Sapulpa Evening Light (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 240, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 9, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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Maybe Some of the Investigated Will Need a New Suit of Clothes Before Congressman Creager Wears Out His Campaign Togs.
SAPULPA EVENING LIGHT
VOLUME ill
Afternoon Edition
SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY AUGUST 9. 1910
Four Pages
NO. 240
CITK Mm Mayor Hay nor Shot
MEETS IN FULL J J
Hamon Says Creager
Solicited Money By Assassin Just
__ _ __ _ _ _ 111 SIXLNS MX AXIL ^ h a ■■ ■■ a ^ Ml
From J. F. McMurrayprisonehs io cut weeks As He Was Fo Sail
Congressman Creager Goes After Jack Hamon In Most
Vigorous Fashion In All Of The Papers
An Unbiased Opinion and Denial
Motion Is .Made that City Kiigiiit'cr's
lone lx* Cut Mown IIwhum1
of no Paving
McAleater, Qkla., Aug. 9.—The
charge that Congressman C. E.
Creager of the Third Oklahoma dis-
trict had solicited "sums” of money
from J. F. McMurray, holder of the
Indian land contracts being subject-
ed to a congressional investigation
was made by Ja^ob L. Hamon before
the special committee appointed by
the house of Representatives today.
The charge developed late yester-(
■day afternoon in connection with the
inquiry into Senator T. P. Gore's de-
claration that he had been offered
$25,001) or $50,000 as a bribe to help
“put through" congress the McMur-
r&y deal, by which be asserted, Mc-
Murray and his associates would be
able to secure $3,1)00,0000, or a Ten
per cent attorneys’ fee in the sale of
450,000 acres of coal, asphalt and
timber land now belonging to the In-
dians of this state. Senator Gore
said that Hamon had offered a bribe
in Me Murray's behalf, and Congress-
man Creager also had testified that
Hamon "suggested" he (Creager)
might secure "interest” in the con-
tracts if he helped to remove all op-
position of the approval by Congr<*s
and President Taft.
Appearing before the committee
today, Hamon made a counter-charge
against Creager. He said the con-
gressman had solicited money from
McMurray quering the pendency in
Congress of a bill which had been
drawn up by McMurray, and which
Creager introduced. This bill pro-
vided for the sale of suface lands to
private Individuals, and for the sale
of the m.neral wealth to the govern-
ment.
"Although the McMurray contracts
were not referred to in i:,” Hamon
said, "it was so termed that McMur-
ray might have been enabled to put
in a claim for the bill. He went to
McMurray and under a guise of
loans demanded from McMurray
Large sums of money.
“I think I will throw considerable
light on the Indian land situation at
Washington if Creager is recalled
and asked about his repeated de-
mands for money from McMurray.
On being informed by Congress-
man Charles H. Burke, chairman of
the committee, that it was doubtful
if Cr.eager could b^ recalled, Hamon
asked to be allowed to introduce a
witness to testify as to his charges
His reque6i taken under advisement.
"It was ‘Indian Day' at the hear-
ing. Many Indians testified that they
signed McMurray's contracts allow-
ing ten per cent attorneys' fee®, be
ea ;se they had been impatient at the
government. As t'he government
wards, they 6a:d they concluded the j
had to employ attorneys to fight the
government in order to secure what j
money had been promised.
It was pointed out that 85 per j
cent, of the Choctaws and Chieka-
saws signed the ten per cent agree-1
ment. This represented a large por- j
tion of the 110,000 Indians this state
which contains more than one-third |
of all the Indians in the United States
That McMurray’s agents had gone
among the Indians and asked them
ABOUT TIME
. TB SOLVE
to sign contracts and send tele
grams to President Taft, urging him it is about time the people of
to approve the sale of the lands on city awakened to the fact that . me,
the ten per cent 'attorneys' fees,'! action on their part will probabl be j prisoners be put to work cutiing ihe
When the city council was called
to order hast night at eight-thirty
the following members were present.
Mayor McDougal, President Payne,
jSpruil, Hufft, Matoon, Blake, Soliss,
and Cox who had taken his oath of
office Just previous io the meeting.
A number of bills approved by the
finance committee were allowed.
J. D. Burch submitted a bill for
$150 for the death of his horse
which was killed by the Are wa»or.
in making a run to a fire last week.
>' claim was referred to tile city
t .rney and Are committee to re-
,.,'porl next meeting.
It was decided that the "No Loaf-
ing Sign" be put up on the viaduct
I < rossing the Frisco and that the Lack
h(,! of the stairs be boarded up.
a motion providing that the city
Man Who Shot Great City’s Chief Officer,
Police Caugt Him—“He Deprived Me
My Bread”—Mayor Was Shot In
r Back Of The Head
Said As
Of
<
roost of the In- necessary before the water problem,
is solved. For some reason or other! ''ted.
was t'he burden of
dian's testimony.
