The Arrow-Democrat (Tahlequah, Okla.), Vol. 39, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1922 Page: 1 of 10
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THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF
TAHLEQUAH AND CHEROKEE COUNTY
SUCCESSOR TO. THE
ARROW PUBLISHING COMPANY
ARROW- DEMOCRAT
AN INDEPENDENT, DEMOCRATIC
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE IN-
TEREST OF THE MASSES AND NOT
FOR1THE CLASSES-AS WE SEE IT
Rob Two Banks;
Posse in Pursuit
TAHLKgt/AH, OKU., THl'llNDAY,
j.vm
Deputy sherriff Fellows arrived in
town at 4:30 tills afternoon with
Jen# lllair, the man who ownn tho
black horse that was raptured from
the banditn yesterday afternono. Af-
ter lilx-rating the animal it Imme-
diately returned to the home of
lllair and the latter, together with
another mail who refuaet* to divulge
his name, were arrested and brought
to town bf Mr* FellOWl and are re-
lieved to be either directly or in-
directly connected with bank
robberies. The real culprits, hmv-
ever, aiv still on the move with
a large |*>n*e in close pursuit, ami
the capture of the entire gang is
believed to be but u matter of a few
hours.
Our officers are to l>e commended
for the vigihinm pursued in run-
ning these outlaws down.
HtliRKRT HANK ItOllllKD
BV THRKK MK\ WHO ESCAPE
Last Friday afternoon, when the
Arrow-Democrat was being printed,
intelligence arrived that the First
National Bank of Hulbert had been
robbed. The press was stopped long
enough to set up a brief mention of
the occurrence which occurred at
the noon hour. Most of the citizens
of the town were at dinner or at
their homes when three horsemen
arrived, dismounted near the bank,
and while one of them held the hord-
es, the other two entered and pro-
ceeded to help themselves to all the
money they could find. About
$2800.00 was secured, placed in a
sack, and then the robbers mounted
and left.
There were three men in the bank
when the robbers entered and they
were forced to enter the vault while
the money was being secured. About
the time they were preparing to
leave G. O. Patterson, the cashier,
returned and he too. was placed in
the vault, after two shots had been
fired. One ot the bullets narrowly
missed a son of John Bond, who was
•ARK HILL BANK KOItHFl)
WEDNESDAY MOHMXO.
The Farmers State Hank of Park
Hill, of which Waddie Hudson of
Tahlequah, is presidnt, was robben
about 9:30 o'clock Wednesday morn-
ing. At that time two white men en-
tered and with drawn automatic
compelled Cashier T. L. Ballinger to
open the door leading into the room
where the big safe stands. About
$573.00 was quickly secured and
then the men mounted their horses
and galloped away, going east in the
direction of the Illinois river. The
alarm was soon given. Even while
the men were robbing the bank a
telephone message came from Park
Hill to the sheriff's office and offic-
ers were soon on the way. In the
meantime citizens of Park Hill pur-
sued after the horsemen and one of
The Guaranty National Bank
of Tahlequah, Oklahoma
At the Regular Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Guaranty National Bank of Tahlequah the same officers were elected for
the year 1922. A. B. I issington Jr. and Henry N. Barnes were added to
our Board of Directors.
Supported by a strong reserve of cash and exchange, a
pleasing amount of quick assets, together with the facilities offered
by the Federal Reserve System, of which we have always been a
member, we feel able to care for the needs of our increasing list
of customers.
in ii k< vroits—
OFFICIOUS and
L. C. Parmeater, President.
T. It. ICdmotidson. Vice-Pi* id*nt.
J. A. Edwards, Vice-President.
A. T. Edinor.dson, Cashier.
Jas. S. Sanders, Asst. CachU
A. B. T Using ton, Jr.
Henry N. Barneo
H. K. McCollurn
f ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OLD ClIIZtN KILIED
''mm 0f C0MMEIiCE|Y His SON-IIHAW
I The largest gathering of the mem-
j bors of the Commercial Club mot at
j the court house on last Tuesday
I evening and all seemed to be vor.v
1 enthusiastic.
