The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), No. 529, Ed. 1 Friday, June 12, 1908 Page: 4 of 16
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THE SEARCHLIGHT
KILLED IN COUNTY SEAT WAR.
Muskogee, Ok la., June 5).—The second tragedy of
the McIntosh county seat war enacted last night when
General Dunlap, who was guarding the eourt house in
Eufaula, was shot and killed in a hallway in the third
story of the building. Ed C. Julian, county clerk of Mc-
Intosh eountv, is charged with the murder.
The evidence against Julian Is clr-
unistantial. People in th»» rear of the
otel saw him rush to hi3 room after
hree shots were fired. A mob search-
(1 the hotel and found him in a room
lone. When the room door was open-
d Julian begged that he be protected
rom mob violence. Mack Hart, a trav-
llng man, who occupied a room ad-
dning Julian's, says he saw Dunlap
ome to Julian's room and call him.
Vhile three shots were fired, but one
Dok effect, striking Dunlap in the fore-
ead.
The dead man was appointed a dep-
ty to guard the court ihouse. For
ears he has been a peace officer, hav-
lg served under Former Marshal Ben-
ett in Indian Territiry. Julian was
lected county clerk last fall.
Further particulars of the Sunday
fternon shooting affray during un-
uccessful attempt to remove the
ounty records from Eufaula to Che-
otah and in which one man was fa-
illy wounded and another seriously
ljured, are given in the following
pecial from Eufaula:
Eufaula, Okla., June 9.—One man fa-
ally Injured and another suffering
*om a gunshot wound is the result
f trouble which occurred here about
o'clock Sunday between a score of
hecotah citizens and citizens of Eu-
lula. About 150 shots were fired.
F. W. Woods, deputy constable of
lis place was shot twice, once through
le body and once through the
•g. It is thought he will die. Joe
'armenter, of Checotah, received a
bot in the arm which is not consid-
red serious.
Immediately after the shooting, J.
. Smock, of Eufaula, started a sub-
SherK! Hilled by Outlaw.
Watonga. June 6.— (Eight a. m.)
v'ith one brave officer dead, an as-
issin's bullet having sent him to
ernity; another wounded, and the
Us of beautiful Blaine county being-
>arched for the negro murderer, this
jually peaceful community is in the
iroes of excitement not before known.
Oklahoma City sent some of her
idest and best known men to the
arrison tragedy scenes last evening,
ud this city is filled with men sad-
anefl over Ihe terrible occurrence
herein one of the best men in the
ate lost his life in the pursuit of
lty, ami his brave deputy camP nigh
■sing his life trying to shield the
ody of his superior officer.
IIow a war of extermination against
lose thieves and murders can be pre-
mted is tiie worry for all law-abid-
ig people at this hour.
Oklahoma City, June 6.—The an-
mncement that Sheriff Garrison and
s most trusted deputy, M. It. Sand-
's, of Arcadia, had been shot by the
3gro murderer, Alfred Hunter, in
laine county, arrived here late yes-
rday afternoon, and thP second mes-
ge conveyed the information that
lieriff Garrison had been killed, death
>ing instantatous.
The two officers had been relentless
following the murderer, Shefiff
:irrison having stated that lie was
>ing to allow n<j more Oklal\pma
•unty murderers to escape trial. Ills
turage was never of the bravado
•and and his friends felt he had been
nbushed, the negro known to have
lends in the hills of Blaine county,
rom Watonga.
Watonga, June 6.—(8 p. m.) Sheriff
aorge W. Garrison of Oklahoma City
is shot and instantly killed; Deputy
leriff M. R. Sanders of Arcadia mor-
scripiton list to pay for medical atten-
tion for the wounded men, and liberal
contributions were made.
The trouble started when Constable
Woods attempted to disarm Parmen-
ter. With Winchesters and pistols,
the Checotah people came to Eufaula
to attempt to remove the county seat
records by force, the county clerk, it
is alleged, having furnished them with
the keys to the court house. The rec-
ords were to have been dumped into
sacks and sent to Checotah on a spec-
ial train which was to have arrived
later. The people of Eufaula armed
themselves to prevent the removal
of the records, because of a temporary
injunction granted by the supreme
court, and at the time of the trouble
an officer was awaiting to serve legal
papers on the county officials, being
unable to make legal service until
Monday morning.
Constable Woods stopped Parmenter
and demanded his gun but Parmenter
backed away, and firing as he went,
gained a position behind a well curb-
ing. Over a dozen shots were fired,
when Parmenter fell bounded and the
shooting ceased.
