The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 269, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XIX
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA. MONDAY EVENING AlKJUST IS 1913
NUMBER 2( ID
HAKES ESCAPE
SLAYER OF STANFORD WHIT
MAKES ESCAPE SUNDAY FROM
STATE ASYLUM.
MINER GETS LETTER
State Authorities Have Slim Chance
of Extraditing Him Escape of No
ted Prisoner Was Well Planned and
Successfully Carried Out.
New York A'.g. IS. Mrs. Mary
Copley Tit aw road about noon today
a letter- from lie' son i'ai.y K. Thaw
who escaped frc.ii Matteawan yes
terday. Thaw raid he planned to
take a rest' before going to the
Thaw country plane Hlmhurst at
Creston I'a. The otter wast post-
marked "New York Aug. 17th 12 m
Station '
Inside on a Ion slip was Thaw's
communication in pencil. It read:
"All well. Shall take a rest before
jhv4. to FJi.iii'jrsl as 1 might bw
asked for an interview and don't
wish to refuse yit don't care to
make statements. IIopo M. & G.
(Mr. and Mrs. George Lauder Car-
negie) arrive safe and that you will
go home together. Have stnt a
short note to Bournal.
"11. K. T."
'ihc fugitive apparently had orig-
inally intended sending the fore-
going by telegraph as a nigbt letter
for it was so marked.
Mrs. Thaw said tlu? letter was in
ner sen's writing. She said she
would leave for Klmhurst tomorrow.
Asked if-ho believed her soi re-
garded himself safe in Peensylvania
fche said she was no mind reader. She-
said she would consult counsel as to
whether her son could be returned if
lie went to Pennsylvania. The theory
advanced that Thaw got aboard a
yacht In the sound gains weight. Per-
sons near South Norwalk saw two
persons in that district in a car. One
is believed to have been Thaw the
other his sister Mrs. Ailce Whitnor.
New York Aug. 18. Harry K.
'Thaw's more than twenty-four hours'
absence from Matteawan asylum has
etablished as yet little beyond the
fact that ho had escaped and the
state hus a 'slim chance of extradit-
ing him. No authentic trace of
Thaw has as yet been found. It was
considered a foregone conclusion that
"Thaw will be found. When ho Is
the New Y'ork authorities it is said
might try to force extradition on one
of two grounds. First that in es-
caping he technically assaulted his
keeper; second that bribery of some
attache of the asylum could be shown.
Fither of these if sustained would
constitute an extraditable offense.
Story of Escape.
Matteawan N. Y. Aug. 17 Harry
K. Thaw the slayer of Stanford
White escaped from the hospital for
the criminal insane here at 7:45
o'clock this morning.
A dart for liberty through an open
gate a leap into the open door of a
powerful automobile that stood quiv-
ering outside and n flight like a rock-
et for the Connecticut state line thir-
ty miles away accomplished his es-
cape. Five Confr derates manned the car
In wliich. Thaw escaped and a big
Mack lemousine which trailed it past
tho asylum gate. The police have
the descriptions of Thaw's confeder
ates and the names under which they
registered at a local hotel Friday
-night and are seeikng them.
The hospital authorities believed
-that Thaw had fled to the shore of
Long Island Sound and boarded a
yacht waiting with steam up to rush
to Europe.
A reward of $"00 for Thaw's ap-
prehension has been offered by Dr.
F. C. Kieb superintendent of the
asylum.
Howard H. Rarnnm the attendant
at the gate past whom Thaw flashed
on his break for freedom Is under
arrest and other arrests are expected
to follow in the rigid Investigation
begun by Dr. Kleb.
The shades were drawn In the dor-
i
niKones ana I ne i aiucs were gcuing
their second sb ' . lien Thaw fully
dressed left his room this morning.
The milkman' cart was rumbling on
i he road ouls.de as he walked through
the storeroom and into tho outer
court or cuter yard of tlio asylum.
Howard II. llranum sole attendant
at the road gate was pacing back and
forth when Thaw closed tho store
room door behind him and apparently
did not grasp the significance of
Thaw's early rising.
Long years of residence at the
asylum and repeated declarations by
Thaw that he would never attempt
to obtain his freedom except by legal
means had established Thaw's status
as a "trusty."
There was little out of the ordina-
ry in his appearance even nt so early
an hour In tho court yard and if
Barnum saw him as to this no one
save tho hospital authorities could
say tonight and they refused to talk
he raised no question.
As Uarnum stepped aside for the
milkman to drive inside the grounds
ho heard the grnvil crunching be-
neath Thaw's feet and looking up
saw Thaw flash past him straight for
one of the waiting cars.
With a shout P.arnum started in
pursuit but a flying leap landed Thaw
safe in the car. The automobile
wheels bt gan to turn before the keep-
er fairly reached the roadway and
they were throwing up a cloud of
dust b. it re he had gone twenty-five
feet.
