The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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letter from chamal.
FOUND GUILT!
machen must serve two years
AND PAY $10,000 FINE IS JUDQ-
ment of the court.
FOUR OTHERS SENTENCED
The Defendants Were Appalled When the
Verdict Wee Announced-Thelr
Attorneye File Motion
For New Trial.
Washington, Feb. 26. ''Guilty
as indicted," was the verdict an-
nounced by the jury "in the postal
conspiracy trials shortly after
o'clock tonight, stating at the same
time that this was the verdict as to
all four defendants, A. W.■ Machf"
late general superintendent of the
rural free delivery division: George
E.Lorenz, of Toledo; Samuel A.
Groff and Diller B. Groff of Wash-
ngton.
The jury had been out nine hours.
In the dimly lighted room sat the
four defendants, who, after the case
was given up to the jury had been
placed in the custody of ^ United
States marshal and confined to the
limits of the city hall. Each wore
an anxious look, and a deathlike
silence fell upon the small crowd
which had been permitted to enter
the room as the clerk inquired of
the foreman if a verdict had been
reached. The jury, as to a man
rose, and as the words, "guilty as
indicted" fell from the foreman s
lips the defendants and their coun-
sel deemed appalled. During the
time the jury was out the four de-
fendants had paced up and down
the hallway outside the court room
and had given expressions to the
belief that each hour the jury spent
in discussing the case brought them
nearer to acquittal. There was gen-
eral astonishment that the jury had
included in the conviction Samuel
A. Groff, a Washington policeman
and inventor of the Groff fastener,
as to Holmes Conrad, special coun-
sel for the government, yesterday
informed the jury that he did not
expect a conviction and that he
personally did not believe in his
guilt.
Five ballots in all were taken^
In the first ballot the vote stood
seven to five for conviction, on the
second eight to four; on the third,
nine to three; on the fourth, ten to
two, and on the fifth the vote was
unanimous.
Immediately after the verdict was
rendered Charles A. Douglas, in be-
half of all four defendants, filed
motion for a new trial, for an ar-
rest of judgement and for an appeal
for the postoffice had the defendant
admitted to bail. fBail was then
fixed at $20,000 each, the bond of
Lorenz and the two Groffs being
increased from $10,000.
When Mr. Maddox, on behalf of
the Groffs inquired as to the amount
of bail to be required of them Jus-
tice Pritchard said:
••I know no difference between
these defendants. The jury has
said they are guily and I cannot
discriminate, but will treat all
alike."
Next to Samuel A. Groff, the
most surprised man was Machen,
who said he was thunderstruck at
the verdict.
C A. Stubba 'Writes Intereatinoly About
Their Doinoa in their New Home-
Chamal, Mex., 2-21,
Eds. Mangum Star,
Mangum, Okla.
If you will allow me a little space
in your valuable paper I will write
a few lines, as I promised a good
many of my friends to wnte and
let them know what I think of this
part of the world. Well, we have
been here two months the 2gt o
this month, and I will say that ;t
has been the most pleasant January
and February I have ever spent
While I have some objection to the
ticks, fleas and toebugs, I had rath-
er live here than any place I ever
lived up to this time. I don t
know how I will like the summers
We have as fine land here as can be
found anywhere; the soil is of a
black waxey nature, similar to the
black land of Texas, and I think it
is very productive. We can raise
To «< . -8"
Of vegetables, oranges, bananas,
pine apples, lemons, limes and
fruits of all kinds without irriga-
tion on this ranch. Cotton makes
the finest staple I ever saw, and if
the boll weevil will let it alone we
can get rich raising cotton. Now,
Mr Editor, these are my figures:
Raise one bale per acre with $8.00
per month Mexican labor and get
from thirty-eight to forty-five cents
per pound. If a farmer can't make
money at that he need Hot try any-
^"think if the colonists can have
health here and don't get sick to
see their Uncle Sam, we have the
finest proposition I ever saw, but as
you know we will have some of
that kind, for there are some peo-
ple in the grand old county of Greer
that want to go back to Arkansaw.
Chamal is on a boom, about for-
ty or fifty houses going up. The
first load of stone was unloaded
yesterday on the southwest corner
of the square for a stone business
house. We have a wooden build-
ing going up for a drug store. We
will start a building tomorrow for
our postoffice and Mr. G. T. In-
gram will start to work on a ten-
room hotel soon. Yesterday the
board of directors granted a rich
Mexican the right to put in a stock
of general merchandise, so you see
we are on the move. Now, I have
told you what is going on in our
town, but that is not a circum-
stance to the work that is being
done on the twenty-acre blocks and
farms. It is dangerous for a man
to go around in the woods here for
fear a Mexican will cut down a
palmtree on him, for they are fall-
ing right and left.
School, under the management
of Prof. Jones and Miss Bertha
Thompson, is progressing nicely;
over 100 pupils. We have deeded
to have a ten months' school every
year, so you see our children will
have an advantage over children in
most new countries.
We have had about forty or fifty
prospectors here since we arrived
some have iuvested, nearly all well
pleased. K. C. Cox and wife of
Granite; M. L. Ealum, Dr. Chap-
man and wife spent nearly three
weeks with us. Mr. Cox was per-
fectly delighted; says this land wil1
be worth $25 per acre ere long.
