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THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT.
J. J. BU1KC. Owstr and Publtokvr.
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VOLU11E XIII.
NORMAN, CLEVEI-AND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, MARCH 6,190a.
NUflBER 17
IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
John A. Dean and nary Dean, His
Wife, Are Charged With Caus-
ing the Death of Henry Dean
By Administering
Arsenic.
CORONER'S JURY AGAINSTTHEfl.
Brings in a Verdict That Henry Dean Died From
Arsenical Poison and that it was Administer-
ed by the Defendants.—Sheriff Smith
Arrests Them—Preliminary
Held on Tuesday and
Held to Grand
Jury.
John A. Dean and his wife. Mary
Dean, were arrested by Sheriff Smith
last Friday, charged with causing the
death of Henry Dean, on February 1,
1902, at their residence, three miles
southeast of Norman, by administer-
ing arsenic. The coroner's jury ir^
vestigating thecase agreed late Thurs-
day night that there was sufficient
evidence against the Deans to hold
them, and a warrant was issued by the
coroner. They were arraigned before
Justice Overstreet, and by agreement
the case was continued until Tuesday,
March 4th. On Tuesday the prelimi-
nary was held and numerous witnesses
examined, and the justice held the
accused without bail to appear before
the grand.jury March 20th Newell
& Jackson are assisting County At-
torney Wolf in the prosecution, and
Williams & Williams appear for the
defendants. The testimony given at
^the preliminary was much the same
as that given at the inquest, and a
summing up of all the facts in the
case seems to show the following
' state of affairs;
Henry Dean, aged 70 years, died at
the home of his nephew and neice,
John and Mary Dean, on the night of
Feb. 1,1902, after a sickness of about
twenty-four hours. He had gone to
the Dean house from Norman the
night before in his usual state of
health, and had been taken sick that
night, but was better the next morn-
ing. About 11 o'clock on the morning
of Feb'y 1st he was taken wtth severe
diarrhoea and vomiting, which con-
tinued at intervals all day About 12
o'clock that day John Dean came in
and told Dr. Abel that the old man
was sick with a chill, and the doctor
sent some medicine out. About dark
the doctor went out to the Dean place.
He found the patient very low and un-
1 conscious with what he thought was
pneuiL' da, and on his return to town
told C. W. White, Mr. Dean's son-in-
law, of the old gentleman's precari-
ou? condit ion. This was the first that
Mrs. White, Mr. Dean's daughter,
knew of It. Although the Deans
were well aware that Mrs. White lived
in Norman and also that a son of the
old man's resided at Purcell, they
did not notify them, or take any steps
to do so.
Mr. and Mrs. White went out to the
Deans at once, reaching there about
11 o'clock. He was unconscious and
died soon after' their arrival without
even recognizing them.
The Deans tell two or three stories
about the sickness—one of them is to
the cftect that when Mr. Dean arrived
there he complained of feeling chilly,
but went to the barn wit'u John Dean
and assisted in putting away the
horse and doing the chores, and .then
went to the house, ate a hearty sup-
per and talked until 11 o'clock; the
other is that when he arrived he was
so sick and chilled that he had to be
'assisted from his buggy and into the
house where he was put to bed im-
mediately. Jas. Sanders corroborated
the latter story. He took care of Mr.
Dean a part of the time, and told of
the symptoms which are said to fol-
low arsenical poisoning.
Dr. DeBarr, chemist at the Univer-
sity. found sufficient arsenic in the
parts of the body examined by him to
cause speedy death, and gave it as his
opinion that the deceased died from
acute arsenical poisoning. Even had
Mr. Dean been in the habit of taking
a medicine, that contained arsenic,
the difference between acute and
chronic poisoning would be easily dis-
cernible. The habitual use of arsenic
might bring about a state of chronic
arsenical poisoning, but it would be
altogether different from the acute.
Acute arsenical poisoning is caused
by taking sufficient of the poison at
one ti me. to cause death.