For a moiiKiit Parnum shaded his
eyes with his hands and watched
Miem; then with the first great blot
cn Ji:s carr.or or twenty years as
keeper he U.ish"d madly back lino
Dr. Kbb's presence and in a moment
the hunt was on.
The great black car flashed like a
thunderbolt through Stormvile ten
miles east of Matteawan along the
read to the Connecticut line. Early
risers in the little hamlet saw three
men --and Thaw crouching low to es-
cape tho sweep of their rush through
the air. They were going seventy
miles an hour. They were ten min-
utes out of Matteawan. Stormville
marveli d at their speed and watched
them melt away in the dust of the
state road.
The iimousine had been left behind.
At the speed nt which tho touring
car traveled through Stormville It
should have reached the state line
within half an hour.
UNITED CHURCH WINS IN LITI-
GATION AGAINST CUMBER.
LANDS IN MISSOURI.
Kansas City Mo. Aug. 17. The
union of the Presbyterian church In
the United States of America and
the Cumberland Presbyterian church-
es effected in 1900 was upheld by
Judge Van Valkenburgh in the United
States district court here today.
Members of the Cumberland church
were forever enjoined from interfer-
ing with the use by the United
States church of church property In
Missouri.
Title to all property of the church
In Missouri Is quieted In the Presby-
terian church In the United States
of America under the decision. The
property involved amounts to approx-
imately $1500000.
Suits in Federal Court.
There were two separate suits In-
stituted In the federal court here by
the United church in the fall of 1909.
One known as the "church case' was
begun on behalf of James M. Bark-
ley of Baltimore moderator of the
United church against Hugh H.
Hay a trustee of the old Cumber-
land church. The latter claimed the
union of the two churches was il-
legal. The second suit was instituted
on behalf of the synod 'of Kansas
of the Presbyterian church in the
.United States and was directed
against the Missouri Valley College
of Marshall Mo. and other defend-
ants. It was instituted because the
Cumberland members attempted to
gain control of the college and oust
Its officers.
Minority OPpsed Union.
A minority report of the Cumber-
land members opposed the union and
declared the church properties should
still be devoted to the use of those
who continued to adhere to the sep- !
PRESBYTERIAN
Gushing Oil
WELL SHOT 200 FEET IN THE AIR
TODAY ONE OF BIGGEST OIL
WELLS IN STATE.
Healdton Okla.. Aug. IS. The
new oil well shot oil two hundred feet
in the air this morning which is the
greatest pressure the well has had
since it was first 'brought in.
Much excitement prevails in this
section Of the county. Tho peoplo aro
of the opinion that one of the great-
est oil fields of the state has been
found.
Investors are here from every-
where. Fancy prices are being offer.
S
COL. DOAK STATE THIS MORN
ING THAT NOW WAS THE TIME
FOR ACTION.
Col. A. V. Doak was on the streets
this morning dressed in war paint
and other heavy artillery and stated
that this was his day for begfnnng-
a crusade- to get more business for
the city. The first thing that ho
made clear was that he wanted the
basket factory to locate hero and sta-
ted that lie was going: to see what
cou'd be done In the premises. Ho
remarked that the business men of
the city should get together now and
see that a suitable site was scoured
for tho location of tho plant and any
other reasonable concession granted.
A'fter exhausting this subject the col-
onel began a dissertation upon tho
question of oil refineries and stated
that "now was tho time for all good
men to get tho refiner to locate In
the city and bring the business here '
! The colonel stated that he was going
to make it his business to see every
man In the city and make an effotr to
build a bigger and better Ardmore.
Spent Sunday With Bride and Groom
Miss Jewell 'Whittlngton spent Sun-
day in Hugo with Mr. and Mrs. Per-
ry Horton. Mrs. Horton will be re-
membered as iMiss Stella Cooper who
formerly resided here. Mr. Horton
is conductor on the Frisco with head-
quarters In Hugo-
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BUILDER OF NEW RAILROAD IN
CITY INSPECTING PROGRESS OF
WORK.
John Ulugllng arrived iu his pri-
vate car yesterday over tho Frisco
and will remain here for several days
inspecting tho work being done on
the new road. The work on the line
according to the statement of con-
tractors Is progressing nicely and
with good weather will be finished
and in operation before the time limit
expires.
A new grading crew has been add-
ed to those already employed on the
line and Is at work about fifteen
miles west of the city the grading
should be done as far as Hewitt
early this week If nothing happens
to Interfere. When this point Is
reached tho contractors say that tho
hardest part of the work will have
been done and the rest will be o;isy
In comparison. The supplies for this
road that were tardy in arriving
when the work was first started are
now coming as fast as needed and
there will be no further delays from
this source.
arate organization and who c'ulmcd
to be the legitimate representatives
of tho Cumberland church. In many
small communities in Missouri after
the union1 when ministers of the
I'nited church went to country
churches to hold Sunday services they
found the Cumberland churches pad-
locked and committees waiting to
tell them that they could not told
strvlees.
