The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 300, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1911 Page: 1 of 8
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The Ardmoreite is the Only Newspaper in Southern Oklahoma Receiving the Associated Press News Service
Our Kouii(lr7 is in operation and
wfure milking lint castings of all
kin Is. we have a tew hitch welgbta
in itiit k ti move iiulc It.
Jones-Everett Machine Co.
FARThING BROTHERS
Clothing French dry cleaned
and steam pressed. Only
French dry cleaners In city.
Phone HS Blue.
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VOLUME XVII
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TESTIMONY OF WITNESSES IN THE
JlffliS' CASE - DEFENDANT TESTIFIES
When tilt' district court convene!
yesterday afternoon at l;:in the room
was crowded with spectators all eag-
or to hear the testimony to be in-
troduced in the Mathers case for
the kil'ing of Hill Hallow
large nunilier ol visiting count
oll'ieials were present notably those
t rum I.ove county who followed the
testimony of each- witness with
marked interest.
The jury entered at l:i!."i was poll-
ed by the clerk and the examination
or the first witness begun.
Previous to the calling oi" the firs'
witness the defendant Mr. Mathers
waived notice of the names of any
vvitm ses that might lie called by
the s'ate that had no- been previon.--ly
read in open court or that notice
of which hid noi been furnished
co.'.nscl.
v'ounsel for the state Mr. Coleman
then made a statement to the jury
as to what the flute proposed to
show in the case and read the in
f(i tu ition filed.
Counsel for the defence Mr John-
son made a tate'iient to the jury
covering the events for the past
three years that led up to the killing
in a very seraphic manner. He told
the jury of the number of times
ibal the deceased had been before
t!u' court and also of his interest
in having patties who opposed him
in any way prosecuted and in a
very forceful mantlet depicted th
scene in the grand jury room last
Friday whore the affair started.
At the conclusion of Mr. Johnson's
statement 1he jurors at the request
of counsel were taken to the rooms
nf the county attorney and the grand
jury room to make an inspection tin-d-r
the guidance of the counsel for
the state Mr. Coleman and Mr.
Johnson for the defense.
Dr. Hardy was the first witness
Introduced by the state. He stated
that he "was at his home near the
court house when the shooting occur-
red that lie was shortly summoned
to Cie court' house to attend some-
one who had ibeen wounded. He slat-
ed that he knew Hallow and when
he arrived at the county attorney's
office that the deceased liallew was
lying on the floor. He made tin ex-
amination of the deceased and do-
se -i bed to the jury the nature of the
wounds. His testimony was; tint one
shot had penetrated the deceased
near the left shoulder and ran ceil
downward and in ward and fractured
the fourth rib near the spine. This
shot the doctor slated caused his
de.it li enteritis the upper part of
the lur.g and severing an artery;
that the second shot entered lust
above the crest of the hip and r.in-r-ins
downward was merely a flesh
wound and in vo wise fatal. In giv-
ing his tositime.ny Dr. Hardy used
1h- (ounsol for the state to demon
si rate to the jury the nature of the
wounds. Dr. Hardy stated that when
he was en his way to the court
house that he encountered Mr. Math-
ers and askud him iwieo what and
where the matter existed. To bis
second query lie received the in-
fo'ination that someone was hurt
at the court house and that he
immediately came over to see -if he
could be of assistance lie further
Mated that whin lie arrived l:e .-av
d"ceased lyinjt in thu attorney's of-
lies in a dying oonditirm. cbs eased
at that time bavins no pulse and
w is unconscious. The witness was
tiot cross examined by the defense
and the next witness Dr. Moore
was tailed.
Dt. Moore in his testimony corrob-
orated the testimony ot Dr. Hardy
in every particular.
Robert Staeey a member of th
city police force was thejiext wit
nessj Introduced. He stated tha he
was near the Guaranty State Hank
when the first shot was filed' j:k)
that he immediately hastened towar:!
the court house where he thought
th.6 shots occurred. He stated tb:i:
wueti be entered the county attor-
ney's office Hallow was lyins on
the iloor and in a d.vit:g condition.
