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THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT.
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BUBHE. Own r and Publisher.
VOLUriE XIII.
Jf iipt Republican Newspaper "Devoted to the Best Interests of M or man and Southern Oklahoma.
NORMAN, CLEVELAND COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, FEBRUARY 27,1902.
Subscription $1.00 par Annua.
Advertising, Made Known on Application.
NUriBER 16
ONE OF THE KILLERS KILLED.
Walter Swofford, one of the Frank
Smith Murderers, Kilhd in a
Battle Near Wewoka, I. T.
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WATSON and OTHERS CAPTURED.
The Two Men Captured Last Week Confessed and
.Implicated Swoffprd and Casey—The Capture
Made by Pottawatomie County Offi-
cers—All the Gang is Now in
Guthrie Jail Except •<*
Bert Casey.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Compiled from Dally Reports of the
Andrew Klnglcade Real Estate
Agency.
Following are the real estate trans-
fers for the past week, as compiled from
the Andrew Klngkade Co.'s report:
Daniel Merrill to David Dalgety,
ne24-10-3w 15100
Mary Mouse to Ghas A Oliver, sw
i and ne dw 254-le 320
Alice Taylor to W P Gardner, lots
26, 26, bit *, Noble
Trustees Baptist church to Trus-
The pleasing news was received in
Norman on Friday that Walter Swof-
ford, one of the gang that killed Sher-
iff Frank Smith and Deputy Beck at
Anadarko, had been killed in a fight
near Wewoka that morning, and Bert
Casey and Bill Watson, two more of
the gang, captured. It is beyond a
doubt that these are the right parties,
including the two men arrested some
days ago near Ada, I. T., and now in
jail at Guthrie. In fact, it was from
the confession and Information fur-
nished by the latter men that the
trail of Swofford and Casey was learn-
ed and their lair m*de known. The
two men arrested near Ada were mere
boys, one of them but 17 years of age
and the other about 20. They had
had a quarrel with Swofford and Cas-
ey near Ada, in which they were over-
powered, their guns taken from them
and one of the horses killed, and then
left out on the prairie to make their
get-away as best they could, and when
captured by the Ada officers they were
ready and willing to tell all they knew
Will Brings identified one of them
when they were in the Oklahoma
City jail, as the man who had killed
Mr. Beck, but their confession and
the identification was kept quiet tor
fear Swofford and Casey would hear of
it and make a clean get away.
May Not Be Bert Casey.
It is thought now that Bert Casey
was the desperado who got away in
the fight at Wewoka; that the man
captured and thought to be Casey is
another member of the gang. Casey
worked through Pottawatomie county
and down near Lexington, and men
who knew him there say the man now
in jail at Guthrie is nothlm, although
he looks something like him. Officers
are still after the balance of the gang
and it is believed everyone of them
will soon be killed or captured.
The Associated Press Account.
Guthrie, O. T., Feb. 21.—A fight
occured today between the Oklahoma
officers and the band of outlaws that
killed Sheriffs Smith and Beck at
Anadarko a month ago. As a result
one of the outlaws, Walter Swofford,
is dead and Deputy Sheriff W. A.
Jones, of Asher, 0. T. is mortally
wounded. The snow enabled a posse
under Sheriff Milner, of Shawnee, to
trail the outlaws to an isolated house
south of Wewoka, I. T. As the posse
approached, the outlaws, thft'\ in
number, came from the house and
opened fire on them. The fire was re-
turned and for several minutes the
battle raged. Deputy Sheriff Jones
was shot by Swofford, who opened the
fight. When Jones fell the officers
turned their attention to Swofford,
and he was pierced by several bullets
and killed instantly. After the bat-
tle had continued several minutes
longer the other two outlaws, Bert
Casey and Bill Watson, surrendered.
From Oklahoma State Capital.
Following the capture of Bert Casey
and Bill Watson at Wewoka, I. T.,
came the report of the confessions of
Mobbley and Williams, who were cap-
tured at Ada, I. T., two weeks ago by
ex-United States Marshal Bobbett.
Mobbley and Williams are now in the
federal jail in Guthrie charged with
the murder of Sheriffs Smith and Beck
in the Anadarko battle the first of
January. Both have confessed, but
neither one knows that the other has
turned state's eyidence. They admit
being in the Anadarko battle, but
state the shots that killed the sheriffs
were fired by Bert Caney who was cap-
tured in the tight at Wewoka. They
stated that both Casey and Swofford
were with them at Anadarko. It was
Casey who placed his foot on the neck
of the dying Sheriff Smith and kicked
, the prostrate officer in the ribs, one of
the most Inhuman acts possible.