MORE S
1 II
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At Healdion
ed for lease contracts and some good
prices for fee simple stuff has been
n fused .
Mr. CritelUow owner of the well
phoned for Driller Nichols o c.imn to
Ardmore today. Supplies for the
veil were ordered over tho phone
and arrangements will be made to
shut off the flow and stop the waste
at once.
Timber for derricks was purchased
in Ardmore today and at least five
wells will be begun in the Healdton
field before the end of the present
niont h .
REPDRT OF NEW
ILL AT L
THIS REPORT HAS NOT BEEN
VERIFIED ALTHOUGH LOCATION
IS IN GOOD FIELD.
Keports from the oil fields today
state that the new Franklin well
continues to flow and that intermit-
j tent gushes throw the oil high in
j the air. This well will bo tested this
j week and arrangements made to take
I care of the flow. Other wells aro
! uoiug to bo drilled on the property at
! once.
Areport was sent out from Loco
Saturday that the old test well sunk
south of that placo was now produc-
ing after tho drill had boon sunk to
a depth of a little over S00 feet. This
report was not verified however
nelcher was it learned what tho well
promised to develop.
Many of the oil men who have been
here for tho past week left SatupJay
but their places aro being taken by
new arrivals who aro Investigating
'he fii Id and tho excitement has not
adutod to any perceptible extent.
If our drivers fail to get your laun-
dry we will' consider it a favor to
phone us. It is our intention to give
tho best possible service as well as
quality of work. Phone 10.
Gl.Oltrc rANUDRY
CLEANING AND DYEING CO.
18-2t
DEP. GOOD
STREET RAILWAY MAGNATE EX-
PECTED YESTERDAY BUT WAS
UNAVOIDABLY DELAYED.
Congressman Good of Iowa who
Is Interested In the street railway of
this city was expected to rarive yes-
terday but has ben delayed and
will reach here some time today ac-
cording to a statment of George S
Cravens who was seen relative to tho
work on the line this morning. Mr.
Cravens states that the peoplo of
Ardmore will be given better service
over the lines of the road as soon
as thp essary repairs can be made
and too the lines will In all probabil-
ity be extended to the fourth ward
as pre vlously announced. It Is stated
that Mr. Good who is congressman
from tho Cedar Kapids district of
bis native state Is experienced iu
street railway matters and will give
Ardmore a system that will meet tho
di inands of all tho people.
UNHURT IN 200-FOOT FALL.
Woman Aviator Strapped to Seat
When Machine Turns Turtle.
Mineola I. a.. An
17. Mrs. Mary !
11 I
Sirams .a wealthy young widow ot rPW weeks ago a brother of
New Y'ork who has been taking fly- Martman. who had seen him shot to
Ing lessons at the Hempstead avia- j death interested tho officials in the
tions field was saved from death to- casp an) an investigation was start-
day by the fact that she was strapped Pi The records were restored and
In the seat of her monoplane when It
turned turtle at the height of 200
feet. When the wrecked machine
v as lifted .the woman aviator emerg-
ed smiling and not much hurt.
FAHMLR AND 2 SONS DROWN.
Lsd Perishes in Attempt to Save His
Father and Brother.
Glasgow Mo. Aug. IT.-F. I. Cook
and his two sons Raymond unl Jewel
wi re drort ned in the Missouri rivr
last night. The father was teaching
his son. KaymomI to swim but was
taken with cramps. Jewel went to
the assistance of his father and
I brother and all three perished.
FIGHT TO HOLD WOMAN.
Mexicdns Use Knives and Guns When
Officers Try to Arrest Her.
Wellington Kan. Aug. 17. jA posse
of deputy sheriffs had a pitched bat-
tle with a gang of .Mexican laborers
on. the Santa Fe road at Milan a
few miles wist of hero last night.
The Mexicans had taken a white
woman in their camp away from the
town marshal who had arrested her
and the officer had telephoned the
slu riff for help.
The officers attempted to disarm
some of the Mexicans when they were
attacked by their comrades with
knives and' revolvers. Filipc Gomez
the leader of the Mexicans was mor-
tally wounded and three others se
riously hurt. Deputy Fitvers received
a flesh wound on the wrist. Tho In-
jured are in the hospital here.
It is "Crandpa" Nisbett Now.
It Is "Grandpa" Nisbett about the
office of tho Ardmoreito now. This
morning ho received' a message from
Ada that a boy had been born to his
daughter Mrs. Fred Childress (nee
Miss Kthel Nisbett) and that tho
mother and baby are getting along
nicely. If "Uncle Dave" carries his
head a trifle high this evening it
pardonable on such an occasion. Mrs.