This witness was not cross-examined
by the state. '
The next witness wa.- J. H. Snyder
of the Ardmoreite. He told of hi
presence in the cotmtv attorney's
"'ce at the time the sl.ootiug took
and gave the re: son lor hi-
I '! -. He told of seeitts Hallow
win. 'iitered and the subsequent
event b o
the time the shooting
occurred 'oiled the fact ot hi-!
speaking t the dol'enilant and
tlie deceased.. conversation In-
tween himself i n.rsi.t.int attor-
ney Mr. Hlealiihore Sheriff C:ir
retl a'ul Civile Jones the sionogra-
plier up to the time the first shoi
was fired and the subsequent events.
Asked if he saw any of the siio's
fired witness stated that 'he did
not.
Clyde Jones gteaogruphcr in the
county attorney's office was next in-
troduced. In his testimony he re-
cited what transpired in the office
to the time of the shootins. He
slated that he was aware of the
tinea's that had 'been made asainst
th.1 county attorney by the deceased
as he had been an employe of the
defendant for three years atoi v.;is
in a position to know. H:- stated that
til ? K"n used by the defendant was
one that had boon Introduced as
i evidence in a previous case and
I was not the property '.' the county
I attorney or of him.slf. In testifying
I with reference to the various throats
I that had reached him in regard ot
I the county attorney lie slated that
Mr. Mathers knew of them and had
tried tr avoid trouble with the do-
! ceased on more than one occasion.
! lie was subjected to a risid cross
! examination bv the counsel for the
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state which tailed te elicit a con
ti adi.'tion.
W. K. Illeakmore. assistant county
attorney was the next witness called.
Mr. Illeakmore staled that 'he um
aware ot the bad feeling harbored
by the deceased again.-1 Mr. Mathers
and recited many instances where
word had boon conveyed to the
county attorney that liallew wis go-
ins ;o ki'i him and to be on the
lokotit lor trouble. From his testi-
mony it s. cms that Hallow thousht
bo had a graivnnec and was not be-
ins fairly dealt with in ike courts
ami re: ited llv se events and save
the jury his reasons for thlnklns-so.
! Interrogated as to the ca. e being
tried he slated that he saw liallew
when he entered the office after the
adjournment of district ooi.rt. and
that he anticipated Unit he was there
for trouble. He recited the cumins
of Mr. Mathers from the district
court room and entering- the grind
jury room to consult with soni"
witnesses who were waiting to see
! him about nnothor case. Ho told
' of Hallow entering the innet or
j stenographer s room and entering
j shortly to the grand jury room where
j ho closed the door behind him. He
told the jury of his cpeuing the
door and of seeing nailer closing
I it so that the latch would hold
and he told of hearing the t-hots
and the events that followed. The
cross examination of this witness
( failed lo eli' ir any conflicting tes-
timony. j Sheriff Harrow was th- next wt
ness en-Hod. Tiie shoiilt was on the
1 stand about thirty minute.- and his
testimony was listened lo with mark-
ed attention by the court and jury.
Mr. Oarrett stated that he was on
duty at the court house Friday and
i that af er ad jouroinetit ho was in
' Judge Russe'l's oftioe where h
overheard the judge and cunnty
. attorney discussing Hill H.iilew Mr.
M.ithc i s stated he believed that he
was down str.ir.s in his ofiice to do
' him boilily harm and that he wa-f
i afraid to go down there as he bad
stood so much abuse from liallew
I th it i; was getting to be unbearable
Judge Itussell. according to the state-
men; of the witness told defendant
Mathers to go to his ofiice where
lie had a ruht to bo to take The
j sheriff aloi.g and if deceased P.al-
: le. attempted to alir.se him in any
i vv iv to orJt-r him out of the offic-;
j and if ho failed to obey to have him
eec;ed by the sheriff. Mr. Carerit
! then j-ave an account of the occur-
retices in the oifices from the time
I of his arrival until the shooting oc-
j enrred. He stated that when the
j first s'uet was fired that he thought
j (Continued on page four.)
I 77ie Weather jj
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New Orleans. I.a. Sept. 21. it
:t The weather forecast for Okla- 11
t: homa for tonight and tYiday is li
:t s. nerallv fair.
ttJ IX 55 it
CHAUTAUQUA BANK
IS ROBBED AGAIN
BANK ROBBERS HAD LITTLE
LUCK GETTING ONLY FIFTY
COLLARS.
