Sentinel News-Boy. (Sentinel, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 4, 1905 Page: 4 of 8
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INSPECTOR INVESTIGATING RAY-
MOND CHARGES "UP IN THE AIR"
he wa« dishonest, and that he was
going to recommend his removal
from office at or.:s. Judge Raymond
was also charged with being an in-
fidel, and It ts said the inspector
went so far even as to mention the
name of Mrs. Raymond.
Mr. Fuller announced upon the
streets and to newspaper reporters
that he would recommend the re-
moval of Judge Raymond, not on the
evidence heard by the committee,
but indicated In a mysterious man-
ner that he had discovered some-
thing of vastly greater importance.
He told the newspaper men to pub-
lish his statements,. and added:
"And the people don't know whether
Fuller is crazy or not. You may put
tnat in your paper for me, too." He
also stated to the reporters that he
had been delirious, and that he had
a hallucination that some one was
trying to kill him. He said that he
went to Mayor Rutherford Saturdsy
and asked him to let him have a re-
volver with which to protect him-
self, and that the mayor quieted him
by assuring him protection. Fuller
stated to thomas Owen, a member
of the bar committee assisting in the
investigation, that he feared he was
losing his mind. After Fuller hsd
seen Judge Raymond he went to the
office of the United States marshal
and attempted to secure $200, which
he claimed he desired as expense
money. The clerk in charge refused
the request.
Marshal Bennett said no arrange-
ments had been made whereby he
was to furnish expense money for
Fuller.
MUSKOGEE: Mr. Leslie C. Ful-
ler, of the department of justice, who
nas been here conducting an investi-
gation of the charges against Judge
Raymond, brought the proceedings to
an abrupt close In a most sensational
manner, suggestive of derangement.
Afterwards he left for Washington,
and United States Marshal Bennett
accompanied him, probably for the
purpose of taking care of the Inspec-
tor. should he need attention.
Mr. Fuller's instructions were that
he should come here, make the inves-
tigation, show Judge Raymond the
charges and the. evidence against
htm, and give him an opportunity.to
submit rebuttal evidence and what-
ever testimony he cared to offer on
his behalf. After being here ten
days, and getting a committee of five
lawyers to assist in the Investigation,
Mr. Fuller abruptly terminated the
proceedings while a witness was in
the midst of his statement. Mr. Ful-
ler went to the judge, In the audi-
torium of the court house where he
delivered a most abusive tirade upon
Judge Raymond and the clerk of the
court, R. P. Harrison. He did not
enter Into the evidence that Judge
Raymond had prepared to show him.
He paced the floor and abused the
judge and clerk in the most insulting
language. Judge Raymond asked
that a stenographer might be re-
tained when Mr. Fuller reached the
court room, but Mr. Fuller ordered
that no stenographer or any other
person be present, save the judge
and the clerk. Ordering the bailiff
from the room, Mr. Fuller told Judge
Raymond that he was corrupt, that
ATTORNEY IS HOPELESSLY INSANE
AND RAYMOND CASE IS POSTPONED
CHICAGO: Leslie C. Fuller, an
assistant attorney to the department
of justice In Washington, was de-
tained at a police station in this city
and sent to the detention hospital for
the insane until his friends are able
to make arrangements for his care.
Mr. Fuller came to Chicago a few
days ago and registered at the Audi-
torium hotel. At 1 o'clock one morn-
ing he left his hotel and an hour
later attempted to arrest a man
named John Sherlock. Fuller said
he was a policeman, and claimed
Sherlock was violating the law. Sher-
lock thought Fuller was a highway-
man, and the two were having a des-
perate struggle when an officer took
Fuller to the station. A physician
who examined Fuller said he was In-
sane. Fuller refuses to talk to any-
body in Chicago, and persistently
calls for Attorney General Moody and
other well known Washington people.
MUSKOGEE: The question of the
sanity of Leslie C. Fuller, who began
the investigation of the charges filed
against Judge Raymond, has been
settled by the following telegram
from C. B. Waits to J. Blair Shoen-
felt: "Fuller under arrest. Adjudged
to be Insane. Department of justice
has men here Investigating."