"We have become used to the ten
per cent idea,’ declared Parker And-
erson, a Choctaw. "Most of the In-
dians of the state have to pay ten
per cent on all debts and borrowed
money, and we became so dependent
on attorneys that they have a handibilliy on their part to
in almost everything we do.”
“Do you mean to say to sell your
land you were willing to give Mc.Mur
ray $3,000,000, or enough to hire all
;ho lawyers In Oklahoma?" asked
Congressman C. B. Miller.
“Yes, we waited so long for the
weeds around the city was then car-
the city council is unwilling to go
ahead with any of -the propositions
which might be adopted, and while
no one doubts but that the intentions
of the individual councilmen are of
the best, there seems to be an ina-
get together
government to act that .we would | Creek or Polecat, and while it is too
give 25 per cent if that would cause late for this to be done to give relief
in a way which will permit action.
There are very few business men
of the city who doubt but that the
solution of the water supply huestion
can be found in the condemnation
of sufficient acreage for a water
and dam along either Rock | a storm sewer from the corner of
Thompson and Park to the alley on
Thompson between Park and Elm
The employees of the street de-
partment then came forward with the
complaint that they had to discount
their warrants twenty-Ave per cent
in order to get them cashed. It was
decided to pay them out of the fee
and sa'ary fund which would relieve
this difficulty and to have all pro-
ceeds from this department turned
into the fee and salary fund instead
6f the streeui and bridge fund as
formerly.
Estimates for the construction of
shed
quick sale. We need the money to
develop our land on which we live.”
It was estimated by C. C. Hoate,
another Choctaw, that if his land
were sold through the McMurray
contracts his share would be '*5,00')
with a reduction og $500 for fees.
“Now,” he said, “I would rather
have $4,500 while 1 am living than
this season, It should be started as
soon as possible in order that the
future may be provided for.
As to getting the money with
which to do the work, there are two
methods, either one of which can be
adopted satisfactorily. First, the
existing bond issue can be used by
giving the work to a Arm which will
to wait until the government acts take them in exchange for doing the
and get $5,000 when I'm dead." work; second, the present issue can
“Why is it that while you have at-
torneys laid on a regular salary and
approved of by the government that
you employ special attorneys?"
"Because our regular attorneys
get paid whether they work or not,
while special attorneys on a contin-
gent fee, work 'because they expect to
be paid."
A Singular appearance was pre-
sented by Charles I .a, Flore, a ChoeV
taw, who, as captain of police, had
Agured in many a battle of the plains
He has only one eye, three oT his
Angers shot off, and his body is cov-
ered with bullet wounds.
When asked about the activity of
the'McMurray agents, he related that
he had been approached by George
,W. Scott, acting for McMurray, and
been induced to sign a telegram, the
wording of which he himself had not
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v
Base Ball Season
Closes Ftiday
be cancelled and a new and smaller
one issued in its stead.
The Commercial club should take
cognizance of this situation and lend
its assistance to the councilmen. The
prevailing situation is doing the city |
great Injury and will do much more
unless changed as quickly as possi-
ble.
strets were then submitted by the
city engineer and the city clerk was
notJAed to advertise for bids on this
work to be opened next Monday.
A motion that i-he city engineers
force be cut down now that there was
no paving going on was referred to
the water committee.
Ordinance number 241 assessing
the cost of paving on the property
owners in district 5 was then correct-
ed and ordered republished.
The council adjourned at twelve
o'clock.
The moviug pictures of the Jeff-
ries-Johns >n prize Hght will not show
in Sapulpa. The mayor received
word yesterday that the Scenic thea-
ter was going to show these pictures
tonight and when Mr. Casey the pro-
prietor of the Scenic was told that
he would not be allowed to show
these pictures he informed the mayor
that he intended to show them, any-
how.
The mayor brought the matter up
at the council meeting last night and
submitted an ordinance prohibiting
the showing and moving pictures of
a prize Mght or boxing contest and
providing a penalty of Afty dollars
Ane and thirty days imprisonment in
the city jail. After considerable dis-
A-soclated Press.
New York, Aug. 9.— Mayor Wil-
liam J. Gaynor of New York City,
; was shot and probably fatally wound
ed this morning on board the steam
! or Kaiser Wilhelm de Grosse as he
was about to sail to Europe. He
was taken shortly to St. Mary's hos-
pital.
The Mayor's assailant was arrest-
ed before he left .he vessel and gave
his name as Jules James Gallagher.
He is a foreigner and is apparently
demented. Being asked why he shot
the mayor he answered.
"Gaynor had deprived me of my
bread and butter."