Chautauqua Kan. So t. 21. Over-
looking nearly one thousand dollars
I in an inner compartment robbers
i blow open the safe of the Citizens
j State hank here today and escape I
I with fifty dollars.
i The same bank was robbed of $2 -
tlao and the cashier locked in the
vault four years ago.
CUTTING THE MAINE APART.
The Wrecked Portion of the Bottom
Sofln Will B Uncovered.
Washington Sept. 20. The army
engineer officers working on the
wreck of the Maine in Havana har-
bor have abandoned the idta of con-
structing a. 'mall coffer dam within
the larger dam that now surrounds
l.!u vessel for the purpose of inclos-
ing the forward part of the wreck
and giving access to the very bottom
of Hie sirtiiiure. Instead a system
of bracing is now being placad that
will -o strengthen th" walls of the
existing dam a. to make it capable
of resisting the enormous strains
that will lo Imposed when the work-
men undertake to remove the mud
at the bo-torn to a depth sufficient
to expose the keel plates.
As this work of bracing goes on
exports plving the queer lit t If? gas
torches are steadily ctiltins up the
great mass of tangled steel beams
and plate with a rapidity far great-
er I hati. could be realized by the use
of the chisel and sledge hammer. II is
expected that by the time the mud
diggers have uncovered the bottom
Plates of the forward hull most of
the steel above will have been cut
away ai.d removed.
While Mrs. .1. V. Toting was driving
in the cemetery yesterday her horse
became frightened and ran away. Mrs.
Young was thrown out at the start
but not severely injured. The buggy
was torn to pieces.
Free!
Free!
What you save
buying; groceries
at Phone 253
Will Scrivner
The Grocer
TOM'S FOR GROCERIES
TOM'S FOR GROCERIES
TOM'S FOR GROCERIES
f ft ft eft r
lu J t$ ol ?j lal y
ff f f f&
W Vo-" W- frv W fruvy 'iiiJ'
TELEPHONE NO. 67 3
TELEPHONE NO. 6 73
TELEPHONE NO. 673
CHEAP GROCERIES
Not cheap in quality but in price.
We sell so many groceries that we
buy in quantities that -'"es us
some advantage in selling and our
stock Is always fresh.
We also have right in our store
one of the best equipped sanitary
meat markets in the city ana we
handle only first class meats. Give
us your business this month you
will be pleased with the goods and
our service.
GILLIAM V KING
CANADA MIS
ON RECIPROCITY
HEAVIEST VOTE IN THE HISTORY
OF CANADA IS BEING POLLED
IN TODAY'S ELECTION.
RAIN ALL OVER THE COUMTRYi
Rains Regarded as Unfavorable to
the Government Rural Districts
Regarded as Strongest and Vote
There Will Be Reduced.
Montreal Cunaila. Sept. 21. Can-
ada is today voting on whether the
government and reciprocity will bo
upheld or defeated.
The jolls opened at It o'clock this
morning and will i lose at 5 o'clock
this afternoon. The heaviest vote i:i
the history of Canada is being polled.
Main all over the country is regard-
eel as unfavorable to tho government
which is strongest in the rural dis-
triote. SENTENCED TO HANG.
Negro Sentervced to Die on Gallows
at Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City Sept. 20. Tried an.l
found guilty of murder in the first j
degree Xewtou lb-ury negro was
sentenced today to bo hanged tho
date having been fixed as Nov. 11.
Henry hilled another negro by name
of Charley Iuca8. The negro's trial
was held shortly after Covernor
Crueo commuted the sentence of John
Henry Prather ;
Tho scaffold' on" which Prather was
to have been hanged '"as taken down
but the rope with which Alt Hunter
slayer of former Sheriff George V.
Garrison was hanged lies coiled in
the sheriff's office and if Governor
Cruee dees not grant executive clem-
ency to Henry at the. eleventh hour
the rope will be used.
PICKLED HORSE MEAT
SHIPPED TO EUROPE
REVOLTING DISCLOSURE MADE
DURING INVESTIGATION BY DR.
WILEY'S INSPECTORS.