The capture of these four men is the
most important in years. It practi-
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cally breaks up a desperate band which
has terrorized Oklahoma and Indian
Territory ever since the days of the
Daltons and it was accomplished by
men green at the business, country
deputies, who will receive in rewards
thousands of dollars.
With the outlaws were recovered six
horses, one being killed, two mules, six
buggies, fifteen saddles, 800 rounds of
ammunition, twenty-five Winchester
rifles and a stack of smaller guns.
In the fight there were five depu-
ties and four outlaws, one of whom
crawled away through the underbrush.
The battle occured within a few rods
of the house which was the rendezvous
of the outlaws and in which were a
number of outlaws who dared not
come out on account of the galling fire
of the officers.
Near the house was a tent used as a
sleeping department by the bandits.
This the officers shot full of holes and
believe they may have killed others of
the gang. They were not sufficient in
numbers to make an attack on the
house and at the same time guard the
prisoners and the recovered property.
It is supposed that Bob Sims and Mc-
Cune, the Iowa murderer, were two of
the outlaws lr the house. The four
deputies, Jones being wounded, were
afraid of being am hushed as were
Smith and Beck at Anadarko, if they
went too close to the house.
The deputies knew the character of
the men whom they were going up
against. On the previous nighV they
captured two men who had been with
the gang in stealing the horses at
Asher, and these two confessed the
identity of Casey, Swofford and Wat-
son.
There is a big reward hanging over
the head of Bill Watson, who commit-
ted a murder in Kentucky a number
of years ago.
Sheriff Sidney Schram, of Pottawat-
omie county, whose deputies made
the capture was in Guthrie, Saturday,
and secured requisition papers for the
return of Casey and Watson to Okla-
homa from the Seminole nation. The
officers say there are 100 crimes charg-
ed to these men of every known na-
ture. Casey was one of the murderers
of Fred Beanblossom at Rush Springs
last August. Ho is also wanted for
post office and stage robbery, horse
stealing galore and many other
crimes.
Swofford, who was killed in the tight
was a notorious character. He has
been in the federal jail six times for
various crimes and has been a fugitive
from justice from Pottawatomie coun-
ty, where he broke jail four years ago.
Sheriff Schram gave a distinct ac-
count of the battle at Wewoka Mound
as described to him by Under Sheriff
Milner. On the night previous, fol-
lowing the stealing of the horses at
Asher, Milner with Deputies Jones
and Mallory and two volunteers, easi-
ly kept the trail through the snow and
trailed the thieves to their rjpdezvous
in a lonely place, well concealed in
the hills and woods.
It was just six o 'clock Friday morn-
ing. The officers saw before them an
old house, a tent near by and a corral
near the house. The officers came up
on the corral side of the place and hid
behind the heavy fence. In a short
time a boy came from the house and
entered the corral. He looked around
to see if the coast was clear and ad-
vanced towards the barn, when the
deputies ordered him to stop, ji^pear
the barr, and halt, tellini
would kill him if he made a
noise.
lu a few moments Casey
son came from the house and cn<
the corrr.l and came toward the bal
Their intention was to feed the lion
and on the bacK of each was a sack
corn, although both of them had s
eral guns in their belts. When they
got opposite the hiding place of the
deputies they were also ordered to
[CONTINUED ON EIOTB l'AOE.l
tees Presbyterian church, lots
90 and 31, bk 51, Lexington....
Ellen G Easton to Chas Stewart,
lots, bk43, Lexington 425
Ray Shatiafeit to E P Bingo, lots
4, 5, and ne sw lO-7-2w 1500
Sarah J Kelley to James C Allen,
lots 15,16, bk 4, Norman 355
Orson L Wilcox to Thos Morfoot,
lots 9, 10, bk 16, Jones' add to
Norman 50
D W Hughes to Lewis W Lever
ing.se 7-10-3W 3600
W T Beaver to James E Miller,
nw 20-8-le 2000
Paul J White to Jennie A Ross.