The mayor when shot was stand-
ing on the fore part of the cabin
deck bidding goodbye to friends.
About him were commissioner Thonip
son, Corporation Counsel Watson
and his Secretary Adamson. The
bullet entered the mayor's head just
behind the left ear and plowed Its
way straight in. Police from the
dock immediately arrested the man.
Detectives immediately rushed in
numbers from Manhattan headquart
« rs (o the scene of the tragedy.
The steamer was standing at her
dock in Hoboken.
The shooting occurred under cir-
: iriven to St. Mary's hospital.
Here he was immediately taken to
tie operating room, the mayor was
still conscious and spoke to those
about him. To the city officials who
accompanied him to the hospital
he indicated the gravity witi which,
he viewed the shot by these words:
"Say good bye to the |>eople." Hos-
pital physicians made a careful exami
nation of the wounds. Their con-
clusion agreed with that of the
ship's surgeon that the wound waa
not necessarily fatal. Street clean-
ing commissioner Edwards, waa
slightly wounded by one of the bul-
lets intended for Gaynor. Edwards
was standing by the mayor, seized
Gallagher's arm, one bullet iiassed
through Edwards sleeve and grazed
his arm. The wound, however, waa
so slight that Edwards only discov-
ered it after the excitement.
Mayor Gaynor suffered somewhat
from gathering of blood in the throat
but this relieved and he soon felt
considerably better. Gallagher later
was identified as a city employe who
recently had been discharged.
< ussion the ordinance was pass'd and cumstances of a most dramatic ohar-
an emergency declared to make it
effective at once.
The mayor instructed the chief of
police to have his men stationed at
the theater tonight and any attempt
to show the pictures was made to
arrest everyone connected with the
show.
acter. Mayor Gaynor came aboard
the steamer accompanied by a num-
ber of promuoent city officials about
to bid his adieux itarty and proceed-
ed to the upper deck and assembled
DM ARKANSAS ■
BANK FIILS
Siloam Springs, Ark. Aug. 8.—The
Bank of Siloam Springs closed yes-
RATTIER WO
01 BABY'S QUILT
It REIDS
(SCOTT'S TELEGRAM
—
Associated Press.
McAlester, Aug. 9.—Senator Gore
(today introduced telegrams in which
- the names of Vice-president Sherman
in a tii ot melancholy A1 Simpson, and Senator Curtiss of Kausas were
II SIMPSON COMMITS
SUICIDE TODAY
a young man well gnown about the
city committed suicide shortly after
Iti o'clock this morning by taking car-
t
obolic acid.
Simpson was 33 years of age and
had lived in Sapulpa the past three
years. He has been a waiter In vari-
ous res.aurants in the city, and at the
time of making way with himself
was in Knight's restaurant.
Bast evening Simpson pecured a
room at the MatD rooming house, ad-
joining the St. Jame3 hotel, on
South Main street, with instructions
to be* called a,. 6 this morning. He
was called at ,he hour and responded
The Base ball season on the local ] current expenses.
grounds will close on Friday with the
last game of the Joplin series, and
'our citizens have determined to make
this a benefit day in every sense of
the word. A number of our mer-
chants are considering closing In
Ball or no ball next year is largely
contingent upon the financial condi-
tion of the organization at the close
of this season. It is the intention of
the management to provide music at
Friday's game and while there will
be no usual free list for ladies it is
order that their employees may at-1 hoped that the lovers of the game
ten(j. among them will not object conslder-
Tbe management of the team, al- ing the liberal action of the man-
tbough they "have disposed of a num- Jagement toward them during the sea-
ber of players on favorable terms son. Milton and his boys have given
still face a deficit which they hope
tha* the receipts from the present
series may help to wipe out although
w.th the usual week day attendance
but little could be expected beyond
us a gftod quality of ball all season
but are playing a faster game now
than at any time this year so let
everybody tarn out and make their
farewell what it should be.
El Reno, Okla., Aug. 9.—Coming
in from ihe field where she had been
hoeing cotton, Mrs. Randy Lewis, a
colored woman, who lives several
mile9 from Haskell, found a huge
rattlesnake coiled upon the quilt be-
side her sleeping baby.
The woman was afraid to touch
the snake for fear of enraging it and
causing it to strike the child and
she ran screaming from the house | shartly after he was caled again and
again responded. Lter, at about a
o'clock, it was noticed that he was
not out of the room, and an investi-
gation was made, resulting in the
finding of the body.
Coroner Dye was called in and de-
cided that the evidence of suicide
was so plain that no further investi-
gation was necessary, and the body
was thereupon removed to the un-
dertaking establishment.
Simpson tried a year ago to kill
himself in the same manner, but was
caught in the act and prevented
from doing so.