Mr. Waite is the stenographer who
accompanied Fuller when he left
here. The telegram was sent from
the Auditorium hotel in Chicago.
The Muskogee Evening Times pub-
lished a special telegram from
Washington, in which it was stated
that the department of justice has
wired instructions to this place to
the effect that the department was
aware of the condition of Fuller. It
was also stated that it would not be
necessary for Judge Raymond to go
to Washington, as the investigation
will be indefinitely postponed. Judge
Raymond had left here for Washing-
ton before the above information was
received. It is supposed that the
judge will lay his case before the de-
partment. It is said that Judge Ray*
mond will ask that a man be sent
here to make a thorough investiga-
tion of the charges made against him.
BIG GAME PRL3ERVE
Bill Introduced to Bet Aside a Tract of
Land In Indian Territory
PARI8, TEX.: Jack Gordon of thli
place has returned from Washington,
where he went in the interest of hit
plan to establish a big game preserve
of 100,000 acres in the borders of th«
Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. Mr.
Gordon was In his spirits upon his re-
turn, and feels confident that his plan
will be successful. It is proposed to
purchase the land, but a special act
of congress will be required to author
lse the Indians to dispose of it. A
bill has been prepared and introduced
In congress by Representative Reid of
Arkansas authorizing the sale of the
land.
Mr. Gordon had a personal inter
view with President Roosevelt, who
heartily favored the establishment ol
the game preserve. The secretary
of the interior also approves it The
bill authorizes the two nations tc
make the sale to "Jack Gordon and
his associates of Paris, Texas." It is
stipulated that mountain land, unde-
sirable either for agricultural possl-:
bllltles or mineral wealth, shall be in<
eluded. Several St. Louis men are in-
terested in the project including L. F
Parker, general attorney and counsel
fOr the Frisco system. It is said there
is no wilder scenery In the United
States than the land selected for the
game preserve.
It 1b already stocked with deer,
bear, turkey, panther, wildcat and
fox, and is adapted to almost every
wild animal of North America. A
central club house will be built in
the preserve, and each member may
have a private hunting lodge, having
access to miles of uninhabited wilds.
The membership will be limited to
600 at $300 per share. A large num-
ber of the* shares have already been
taken. The membership will not be
confined to any section. •
YOUTHFUL CATTLE THIEVES
The Court at Lawton Has Disposed
of the Last Case
LAWTON: Charles Cooper was
convicted of stealing cattle near In-
dianola and was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary. This breaks
up a gang of five boys ranging in ages
from 14 to 20 years. The gang con-
sisted of Charles and Henry Cooper,
Richard and Dave Ellis and Jobn
Prultt. The younger Cooper and both
the Ellis boys pleaded guitly. Richard
Ellis was sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary while his brother and
Harry Cooper were paroled on terms
that they should report at every meet-
ing of tli®-district court for two years.
Charles Cooper's conviction acounts
for the fourth member of the gang.
John Pruitt is still lodged In the
county jail until indictment. He will
probably be released because of his
having turned "state's evidence" and
convicted his "pals." Pruitt says that
one of the boys wrote him while he
was in Texas, telling him of their
plans and inviting him to join them.
He accepted the invitation and the
gang began its raids, but was soon
apprehended.
BRIBERY IN INDIANA
Members of the Legislature Received
$100 Bills to Influence Votes
INDIANAPOLIS: In the bribery
Investigation which has followed dis-
closures by Representative Baker of
an attempt at bribery l~y ex-Senator
0 A. Baker of Marion, James Hamil-
ton, a doorkeeper, testified before the
investigating committee of the legis-
lature that he had been handed a
a umber of envelopes by O. A. Baker
lobe sent to other members. They
were similar to that handed Repre-
sentative Baker, which contained
|100. The doorkeeper said he gave
he envelopes to a page for distribu-
tor He gave the names of a num-
ber of members to whom these en-
relopes were sent The names are
>eing withheld by the committee.
