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MANGUM, GREER COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST, 27, 1908.
VOL. 18, NO. 47
LAST WEEK OF COURT
Has Been Record-Breaking Term
for killing and gun-play cases
BEALL NOT SENTENCED YET
Will McGill Sentenced to Eigh-
teen Months in the Pen—Six
Months In County Jail
for A. H. Davis
Tom McIntosh pleaded guilty
to disposing of mortgaged property
and was sentenced to sixty days in
jail.
This is the last week of this-term
of court, Judge Brown is again pre-
siding and the time is being taken
up with civil cases. All untried
criminal cases have been continued.
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Judge J. A. Tolbert, judge of
he district court of the next dis-
rict east of this county and whose
home is at Hobart left Saturday af-
ter a three weeks stay in Mangum
holding court for Judge Brown.
Judge Tolbert is a fine man per-
sonally, a well posted lawyer, a
■j good judge of the law, and a just
— and concientious presiding judge.
He fell into quite an ardorous task
in coming to Mangum—two mur-
der trials, two or three cases of
charges with intent to kill and a
number of civil cases containing
some very knotty problems but he
met every issue squarely and by
prompt rulings, dispatched
business quite rapidly considering
the nature of the cases, and made
a good record and a good impress-
ion.
In the case of J. J. Beall for kill-
ing J. W. Pickett, the jury had
rendered a verdict of man-slaughter
in the first degree but the prisoner
was not sentenced. It had been
postponed until Thursday, August
20, at the request of Beall's law-
yers and on that day at their re-
quest it was again postponed. The
lawyers are arranging evidence for
a new trial and the hearing has
been set for Saturday, September 5,
and the supreme court has been
asked to appoint a special term of
district court for that one day for
t purpose. __
I. ^DaVls, WfinT* one Satur-
day*" night last March peppered
Will * Dinley's diaphram with
duck shot near Reed, was tried
by a jury and found guilty of
shooting with intent to do bodi-
ly harm and Judge Tolbert sen-
tenced him to six months in the
county jail. Davis gave notice of
appeal and the court fixed his bond
at $1,000. The verdict in this case
was quite a surprise to the unin-
terested court frequenters, who
thought Davis justifiable in the act
and that he should have gone free.
The facts brought out by the trial
were substantially as the Sun-Mon-
itor stated them in the issue of
March 19, 1908. Dinley had a
bunch of cows and Davis had a
[wheat field, Dinley's cows re-
atedly broke into Davis's wheat
eld and Davis took up the cows
'under the herd law and had them
in his pasture. Davis had reason
to beileve that Dinley would try
to steal the cattle out of the pasture
at night and he with his shotgun
loaded with duck shot, stood guard
in the pasture. During the mid-
night hours Dinley and a compan-
ion stole into the pasture and
started to drive the "herd lawed"
jattle out; Davis discharged his
duck shot battery at them at a range
of sixty to seventy-five yards
id they hurriedly lefi without
he cattle. The next day a doctor
icked a number of shot out
Dinley's anatomy and he fame
:o town and had Davis arrested,
f Davis had intended to do a great
imountof bodily harm to his neigh-
jor, Dinley, he certainly would
lave got a little nearer and used
arger shot.
Will McGill, who during the term
pleaded guilty to obtaining money
under false pretences was senten-
ced on Thursday by Judge Tolbert
to eighteen months in the peniten-
tiary. Previous to pronouncing
the sentence Judge Tolbert had
McGill brought to him in his pri-
vate office and there questioned him
about his early life, finding that he
had a wife and baby and although
an intelligent looking yuung man
could neither read nor write, and
jet had disposed of forged notes
nd otherwise obtained money un-
lawfully. In pronouncing sentence
he gave McGill a lecture that would
have done other wayward boys good
to have heard. John Willis, who
was connected with McGill in his
bad transactions had pleaded guil-
ty earlier in the term and was sen-
tenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary.
The case of against C. C. Murray
cn the charge of assault with in-
tent to kill was dismissed.
Judge G. A. Brown returned Sat-
urday from Watonga, Okla., where
he had been for three weeks hold-
ing court for Judge J. A. Tolbert
while the latter was holding court
for Judge Brown in Mangum.
Both judges were no doubt pleased
when the supreme court first ar-
ranged for the change for each
thought the change would relieve
him of the disagreeable responsibil-
ities of a murder trial, but as it
happened there were murder trials
in both courts for those terms.
Judge Tolbert got into the Downs
and Beall murder cases in Mangum
and Judge Brown fell heir to (Ihe
murder case of Ed Ellis at Waton-
ga. Ellis is the nergo, who was
with the negro desperado, Alf
Hunter, when the latter killed
Sherriff Garrison of Oklahoma City
and he was tried on the charge of
being accessory to the crime. He
was convicted by the jury and Judge
Brown sentenced him to ninety-nine
years in the penitentiary. Alf
Hunter has not been caught yet but
Oklahoma City offiers have learned
where he was two weeks ago and
hope to get him before long.
