The Chandler Publicist. (Chandler, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 10, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1903 Page: 3 of 8
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Pidcock Bound Over
Very Strong Case Made Against the Old
Man—Hearing of His Son Ode
Continued to Wednesday.
AFTER HOUSTON
The preliminary examination of
John Pidcock and Ode Pidcock charg-
ed with the killing of Godse.v came up
before Judge Cordell at 11 o'clock
Monday morning. A large number of
Sfteen No. 38 Winchester cartridges;
that he did not see John Pidcock that
day.
Jno. Burden testified that he saw
the shooting from a distauce of 200
yards; he had seen two persons whom
nitt-sens of the neighborhood of the i he took to be John and Ode Pidcock
alleged crime were in ..tendance, walking through the cotton Held about
alleged c twenty minutes before shooting, to-
L. M. Colthorp, who was called as , pidcock house: was watching
the first witness, testified in effect to
the following facts:
At about 2 o'clock of the evening
on which the killing took place the
witness and Godsdy, the man who was
killed, were engaged in conversation
at the fence separating their respect-
ive fields, when witness observed two
men whom he testified were John and
Ode Pidcock crossing the field about
fifty or sixty rods south of the place
where witness andGodsey were stand-
ing, and going toward the Pidcock
residence. Witness asked Godsey
"Who are those men?" and Godsey
answered, "Old man Pidcock and
Ode." At this time no further con-
versation was held between witness
and Godsey, but each man returned
to the cultivation of his crop, at
which occupation they had been en-
gaged during the afternoon.
About 20 or 30 minutes later witness
called to Godsey to come and help
him get his team out of the mi d in
' of that board that sufficient evidence
was not at hand to convict Houston
criminally but nothing in any wise
'exonerating' him. The investigating
board simply adjourned to complete
its investigation later, and while the
next meeting was pending Houston
resigned under demand, thus being
saved the humiliation of an official
— | indictment.
"In his letter of resignation Hous-
Enid. July 12.—It appears that tht* ton stated that the time had arrived
recent resignation of Secretary Hous- j when he could 'honorably tender his
ton of the school land board has j resignation.' In view of the fact that
served to bring out considerable of \ the investigation was still pending
j Anti-Flynn People Say That
He Left His Good Job
Under Pressure.
• i i •"'' -^rr
Son An Accomplice
Ode Pidcock, Son of John Pidcock, is
Arrested, Charged With Complicity
in the Murder of Godsey.
ward Pidcock house; was watching
Colthorp's horse floundering in the
mud when he was attracted by loud
talking; looked around, saw John
Pidcock approaching Godsey: heard
him command Godsey to get down on
bis kness: Godsey stood still. Wit-
ness saw Pidcock fire at Godsey with
long gun, Godsey grasped his side,
screamed, ran some distance toward
Mr. Colthorp: saw Pidcock shoot
again and Godsey fall to ground.
Pidcock went up to body and shot
Godsey in head wtth pistol; witness
then ran away, got another man and
returned to body in about one half
hour. Witness did not see Ode Pid-
cocW at time of shooting.
May Burden saw shooting from a
distance of 200 yards; heard Pidcock
talking loudly but could not distin-
guish the words. Witness saw Pid-
the feeling that has been smothering
for some time between Flynn and Mc-
Guire factions. With the announce-
ment of the resignation of Houston it
was stated that the committee which
examined his accounts and books has
completely exonerated him, and to
this statement the opposing faction
objects strenuously. The Enid Events,
an organ of the administration Mc-
Guire wing, in its current issue treats
the matter at considerable length and
takes a strong position against Hous-
ton and his friends The Events
says:
"Inasmuch as it has been every-
where announced that S9cretary J. J.
Houston 'voluntarily' resigned after
he had been 'completely exonerated'
and much-ado about reflecting upon
any paper or person who called in
question his acts, it appears titting to
us to give a short statement in vindi-
cation of statements previously pub-
lished bv us.