A,
ONE HUNDRED MINERS ARE
ENTOMED IN BIRMINGHAM MINE
the world as there is no telephone
station at Virginia and the only wire
running to the place is the dispatch-
er's wire of the Birmingham mineral
railway, on which Virginia is locat-
ed. Details of the disaster were slow
to come in. The class of miners em-
ployed was the best in the district and
all belonged to the United Mine
Workers of America. Since the strike
has been on in the Birmingham dis-
trict, many of the most industrious
and thrifty miners of Pratt City and
other important mining points, have
removed to the Virginia mines, so
that the mines were being worked to
their full capacity by the most skill-
ful miners in the community.
BIRMINGHAM: By an explosion in
the Virginia mine, about eighteen
miles southwest of Birmingham, more
than a hundred miners are entombed
and it is believed that the entire num-
ber suffered an awful death. Scores
of vigorous rescuera are at work dig-
ging into the mine to relieve their
friend# and comrades on the inside.
The explosion is believed to have
been caused by an accumulation of
dust, and although the mine has here-
tofore been noted for being entirely
free from dust. It is also believed
that as the entire quota has probably
been killed, the details of the cause
of the disaster will never be known.
The camp is Isolated from the rest of
TO CONFERENCE
SENATE HA8 FINALLY AGREED
TO ALLOW THE STATEHOOD
BILL TO BE CONSIDERED
OUTCOME IS EXCEEDINGLY DOUBTFUL YET
Every Effort Will be Made by the
FrieiMls of the Territory to Have
the Two Houses Agree Some
Trouble le Expected
WASHINGTON: The statehood
bill was sent to conference by the
senate soon after that body convened
on Saturday. Mr. Morgan, whose ob-
jections to a conference held up the
bill, finally yleMed.
- In the few minutes allowed for leg-
islation before the beginning of the
Bwayne impeachment trial, the sen-
ate made amends for delay In the
Eof the appointment of con*
on joint statehood and the
an canal government bills.
^Senator Morgan made no further op-
position to the announcement of
conferees on the statehood bill, and
frhlle he declined to serve on the
Panama canal conference, he did not
%eek to postpone action on the re*
quest of the house for a conference.
Immediately after the convening of
fhe senate on Saturday the president
pro tern announced the appointment
pf Senator Kittredge, Senator Millard
and Senator Morgan as conferees on
the canal bill. Senator Morgan de-
clined to serve, saying his position on
the house provision regarding the
canal commissioners was such that
jhe could not undertake to represent
the position of the state. He was
excused from serving, and Senator
,Gorman was appointed in his atead.
The statehood bill being laid before
the senate, Mr. Morgan said:
"Yesterday I took the floor under
embarrassing circumstances. I had
supposed that those who opposed the
house bill were to continue their op-
position at this time, but I had not
been speaking long when I found
myself in semi-antagonism to my
friends. I had expressed my views
on the constitutional features of the
bill when it was before the senate,
but had not had an opportunity to
discuss Its suffrage features. I am
anxious to express my views on that
point, and, having done so, I shall
not proceed further."
Senator Morgan had scarcely ceased
speaking when the appointment of
the conferees on the statehood bill
was announced. The committee In-
cludes Senator Beveridge, Senator
Nelson and Senator Bate.
. It is expected that the first meet-
ing of the conference committees will
necessarily extend far beyond the or-
dinary gatherings of conferees. So
many differences are to be harmon-
ized that the conference will be held
continually between members of the
senate and house until some agree-
ment Is reached, or until it Is dem-
onstrated that no agreement can be
hoped for. Senator Beveridge said
the conferees would earnestly en-
deavor to get the two houses to-
gether, but he could promise no more.
The house factions have given notice
that the one state idea, that is, the
admission of Oklahoma and Indian
Territory alone. Is not to be thought
of. As the matter stands now the
^Foraker amendment is looked upon
as the only possible basis of compro-
mise. That would admit Oklahoma
and Indian Territory, and give to
each New Mexico and Arizona the
right to accept or reject the propo-
sition of joint statehood.
There are opponents in both houses
to this plan, and the outcome is ex-
ceedingly uncetrain.
J. D. Ramsey will soon begin the
erection of a $9,000 opera house at
Lawton.
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