I'rof. VV. S. Scott presided. 'Hie
first matter to be disposed of was
the Oznrk Trail meet .it Muskogee
on February nth, ami practically
every one that can will be there
County Commissioner J P. Thomp-
son detailed what had been done
and what vvac needed also what Mr.
J 15. McCkmlon doing on the
east end at the Adair county line.
When this road is completed It will
mean that thousands of towing cars
"ill pass through tt-.s section that
have heretofore gone other wav«.The
olcctiou of new offlcrrs for the
lime and those electud as the execu-
tive committee were Wilson Wash-
ington. T H. Casey, J. P. Thompson,
\ T. Kdmondson, (' i, Sogers, T.
O. Graham, S. M. Hedburn, Thurtnan
■1
{■■PPi
Y suing year look a small part of the
1 ■
jg Wyly, W H. Halentlne. Jr., Rufus 1).
Ross, ('. J. Hunt, J M. Hackler and
County Agent R\jd;n
— Prof. W T Ford of the North-
in Park Hill, we checked up the
them dropped his hat this side the losses and fo'ind that the exact sum
James King *••►,.1 of the Illinois, was $541.75. This is of ourse cov-
Some time after the officers and ered by insurance, and ve are sat-
many citizens had departed from isfied that the bank will not lose
the city reports began to come In to one penny. Now as to the facts
the effect that the robbers were sur- about the robbery, I gathered the
rounded and their capture was ex- story from eye-witnesses:
nee ted within a short space of time. .The two men who did the rob-
However, the men managed to escape |}jng caUie in from the south of Park
into the thickets but not until they jim an(j rQ(je for 8eVcral miles with
had quit their horses naar the Fr - a farraer by the Eame of Walter Dal.
co iall ay bridge across the Illinois ias qd reaching town they separ-
and near the William Turner farm. ate(j an(j the bandits hitched their
It was once reported that the rob- bor8es ln the rt.ar of thl, Park Hm
hers were In the Turner bnrn, and Mercantile Company buildintl ad-
fi 1. > .1 , In the near joining the room occupied , by the
vicinity of the river, as also in the bank. When they dismounted, they
wooded region near and to the were first noticed by Qraay Jones, of
orth vest .Veiling. hvldently the mercantile company ao he hap-
ih i It. 'he lay of pene^ to pass out the rear of the
he and. for despite the search made atore He came back in tne store
by the officers and citizens more and t(>!d hU brother Forrest Jones,
than two score in number, the men ;hat two suspicious lcjHlng men
managed to escape being captured, had Pnter(ld the bank an(, that
but they will from a" Indications be frora the description given by the -:"
!i! a tmnt T,ly ' e °"'cers Bt D0 pre*8 ot Hulbert robbers, they,-:-
uate. would bear watching. Forrest Jones ' *
aHogeUier Th 5 V d'"erent T" aTopVn and th. cashier
rIdrfenh. th ' p He thought this unusual and casually
ridden by the robo. r ar. to poor walked around thB bundlnf, thlnk.
ing perhaps the cashier had gone
eonditioEi and not capable of ♦ xtend-
ed exertion. One of the saddles, an
old one, bears the name of a Mus-
kogee saddle and harness maker, W.