New York. Sept. 20. On investiga-
tion by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley's inspec-
tion force connected with the bureau
o: chemistry lias resulted it wan
learned tonight in the filing of charg-
es against a New Jersey rendering
plant of having shipped "pickled horse
meat" to Europ.
The report cites that the firm pur-
chased bodies of dead animals and
live animals hl-h because of dis-
prirn nr acre are unfit for service. It
ii further charged that in the com-j
; any's vats meat was stored that c on-j
sisted in part of animals that had died
otherwise than by slaughter.
It is understood the firm denied its
guilt. !
Names Dry Farming Delegates.
Oklahoma Ctiy Okla.. Sop'
Acting (Kv. Mo A letter named the fol- J
lowing delegates to tho Iu'ernutio.vu ;
Dry Panning Congress to be hebl at 1
Colorado Springs Oct. Pi and 19: I-
Sherffield Westville; J. A! Payne ami i
S N. Hlaek. Goodwell; J. M. Josoa
Atoka: John Wilson Helena: M. His-
tor Anadarko: M. F. Pruitt. Paolt;
H. 1). Meese leaver. Robert Madison I
Hig Cabin: I W. Martin Temple; ;
F 'W. Mowdy t'oalgute; .1. .f. llrow-.i. i
Lexington: Robert Owens lloise City j
Kufus D. Hoss Tahlequah; P. I. j
Scott Ardmore; S. U Carter. Pan It? ;
Valloy; P. .1. llldridge. Shutttiok; I
B. Cliff El Itcno; Frank I.. Hayns I
Broken Arrow : E. I. William-. Kusu
Springs; V.. M Moiser Minco: T. B.
Fargufon Waronga; Charles Reak- j
seeker Taloca; J. R. Copeland Fair-
land; Frank Jennings Weatherford ;
and George Forbes Ilristow. I
FOR SALE Horse buigy and har-
ness. Cheap for cash or ou time.
Phone 322 white. 21-3
E
MAN
1 COLLISION BETWEEN MISSOURI
PACIFIC FAST MAIL AND SANTA
FE FAST MAIL.
NONE Of HE INJURED SERIOUS i
Mail Clerks of the Missouri Pacific
Train Bruised and Cut Only Per-
son on Santa Fe That Was Injured
Was Woman from California.
I
Kansas City Mo.. Sept. 21.- -One
man was killed and a score of others
injured in a rear-end collision of i
Missouri Pacific; fast mail from St..
I.ouis a id the Santa Po fast mail
from Chicago to Sheffield near hero
early today.
Tho dead:
CAK1 II. ni'UHAU .letferson Cil
Mo. fireman of the Missouri I'acilie
Haiti.
None of the injured will die. Near-
ly all of the mail clerks of the Mis-
souri Pacillc train wore bruise and
cut two of them seriously.
John DurrinuiT sustained a broken
hip and Henry Ray a sprained back
r.oth "f those are mail dorks.
Conductor ). T. Williams litis a
broken nose. Conductor George Grif-
fin has a broken ankle which was
caused by a wrench. The only person
on the Simla Pe that was hurt was a
woman from California who was
scalded.
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CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE OK-
LAHOMA CATTLE QUARANTINE
LAW IS QUESTIONED.
SOU IN
J H. Stine and H. B. Johnson Cattle-
men Enjoin Live Stock Board of
Agriculture to Prevent Dipping of
Their Cattle.
Oklahoma City. Okla. Sept. 21.
The constitutionality of tho Oklahoma
cattle quarantine law was attacked in
a suit brought in Grady County hy J.
II. Stine and 11. li. Johnson promi-
out cattlemen who have obtained
an injunction againt the live stock
department of the state board of agri-
culture and the sherirt to prevent
thorn dipping cattle for fever tic ks.
Girl Cause of Triple Tragedy.
Knoxvillo Telm. Sept. 20.- Because
Miss KW Klllis refused to accom-
pany Olney Butler home from a dance
at Itafter.-Tenn. three are dead. Olney
Philips aged 17. who was with the
girl was shot dead by Butler. John
Heading interfered and was shot in
fiv places iuid killed Instantly. An
unknown person phot Butler the ball
piercing hirf brain.
DOWN GOES LID.
tin Gambling Will Be Permitted in
Altos Okla.