W. O. Byars returned Saturday
after an absence uf two we .ks dur-
ing which time he attended the an-
nual meeting of the Board of Agri-
culture and Farmers' Institute at
Stillwater and the state meeting
of the Farmers' Union at Shawnee,
to both of which bodies he was a
delegate from Greer county. He
was very favorably impressed with
the work of the Board of Agricul-
KATE VISITS MANGUM
Commissioner of Charities Con-
dems Greer County Jail
COUNTY MUST BUILD NEW ONE
Suggests Putting Steel Cages in
Assembly hall of Court House
and Making it a Tem-
porary Jail
Miss Kate Barnard, state Com-
missioner of Charities, paid Man-
gum an official visit Tuesday, arriv-
ing on the 1:30 p. m. train. Dur-
ing the afternoon, in company with
A. M. McKinney, president of the
board of county comssioners and
Sheriff Tittle, Miss Barnard visited
the jail and inspected it.
Miss Barnard was at first emphat-
ic in her condemnation of the build-
ing. Said the w alls were so cracked
and crumbled that it was liable to
fall on the prisoners and kill them
and suggested taking the steel cells
out and placing them in some other
building until a new jail building
could be constructed. She sug-
gested converting the assembly
room of the courthouse into a tem-
porary jail. She had consider-
able to say too about the sanitary
condition of the building but was
shown by the officers that the work
of connecting the jail with the city
sewer system was now in progress.
Upon the assurance of Com-
missioner McKinney that the walls
of the old jail building would be
strengthened and the building ren-
ovated; she consented to allow the
jail to remain in the old build-
ing for the present; but stipulated
that a new jail must be built next
year.
ture and speaks very highly of the Miss Barnard seems to be profi-
agricultural school and its efficient: cient in her line and if she. will help
management. He says the meet- jn getting Greer county a new jail
ing of the State Union resulted in , We wiH consider that her office was
the harmonizing of all factions in
the order and was a very success-
ful and satisfactory session. He
says tthe Farmers' Union\is strong-
er and in better shape to do good
than ever before.
Harvey Adams came in Tuesday
and surrendered to Sheriff Tittle
who had a warrant for his arrest,
charging him with obtaining mon-
ey under false pretences. He, it
is alledged, was an acomplice of
Will McGill, John Willis and Jack
Aaron in several shady transactions
in which money was obtained under
false pretences and false statements,
bogus notes, etc. The other three
werp arrested some months ago and
have gone through the legal mill.
McGill got an eighteen months sen-
tence in the penitentiary, John
Willis got one year in the pen and
Jack Aaion is serving out a jail
sentence by working on the roads.
Adams successfully evaded arrest
until the others were all disposed
of. His bond was placed at $1,000,
which he gave.
J. W. Lovett, the south side fur-
niture dealer and undertaker has
two new men in his employ, both
young men and both undertakers
and licensed embalmers. They are
Wilbur McCleary of Oklahoma City
and T. F. Lenhart of Lawton. Of
the men who have recently been in
Mr. Lovett's employ J. E. Bray
leaves next week for Crowell,Texas,
where he is to take the management
of a furniture store; John Lane
has gone to Sayre to engage in the
furniture business for himself and
S. P. Holt is now with 8. D. Rude
in the plumbing business.
.1. D. Curreathers has become a
stockholder, director and on
officer in the City National Bank.
He bought-the stock of E. J. De
Arman and took his place on the
board of directors, and the board
elected him vice president to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of E. J. DeArman. Mr. DeArman
is in bad health and will go south
for the coming winter. The direct
management of the bank will con-
tinue as before and Mr. Curreath-
ers will continue to look after his
mercantile business.
not created for her in vain.
Miss Barnard addressed a meet-
ing of citizens at the court house
Tuesday night.
The brick block being built by
the Elliott brothers on north Okla-
homa Avenue is nearing completion
and will be ready for occupancy in
a short time. Every room, up-
stairs and down is already rented
and thb'parties are all anxious to
move in as soon as possible. The
Guthrie Gro. Co. will occupy the
south room, next to Lendbetter's
store. Adair's barber shop will
occcpy the center room and Frank
Burney, grocery and racket store,
Pricking Them Up Some.
Judge Tolbert being a visitor,
while in Mangum holding court,
had perhaps been rather more len-
ent with lawyers, witnesses, jurors
and court .attaches than he would
have been in his own district and
when Judge Brown resumed charge
of his court this week he found that
business of the court was inclined
to drag and proceeded to put a
"burr under its tail." Monday,
.vhen court was called at 1:30 p.
m., CleVk Winburne was not pres-
ent and the court fined him one
dollar a minute for each tardy
moment, it was five minutes be-
fore George showed up and the
fine had grown to five dollars.