D. Brewer. The other saddle Is
rather small, resmebling a boy's sad-
dle. Overcoat, slicker, overshoes and
an old wagon sheet were secured hav|ng"but
after coal, but was startled to find
the men leaving on horseback and
Mr. BalLnger where he had been or-
dered to stand. We keep most of
our funds with our reserve agents
in Kansas City and Muskogee, .lever I '** " over We shall
having but a small amount of real * not ©numerate or outline what
money on hands, not exceeding $800
at any time. Thin amount is nearly
surance. Some three years ago while ?,w"5'8 in 8m?" ,ch,an*c an,! Bllv?r'
it ,f D.,„u , . • * , In the amount of funds secured by
H. M. Push was cashier, the bask ,hp rfl,lhcr„ wn. Q7a?1
with tho satfdlos and are now in the
The hank losr, Is covered by in-
c'" en=L "e disposed immediately walked out in front of
k , ,„r0^.8 ar1the 'h" building and started In the bank,
, ! the Hulbert bank but when he reached the door he
on the outside near the bank. After | ,"l .°JL found everything, including the
locking Patterson In the vault with
tne three other men (he. uberv de-
parted and rode eastward ln the di-
rection of Tahlequah, but soon aft-
erward turned to the south
Deputy Sheriff Jim Burt anil Joe
bee Smith, A H. T. A. deputy at
Hulbert, started in pursuit of the
fleeing robbers but were not able to
overtake them, and after the intel-
ligence of the robbery reached Tah-
lequah Sherlf Gourd, Deputy Fellows r>,'(VrirrT 1'
and others went out in search of 5herl"8 of"ce'
ihe men. Deputy Fellows, in an
automobile, was within a shorl riif-
tance of the men near the navou
Menard, when they left the ro?d rind
•truck out Into the Ml. counirv
Their trail was lost when darkness
p~t In and so far a# knows there
is no clue as to who they ma.- have
been. The horses ridden by the
robber®, two sorrels and a bav are i .....
said to have been In rather poor coii- I 'Ti 'hat
dltion One of the men wore a p ! r ,Wf.y Hp
and another a marklnaw coat but i .a , V , Illinois and It was
If their countena ^es were familiar t'6'0,1 ,that (they, ^ou,d ovor-
to any who saw ,i.em the fact has1 Lak,en caJt,,"rt b,'fore darkness
not been mentioned. The hank was "e! v Sl,Jh' "lowever, did not
robbed once before In da^ light. D.O. 5™™ ,l°nwn with .WnPn
Scott, of Tahlequah, Is president of ac"7P„J"w"„^ a drJ3rltrvgr«.ln
the bank, and Q. O. Patterson cash- I fn il18 " y °U
ler. The robbers cut the telephone I 'hh'V
wires leading out of Hulbert and |tlruuuBrB
was some time before communication
was establshed with other towns.
•I* Will you allow us space in
•I* your paper to announce the *
organization of tho Riders of v
•I* the Night in Cherokee vJounty?
We realize the importance of ❖
* publicity and while our work •>
•I* is done very quietly and in *
nearly every case, in the late •>
•> hours of night, we prefer that •>
* the good people of this com- *
•Z* munity know now that we are *
in existence, and at all times *
* ready to make ai^v sacrifice *
<• in order to assist in the ref- *
♦I* ormation of our prirt of the *
<• state.
* As an organization, we are *
pledged to protect each others
* interests first, the outside world *
•I* afterwards. We are not made v
up of yellow dog politicians—
❖community meddlers — amen *
corner h?ypocrItes, or Keeley
* graduates, but we are One Hun- *
dred per cent Americans. Bred ❖
and born in the State of Okla- *
homa where we expect to do •>
most of our work, especially in *
this county.
We shall not interfere 'with ❖
any other organization, as long *
as they are doing their duty *
and doing right. We endorse *
the proclamation o« the Klan *
and will stand by them to the *
finish as well as the officers
of the law.
We have numbers to do our •>
work and the red blood sufflc-
was robbed soon after 9 o'clock
morning and tho robbers rode towarn
the south. An 'arrest was made but
the suspect was released, there not
being sufficient evidence to hold him
for trial.
The last report received late last
he robbers was something over 700
npunic* so you see with the other
sma'l change they gathered up the
bnndle must have been an unhandy
one to handle In their flight."
umerate or outline what •:
* we expect to do. but will let <
the public be the judge after -I
some things are accomplished, *1
* as to whether or not wo are <
* doing good. *
Very truly, *
* THE RIDERS OF TH-E v
* NIGHT. *
WHAT NEXT. NOW.