lot 8, Elmwood add to Norman 600
Jennie A Ross to Paul J White,
uw 31-9-2w 600
Cleveland Co. National to Nella
McDaniel, lots 17 to 19, bk 39,
Norman 600
C H Latham to Henry T Yandel,
n i ne 4-8-le 450
Marlah Jones to Willis Jones, s i
nw 13-8-le 700
W B Brooks to Isaac Hawk, part
ne 31-9-iw 300
Chas C Garrison to W B Garrison,
nw 31-10-2w 2225
John W Petty to Elizabeth Mitch-
ell, part lots 1 and 2, and e 4'
nw 18-10-lw 800
C H Bessent to Nella McDaniel,
quit claim to lots 17 to 19, bk
39, Norman, and se l-2-2w 650
James H Fuller to Allison Toops,
nelS'10-lw 1000
Frank King to Jas Wallace, lots
3, 4, and si nw} l-10-4w. — 4800
John T Graham to Geo Kieser, ne
and s ^ nw 3-7-2W 4500
C II Schell, lots 8, 9, bk 43, Noble 30
Sam'I A Goodrich to Robert Cas*
sity, se 10-8-2W, 2000
Thos. C Dixon to J. C. Jonas, pt
nw 31-9-2W, 2500
Property on Gorton Place Sold.
The bouse, stable, fruit trees and
other appurtenances on the 20 acres
purchased from Charlie Gorton for
the University, was sold at public
sale last Saturday. George Larkln
bought the house for $210, Mark Brit-
tian the barn for 9100, Dell Larsh the
fruit trees for $45, and the rest of
the property brought 855.60—in all
$400.60. This, with balance left in
tyggds of the committee, will give suf-
cient funds to return subscribers 15
per cent of the amount subscribed to
buy the twenty acres.
Pleasant Surprise Party.
A pleasant surprise party was given
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Myers, of Moore
last Saturday night, prior to their de
parture for their new home in the new
country, Their friends and neighbors
gathered in with well filled baskets
and most thoroughly surprised the old
folks. Those present were Rev.W.W.
Ward, W. W. Kendall, Mr. and Mrs
Piatt, Dr. and Mrs. Hoshall, Mr. and
Mrs. Ruedy, Mr. and Mrs. Pelrce, Mr.
and Mrs. G. W Everett, and Mr. and
Mrs. Weisenbach.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers are most worthy
people and their neighbors are sorry to
see them leave, but wish them un-
bounded success in their new home.
One of the Guests.
—Parson Anderson is building a nice
residence in the north part of the city.
Dave Armour is doing the carpenter
work and Nathan Aldridge the stone
work.
-Edward Klein, the manager of the
Grand Leader at Norman, is here to-
day, and will be initiated into the local
lodge of Elks tonight. He leaves for
Enid tomorrow, where he will take
cuarge of Hirsch & Kaufman's new
store.—Guthrie Leader.
—G. W. Trout, who was visiting rel-
atives here last week and went to Roff,
where he was shot by a Wichita officer
while resisting arrest on a charge of
embezzlement, died in the Wichita
hospital Monday from blood poison-
ing. He was shot in the leg, and did
not receive medieal treatment in time
to counteract the poison.
—Prof. Frederic Mills Ross writes
from Leipsic, Germany, where he is
studying music in the Royal Conserv-
atory, that on his return to America
he will start a conservatory of music
at Guthrie, O. T., to be opened next
fall. He also speaks of the death of
of his instructors, Dr. Salome Ja-
lassohn, of the Leipsic Conservatory,
died Feb. 1. Deceased was one
le greatest theorists and compos-
Germany has produced. Re-
turning on their home trip, Mr.
Ross will visit Wiemar, Ant-
i, Cologne aod Paris, be-
itful boat voyage down
rW fc After a brief stop in
London Hkreturn home.
D. A. WISE, OF QUINCY, KILLED.
his Dead Body Found near Shawnee
--The Head was Crushed to-
Deceased a Brother ol
Frank Wise.
Shawnee, Feb. 22.—At an early hour
this morning the remains of a man
were found at the junction of the
Choctaw railway just east of the city.
He was clad in overalls, a checked
jumper, wore a brown overcoat; let-
ters on his person indicated that he
was Geo. A. Wise. He wore no shoes,
and the top of bis head showed that
It bad been crushed with some blunt
Instrument. He had not been seen in
this vicinity by the officers, who are
confident that he was murdered.
