Miami Record-Herald (Miami, Okla.), Vol. 28, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1921 Page: 3 of 6
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MIAMI RECORD-HERALD
Friday October 14 1921
BANDIT GETS FIVE
YEARS IN PRISON
COMRADE IS FREED
ifli
Wigger Found guilty of Hold-
Up After Boyd Confesses
on Stand1
FORCED PAL TO AID
- '
Accomplice Testifies Associate
Threatened to Kill Him It He
Did Not Join in Rob-
bery at Plcher
' ' ' n r
(Tuesday’ Dally)
Tom Boyd a minor living in Plch
er accused Jointly with Walt Wig
ger of highway! robbery took the
witness stand In district court Tues-
day morning and confessed to thi
robbery ot Ed Holman Btating tha’
Wigger forced him to commit the
act Boyd late Monday night ask-
ed that he be allowed to make a
statement to the court and his re-
quest was granted Tuesday morning
The confession secured a complete
dismissal of the charge filed against
Boyd and a five-year sentence for
Wigger in the state penitentiary at
McAlester i
Wigger entered a plea of guilt
after Boyd had made his statement
The jnry took the case and was out
only 10 mintues returning the above
verdict and recommending the five
year penalty J
The trial of the two men was be
gun late Monday afternoon in the
district court A L' Commons war
appointed by the' court several day
ago at the arraignment of the twe
- men to defend Boyd) Wigger statef
Monday that he did 'not have fundi
to engage counsel and asked tha1
Felix W Church he appointed h
the court to defend him
Tuesday morning Bqyd took tin
stand and stated he would not have
been "Included in the deal” — mean-
ing the robbery of Holman — had not
Wigger threatened to kill him Ai
he was making the confession Wig
ger’a mother entered the court rooir
and took a seat within the couri
railing beside her son
“He’s got his people to look out to
and I have mine’! said Boydi “Hi
said 'don’t get cold feet’ when wr
were holding up that man ’or I’l
kill ye’ Yes sir and I’m afraid o'
him I got a mothef 89 years old
and she ain’t got no support but me
And I never done nothing before
buddies (turning to the Jury) you
can look at my record in that town
Picher I’m afraid for my life wit)
that man” said Boyd pointing ti
Wigger The court gave memben
of the Jury permission to ask the
prisoner questions
Wigger has been kept In’ solitar
confinement in the county Jail since
he attacked Boyd shortly after the
arrest tdr giving the county author-
ities information concerning the
highway robbery
SPUR LINES ADD TO
CAPACrrV0FNE0
r t :
Manager Cobban Says Ore
Hauling Traffic is on I
Increase
(Monday’s Dally)
Three spur lined branching from
the main electric line of the -Northeast
Oklahoma Railroad hare greatly in-
creased the ore hauling capacity in
ithe mining district according to a
statement made Monday by H B
Cobban general manager of the
iNorlheast Oklahoma Railroad
"Conditions are improving in the
district” Bald Mr Cobban "More
- ore is being eold than recently and
there is a pickup In business” -Another
official of the N E O
stated one day Iasi week tint he had
spent a day visiting -in several of the
towns ot the district to obtain in-
formation ot conditions
"I found that ihe men were not
loafing around on street corners and
pool halls” the oftloial stated “On
the streets ot Picher the people wefe
moving back and forth and the
adores had buying oustomers This
is a good indication that conditions
are Improving”
Car and Tires Recovered
The Ford tourfng and the auto-
mobile tires stolen from a sates shop
in Mount Vernon Saturday night
were recovered Monday near Dia-
mond Mo G H Rawlings a brother-in-law
of E T Anderson of Mi-
ami a proprietor the agency
Coata Rica under ftarefulfy plan-
ned system allots lands to appli-
cants on advantageous terms This
plan is largely responsible for the
country’s efficiency In agriculture
Between 1609 andi-2000 passen-
ger automobiles a-p now operating
in Tientsin China
CROWDS CONTINUE
TO JAM REVIVAL
More Than 500 Turned Away at
Tabernacle During Sun-
day Services
(Monday’s Dally)
More than 600 persons were turn-
ed away from the tabernacle on A
street Northwest Sunday unable to
get 8 eats and hear Evangelist An-
drews The Immense crowd packed
the building People began arriving