He has a brother employed in a
wholesale house at Arkansas City,
and a sister resides in Oklahoma
City.
to he field half a mile distant where
her husband was at work. Lewis
heard his .wife’s screams and hastened
to the house with his hoe.
While the man attacked the snake
;e woman snatched her baby from
the quilt. The big rattler was killed
after a battle that lasted several min-
utes. It had six rattles and a button.
Lewis and his wife were both work-
ing i nthe cotton field and had left
their two-year-old baby locked in the
cabin. A quilt was left spread upon
the floor as a bed for the child and
the baby waa asleep on this with the
rattler coiled close to its head..
When the child woke up it, cried
bitterly because its father had killed
the "pretty ribbon" that it had for
a plaything. The baby was uninjured
and had apparently used the snake
as a plaything.
J. L. Prissburg. is in the city from
Dallas, Texas, on business.
read. One telegram read: "With Me
Murray there to state our claims,
with Curtis and Sherman who under-
stand better than anything else what
we want and with the assistance of
our president It begins look like
we are coming into our ow i.”
This telegram was date- odnta,
Okla., May 2, last and sent to Rich-
ard C. Adams, attorney at Washing-
ton by George W. Scott, McMurray's
agent. "By offering this evidence, I
do not wish to reflect either on Sher
man or Curtiss.” Said Go.o. "Do
you m. an that as au exoneration by
you of Sherman?” asked Dennis
Flynn, attorney for McMurray. “Its
merely to state that names of these
men if taken in vain once, they may
have been again " replied Gore.
ATTORNEY WEST TO
OKLAHOMA CITY
in a group giving final greetings, terday. It was established in 1832
Crowds, passengers were about oiUan(L was one of the oldest banking
he deck and friends waving adiux institutions in Northwest Arkansas.
| from the pier. The mayor's party The capital stoek was $50,000 and
had just formed a group preparatory j the deposits amounted to $400,000.
:o having their pictue taken suddenly K. S. Morris was cashier and tha
1 .-ome one rushed through the throng largest stockholder in the bank. Tha
j from the rear. He approached the | failure is due to inability to realize
major and without a word began fil-
ling. Instantly there was the great-
est excitement. The mayor was seen
to fail apd gushing wound told that
he had been hit. At the same mo-
ment the ships guards sprang for-
ward and dealt the assassin a blow ■ _ »
on the head which .felled him to the l.oea! nimrods report that squirrels
deck where officers quickly seized are plentiful all round Sapulpa now-
hini. He was turned over to Hobo- adays and many hunters are spend-
ken police headquarters. There he ing considerable time at the sport,
gave the name of Gallagher. Moan- Many are taking advantage of the
time Gaynor had been carried to open season for doves, which began
state room. He remained conscious August 1. It is reported that dove*
but breathed heavily. He was calm in great clouds are to be seen every
but apparently apprehensive that the day a few miles to the east of Sa-
on loans at a time when money is In
demand to h indie the fruit crop.
LOCAL NIMRODS
HAVE MUCH SPORT
wound was grave. An ambulance
was summoned and the wounded man
I
puipa. They are especially plentiful
in the vicinity of Broken Arrow.
Sensation Sprung
In City Council
Oklahoma City, Aug. 9.—Tomor-
row Attorney General West will be
In Oklahoma City for the purpose of
conferring with the Southwestern
Shippers association relative to the
details of the brief to bo filed in
Kansas City ill the Southwestern
rate ease, which brief must be sub-
mitted prior io September 1.
Th. railroad will have thirty days
after the filing of the brief in which
to make answer. Final hearing of
the ease will be In Washington, D.
C., some time in October.
A sensation was stirred
council last night when Councilman
Mattoon rose to his feet and asked
for an investigation of the charges
preferred against Patrolman Harper
who was suspended from the police
force i.is Saturday on the order of
the mayor. After discussing the
matter it was decided to refer ,he
matter to the police committee who
were instructed to examine all wit-
nesses and make a report am! recom-
mendation to the council next meet-
ing night.
in the charged Mr. Fowler with selling
whiskey and other charges of a seri-
ous nature. Councilman Jasper Cox
then rose to his feet and charged
.Mr. Fowler with drawing a gun oil
him at a ball game when he, Mr.
Fowler was off duty. The complain-
ing parties were told to submit their
charges to writing and give them to
the police committee who would in-
vestigate the whole affair from be-
ginning to end.
Pending the investigation of the
charges acainst Patrolnina Fowler
the Mayor suspended hint from duty.
Patrolman Harper who was in the I A motion was then made and carried
room then rose to his feet and pre-
ferred charges against his fellow
officer Patrolman Dick Fowler. He
that the Chief of police appoint one
more man on the force to take the
place of the two suspended.
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