NEAR JAIL DELIVERV.
eastern Teachers College was railed
upon and after detailing the work
W'hpn tiiii Ti-tm,. n„_i, . .. , that had been accomplished durLng
siiSS: awtr« a.-
some source or othor Claud Garmorj,
who is held on a charge of hog
arrange r0r the comfort and housing
for this amount of young people
during the nine weeks of the sum-
the inner bars and a supposed con- Graham to arranse lor a Summer
eeraUo"n on hePCo, ?er'eh " « constated near th"
eratlon on the outer bars and 'was Normal building
T™°e8rl rr iVTZ ,:h7f The '"testing matter that
touching "he ground " Thc^rcby" Mr"" M. Brown regardinr'a"'!,?-
reasonTble toTuppo.e'that al^would I!"8 f'"' rlrBI l>a>'tnK oil'we'll; P'ice and section, a hospitable man
have follnwoJ nfoit 1 i all would brought In in Cherokee county, and of many good traits of character. He
outside and ^reelfom. Tyner iat SrownT^ COn",OBe,, °' J' M ''a h" W'fe an" ™'
handled 230 men last year and had '
only one escape which Is -remarkable
John Catron of the Waulflllau lo-
cality, was shot and killed last Sat-
urday night by Jesse Owens, his son-
iu-law. The tragedy occurred at El-
don at tho home of Owens. Catron,
with other citizens, was at the home
of Owens where a dance was in
progress. There was some drinking
of whisky and when Qwens, as it Is
related, became abusive of his wife,
Catron, her father, interfered. Owens
then filled upon his father-in-law
with a shotgun, the charge striking
him in the beast, causing his almost
instant death. After Catron had
fallen Owen is said to have remarked
that "tho old ought to
be burnt up," and proceeded ty placa
coals of fire on the dead man's head,
from which they were removed by
one of those present. Owens then
left and went to the house of a
neighbor about a ml'e distant, where
he was found by Sher'.'f George
Gourd and deputies upon their ar-
rival in the neighbohood. Owens
was taken into custody, brought to
Tahlequah and placed in the county
jail.
Toy Oxford, a young man of the
Pumpkin Hollow locality, w * also
areBted and bought to the county
seat. He is alleged to have shot and
wounded a man named Qoad and la
also said to have aided and abettea
Owens in the midst of his fatal af-
fair with Caton, to the extent, it is
reported, of urging Owens to use his
gun. The facts in the case will be
brought out at the trial which will
probably be held In the near future.
John Catron, victim of the lament-
able occurrence, was a man of 67
years and had spent most of his life
time In the neighborhood of Wau-
hillau. He was a farmer and was
well known to many citizens ot this
when the condition of the Jail is con-
sidered. The jail is a rude affair
that was built years and yeaj*s ago
Pearson, L C. Ross 18on Hn(l daughters and a nuir.ber
and Owen Phillips was chonen for | of relatives live ln Cherokee county.
this purpose. In all likelihood
$50,000 will be subscribed. We have
now four rigs within the county that
are up and ere spring all will pound-
and was used as a penitentiary long ing the^earth^ In^Search „ ? " '
"S ra&ff "A'u ig.irj.tu" -«"
Mr Patterson, who 1. in charge of ' ing^/'t^e
ZtloT r I™ 'mhT/eTe*
oik Htoie, received the following nuesterl to e< ♦ in tmwh uritu ,v,„
lette^th.. week from \l. Kansas ^euV VV" Hum aT''1 of!
"llear Mr. Patterson:
"Your sale bill for the New York
I fice over Crew Bros. Drug Store.
DIKD StTDDKNI.Y.
Aged Mulster Dead.