There was no one else at the Dean
place on Feb'y 1st except the family
and the deceased The testimony was
that vir. DeanHiad taken no solid food
on that day but drank some water in
the morning. Members of the jury
thought it impossible that it could
have been administered to hinr with-
out his knowledge. Arsenic is taste-
less, odorless and c tlorless, and it was
demonstrated to the jury that it might
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Compiled from Dally Reports of the
Andrew Klngkade Real Estate
Agoncy.
Following are the real estate trans-
fers for the past week, as compiled from
the Andrew Kiugkade Co.'s report:
Moiiie Graham to H W wickllff,
lots 17,18, bk 69, Larsh's add.
to Norman $1000
John C Sprowls to John A Town-
send, ei nw 28-6-lw 1268
Jas M Heddens to Lewis Walsh.
se 34-9-sw 6100
Philip Myer to S D Pierce, lots 17
to 20, bk 9, Moore •• ... 350
D H McPeek to J E Flippen, lots
1 to 4, bk 15. Moore 300
I C Powell to Miss Edwlna Alsup
lots 9 to 12, bk 6, Moore 20
Wm F Monica to John N Anth-
ony, sw l-8-2w 1760
Marshal -lack to Evr't Craddopk,
lots 1, 2, and e i iiw 18-10-le... 785
James A Thompson, to Hamilton
Bell, nw 3-8-2w 2800
W C Narron to O E Kendrick, lots
25 to 28. bk 80, Lexington 375
Hamilton Bell to Amy D Dixon,
sw 11-7-2W 2500
P L Welch to J B Heck, lots 14 to
10, bR 74. Norman 80
Charlie Petrie to Town of Lexing-
ton, lots !) to 11, bk 53, Lex'ton 150
Fannie Le Fors to Jas S Adair,
paM nw 29-9-2w 1075
Geo W Lee to Nancy Wails, lots
9 to 11. bk 68, Norman 225
The First National Bank.
The "Old Reliable" can always be
relied upon to come to the front in
good form when a statement of its
business is requested. The statement
A NORMAN BOY LOSES HIS LEOS. FLYNN WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE
A1 Amos, the 17-Yoor-Old Son of a Ho So States to the Guthrie Capital
Widow, Moots with a Terrible In Emphatic and Unmistakable
Accident In Purcell,
tag Off an Engine.
The expected has happened. For
weeks The Transcript has predict-
ed that some of the youngsters who
WIN Take Part In
Politics However.
Congressman Dennis Flynn is in the
city, says the Guthrie Capital of Tues-
day, having arrived Sunday night from
persisted In jumping on and off mov- Washington, for a stay here of several
have been given in the water and be ! published in this issue is on a line
not know it. Enough to kill a person with all its statements since It was
was taken upon the point of a knife I, first established demonstrating its ab-
and ulaced in a half tumbler of water., solute safetrand rel.ab.l.ty as a de-
pository, and its excellence as a busi-
ness proposition. No bank in Okla-
homa enjovs a higher reputation for
safe, conservative banking than does
the First National or Norman, and,
since its first organization, none has
enjoyed a greater need of prosperity.
The statements of both the Norman
banks show that Cleveland county
people are certainly prosperous.
iog trains would meet their death or
be badly Injured. A1 Amos, the 17-
year-old son of a widow living near
the Grand Central hotel in Norman,
Is the first victim. In trying to jump
from, an engine in the Purcell yards
Saturday night he lost his footing and
the wheels ran over his legs, cutting
both of them off between the knee and
ankle. He was given surgical attend-
ance as soon as possible, and taken to
the hospital at Oklahoma City, Sun-
day, where he has been lying between
life and di ath ever since. The chances
are ftgainst his surviving.
Amos and a companion had jumped
the engine at Norman and rode od the
tender to Purcell. When they got there
his companion, Grover Clark, succeed-
ed in getting off all right, but Amos,
in attempting to follow, fell under the
wheels. The engine was one of a dou-
ble-header haulinu a triin north, but
becoming disabled at Norman it was
backed down to Purcell
Death of W. H. Strate.