Oklahoma City, Feb. 22.—Chief of
Police Cochran this morning received
a message from shawnee concerning
the murder. He stated to a repre-
sentative of the Times-Journal that
he was positive that the dead man is
George Wise, the well known farmer
who resides near Quincy, O. T. Wise
was seen in this city only a few days
ago, aod he was clad In the clothing
as described in the dispatch from
Shawnee. He was a heavy set man,
about 30 years old. It was learned
this afternoon that the father and
brother of the dead mar; are engaged
in the hardware business at Lawton.
Mr. Wise was a son of L. N. Wise,
the well known populist politician
and school teacher, and a brother of
Frank Wise, ex deputy county treas-
urer.
An Indian has been arrested charged
with the murder.
That Noise Last Friday Night.
For some time the gods who hold the
sceptre over land and sea, who rule the
wind and waves in matters athletic,
had seemed to withdraw their favor
from the Spartan heroes at the Unl
versity who wished to win in the
Olympian games at Guthrie this year,
The gods smiled upon a few favored
ones it is true, but they were all first
rank men, and the great cup seemed
likely to be lost for want of lesser he-
roe?. It was decided to propitiate the
gods and rcigain their favor, so having
attired themselves Id vestments prop-
er to so momentous an occasion many
members of the "Sooner" order march-
ed to the noise of cymbals and voices
through the streets and back again to
the altars of the gous on the campus,
where great orations were held. Great
was the purpose of these heroes and
great was the favor showD them by
the gods; so great that even now fresh
recruits are girding up ffor the games
that are to come. The purpose of the
sacrifice on these altars was accom-
plished. The god of Athletics was
appeased, no lives were lost, no prop-
erty destroyed, no rowdyism indulged
in, though a few who had their slum-
bers disturbed by the unwonted chants
called the ceremony by the undignified
aame of a "Shirt Tail Parade."
President Boyd in Washington.
President Boyd, of the University,
has been in Washington the past two
weeks on matters connected with the
State' bill; to use his efforts to see
that the uulversity was ,aken care of
in the distribution of the lands. He
has succeeded,-with the assistance of
Mr. Flynn, in having the bill drafted
so that the revenues of sections 13 shall
be divided into three equal parts, one
for the University, one for the Agri-
cultural college and one for the Nor-
mal schools, and also in securing an
amendment giving 250,000 acres addi-
tional to each of the colleges as an en-
dowment.
In a letter written Monday last he
says there is every indication that the
Statehood bill will pass at this session
of congress, or at least that it will get
through the senate during the short
session. He says, also, that he never
before has realized what a tremendous
influence Mr. Flynn exerts in Washing-
ton; that he seems to know everybody,
and everybody is his friend: and that,
whatever may be Mr. Flynn's personal
wishes in the matter, Oklahoma, ic
self-defense, can by no manner of
means afford to lose him as her repre-
sentative.
Mr. Boyd expects to be home this
week.
Bankrupt Sale of Stock of Dry Goods.
The undersigned, trustee in bank-
ruptcy, will sell to the highest bidder,
in bulk or job lots as he may deem
best, for cash in hand at the hour of
2 o'clock p. m., on
Thubsday. Makch 4, 1902,
the following described personal prop-
erty, to-wit:
A certain stock of general dry goods,
known as the W. L^Phelps& Co. stocky
sboes?hats, clothing, furnishing goods,
notions, trunks and valises, and all
goods belonging to said stock, and fix-
tures, consisting of show cases, safe,
etc.
The said sale will take place at the
front door of the building situated on
Lot 7, in Block 13, on Main street, in
the town of Norman, Cleveland coun-
ty. O. T , in which said building the
said goods are now located.
F. L. Winkler. Trustee.
—Andrew Kingkade left Mondav for
Mangum and other points in the new
country.
OKLAHOMA STATEHOOD STATUS.
The Sub-Committee Have Their Bill
Prepared.—More Land for Educa-
tional Institutions. Constitu-
tion Cares for Public I Mil
Washington, February 23 —The bill
to be reported by the House commit-
tee on Territories providing for the
admission of Oklahoma to statehood
will contain a provision for the final
addition of the Indian Territory. The
sub-committee charged with the duty
of revising the bill and preparing a
report has been In consultation upon
the measure, and several amendments
agreed upon by the committee, will
be reported. The sub-committee will
meet tomorrow to complete the work
of putting the bill In shape.