The Rev. Win. Lasley. aged about
73 years, died at his home near the, For some years the Anti Horsa i
town of Welling last Thursday after' Thief Association was well organ
Store has just landed on my desk
Your bill carries some wonderful, 411 n. T hi«.ni.0h t .
prices and I have no doubt but what Wednesday evening to learn of *he
your sale will be a great success, a" sudden doath of E C. Thorne a well
people can well afford to travel known and well liked man nf thl.
many miles to buy such well known city. Mr Thorne war on the streets
tz
rlkv n i. > n ? i ?n . P°Mt six °'c'ock In the evening It was
aphj. It is an excellent Job of work learned that he was sick little
rom a typographical standpoint and was thought of It, till at 7 15 he
he must have caught your Idea Im- died
mediately from your dummy and has H leaves a wife three d ., i,i„n„
cooperated well with you. I would Lula, 0pal and Pailine' besides sev-
judge from the appearanceofthe eral bribers and siVters.'T^rment
HASTINGS, wlu take place tomorrow,
bill. R. b
Vice President Hastings Sales Co.
Kansas City, Mo
. Friday,
at the city cemetery.
The bereaved family L ive the
sympathy of the entire community.
Interment was made Tuesday after-
noon in a neighborhood burial
ground.
Lafayette Catron, father of the
Blain man. was a pioneer citizen of
the old Wauhillau neighborhood and
died some years ago at an advanced
age. He was well known to many
of the old citizens of what is now
Cherokee county.
Been Vaccinated Vet?
' Since the decision of the authori-
ties that It would be a wise measure
of precauton to have general vac-
cination here in Tahlequah the phys-
icians have been very busy. Their
offices ha^e been crowded through-
out goodly portons of the day by
Persons desiring to have the vaccine
virus injected into their arms. It ia
hoped thut the small-pox will not
break out In our city but there is
no telling when someone who has
been exposed to the Usease may ar-
live and it is therefore weM to be
on the safe side.
Homer Yeager returned to Joplln
Sunday aftnr a short visit with Mrs.
Yeager and Miefc Irene Yeager.
WAS WELL ATTENDED.
Central States
Life Insurance Co
Protects the Family if you die.
2 Givee you support if permanent*
ly disabled.
3 Helps with your hospital bills
In case of an operation.
4 Assures an income in old age.
ln order to ha\e It when you need It
you must take It when you can
get it. '
Buy NOW.
G. W. GABLE,
Tel. 75. Special Representative.
fornsts on ihe alert for the
With the Intelligence of
the robbery widespread and with of-
ficers and citizens In various local-
ities on the lookout it Is probable
that arrests will be made In the near
future.
"Yes, I am pleased to give you
all the information in my possession
regarding the robbery of the Farm
ers State Rank at Park Hill/' said
the president. Waddle Hudson, of
Tahlequah, when approached jthis
morning. "Yesterday morning
about 10 o'cloclj a friend who occu-
pies an office in the building with
me, came to ray office and said the
bank at Park Hill had just been
robbed. I went to my private tele-
phone which is connected directly
with the bank, and found that the
wires had been cut. I then called
the cashier, M.\ Ballenger, over the
rural line and he verified the re-
port. Immediately on my arrival
Messrs. J. W. Reid of Tahlequah,
an illness of a short time. Mr. Las-, ized over eastern Oklahoma and tre D E. Robison of Peggs and Horace-
ley was of the Methodist denomlna- active in many parts yet. Some time Gray of Welling, recently selected as
tion and until within a few weeks of ago the Ku Klux Klan made Its ap- jury commissioners, held a session I ,
his death had been punctual in fill- pearance and now we have the several days ago and selected a list r,ie County Teachers
his appointments. Interment was Night Riders In our midst. Good of jurors for the February term of meeting held ln Tahlequah last Frl-
made n the Manua graveyard north- I^ord, delher ue The A. H. T. A. the district court. The court will!,,ay .was well attended in spite of
i east of Welling Friday afternoon, the much good to the end that convene on the 6th of February and 1 l^e "ulement weather. An exten-
funeral services being conducted by saved thousands of dollars in the Quite an extenslva docket will be 8iv° and interesting program had
Rev. Garrison of Tahlequah. way of live stock to our people and taken up. There are several murder i ^een PlePared ajid there was re-
11* is looked forward to the two other rases, as well as many minor ones, 8ponse to thc* majority of the sub-
ivmw iinv mav on nipr organization to help the morale and besides the civil docket, which is' Some of the clerks and dl-
* "■ integrity of the people and we can large. j ''ectors of schools who were on the
AFTER 2:* YEARS SERVICE only say for ourselves, "We welcome program for addresses were not able
you, for brave you must be." Our The home of Mr. and Mrs Vann' \° {.ittend but generally the various
Washington, D. C., Jan. 23.-i' 1?w;eI?f<>rcln^ offlcers are doing Fuller, east of Welling, was totally' T received attention and were
Charner Tldwell, an Indian boy, con- lh®,T best- Tw° hundred and thirty destroyed by fire last Friday after-1 presented.