"Statements have been made by Mr.
Houston's friends that the charges
were made against him from personal
and political motives, implicating
certain republicans of high standing
and unquestioned integrity.
"In the first place, in his letter of
and demand had been made for his
resignation, we do not consider any-
thing voluntary in connection.
"We do not make this statement
through any other motive than to
answer the statements and insinua-
tions that certain republicans desired
Houston's removal for personal and
political motives, the attempt being
made to whitewash Houston and dis-
credit certain republicans. Houston's
resignation was demanded solely and
only because it appeared certain that
he had been guilty of official irregu-
larities. An official who is regular
in his transactions has no fear from
any source.
"To attempt to palliate and condone
on offense against the people of Okla-
homa, and at the same time reflect
upon the motives of the honorable
gentlemen who brought the investiga-
tion about and inpugn republican
leaders who had nothing to do with
the matter is exceedingly puerile.
"Any and all republicans who asked
for Houston's removal, in view of the
facts, are loyal to the party and the
people of Oklahoma. They would
have been recreant to the trust implied
had they not done so."
Ode Pidcock was arrested here Fri-
day by Sheriff Tilghman charged
with complicity in the murder of God-
sey. Ode Pidcock is a son of the old
man, John Pidcock. who shot Godsey
Monday.
The younger Pidcock and his bro-
ther Lon have been running a saloon
at Sparks for some time. Since the
shooting occurred, Ode Pidcock has
sold his interest in the saloon and
was preparing to leave, having come
to Chandler to take the train when
arrested today.
Evidence in the hands of the county
attorney shows that Ode Pidcock
came up from Sparks with his father
before the killing and was on the
farm when the crime was committed.
Also that he boasted of hav-
ing bought the cartridges which
killed Godsey for the purpose of kill-
ing him; that he dipped his hands into
the blood of the murdered man, glory-
ing in the hellish deed that had been
committed.
Father and son are now languishing
in lail.
FRUIT VARIETIES
For Oklahoma as Recommended
by the Experiment Station
at Stillwater.
cock shoot with a long gun: saw resignation Mr. Houston gave the im-
Godsey run towards Colthorp; saw pression that ms resignation was
Pidcock follow in a rapid walk, fire
again with long gun and saw Godsey
him gel nis teaiu uui —- -- =
which they had become "bogged." ] fall: saw Pidcock approach the pros-
At this time he noticed old man John
Pidcock approaching Godsey from
the direction of the Pidcock house,
carrying a gun in his hand. About
this time Godsey seemed to notice
' Pidcock and stopped to waich him.
Pidcock approached to within 20 or
30 steps of where Godsey was stand-
ing and commanded: "Get down on
your knees you an(*
say your prayers: I am going to kill
you." Godsey continued to watch
Pidcock for an instant when the com-
mand was repeated. Godsey then
made a motion as if to take th£ lines
from over his shoulder and said,
"Now look here, old man." At this
instant Pidcock raised his gun and
fired Godsey threw the lines over
his head and ran toward the witness
Pidcock commanded him to "stop"
and when he failed to do so. fired a
second time and Godsey fell to the
trate body, fire at body with pistol.
Witness then ran away and did not
return for considerable time. Writness
testified that she was quite excited.
T. D. Sharp being called as'a wit-
ness, testified that he saw the shooting
from a distance of 97 yards and 2 feet.
That he heard Pidcock say, "You
saw him walk a few steps to-
ward Godsey, raise his hand and fire:
could not see what kind of a gun was
used. Witness then saw Gowsey run
and Pidcock follow after him in a rap-
id walk. He heard two more shots
but could not see the men Heard
Godsey scream, "Oh!" Heard Pid-
cock say, "Stop, you , stop,"
Colthorp immediately informed wit-
ness of the killing, witness came to
Chandler to inform officers, but did
not go to the scene of the tragedy for
two days. Witness testified that God-
sey had told him that he, Godsey, and
ground on his face; Pidcock then pidcock had had trouble.