D. T. Nisbett is with her daughter
at present.
The new Pictorial Review patterns
and Fashion Shrvls are In. Get
them at Randol's.
T
LEFT AT WAGON YARD. BY PER-
SON WHO HAS NOT BEEN LO-
CATED YET.
Yesterday Officers Blackburn and
Tucker recovered a teant of horses
that had been stolen from a Mr. Bur-
ton at Waurika that weiro quartered
at a local wagon yard. Word was
received here a week ago that a team
had 1 en. stolen nnd the officers were
on the lookout for the tea mand tho
guilty parties. The team was driven
here at an early hour one day last
week and put up at the yard. Tho i
proprietor stat d It was parly and
he was unable to gire an accurate
description of the man who left them
with him. Whoever he was he left
immediately and has not been seen
or heard of b'co. Tho team Is a
splendid pair of young animals and
tho bugijy Is praetlealty new. The
owner Is congratulating himself upon
the recovery of tho team although
tho thief made his getaway.
FORGOTTEN SLAYER TO HANG.
Californlan Overlooked Since Earth
quake Again Sentenced.
San Francisco .Aug. 17. Called
from his coll In San Quentin prison
at a time when hfs case had almost
been forgotten. August Geber was for
the second time sentencd today by
Judge Dunne to die for a murder ho
commlttid In 1901.
Gebir was convicted In June 1904
for the killing of Charles Hartman
his former employer. The case was
taken on appeal to the supremo court
and during the pendency of the ac-
tion tho ( arthquake and tho fire of
19oG occurred causing the loss of
records in the case. The date origi-
nally set for Geb r's execution pass-
ed and the man In prison was rn-
tirpiv foreottpn.
G. ber
death.
Ilth.
was sentencd once more to
He will hang on November
Ardmoreite Want Ads bring results.
I
STOLES
KILLED F "IB
: SIT SELF
BROOKLYN RESTAURANT CHEF
TRIED TO PUT WHOLE FAMILY
OUT OF EXISTENCE.
BODIES IN THE HOME
M.nyled Bedy of Henry Lake Who
Killed His Wife and Their Four
Cle'drfn Foutid Beside Dead Bodies
of Hia Victims..
Now York Aug. IS. Tho bodies
of Mrs. Mary Lake and her four chil-
dren. Horace aged 17; Walter 8;
Stella IS and Dorothy 14 were found
In their homo in llrooklyn hor-
ribly mangled beside thorn was the
husband' and father Henry Lake a
restaurant chef 1I had apparently
killed all 'five and then fatally wound
ed himself.
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STILL AT WORK
WATCH STOLEN FROM"
DENCE IN NORTHWEST
MORE.
RESt-ARD-
The police of the city are facing a
problem that Is causing them sleep-
less nights. For some time there
has been an epidemic of petty thiev-
ery going on In the city and It seema
Impossible to catch the guilty ones.
Tho thefts aro In most Instances
tinall and are evidently the work of
boys. This morning four were In
the city court two for making a raid
cn an orchard and vinpyard in north-
cast Ardmore and two charged with
the theft of two pistols belonging to
company G. Tho latter were turned
over to the federal authorities as the
property alleged to have ibeen stolen
belonged to the government. Hardly
had Judge TTridgman concluded his
labors in the city court when Prof.
Wl. A. Erdman reported the loss of
a valuable watch from his residence
yesterday afternoon.
He stated that he left the watch
on a dresser In the front room and
came to town for something. Ills
vlfe was at nomo in tho roar of
house and did not hear anyone enter.
v'npn rrof- Erdnian looked for his
watch after his return from town It
. waa Kne and a '11!Kpnt search failed
I.V HUCOllU W1C7 illinoillf unit?
Remembering that some boys bad
been In the habit of visiting the placo
asking for old Junk ho reported the
matter to the police and gave them
that club to work on.
Besides the above cases in the city
court this morning Judge Brldgman
assessed a fine of $25.00 against one
party for gaming and $10.00 each
aga'nst two for disturbing the peace.
PREDICT BREAK IN DROUTH.
Weather Man Predicts Heavy Show
ers for Southwest.
Kansas City. Mo. Aug. IS. Tho
local weather bureau predicts a break
in the drouth through heavy showers
;n the next day or two.
Frmer Senator III .
Topeka Kan. Aug. IS. John Mar-
tin former United States senator Is
dangerously 111 at the home of his
doughter here.
Coolest Night in Three Weeks.
Iast nisht was the coolest in over
three weeks the mercury register-
ing a minimum temperature of 71
degrees and made blankets very ac-
ceptable to early morning sleepers
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