victed of murder and sentenced to fV.8'°n®J"8 were lodged ln our county noon. Mrs. Fuller was occupied with I
prison for life may soon have his , ami -'4 stills were brought in or some task near the house when ho Crimpy Weather Arr<ves.
freedom. Congressman Robertson destroyed in the last year and our noticed smoke issuing from the Those who predicted that we
has just received a letter from the y n'ei) ™eTe or[ ,ho alert all the building ln heavy volume. Hurrying vv>uld have no wintry weither have
pardon attorney of the Department :!me' hav« failed to keep up with to the door he found the entire house j t'.en silent for several days. While
of Justice, which intimates that fa- 80 we. 8ay., the others ablaze and It was only with much It. has not been bitterly cold It has |
vorable action will be taken. Ti'd- H fn ? *° conv'nce difficulty that he was able to secure been cold enough to suit most every
well's home was ln Stilwell, Okla., 80me tr,at the Klan really exists, and glme papers of value. Practically, body and the indications are that j
and the crime for which he was sen- *?, ~ ahovp note the contents were burned, entali jwe may experience some real winter
FARM LOANS
QUICK SERVICE
EASY TERMS
L. C. ROSS
Office in Telephone Building
tenced was committed in 1899. Ac- a11 ,inow'p(Ige we possess.
tlon on the part of the Department *-—
of Justice was brought about by Wanda Garrison, the small daugb-
CongreMtnan ltobertson when she ter oi Rev. and Mrs. W. E. Garrison,
laid all the facts about Tidwell and who underwent an operation for ap-
the crime before the department of- pendlcltis at the Tahlequah hospital our list that we will trade.
Saturday, Is reported as dolus nicely, have you?
Ing considerable loss which is only' coolness for days to come.
partially covered by Insurance I
__ j Mrg< | Hill left Saturday for Ok-
See Abe Justice for Farm l.onns, | lahoma City to visit her daughter.
We have several good farms on Mrs. Barnes. From there she wlli
What go to Chickasha before 'returning
home.
Pl.KNTY OF MONEY TO
IX)AN ON IMPROVED
FARMS.
LOANS PAID AT ONCK
IF TITLE 18 GOOD.
J. R. MILI.FR
Phone 188
Oyer Crews Drug Store.
CROWDS!
CROWDS!
CROWDS! I
What brought such crowds? PRICES, lien's all wool Suits. $16.85. Men's Overcoats, $8.75. Stetson Hats, $5.25.
One lot Banister aud Bates Shoes at One-Half price. Ladies' Suits $9.75 and $15.75. Nunsing Uuions, 20 per cent off.
Think of it people, but don't take my word for it, come and see for yourself. Did you see the crowd ,in the store last
Saturday? It was a jolly good crowd, and my, how they bought. Get in line Saturday and follow the crowd.
COME, COME, HURRY to the
NEW YORK STORE
TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA
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