approached the prostrate form of | The defense waived further hearing
Godsey and with his gun resting on as to John Pidcock and agreed to a
his left arm, drew a revolver and fired , continuance until Wednesday as to
at the head of Godsey saying "Die. case of Ode Pidcock. John Pidcock
yOU ; you are no ac-; was bound over to await the action of
count any how " Pidcock then ap- the grand jury and was committed to
proached the fence near where wit- jau without bond.
uess was standing and said, "Col-
thorp, you saw this and will be a wit- Cholera Infantum.
ness: I was afraid to go out on mj
farm because of threats that have been This has long been regarded as una
made." Witness answered "Is that of the most dangerous and fatal dis-
so." Some other remarks were made easeas to which infan's are subject,
by Pidcock which witness did not |t can be cured, however, when prop-
caused from the fact 'that the clerical
force of his office is in such a condi-
tion that he must withdraw from office
rather than conduct business with a
set of unreliable clerks.'
"We have it from absolutely relia-
ble authority that after the investiga-
tion Houston's resignation was re-
quested and that he wanted to keep
the office for an indefinite period, and
that friends of Mr. Houston so urged;
that there was no question as to the
truth of the charges made against
Houston in the mind of the board,and
that had he not resigned he would
have been per emptorily removed.
As to whether Mr. Houston's office
force was to blame for irregularities
or Houston' himself, we will give one
instance recently brought to light
"John A. McFadgyen of Ft. Cobb
states that he had been employed by
Houston as a school land inspector;
was sent to Comanche county in 1001
to look up and report on tracts of
land unleased, that he inspected and
reported 00 tracts of school land,
mailing his tracts to Houston direct,
at his request marking the envelopes
'personal'; in January, 1002, that he
( McFadgyen) was sent to eastern Ok-
lahoma but upon his return from
Comanche county asked for the list of
school lands advertised for bids, and
that in this list not more than twenty
of the tracts inspected by him were
advertised, and in each case the land
DRUNKEN SHOOTING
Ed McKinley Makes Gun-Play
and Then Eludes the
City Marshal.
Drs. Gunn & Gunn will be at their
oilice July 30th and 31st, only. See
their ad. in this paper. w2t.
remember.
Witness did not go to Hie b
Godsey but unhitching nis hoi
erly treated. All that is necessary is
to give Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera
"t and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor
\jrvJU3C^ uuti uuunfl.** "b .
them ont of the raud, took them *o oil as directed with each bottle and a
north end of field and then went after ,.Ure is certain For sale by A. D.
a Mr. Sharp; when he got back about Wright, McElHinney
City Marshal Handley received a
call by phone Saturday evening to
come to the home of We. Rogers,
near the depot. He responded iti
haste only to find that the bird had
flown.
The trouble it seems arose in this
way: Ed McKinley, who lives south-
east of town, came in Saturdav and
proceeded to get a touch of high life.
Two of his friends who were with him
took him to the home of Win. Rogers,
who lives near the depot and who is
also a friend of McKinley. When the
two Richardson boys got him there,
Jim Richardson noticed a gun on Mc-
Kinley and told him to let him have it.
McKinley put the gun against Rich-
ardson's breast and was about to fire,
when Richardson grabbed the gun and
shoved it to one side and it was dis-
charged in the scuffle. McKinley then
made for Jess Richardspn, but he ran
and as he did so McKinley fired two
or three shots at him, none taking
effect. Wm. Rogers then appeared
For the home orchard the following
list of apples is well reported from
nearly all places where the varieties
have been planted: Ben Davis,
Cooper's Early White, Early Harvest,
Grimes' Golden, Jonathan, Maiden's
Blush, Mammoth Black Twig, Mis-
souri Pippin, Penn, Red Streak, Red
June, Red Limber Twig, Romanite,
Rome Beauty, Shakleford, Winesap,
Yellow Transparent, and York
Imperial.