Mr. W. H. Strate, one of the best
known young men of the Noble neigh-
borhood, died at his homo on Feb'y
27th, of congestion of the stomach,
after a short illness. He was a nephew
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Atkerson, and
was like a son to them, for they had
raised him from a child, and he gave
them love and most loving respect in
return. He was one of the ^est young
There was no color, and none of the
jury could discover any'taste, as they
touk a sup of thO water and spit it
out.
The motive was money Henry
Dean had considerable monev ahd
property, and had made a will leaving
the bulk of it to Mrs. Mary Dean and
naming her husband, John A Dean,
as administrator without bond. This
will was in the possession of Mrs. Dean
and she and her husband knew its pro-
visions. There was a possibility and
a probability that the old man might
marry again, and there was besides a
supposition that some of his money
had been dissipated through C. W.
White, and more might be. These
things, the prosecution theorize, might
cause the Deans to argue that the
sooner the old gentleman would die the
more of his wealth they might inher-
it; and in the event of his remarriage
they would probably be cut out entire-
ly of any inheritance One witness
testified that Mrs. Dean had said to
her some weeks ago: "If it wasn't for
the sin of It, we would put the old
devil out of the way with poison"—
showing that they had it in their
mind. This witness was Mrs. Rube
Goins, but at the preliminary it was
shown that she and Mrs. Dean were
not on the best of terms Rube Goins
also testified that she had said that
Henry Dean might die suddenly.
The coroner's jury was satisfied the
deceased did not take the poison
himself When put to bed his clothes
were removed completely, so that he
had no place from which he could get
the poison, and there was not ao iota
of evidence that he bad ever threaten-
ed to take his own life or had any
cause to do so.
John A. Dean is about 40 years of
age and his wife 35. They have four
children, one a babe in arms. They
are not persons of overly intellectual
attainments, but rather inferior. The
wife seems to be the head of the fami-
ly; the brains, so to speak. It is said
by those who know her and the facts,
that she was always kind to the old
man, doing all in her power for his
comfort, and there will be a number
of witnesses give testimony that the
old gentleman always spoke highly of
her and of her kindnesses to him.
Many sympathize witb4ier on account
of the children.
Verdict of Coroner's Jury.
Tkrritory-of Oklahoma,
County of Cleveland ....
An investigation begun and hold-
en at Norman, in Cleveland county,
O. T., on the 17th day of February,
1902, before me, W. S. Hamilton, coro-
ner of said county, on the body of
Henry Dean, there lying dead; by the
jurors whose names are hereunto sub-
scribed, they having inspected the
body of said Henry Dean, heard testi-
mony and caused examination and
chemical analysis to be made of parts
of the body of the deceased, and made
all needful Inquiries as to who caused
his death and the means employed by
them to effect it.
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days to close up some business matters
of importance. He will return there
this week to again take up the fight
for statehood for Oklahoma. It has
been rumored frequently that Flynn
would not be a candidate this year to
succeed himself in congress, and in
regard to the matter he said yester-
day afternoon to the Captltal mau:
"One of my objects in coming home
at this time, in addition to settling
up some business matters, was to con-
vince my friends that under no cir-
cumstances will I be a candidate this
year for delegate to congress 1 feel
very grateful to the press and to my
friends, both In and out of the party,
for their many expressions of loyalty
and friendship. I have been honored
by the party for the past ten years
with five nominations for congress—
every time but one by acclamation. I
originally entered politics for the pur-
pose of passing the Free Homes bill.
That lias been accomplished, and now
that statehood must come very short-
ly, there are others in the territory
who can as well represent the people
and the party in congress as myself.
I will always bo grateful to my party,
and while I retire from office, I do not
consider that I retire from politics.
On the contrary I will take my place
in the ranks and do my utmost at any
and all times for the success of all the
party nominees. I believe that who-
ever is uominated this fall bv the re-
publicans will unquestionably beelect-
The record tf the republican par-
men of that neighborhood, and his
funeral on the 28th was a very large 1 ed.
one. He had been married but two | ty( ,nade since 1896, is one that sheds
[•sb.