L.ttttoii Okla Sept. J'. - Count v
AUorney M. L. Hankins of Jackson
eoanty who is enforcing Jill the Ok-
lahoma bine laws to the letter has
issued and bad published at A 1 1 u -the
following warning:
"Ail "rso'is who conduct the placet
where persons are permitted to play
or carry en game's uaon which tio'i
is any money wagoied l-et. glf...
prize or anything of value whether
such place be at office business
house or u veiling will be prosecut-
ed for conducting a gambling hous
"It makes no difference what the
nam-? of the game whether 'forty-
fv)' hii.'J five." 'seven v.p' 'pitch'
ATTACKS NO
OKLAHOMA LAW denies the claiman
o
ON ACCOIM OK
iStore will be
Closed
Saturday September '23 and
Monday October 2
O
or waat il may be and it makes no
ililiVieio-e whether II is money wa j
gored or a cut. glass dish or whether j
il is conducted in a dive or a dwell- j
in-' Iioiiso at a lastuonaiite caret par-
ty the result will l.o the same.
"All persons who arc inclined to
participate in such things are warn-
ed that ttny wiil be prosecuted un-
der the jaw for filch a violation.''
il.'Hlkins recently prohibited the
sale of Jamaica ginger In Altus ex-
cept 'by physicians' prescriptions af-
ter he had effectively stopped boot-
legging. T
SAYS MAN RECENTLY RELEASED
FROM NEW YORK PRISON IS
NOT HER SON.
Niles Mich Sept.. 21. Mrs. Mstella
Kimmel after another interview to-
day with the man claiming to bo her
son again refused to accept him. She
fays lie is absolutely different In per-
sonal appearance and that he caunnt
explain bin knowledge of early days.
Says He's Not Kimmel.
Niles Mich. Sept. 21. Andrew J.
Hunt of Arkansas City Interviewed
the mini who says he is Kimmel for
half an hour today. Hunt then de-
clared positively that the man Is not
Kimmel. Hunt know Kimmel years
ago before he disai paoared. Ho lived
attho same hotel with him In Ark-
ansas City. Kimmel boarded at Hunt's
homo In Omaha for a year.
Big Bargains in Good Homes!
CCnn Cornr Lot "5x150 4 room fraiue cottage in
wDUU good repair one block from.. Main street north-
west. Improvements cost $750.
01 7CH Corner Lot. 75xH0 on Stanley Boulevard live
V I I 0U rooms two halls and bath room. Water gas
and sewerage. Improvements cost $2250.
$350
$600
Corner Lot 75x140
Four acres in Lone Grove 5 room house one
block from new school house. Improvements
cost $1200.
Buy Direct from the. Owner
M. O OR MAN
Guarantee State Bank ARDMORE OKLA.
C. P.
Overstocked on new and second
hand household goods
PHONE 366 : NORTH CADDO ST.
HOMDAY.N. Ol R
VISITS GRID RAPIDS
AND BATTLE CREEK
TAFT HAVING ANOTHER BUSY
DAY OF SPEECH - MAKING
THROUGH MICHIGAN TODAY.
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n..n : 1 I - .It..
mal rain at (j o'clock this morning
l it.fwl I (i i tl v Hmriiti n Imav .lfl
lle had breakfast at the Kent Country
Club where he had his eye on the
golf links but had no time.
His nrincinal address was -made at
an open-air mass meeting before his
leniirtiii-n for ltattle Creek at 1 o clock
this afternoon.
YOUNG FARMER MISSING.
Police of Shawnee Believe Man i
the Victim of Foul Play.
Shawnee Okla. Sept. 20. The po-
lice are searching tonight for W. E.
Wilson a young farmer who came to
'Shawnee this evening to attend a cir-
cus and who has mysteriously dis-
appeared. Wilson had considerable
money and it is believed that ha
mot with foul play.
Army Now 89.000.
Washington. Sept. 20. The Vuil-
ed States army during the next fiscal
your will number approximately 89
000 olfiecrs and men. Secretary of
War Slimson and Major General
Leonard Wood chief of staff of the
army before starting on their west-
eran inspection tour fixed this num
ber In making up estimates for tho
coming fiscal year. "i
on Stanley Boulevard.
HALL
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