For the commercial orchard the Ben
Davis is far the most importrnt va-
riety set. Grimes' Golden, Jonathan,
Maiden's Blush, Mammoth Black
Twig, Missouri Pippin, Romanite,
Shakleford, Wagner, Winesap,Yellow
Transparent and York Imperial are
good apples and have qualities that
fit them to some degree /or commercial
planting. Early and n. id-season
apples ci n be grown for the market
profitably only where the market is
Vigorous Old Age
Paine's Celery Compound makes the old
leel young, and cures their ills. It has added
years ol health and enjoyment to many a life.
Use this great medicine regularly, and its invig-
orating powers will till your declining years
with health, strength, and happiness. Head
what George F. Morse, 67 years old, writes:—
Wells & Richardson Co.,
Gtntltmrn: — Just a word in favor ol
I'aine's Celery Compound, hoping it may catch
the eye of some afflicted person, and they
pi u n m 1 u _ uui^ nucre Lin; ill ti i rvi: L, la may receive the same satisfactory benefit,
near or the transportation facilities Some IJ years ago I had a combination ol
' malaria, chills and lever, and grip, which con-
are first class.
meantime I lost in
_ ,, , , I tinued for a year or more; —
Pears were not so generally planted weight al)OUt (yQ l)OUniis, trying different medi-
at first as the apples and our know- cir.es and doctors with unsatisfactory results,
ledge of the varieties in this country Paine's Celery Compound was recommended,
" and, after using a little I began to improve,
does not cover as wide a range as ■\ , * inavearl
'reported 'good' was missing from the!on the scene and McKinley made for
lists. ! him, but Rogers was too quick for j
"He further states that the clerk in 1 him — he caught him and gave him a
the ottice knew nothing of what had j smashers. Just at this juncture
become of this land, and that false; Marshal Handley was seen coming J
statements were made to parties who i an(] when McKinley saw him he took j
went to Guthrie or wrote concerning to the brush and has not been seen
leases of alleged vacant tracts of land «,jnce.
with apples. There are, howe\er, a
few varieties that have done so well
that one need not hesitate to recom-
| mend them for general planting.
Bartlett, Duchess, Garber, Kieffer,
LeConte and Rutter have proven their
worth and are good. Howell, Seckle,
Tyson, Wilder Early and Winter
Nelis have been well spoken of by
different fruit growers and are worth
testing.
gaining about a pound a week. In a year I
hail regained 50 pounds of the lost weight and
good health, and have l>een a well man ever
since. Yours truly, GEORGE F. MORSE.
Leominster, Mass., Oct. 27, 1902.
DIAMOND DYES |
COLOR ANYTHING ANY COLOR.
Dresses, cloaks, suits, ribbons, coats, feathers,
stockings, — everything wearable, Diamoad
Dyes make to look like uew.
Direction book and 45 dyed Rumple* free.
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a half hour later, after putting his
horses up, a number of persons were
gathered about tlie body.
Wituess testified that he had 1 i\ ed
in Lincoln county since last December:
that he had had no hard feelings to-
ward Pidcock: that the killing was
done in Lincoln county Cross exam-
ination brought out the fact that God-
sey had some time previous to the
date of the killing told hiiu. the wit-
ness, that he. Godsey, had run at
old man Pidcock with a knife
and told him he would kill him if|he
did not leave hitn alone. Witness
testified that after the shooting and
conversation engaged in with witness,
Pidcock went off in the direction of
his house and that since that time he
had had no conversation with any of
the Pidcocks concerning the shooting
Dr. Frederick K. C. Brown testified
that he was a practicing physician
and surgeon at Sparks, Okla.: that he
examined wounds on body of Godsej
after the shooting: that he found
wounds apparently made by three
gun-shots: one ball had entered left,
side of head above the ear, which .
was burned by the powder, and made j
its exit on right side of the head above j
the eye and in front of the temple: one j
ball had entered the right side of the
back two inches from the median line
and five inches below shoulders and ,
came out on left side of the neck: the
third ball had entered the front of the
stomach and made its exit on the
right side of the body.