A special train was waiting at Che-
cotah ready to bear more citizens of
that plactf to Eufaula, but after the af-
fray, cooler heads prevailed upon them
not to make the trip, as more blood-
shed would result.
F. A. Aherns, manager of Eufaula's
county seat campaign,had a conference
with Governor Haskell over the long
distance phone and the governor prom
ised to wire prominent persons of Che-
cotah to cease their attempts to remove
the records until the affair is settled
at the county seat election to be held
tally wounded and a negro was shot in
a desperate battle that took place
north of this city, at 5 o'clock tjiis
evening. The sheriff and a posse of
deputies attempted to arrest Alf Hun-
ter, alias James Kingsbury, wanted in
Oklahoma City on a charge pf murder-
ing Mrs. Susan Pride, 3325 East First,
on May 19. A special train, carrying
100 heavily armed men under captain-
cy of Deputy R. D. Holcomb, have left
Oklahoma City for the scene of the
killing. It is believed that nothing
can prevent a bloody race riot, as the
men are determined to force negroes
who are believed to be aiding the
sheriff's slayer in concealing himself,
to reveal his hiding place. And aboard
the car according to advices received
by the railroad men from their superi-
ors, are men who have pioneered in
Oklahoma and other states. They are
coming to capture Hunter and no one
doubts their purpose.
Oklahoma City, June 6.—Hundreds
of men congregated at the C. R. I. and
P. station, tonight, begging permis-
sion to become members of the party
going to capture the murderer.
The sheriff was informed early Fri-
day morning that a messenger had
been sent from Hunter to guide his
wife to his hiding place. Sheriff Gar-
rison got into communication with
Mrs. Hunter and arranged with her
to lead him to her husband's rendez-
vous!.
In company with Todd Warden, for-
mer night police chief, and Deputy
Saunders of Arcadia, the sheriff went
on the train with Mrs. Hunter and her
guide Friday morning.
Thqy alighted at Watonga and Mrs.
Hunter and her companion started for
the hills, with the sheriff and his dtpu
ties. Sheriff McArthur of Blaine coun-
ty and Deputies Billy Phillips and Jim
Rouse close in their wake. ,
The sheriff's party undertook to ar-
rest Hunter, when a running fight
took place.
possc Organized.
Oklahoma City, June 6.—A meeting
was held in Eagles hall at 12:30
o'clock this morning, where members
of the posse which left Oklahoma
(5ity at 1 o'clock were appointed. Feel-
ing was at fever pitch and care was
used in selecting men who are known
to be cool as well as brave, as it was
felt a battle would be fought in the
hills north of Watonga. E. J. Gid-
dings acted as chairman and Gover-
nor Haskell wired requisite authority
appointing the following:
J. J. Lucas, J. H. Smith, Roy D. Hol-
comb, Sam Floures, Charles Goucher,
Dr. F. H. Darlington, D. D. Davis, C.
S. Kellogg, D. M. Carroll, Police Chief
Post, Thomas D. Boydston, G. F. Caf-
fey, —Heady, O. D. Halsell, O. G. Lee,
S. C. Heyman, Dr. Charles Zieman, J.
Graves Leeper, Dr. W. L. Maupin,
George Struble, L. D. Smith, —Little,
iDr. E. D. Robnett, Brant S. Kirk, J.
D. F. Jennings, John Lane, Will Hogg,
"Lucky" Tull, J. Smith, —Cooley,
—Overton, Harvey D. Garrison, —
Harper, and Chas. Newell.
Blaine Counly POSSe>
Geary, June 6.—Fifty men left Hitch-
cock, at 10 o'clock last night, in auto-
mobiles. all armed and under com-
mand of a determined leader, whose
instructions were to shoot to kill at
the first effort to resist either by the
negro who did the killing or by those
who are believed to be concealing him
in the hills.
At Watonga, a posse of 300 was
formed. Home Guard, Company F, also
was orderd out and spent the night
in searching the hills northeast of that
town. They covered a distance of 15
miles in three hours, being on the
scene at 10 o'clock last night.
Hunter Has K'lled Four.
Alf Hunter killed Susie Pride in
Oklahoma City May 19, because he
thought that his wife was in hiding in
the Pride home and his victim would
not grant him admittance to the
house. After trying to kick in the
door of the Pride home, Susie Pride
came from the rear around to the front
where Hunter was and entered vigo-
rous protest at his conduct, whereup-
on with an oath, "Damn you, I'll just
shoot youu," he whipped out a gun
an(i shot six times, three of the bul-
lets entering her body and killing her
almost instantly, the demon escaping
to the bottoms of the Canadian. A
heavy reawrd has been hanging over
him since the committing of the two
murders in Arkansas in which he was
assisted in one by his brother, who
was taken back to Arkansas this
week to answer a similarc harge.
