
cures seemed like a miracle. Mrs. K. newspaper to tell of the ml
(I. Moore of ()12 Webster street Iris puIy.. mv:tic^rful medicine1
suffered for several years with In- -port Wavne " The peo|
tense stomach and kidney trouble-. Bartlesville will soon have ,
During her illness she was treated bv chance to see for themselves, as
a number of doctors and used many demonstrations wil be conducted
kinds of medicine, but it all failed to <^a). (]rn2 s(ore next Ratnrda
give more than momentay relief. Al- ;
though Mrs. Moore had almost given
up hope she was persuaded by her
friends to .jrv the Roo Juie
Thomas norman was in Muskog
treat- yesterday on business'
Come Early and Avoid the Rush
PIG'S EAR ANNOUNCEMENT
Having fnlly recovered from my re-
ccnt illness, I am now prepared to
serve the public the same as heretj-
fore, with the best of service at
your command. I will announce one
of my Turkey Dinners for next Sun-
day. Price 35c.
I DO THE COOKING MYSELF.
M. W. SHEFFTEL
231 E««t Third Street
If troubled with indigestion, con-
stipation. no appetite or feel bilious,
give Chamberlain's Stomach and I
Liver Tablets a trial and yon will be
pleased with the result. These tab-
1 j lets invigorate the stomach and liver
and strengthen the digestion. Sold
bv all dealers.
I tween the two wagons. J asked liirn
"Ki:i what time it was and lie said it was
aid to he people at the house : i it „,ilulte« to 12. I asked him
e iiad brought some parties. Conh. wbere his Pa was and lie >a:<l i.e utd
hey give ii a bed? they said }t's. t know, he had not i eeu to be I.
lien 1 Went up to till b#dfao® * He >aid. 'Pop's |QM and (ook all the
i I. i.tt part t tn ■ c.oi it s and p.u |||(>rst.s,' Then he got on a horse and
,i a k.im. ia. I then la> on titeL.M an |JCUI. \\'!icii lie came
ed and at 11 :' > he same man cauu | buck he had the hor>es but had not
seen is pa. 1 a k«d liini to :■
the hi.iK' e fllld see il he t
till.;
hint
>ack w.t'.i another man ami knocked
at I lie ooor, saving he WniitcU souu
iiin^ . mi tiie it.i.in. I opened tlie
do r and he said. ' Yt u re t.ie out
I'm looking ft.'r. Pile \\a- o.i tat
.led. 'I lie,i we were arrested. I
I waV sick and asked lie uia:i v.!. 11
1 could do. lie .-aiw, 'Win can't
io tiling ii.a plead uu'ii.t . Put up t n
money and you'll be turned lot.se , |drive on just like we always do. He
you don't, you'll be held here for -ev- Said we.,j ^ , , poll(.a City and not
him. He said. 'No, :t lie*11
rnu leave \ou like that I'll n
for lie old s of tt n —
awake all night and i i li t- n; > i.ni j
usketl Pete ii lie had seen hint am! ''C
said iio. 1 said, 'Wha are we uoiirz
I to do?" lie said, 'We'll hook up ami
ral days.' I gave him ami tie
said we must be at the police court
in the morning. We were lucre ami
w ;ieu tie judge asked i. we were
ju.lly i.ie man nodded his head Pete
ami I ti.ti the same. Tneti t.icy Kept
t:ie *2*i anyway."
"Did you have any tiiih ii.il rela-
tions with Pete that niglitT"
"I did not."
Af er the description of the visit to
Wichita the witness «a told to give
the atory of the start for the west.
"We started on '.hat trip on April
'2H about two or three o\'iock in the
afternoon. When we said good bye to
the Brunitields we drove off and
camped two miles we. t of Pawhuska
for the night. In the morning 1
wen hick W> Puwhu ka and M \
Boone paid me $20 1 had left in his
office, I told Mr. Bocue that my hu-
I look for the old man.
| "1 did not get out of liir w.igoi
I till morning. The fire was a *rnail
one. I noticed the pallet in he morn-
ing. It was rolled up under the
I wheel anil we t/'«ik it int i the vv ig iii
In the front end. T did not wake Pe e
ami tell him now whs Hie time to hill
Low One-way
Second-Class
Colonist Rates
by the "Katy"
Tickets
on salt-March 1,1910
to April 1 5, 1910, to
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Ste Agrnt f>r Particulars
or Address
W, S. ST, GEORGE
G. P and T. A., N. V.
and T. V ..St. LtMib.Ni.
• C3r.
VETERINARY SURCEON
Treats Every Disease Animal is Heir to. Dentistry a Specialty.
Phone 240 Headquarters at Almeda Livery Residence Phone Red K6
fi
WESTERN & SOUTHERN
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
— AND
THE SHAWNEE LIFE INS. CO.
Of Shawnee, Oklahoma
EACH, ONE MILLION DOLLARS AUTHORIZED CAPITAL
Until companies are selling stock ,n Bartlesville and preparing
In write insurance here as soon as the s ock is nl! solil, which will
be in a short time.
It is only whe ninsuarnce companies ate beiiiij organized vi u
can buy the stock at a low price.
Insurance stock has proven to be the world's safest and best in-
vestment.
"!?lt)(> invested in he r ','lit thinjr at the right time will earn as
much as one man steadily employe!."—JAY GOULD.
J. C. PARKER, Representative
P. O. Box 4-14. Phone Black 'itW
Bartlesville, Okla.
Condensed Stateme it
The Fartlesville National Bank
BARTLESVILLE. OKLA.
To the Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D. C. Jaruiry 31.1910.
RESOURCE!
LIABILITIES.
llrumHidd-' «ne night and naylng th t or mile*. On th« niffht of April
Ida father had «ttempt«d o rhlor- 30, thrf tWrd day out. w« eni^pert
l/«!ins and discount* Wr 2" 2.H <'up'.titl Sto<k
Surplus and profits
SV ..S TircuUi ion
14 7.Vi.t ' Deporltf
2 ).(¥W ' r
4 ,<w> v
1..W«'
Pete'a friendship. I W- oil my P' .i) Kedemption fuw«..% fvr c«nt 1 2W ""J
and" rode back after the Ouh M« Bight BsAih(« .Kl.Sll.lO
catching up tj them afjer ridinir fo ir
Warrants.
Overdraft*. .
band had ka'd to me. 'Kett e tbi* i* ] Banking house, ftir. ft 11*..
ju t what I wanted, to jr -t yo.' i' i1. 8. and Panama bonda ..
the road.' Mr. Boone said be wi«;Olher sticks and bonds ..
sfraid of hnt and for me not to lo-" < «her real estate
. .$ M.OOO.OO
. . 2-"i,2H0..T4
. . 2f> 000.00
. . 462,951.02
Condensed Statement
Citizens ^anx & Trust Company
■ARTLBSVII.LB. OKLA.
To thr State Bank Comissioner, January 31,1910
RESOURCES. LIABILITIES
Loana and dim-onuts W08,; 4fl..'tn Capital atoek I •'W.OOOOO
Warrants 9,217.*> "nd P™*"
Banking bousq, fur. Si tlx.. 12,7303M 528 008.21
Overdraft* W.0I
Crtfc and Slgkt Btchaaga .. 154.206 >•
Total
ToUl.
. 0503,'J40.36
Total.
Total
-at It rarrect—t E. WaUPS, Caskkr
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