The Wise Murder at Shawnee.
An Indian named Oscar Macoose has
been arrested for the murder of Wise,
whose dead body was found near Shaw-
nee one day last week. Bloodhounds
ran him down, and when arrested
bloodstains for which he could not ac-
count were found on his person. Wise's
first name is variously given as Lewis,
D. A , George A. and B. L., but there
seems to be but little doubt that he
formerly lived near Quincy. He was
buried at Shawnee.
Delegate Flynn Will Retire.
WasLington, Feb. 28.-Delegate D.
T. Flynn, of Oklahoma, left this af-
ternoon for his home at Guthrie, and
will be away from Washington about
two weeks. "I am going home to
make it plain to my friends,' said Mr.
Flynn, "that I am not a candidate for
re-election to congress. I have made
the announcement several times, but
they will not believe me. The people
of Oklahoma have been very good to
me, and I appreciate it, but I am go
ing to retire at the end of my present
term. I have some interest^ in Okla-
homa that demand my attention, and
I am going to work for the Flynn fam-
ily for a few years."
Death of E. E. Hennessy.
The distressing news was received
here yesterday (Wednesday) morning
that Mr. Ed. E. Hennessy had died
in Oklahoma City the night before, at
midnight, of pneumonia. He had
been sick for several weeks, but his
Norman friends were under the im-
pression that he was getting better.
The disease, however, took ;i turn for
the worse, and caused his death. His
end was peaceful; he passed away as
if going to sleep.
His body was taken to Great Bend,
Kans., for burial, funeral services be-
ing held in the Masonic Temple in
Oklahoma City yesterday afternoon.
Many of his brethern and friends from
Norman attended, for Ed was most
highly esteemed and loved. At the
time of his death he was Referee in
Bankruptcy in Judge Burweil's dis-
trict, and was a most efficient man.
He was a true and loyal friend, a lov-
ing son and brother, a thoroughly
good citizen, and many will grieve
over his untimely death. He was
about 35 years of age, in the very
prime of life and in the heigth of his
usefulness.
McGinley & Berry Buy Phelps Stock.
The stock of dry goods, boots and
shoes, etc., known as the Walter
Phelps stock was sold by Dr. F. A.
Winkler at trustees sale on Tuesday.
It invoiced some $10,500, and McGin-
ley & Berry purchased it for $5,625. It
is said by those who invoiced it to be
a well selected and choice stock of
goods, up-to-date in every particular,
and Mc. & B. ecured a great bargain.
months, and the utmost sympathy
is expressed for the young widow and
relatives.
City Well Driller Having Hard Luck.
Mr. St oup, who Is drilling the pros-
pect well for the city on lots near the
depot, is having hard luck His con-
tract is to put it down 250 feet and
case it Tt^e first well he got down
220 feet, but when he went to put in
the tubing the hole was so crooked
that he couldn't case It. Then he
commenced on a second hole and got
It down 90 feet, and found It was
crooked also. He is now working on
the third hole.
It is believed a bountiful supply of
water will be found at from 250 to 260
feet.
Prof. Boyd Home from Washington.
President Boyd, of the University,
returned home Sunday from Ills trip
to Washington, where he had been in
the interests of the University, and
attending to duties thoroughly in line
with his position as executive head of
that institution. He succeeded in get-
ting all he expected, which was to
have an equal distribution of the rev-
enues of sections 13 and secure addi-
tional endowment in land for the edu-
cational institutions of the Territory.
He Is well pleased with the results
of his trip.
While absent he had the pleasure of
meeting Prince Henry, who he pro-
nounces a fine fellow and very much a
gentleman; really a "western" gentle-
man—genial, jolly and quite democrat-
ic. He predicts that statehood will be
given Ok lahoma beyond a doubt; state-
hood for Oklahoma alone, with the In-
dian Territory added when the condl
tions are ripe in that country. Mr.