NOW IT IS COCAINE.
Muskogee, June —The radical
prohibition law in this state and the
federal prohibition in Indian Terri-
tory day.s, developed more cocaine
fiends than can be found in a like
population in the country. Strange to
say, the Oklahoma legislature over-
looked the cocaine habit and there is
no law prohibiting the unrestricted
sale of the drug.
In a statement made by the police
department of Muskogee, it is found
that there are in Muskogee 200 con-
firmed users of the drug. And this
includes only those who use it to such
an extent as to become noticeable on
the streets. A large majority of them
are negroes, but Indians take to
"coke" like ducks take to water when
they once get started.
It is said by druggists that the sale
of "coke" is an accurate barometer of
the amount of whiskey being sold,
and the police bear out the statement.
During the period following state-
hood after the federal prohibition law
was abolished and prior to the* pas-
sage of the Billups prohibition bill,
there was more liquor sold in Eastern
Oklahoma than during any time in its
history. There was a corresponding
decrease in the sale of cocaine.
Except for the undesirable class of
trade it brings, cocaine is a gold mine
for the druggist. The way it is sold
in Oklahoma towns there is about
600 percent profit in it. It is sold in
both the liquid and powder, but the
biggest trade is in the powder which
is bought in ten and twenty-five cent
packages by negroes. In nearly every
case a cocaine skive begins using the
drug because liquor or some other
stimulant can not be secured. The
next thing when liquor is impqssible
to get is to load up with cocaine, and
it soon gets to be a habit.
The manufacturers and distribu-
ters of the near beers that were sold
as extensively before and after state-
hood and are now outlawed, are try-
ing to manufacture a drink that will
look and taste like beer but have no
alcohol in it, but containing a suffi
cient amount of cocaine to get the
"dopy" effect. They believe therfe
would be a big sale of this especially
among the negroes and Indians.
An examination' of the police rec-
ords shows that over fifty percent of
the police characters are addicted to
the use of cocaine more or less, and
this is what makes police characters
out of them.
The value of agricultural machines
and implements annually imported by
Siberia amounts to about 10,000,000
rubles ($5,150,000).
Board of Agriculture Report.
OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF
AGRICULTURE.
Press Bulletin No. 3, June 5, 1908.
The month of May just past, has,
perhaps, presented more different
kinds of weather, more varied cli-
matic conditions, that affect the gorw-
ing condition of crops in a greater
variety of ways than may affect the
same crops in like manner for several
years to com». The month Opened
with unseasonable, cloudy, cold weath.
er with scattered rains. The rainfall
for that portion of the month, how-
ever, was below normal. The second
week opened with cold, cloudy and
sto/my weather, with excessive pre-
cipitation in the southeastern section
of the state, causing flood waters in
the streams. Considerable damage re-
sulted from the overflow and washing
of bottom lands. The third week
brought excessive precipitation for the
entire state. Up to this time the ex-
treme nrothwestern portion of the
state was suffering from drouth, but
on Friday afternoon, the 22d, heavy
general rains set in and continued for
twenty-four to thirty-3ix hours.
On May 8 inquiries were mailed to
some 650 crop correspondents who had
compiled with the call Issued during
the month of April by this department,
asking for information as to the grow-
ing condition of winter wheat, the
acreage and condition of oats, the
acreage planted to corn as compared
with last year, the acreage and con-
dition of cotton, alfai.a, irish pota-
toes and relevant matter pertaining
to the fruit of the state. These in-
quiries were returnable May 23, and
289 replies were received.
Beyond question, the overflowing
of streams and flooding of bottom
lands caused by the excessive rains on
the 22d and 23d have, no doubt, ma-
terially lowered the growing condition
of the principal crops of the state; par-
ticularly so with corn and cotton, a
considerable per cent of which will
have to be replanted. It was impossi-
ble for this department t^ revise the
figures subsequent to the great dam-
age by the recent excessive rainfall.
The reports received indicate th.it
33,276 acres have been sown to alfalfa
this spring, and the average growing
condition of all alfalfa now growing
is 92.2 per cent.
The following table shows in detail
the summary of the reports for each
County as compiled from reports re.
turnable May 23d, 1908:
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