at the tabernacle at 6:30 o’clock and
at 7:16 16 minutes before the ser-
vices began the building was crowd-
ed to Its rapacity ’
Two ot the most successful meet-
ings ever held in Miami were the
Sunday afternoon services for men
and women ‘Evangelist Andrews In
charge of the men gave an excellent
talk tn the afternoon Mies Ann
Andrews conducted the women’s
meeting in the afternoon at the Bap-
tist Church
Tonight the Men’e Bible Class of
Che Baptist Church will attend the
meeting in a body The men will
meet at the Baptist church and
from there will go to the Hotel Mi-
ami and continue to the tabernacle
The meeting like all other evening
services which have been held Is open
to the general public The Rev D-
A Dawson is making an effort to
pack the tabernacle each evening
this week which will close the re
vival services
COURT TO SENTENCE
MRS THARPE SOON
County Officers Urge Judge to
Fix Term Early in
Week
(Monday’s Daily)
Martha May Tharpe 46 found
guilty by a Jury late Saturday night
m the charge of first degree man-
daughter may be sentenced early
this week The woman occupied a
:ot in the women’s quarters of the
:ounty Jail on Monday
The prisoner was charged with the
killing of her - husband Frank
Tharpe on August 28 The Jury
after 70 minutes ot deliberation re-
turned a verdict of guilty ot that
degree manslaughter leaving the as-
sessmeut of the punishment to the
:ourt
Cpunty officers stated Monday
that application would be made to-
lay in an effort to have the court
pass sentence early this week instead
if waiting until Saturday
“There are several prisoners in
the Jail waiting to be taken to Mc-
Alester and we would like to take
them down together” Deputy Sheriff
Newt Cox stated Monday
WOMEN ARRAIGNED
FOR DISTURBANCE
Glive Bond on Charge of Threat'
ening Witness in Tharpe
Case
(Monday's Daily)
Lena McCully Pearl Hale and Lil-
lian Malone the three women arrest-
ed after It was reported to the au-
thorities that they had threatened a
witness in the Tharpe murder case
were arraigned in the county court
Monday before Judge Q P McGhee
on a charge of disturbing the peace
Their hearing will be held some time
the latter part of the October term
of county court
The county officers previous to
the arrest of the three women had
received the report that several wo-
men had threatened Cordovia Saun-
ders a nurse and a state witness in
the Tharpe case which was tried last
week The witness was on her way
to Joplin and was transferring from
er when the threats were made ac-
cr when the threats were made ca-
cording to the authorities who re-
ceived the complaint
The three women were placed un-
der bonds of 100 each
Ingenious Thieves Get
Ford Car at Commerce
(Tuesday's Daily)
The garage of O Cooper at Com-
merce was broken into late Monday
night and a Ford touring car stolen
The automobile carried ' a locked
steering wheel This was removed
and a wheel etolen from another au-
tomobile i-u Commerce was placed In
the car
Guy Blackburn superintendent of
the Pelican mine reported to the au-
thoritlee the theft of several inner
tubes
A book containing Scriptural read-
ings in no fewer than 643 different
tongues and dialects is being printed
by the British and Foreign Bible
Society
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JURY FINDS BRIGGS
GUILTY ON CHARGE
OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Ex-Clerk of County Convicted
After One Hour’s De-
liberation
URGE 4-YEAR TERM
Defendant Given Until Friday to File
Motion for New Trial Sentence
Expected to Be Passed
Saturday
’ (Tuesday’s Daily)
J C Briggs former county clerk
of Ottawa county was found guilty
late Monday afternoon by a Jury in
district court on a charge of embez-
zling county funds The Jury recom-
mended that he serve a term ot four
years in the state penitentiary
The court will pronounce sentence
next Saturday
Briggs was given until Friday to
file a motion for a new trial
The Jury returned its verdict with-
in an hour after beginning its de
liberations
Did Not Testify
Briggs had declined to take the
witness stand in his own behalf and
a greater part ot the testimony was
against him '
The entire county however was
astonished last June when a grand
Jury returned an indictment ebarg
ing Briggs with embezzling $1622