F. J. Banister, the third witness
called for the prosecution, 'testified
that he was engaged In the hardware
business at Sparks on July li, 1903;
that on that date between 8 and
o'clock a. m. he sold Ode Pidcock]
Drug store.
Comanche county. McFadgyen
Ellis, City ] submitted a partial list of tracts ex-
amined by him and included in this
list were the tracts held by Parks,
Houston's brother-in-law. A number
of these same tracts reported by Mc-
j Fadgyen are now held by parties se
lected bv Mr. Houston.
P
Repulsive Features.
To the Person
With a
Healthy Stomach
this picture will suggest an enjoyable din-
ner. But. perhaps you have dyspepsia, indi-
gestion, or some stomach disorder that will
change your point of view If your stom-
ach is wrong, everything will seern and look
wrong. A bottle of
Dr. Caldwell's
(LAikllt* 7
Syrup Pepsin
will make your'stomach tight—you'll enjoy
your meals. If you have chronic constipa-
tion or any form ol stomach or bowel
trouble. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is
guaranteed to effect a permanent cure.
ALL DRUGGISTS
0O« tod 01.00
*<ti tm nu MMU soma mi m I !■■■« to*.
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Blackheads, pimples, greasy faces
and muddy complexions, which are so
common among women, especially
. . . girls at a certain age, destroying
These tracts beauty, disfiguring and making repul-1
are located in the southeastern part s;ve features which would otherwise,
of Comanche county. McFadgyen appear attractive and refined, indicate
states that Houston operated in the that the liver is out-of order. An oc-
same manner in the \\ ichita country, ,-asional dose of Herbine will cleanse
and that he is confident that the clerks lt,e bowels, regUlate the liver and so
were purposely left ignorant, other-1 establish a clear, healthy complexion.
; wise the envelopes of reports would ;,Qt. . I). Wright's.
not have been sent to Houston marked
"personal'.' This is probablv the The poondation Qf Health.
most conclusive evidence yet produced
and exonerates all clerks of irregu- 1 Nourishment is the foundation of
larity, clacing the same upon Mr. health—life—strength. Kodol Dys-
Houston. nepsia Dure is the one great medicine
"We know from personal informa- that enables the stomach and digestive j
tion that Secretary Houston was in a j organs to digest.assimilate and trans-
deal with two other gentlemen with torm all foods into the kind of blood
I nine school quarters, that in April, that nourishes the nerves and feeds
1902, leases of six of the quarters were the tissues. Kodol lays the founda-
transferred for $1,< 00 and in February
the last three quarters were sold for
11,20(1. This money was divided
equally into three parts according to
agreement, and Mr. Houston received
1 about $1,400, the other two parties
received MOO apiece.
3''The evident- ■ tends to show that
Houston has engaged in a wholesale
traffic of valuable school land and
that he has made many thousauds of
dollars on the transactions
"Houston was not 'completely
i exonerated' by the investigation
board. Ho such report has been at-
tested by that board. The facts that
Mr. Houston made no explanation of
•he Parks leases, the Murray deal,
'he McFadgyen charges and the
various other deals brought to light.
i "A statement was mad«i by members
tion tor health. Nature does the rent.
Indigestion, dyspepsia and all disor-
ders of the stomach and digestive
organs are cured by the use of Kodol.
Sold by Corbin & Lynch.
CONTINUE
Those who are gaining flesh
and strength by regular treat-
ment with
Scott's Emulsion
should continue the treatment
In hot weather: smaller dose
and a little cool milk with It will
do away with any objection
which Is attached to fatty pro-
ducts during the heated
season.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT Si BOWNE, Chemists,
407-415 Hwl Street, New York.
50c andfi.qo; all druggists.
409-415 Pea
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We provide the most attractive
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by having the best goods, by hand-
ling them in the best way, and by
seiling them at most reasonable
prices.
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