Well for fear I will weary your
patience I will close by telling you
when you want to take a pleasure
1 trip where you can get the best or-
anges, pine apples, bananas, fa
deer and turkey you ever eat, just
come to Chamal. C.A.Stubbs.
Wise Implement Buyers,
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It is with regret that we an-
nounce the death of E. R. Boye"
which occurred al hia home on the
Satterfitld place a mile north of
townTueaday morning. He waa
a barber and worked at hia trade
here and waa at hia place of buai-
ness Monday. He became ill some
time during the night and next
morning a doctor wa. aent for, bu
he had then pasaed medical aid. It
ia said that he adopted the danger-
ous habit of drinking bay rum
some yeara ago and that h«dr*nk
heavily of thia drug on Monday
and that thia caused hia death. He
leaves a wife and six small chil-
dren to mourn hia departure.—
Olustee Outlook.
Children's Coughs and Colds.
Mrs. Joe McGrath, 3*7 E. istSt
Hutchinson, Kas., writes. "I have
given Ballard's Horehound Syrup
U, my children for coughs and cold
for the past four years, and find it
the beat medicine I ever used.
Unlike many cough ayrups, it con-
tain no opium, but will soothe and
heal any disease of the throat or
lung* quicker than any othir re«e
dy. 25c, 50c and $1.00 at R.
Hannah's.
Headquartera
For seeds and feed of all kind
Oats of all kinds, grass setda, gar
den seeds. alfalfa seed, corn, kaffir
and maiae seed at Gibbon & Heat-
ly's feed store. Try a package of
stock food on your cow. 9*"
%
V
Make no experiments. They
know which is the line that has
given years of satisfaction and
they stick to it.
John Deere Implements.
Are desiened to just fill the needs of the farmers in
Discs and drag Harrows, Listers, Sulky Plows.
^COCOOOOOOC-
Chattanooga Disc Plows. Plow
Gear, Stoves and Ranges, Wind-
Mills, Wire, Builder's Hardware.
West Side □
Mangum, Okla.
Leoer LimninQS.
*r°ZZT Superintendent Miss
Laura Moore, of Mangum , was m
the city over Sunday nig
^ g.he """""
of the county.
Rev R T. Williams has return-
ed from Washington. He says
that there is little ProbabJl* °Jhi9'
statehood bill being passed b> this
session of congress.
,n0 w. Loflandoi this city w.
Of the contract to build
school house Monday. H b«I
was $7,780. There were five bids
in all.
Herman French, who has been
in the penitentiary at Lansin«
Kansas, has been pardoned-and^
y,nm. We hope he may redeem
himself by living • honorable and
upright life- As he i TO n«oh«
can make amends for past
comings.
Ksq T A. Mclntire and Lapt.
Sam Porter of Martha were, appre-
cUte.lc.Uer .ton,^ceS«.nrfJn
The Esq. raised 44 bales o
„d,8^bn.h«..ol®'o. U.d«
,.,i„n. other crops on h,5,< .ere
the p... year, which .ho« th. =
is a good farmer. He was on
$3200 for his place last year,
would require more money than
that to induce him to sell.
The postoffice department has
designated, as the loc«tion of the
postoffice in Leger, thet Altus N
Tonal Bank building that wlll be
built on the Baucum c°rner. Thi
i9 a fine location for the ^offi«d
The building will face Main and
Locust streets, ^ich are not only
the two principal.utetaofthecity,
but also section lines, whic
public roads over which the people
of the vast trade territory of the
east, southeast, sov.th, southwest
eM west travel in coming to Leger,
and in going to the Frisco depot,
the gins and the mill.
Gentry & SulNn are making
closer prices than ever on stoves,
bot'i cook and heating, as well as
any kind of bachelor.
So Sweet and Pleaaino in Taate.
Mrs. C. Peterson, 625 Lake St.,
Topeka, Kans., speaking of Bal-
lard's Horehound Syrup, says: "It
has never failed to give entire sat-
isfaction, and of all cough reme-
dies it is iny favorite, and I must
confess to my many friends that it
will do, and has done, what is
claimed for'it—to speedily cure a
cough or cold; and it is so sweet
and so pleasing in taste." 25, 50c
and $1 bottles at R. C. Hannah's.
Beyond All Compariaona.
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bI^ouW BUtworibeat onoe for tho^eer^f new -
Th<?T^lo^^week 8° Louto JteVut'l1®'
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BOriptlon price ot 11.00 wives you two papen
each week 104 papers a year.
For feed, coal, salt, hogs, and
honey go to
32-2t Tkxas Wagon Yard.
Care
and Precision
man at my bench.
In Selecting
Gifts
The most appropriate are those which combine in
the highest degree utility and beauty—1
ularity of our Solid Gold and Silverware for birthday
and wedding gifts. A handsome gift—a gift to be ap-
preciated, sure to please, and one of permanent value-
can be readily selected from our immense Rowing of
these goods. Our designs are new and exclusive, and
our prices, quality considered, are the lowest.
L. WAGGONER
Jeweler and Optician.
If you are thinking of buying a new
Piano or Organ don't fail to see me
before you place the order.
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Echols, R. C. & Townsend, G. B. The Mangum Star. (Mangum, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 16, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1904, newspaper, March 3, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281251/m1/2/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.