Flynn's bill will pass the house this
session and get through the senate
next session. He is very profuse in his
praises of Mr. Flynn and the excellent
work he is doing as our representative.
One thing he grieves over Is that he
didn't see the scrap between Tillman
and McLaurio. He says he had been
sitting in the senate gallery about an
hour listening to the droning talks,
and had become tired and gone out
into the corridor. He hadn't been out
more than ten minutes when he no-
ticed a rush towards the senate cham-
ber, and when he asked what was the
matter was told that Tillman and Mc-
Laurln were having a fight. He tried
to get back into the room, but the
crowd was ahead of him. "And," he
says. "I had such a good seat, too,
right over the participants, where I
could have had such a splendid view."
Thus does a person sometimes miss
the event of one's life.
President Roosevelt, to his mind, is
making an ideal president, and grow-
ing stronger and stronger in Washing-
ton and in the country every day. The
west, especially, should see to it that
he is re-nominated and re-elected in
11104, for he is a thorough western man
with western ideas.
lustre on all of its members aud which
the average voter, when he comes to
look into it and contrast It with the
four last years of democratic ruin and
desolation, will undoubtedly give se-
rious consideration to. Oklahoma is
unquestionably republican, and will
be f jund upholding the hands of Pres-
ident Roosevelt in all his undertak-
ings."
Cleveland Co. National Statement.
The statement of the Cleveland
County National Bank, published in
this Issue, shows that that institu-
tion still keeps on the up grade and
retains its position as one of the best
banking institutions in the Territory
and one of the best managed. The
statement on deposits show an in-
crease of some $30,000 since its last
statement; and this, too, at a time
when the deposits of most of the
banks of the county are decreasing in-
REPUBLICAN ANNIVERSARY CLUB.
An Enthusiastic Meeting of Oklahoma
Republicans Held In Oklahoma
City Make Arrangements to
Celebrate Oklahoma Day.
Judging from the attendance at the
meeting of Oklahoma Republicans
held in Oklahoma City Tuesday night
to make arrangements to celebrate
Oklahoma Day, and th& enthusiasm
displayed by the speakers, and the
hearty support given the project,
April 23,1902, will be most becoming-
ly and fittingly celebrated by the Re-
publicans of Oklahoma; celebrated
with a vim, energy and enthusiasm
never before witnessed.
The meeting was simply to make
the preparatory arrangements, ap-
point the necessary committees, talk
over the situation, and fix upon a
place for holding the celebration, but
so great was the interest taken that
over 150 leading Republicans from all
parts of the Territory were present
ari'l hundreds of letters were received
fu;a others extending their hearty
sympathy with the movement, and
declaring it a good thing and one that
ought to be pushed along.
The meeting organiz -d with Hon.
Chas. P. Lincoln, of El Reno, aschalr-
nian, and C. L. Henly of Oklahoma
City, secretary. After some enthusi-
astic speeches, an organization was
effected of the "Oklahoma Anniversa-
ry Republican Club" and the follow-
ing first officers elected:
President—Frank Greer, Guthrie.
Secretary—J. J. Burke, Norman.
Cor. Secy—C. F. Yeawer, El Reno.
Treasurer—A. IT. Classen, OklaCity.
Vice Presidents -one from each
county—
Beayer -Geo. Healey.
Blaine—John Dillon.
Canadian—Chas. P. Lincoln.
Caddo—H. H. Dodd
Cleveland—D. L. Larsh,
1 omanche—R. E. Miller.
Custer—J. W. Lawton.
Day—G. . Carr
Dewey—A. W. Dunnigan.
Garfield -J. B. Cullison.
Grant—A. L. Thomas.
Greer—John A. Oliphant.
Kay—Lincoln McKinley.
Kingfisher—J. V. Admire.
Kiowa—L. M. Keys.
Noble-V. C. Welch.
Lincoln—Frank Beeman
Logan—Geo. Dodson.
Oklahoma—Jas. Brown.