from the county He Is a native of
the northeastern Oklahoma district
having been born and reared in and
near Falrview and his family is
among the best known people in the
district
He bad Deen employed as a dep-
uty and auditor in various county
offices variously for the last ten
years and had been declared one of
the most efficient men In the coup
ty
Until six months ago his borne
was in Miami he having had a wife
and child here
Four years ago he was made dep-
uty county clerk and two years ago
he was elected to that office by a big
majority He is said to have filled
the office ina most competent man
tier He retired from office Jan 1
ot this year and a few months later
went west locating in California
Refund Not Paid In
Last June the board of county
commissioners discovered that re-
fund ot $15?2 from the Missouri
Valley Bridge and Iron Company of
Fort Leavenworth Kan was not
paid Into the county fund The re-
fund according to the testimnoy ot
Joe R Woolard former chairman
of the executive committee of the
commission was on four of seven
truck bodfes purchased from the
Kansas firm Only three trucks
were delivered and the company re-
funded on the other four
An audit of tho bocks showed
that the rotund was not entered and
a further investigation showed that
llie money was sent to tnn county
clerk in the form of a check late In
1920 according Ij Woolard’s testi-
mony It was charged that Briggs took
the money for his own use
Soon after learning of his indict-
ment Briggs returned here to stand
trail He denied the charge but
failed to prove his innocence
Wooiard was the star witness but
many others some of them county
officials took the stand
Briggs first became identified with
the county clerk's office about ten
years ago when he was appointed
deputy clerk He served two years
Later he worked in other county
offices principally as an auditor
According to authorities he was often
highly complimented for his effic-
ient work
Members of the Briggs family
were pioneer residents of Ottawa
county
Authorities Notified
of Theft of Ford Car
(Monday’s Dally)
G H Rawlings of' Mount Vernon
Mo a brother-in-law of E T Ander-
son of Miami has notified the county
and city authorities here through
Mr Anderson of the theft of 60 cas-
ings and a new Ford touring car He
has offered a reward of $300 tor the
recovery of the stolen goods and car
and $300 for the arrest of the
thieves
According to the report received by
Mr Anderson thieves late Saturday
night broke into the Rawlings auto-
mobile accessory and Ford sales
agency shop in Mount Vernon steal-
ing about 60 large-sized automobile
casings
Tha Ford touring car was new and
without a license number
There were 800 motor trucks used
in Indianapolis tor livestock hauling
in 1913 and 1100 in 1919
$3126750 COUNTY
SHARE OF LICENSE
MONIES F0RM0T0RS
State Highway Department Re-
turns Show This Amount of
License for Autos Trac-
tors Etc
(Monday’s Dally)
According to D B Collums of the
state highway department who is in
Ottawa county assisting the local en-
forcement officer in the matter of
collecting licenses on motor propelled
vehicles the license fees due Otta-
wa county for licenses is $3126760
The state highway department re-
tains one-tenth of the amount of
license moneys and the 90 per cent
comes back to the county
One half of this sum is used for
highway construction and the other
halt for road maintenance according
to the state highway laws Accord-
ingly this $30000 or so If all col-
lected amounts to a tidy sum for the
construction and maintenance ot Ot-
tawa county roads J
Assessor Begins Work
on County Tax Rolls
(Tuesday's Daily)
County Assessor Joe Willis and
his deputy R Q James have begun
work on the tax roils of the county
The books are exepeted to be com
pleted the latter part of November
The tax rollB are taken from the
assessment rolls AH real and per-
sonal property is listed after wblc
the books are turned over to 'the
county treasurer and payments ot
taxes are received ’
The state levy has not yet been
received by the - assessor from the
state auditor
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Townships in Race for
Vinita-Afton Highway
Vinita Oct 11 — A rivalry is on
between township 7 east of Vinita