The original bill, as presented by
Mr. Flynn, delegate from Oklahoma,
contained a clause giving Congress
power to annex the Indian Territory
to the new state at such times as the
lands of the Indians are subject to
taxation and had In fee. This clause
was the subject of considerable dis-
cussion, and it was suggested, as an
amendment, that before the Indian
Territory could be united with Okla-
homa it would be necessary to have
the proposition ratified by a vote of
the inhabitants of the territory. This
proposed amendment has been reject-
ed, however,and the bill to be reported
will leave the annexation proposition
with congress.
By another change in the bill, Ok
lahoma, if admitted, will be entitled
to two representatives In Congress in-
stead of three, as provided In the ori-
ginal bill. It is also provided to give
the constitutional convention the
power to decide upon the manner of
distributing the public lands of the
state, instead of leaving the matter
to the legislature. The bill provides
for a grant of 1,500,000 acres of public
lands in addition to the school lands
It Is proposed to give 250,000 to the
state agricultural college, a like
amount to the state university and
to divide the balance among the oth-
er institutions of the state.
As soon as the full committee re-
ports the three territorial bills to the
House it will take up the question of
a form of government for the Indian
Territory. On this point there is
much contention and the widest di-
vergence of opinion. Some of the
members are urging the adoption of
the Scott bill providing for a system
of appointive officers, who shall be
paid by fees. The strong argument
in support of this measure is that the
residents of the territory, without tax-
able lands are not able to bear the
tax burdens consequent upon the sup-
port of a full form of government.
The democratic members of the com'
mittee are opposing the measure and
urging against the point that it places
too much federal patronage in the
territory. The democrats will urge
the adoption of the Moon bill, which
provides for a regular form of govern-
ment. It is possible now that the
Moon bill may be accepted, with some
of the provisions of the Scott bill add-
ed. A report on the Indian Territory
bill is expected within two weeks.
—Drs. Rouse & Luse, of the Okla-
homa Infirmary of Osteopathy, at Ok-
lahoma City, have office rooms at Mrs.
Seawell's, one block west of the Grand
Central hotel. Office hours, 8 a. in. to
3:30p. in., Monday,Wednesday and Fri-
day. 4t.
—Norman's first postofllce building
is now being used as a storage house
by A. D. Acers, and is located on Pe-
ters avenue, just south of the First
National bank. Mr. Acers, as man-
ager of the Carey-Lombard Lumber
Co., occupied half of It with his hard-
ware store, and it stood on lots now
occupied by the Carey-Lombard block.
—Chandler News: II. B. Gilstrap,
editor of the News, returned Thurs-
day evening from Washington, where
he was called in the interest of his
appointment as postmaster of Chan-
dler. The matter has been arranged
satisfactorily to him and he is san-
guine of the outcome. A new inves-
tigation has been ordered in his in-
terest.
—Henry Johnson'? case against the
Indian police for seizing his cattle,
for failure to pay the 25 cents per head
tax, was to have been tried at Chicka-
sha last week, but was again contin-
ued by the attorneys for the Indians.
Evidently they hope to wear him out
by continuances and delays, but Hen-
ry is a stayer, and proposes to see it
out.
THE HENRY DEAN POISONING CASE
Coroners's Jury Agree That He Came
to His Death From Poisoning, but
Do Not Fix the Crime, on Any-
one.
The coroner's jury to inquire Into
thecause of the death of Mr. Henry
Dean have held a number of sessions
this week behind closed doors and tak-
en a mass of testimony. As we go to
press it is still in .session, trying to
come to some agreement as to the per-
petrator of the act, having fully
agreed that the death was caused by
arsenical poisoning, Dr. DeBarr hav-
ing found enough arsenic in the stom-
ach and liver to kill a dozen men. The
jury agrees that the poison must have
been administered sometime early on
the morning of Feby 1,1902, as about
8 o'clock that morning the deceased
was taken with severel retchings and
vomiting and from then on to the
time of his death about 11 o'clock that
night had all the symptoms of arseni-
cal poisoning. It also agreed that
death took place at the residence of
his nephew, John A. Dean, three miles
southeast of town, to which place tbc-
deceased had gone the night before
and had been taken with a chill and
put to bed. Is also agreed that the
arsenic was not taken with sudiclal
intent.