Payne—Jacob Puckett.
Pottawatomie—Geo. McKinnis.
Pawnee—B. S. Maguire.
Roger Mills—T. C. Hughes.
Washita—H. C. Bailey.
Woodward—J. M. DeLlsle.
Woods—A. T. Sniggs
Osage Nation—O. A. Mitcher.
Otoe, etc—John Jensen.
An executlye committee to fhake
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stead of increasing. The $200,000 ^ „ . .
mark has almost been readied; when a«angements for the first banquet
only a few months ago it was less than ,and celebration, prepare program and
$100,000! The earning power is shown 8?™re J" appointed con-
by the excellent surplus fund, and j °f ■■ W- Johnston Major D.
statement of undivided profits -de- P ^ch'Gia L' R£8e' ?Ic*T, a
mbnstrates that in the officers the in- , iiVh
stitution has a management that is Hw C; Broadba'L 's ^ped to be
able to secure Senator Beveridge, of
Indiana, for the principal speaker,
and other prominent men will be in-
vited. The first meeting was unani-
mously voted to be held in Oklahoma
City.
Everybody is enthusiastic over the
project, and a splendid Inaugeration
of the club is promised at its first
meeting on Tuesday, April 22nd, with
a splendid banquet and a manificent
"feast of reason, and flow of soul."
Full particulars of arrangements will
be given through the newspapers from
now until the day of meeting.
Cleveland county had a good delega-
tion at this first meeting, consisting
of D. L. Larsh, H. W. Stubbeman, R.
E. Leach, J. B. Dudley, R. F. Askren,
J. J. Burke, of Norman; Neal Smith
and W. B. O'Dell of Lexington. Many
others would have attended had busi-
ness matters not prevented.
There'll be a big attendance on
April 22nd.
A Seminole Burner Returns Home.
S. V. Pryor returned today from Co-
lutobus, Ohio, where he has been serv-
ing a sentence for complicity in the
Seminole burning'case a few years ago.
Pryor plead guilty to kidnapping two
Seminole Indians in January, 1898, and
taking them across the line where they
were burned at Maud, O. T. The crime
for which the Indians were consigned
to a fearful death was the outraging
of a cousin of Mr. Pryor by marriage.
For his connection with the case he
was sentenced to three years in the
Federal prison at Columbus, but for
good behavior he was released after
completing 18 months of the sentence.
In speaking of the crime Mr. Pryor
said: "I return with no regret for my
complicity in the case, and under sim-
ilar circumstances would act the same
way again. "—South McAlester Capital.
thoroughly alive and eminently suc-
cessful. The statement Is a most
flattering one even for this most ex-
cellent institution.
Jim Wadley's House Burned.
The farm residence of JDeputy Sher-
iff Jim Wadley, six miles west of Nor-
man, was destroyed by fire Sunday
morning with all its contents. Mrs.
Wadley was at the home of her pa-
rents, 8herlff and Mrs. George Smith,
and Jim was batching. He left the
house early Sunday'morning and came
to town, being followed soon by the
news of the destruction of his home.
The loss was from $600 to $700, with
only $200 insurance.
The Headless Body was a Fake.
Sheriff Smith and Deputy Sheriff
Bennett thoroughly investigated the
reported find of a headless body In the
Etowah neighborhood last week, and
could find no foundation for the story.
No headless body nor any other kind
of body was found. The only truth iu
the story is that Crawford, whose body
it was supposed to be, did disappear
last December and nothing has since
been heard of him.
Citizens' Primaries.
The primaries of the Citizens' move-
ment will be held Wednesday, March
12. Polls at said primaries to be open-
ed at 12:30 o'clock and continue open
until 6:30 p. m. All parties desiring
to be candidates, or have their names
submitted to voters in primary, will
let the fact be known to members of
the committee and their names will
on the primary ballots,
it ward primary will be held
.'s second hand store,
ward—Prickctt's blacksmith
ward—McCoy's carpenter shop,
,h ward—Scott's feed store.
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