antf” township 4 northeast of this
city to see which will succeed In
obtaining a hard surface road from
this place to Afton Gravel pits are
being located along the proposed
routes with the expectation of build-
ing gravel roads
Farmers living in township 4 are
planning on calling an electon to
vote bonds for the highway Should
a hard surface road he built follow-
ing either route it will put Vinita in
touch with the great system of roads
in the northeast corner of Oklahoma
Kansas Missouri and Arkansas
Sportsmen Preparing
for Open Duck Season
The hunting season on all migra-
tory birds will be open Sunday Oct
16 and Miami and Ottawa count)
sportsmen are making ready for the
wholesale slaughter of ducks The
season closes February 1
Few ducks have arrived this far
south as yet but are expected to be
stopping at ponds and lakes over the
county within the next week or 10
days The cold weather of the last
two weeks has started the birds on
their annual trip toward the south-
ern winter quarters’
There are a few teal in the coun-
ty but mallards are scarce
Misses Ora Burns and Juanita
Cardin have' gone to Windsor Mo
for a short visit They will spend
the greater- part of two weeks vis-
iting in Kansas City Mo
One-third of the cars in the next
Grand Prix must be French or the
race may be called off '
Cod-liver oil is about 260 times as
potent in food values as butter
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Yt cup shortening Vi cup strong coffee
1 cup sugar 8 cups flour
2 eggs 8 teaspoons Dr Price’s Baking Powder
Cream shortening and sugar until light add well beaten yolks of eggs add coffee
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1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
Cream butter and sugar add cocoa coffee
add more coffee
PAGE THREE
OUTPUT OKLAHOMA MINING DISTRICT
FOR WEEK ENDING SATURDAY OCT 7
10 MILLION LBS ZINC 2 MILLION LEAD
(Monday’s Dally)
The market for zinc blende was
stronger than previously and the ba-
sis for settlement for the week end-
ing Saturday Oct 7 was $2360 per
ton for “jack” with some sold at
$24 The reason was that the gen-
eral situation is firmer with slab
zinc higher
Lead ore was firm but the best
price paid was $60 But there are
strong rumors that lead will bring
higher prices The same is true of
zinc blende and seems almost certain
The starting of several mines in
Oklahoma as previously reported to-
gether withthe building of two mines
and others which will likely open
makes the situation considerably
better '
Shipments of ore for the week end-
ing October 7 were as follows:
- ' Oklahoma Mines
Blende Lead
Admlrality Z Co 480 450
Auburn M Co 209660
Beulah B M Co 68080
Bilharz M Co -1404690 83950
Black Eagle Co 861140
Black Hawk Co 283940
Colgate M Co ! 38560
Commonwealth
Co 260180
Croesus M Co 138620
Bomado M Co 371810
Dorothy Bill Co303770
Fort Worth Co 219220
Golden Rod Co 419020
Hartford M Co850140
Huttig L& Z Co 250 530 91580
Harrisburg M Co 80100
Keltner Mo Co 95120
Lucky Bill M Co 88910
New Chicago Col47700
Oko M Co 570960 62460
Cook Book Free
WITH MOCHA FILLING
2 tablespoons strong coffee
lA teaspoon salt
and salt and stir until smooth If too
Premier M Co-l889410
JC Squires M Co 219280 1
St Joe M Co '173810 t
Seals M Co 127810
Vantage M Co 346320
Sundries 1470270
7 Totals 9898510 1708260
‘ Values: Blende $116301 lead
$61240 total $167641
Kansas Mines
Blende Lead
Blue Mound Co 347480
Chanute Spelt Co411650 144911)
Childress M Co 288600
Empire Dev Co 172700
King Brand Co 62900
Sundries L 249710
Totals 1283230 394620
Values: Blende $14063 lead
$11820 total $26883 -
Missouri Mines
Blende ’ Lead
Barnsdall M Co 842620
Value $9893
Some ot the older houses in Hol-
land have two doors which are used
only tor marriages and deaths By
one door the bride and bridegroom
enter and through the other they
are carried out when dead i
Harry Wilbur has returned from a
business trip to Lindsay Okla Wil-
bur states the corn crop in that part
of the state is excellent '
Carl Peck has returned from Okla-
homa City where he has been vis-
iting a friend
To every 116 farms of more than
100 acres in New Mexico there is
one motor truck
the saving this
will give every
dry
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