The jury consists of J. H. Hartley,
Z. T. Curley, JV. B. Fisher, Ed Fay,
B. F. Teeters and Mr. O'Donneil. In
the event that it does not find proba-
ble cause against any special person,
the evidence will be submitted to the
grand jury at the coming session of
court for their action.
CITIZENS' PRELIMINARY MEETINO
To Nominate a City Ticket.—Commit-
tees Appointed From Each Ward
To Fix the Date for Primaries.
Primaries March la, 190a.
At a meeting of the representative
citizens held at the probate court
room on Tuesday night, committees
were appointed to fix date for holding
primaries for the nomination of acltl-
zen's ticket to be voted upon at the
coming city election. Mr. Tyler
Blake was selected .is chairman of the
meeting and Mr. John S. Allen,of the
Voice, secretary. After some discus-
sion a committee or three from each
ward was appointed to arrange .'or
calling primaries, as follows:
First Ward—Harry Lindsay, John
S. Allen and J, L. Vogeli.
Second Ward -Tyler Blake, J. P.
Monroe and S. J. Wilkin.
Third Ward—J. C Wails, J. B.
Williams and W. M. Newell.
Fourth Ward—A. McDaniel, C.
G. Bible and Bud Risinger.
Owing to the fact that only a few
knew that such a meeting was in con-
templation, the attendance was slim,
but probably made up in enthu«i 8m
what it lacked in numbers. The
Transcript favors the utmost publi-
city for these meetings and a thor-
ough discussion of men and methods.
In that way and that way only Is
there a possibility of success at the
polls. A close communion, star-cham-
ber proceeding cannot but be predju-
dicial to any ticket nominated.
The committees have not yet had a
meeting, but will probably issue their
call next week.
The committees met today and de-
cided to hold the primaries on Wed-
nesday, March 12th, the judges of
said primaries to be the sole judges of
the qualifications of the voters. A
primary will be held in each ward.
A HEADLESS BODY FOUND.
A Gruesome Find In the East Part of
the County.
A gentleman in from the east part
of the county, yesterday, brought
news that the headless body of a man
had been found on Saturday by some
surveyors on the new railroad near
Jack Goodin's place. The body was
badly decomposed, and had evidently
been worried by dogs or wolves; hav-
ing probably been buried in a shallow
grave, and dug up by the animals
It is believed to be the body of a
Mr. Crawford, who has been missing
since last December He was one of
John Bobannon's renters, and was
identified by the clothing still on the
body. Particulars are very meagre,
and officers have gone out to investi-
gate.
Mr. Crawford was 35 years of age
and a son-in-law of Mr. Thompson, of
west Pottawatomie county.
Coroner Hamilton goes to the place
where the body was found, tomorrow,
to hold an inquest.
Charlie Tllley Charged With Forgery.
Charlie Tilley was arrested at Lex-
ington, Friday last, by Deputy Sheriff
Wadley. and now languishes in the
county jail. It is charged that he
forged Register of Deeds Woodard's
name to a $15 note which he negotia-
ted with Miller & Minteer, of Nor-
man, getting a $15 revolver for it. He
sold the reyolver later for $7. He had
asked Mr. Woodard to indorse the
note, but met with a refusal, and pro-
bably concluded he could write it as
good as Perry. His father, Ed Tilley.
says he is incorrigable, that he has
cost him lots of money and he can do
nothing more for him; that if he must
break into the penetentiary he cannot
help it. He has therefore washed his
hands of the whole affair and Cbarlie
must hoe his own row—and, at present
writing, it seems a mighty hard one.
—Mr. Press Adkins returned Mon-
day from his trip to Lawton, where
—John I\ Attaway has purchased I jie reports the boys enjoying good
the Torn Hood blacksmith shop and J health and doing well. Mr. Adkins
added it to his shop recently bought j expects to tear out the old building
of Mr. Rowland. He has also engaged | oa ir; , jot next to the firt house and
Tom Hood on his shop force, and put j t)Uji(j an up-to-date, 8-story 25x100foot
in a fine line of excellent machinery, block upon it. The present building
Evidently Mr. Attaway believes in up- js the first brick building ever erected
to-date methods. I ia Norman.
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Burke, J. J. The Norman Transcript. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 27, 1902, newspaper, February 27, 1902; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc186639/m1/1/: accessed May 10, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.