The case of Border vs Carrobine
was called; neither the plaintiff
nor his attorney were present and
tH trial of the case proceeded
w.ihout them. C. C. Wells was
lh-- attorney. He arrived about
the time the case was concluded and
gave as an excuse that his watch
was slower than court house time.
Judgement was rendered in favor of
the defendant.
Henry Hoover failed to answer
to his name, when the jurors names
were called Tuesday morning and
Judge Brown instructed the clerk
to enter up a fine of $5 against
Mr. Hoover.
Tuesday afternoon the court
called on Bailiff McKibben for some
service and he was not in the court
room—had stepped out for a mom-
ent—the court promptly ordered a
fine of $5 charged up against him.
That tickled Clerk Winburne for
McKibben had been slyly poking
some fun at him for getting fined.
Winburne says "the fines were as
good as a dose of 'early risers' on
Hoover, McKibben and myself.
It's now no trouble at all for us to
get to the court house on time and re-
main there until we are excused."
Two divorce cases brought by at-
torney'Van Dyke of Granite, which
had befen set for that day, were
called and Mr. Van Dyke not being
present the cas^s were dismissed.
These will serve as object lessons
in promptness for those who have
business at court.
A boy fourteen years old, son of
Widow Baxter, living near Mc
Knight, was brought in Saturday
to serve a term in the county jail,
he having been convicted before a
justice of the peace of the Mc
Knight community of petit larceny
and sentenced to twenty days in jail,
and to pay a fine of $10. It seems
that he and two other boys slept in
the same room one night, the Bax-
ter boy in one bed and the other
boys in another. One of the boys,
who slept in the double bed had
occupies the north room. Upstairs j eighteen dollars in his pocket book
Dr. Dodson has a suite of rooms and on going to bed placed it und»r
for offices, O. P. Elliott, lawyer
and U. S. Commissioner, occupies
two rooms, Rutter & Gillespie have
one room and Mr. Bass has two
rooms for photograph parlors. The
stairway goes up from the front
and th'ere is a wide reception hall at
the landing. It is a handsome and
well arranged building and a credit
to the town.
THE FARMERS' UNION
Important State Convention of
the Order Held Last Week
MURRAY WAS TURNED DOWN
Resolution Passed Favoring Co-
operation With Federation
of Labor President Bar-
rett Attended
Shawnee, Okla., Aug. 22.—The
Farmers State Union closed the
fourth day's annual convention in
Shawnee by a clean sweep of the
old officers and defeating Murray
and Murrayism. President, Wm.
Garrison. Grant county; vice presi-
dent, F. R. Smith, Pittsburg
county; secretary, C. E. Hook,
Atoka; organizer, W. J. Crawford,
Commanche; chaplain, W. J. Hill,
McIntosh; conductor, Tom Roach,
Coal; door-keeper, Frank Scott,
Haskell;executive committee, Har-
rison. Kiowa; Pebworth, Coal;
Dean of Merman, Douglas of Beck-
ham. Delegates to the national
convention at Fort Worth on Sep-
tember 1: Garrison of Grant, Smoot
of Ellis, West of Garvin. Frater-
nal delegates to State Federation
of Labor: Callahan of Garfield,
Clift of Canadian.
Mr. Walker, national or-
ganizer of the American Federa-
tion of Labor was invited and ad-
dressed the convention upon the
subject of "Co-operation." He
was given a great ovation as were
also Fraternal Delegates Bowerman,
Banard and Langton of the State
Federation of Labor. The follow-
ing resolutions were adopted by the
convention:
"Be it resolved, that this conven-
tion of the Oklahoma State Union
of the State Farmers' Educational
and Co-operative.Union of America
does hereby instruct its officers
to co-operate with the Federation
of Labor along legislative and other
beneficial lines."
National President Barrett of
Georgia and State President Neil
of Texas were in attendance.
J. M. Grimes and family aro
visiting relatives north of Mangum,
on the sick list the first of tho
week, but is able to be around
again.
Clarence Longmire and O. B.
Floyd are prospecting in Beckham
county this week.
N. B. Dial and N. L. Strother
were Mangum visitors Tuesday.
Mr. Ross Nix of Blair visited
relatives and friends on the route
last week.
Mrs. W. H. Gibson is enjoying
a visit from her irother and (liter,
Mrs. Strain and Mrs. E. G. Bryan
of Frisco, Texas. The sisters M
not met in eight years.
P. C. Martin and H. K. Sanders
of Mangum were guests of B. A.
Martin and family Saturday and
Sunday.
ON THE RURAL ROUTES
Notes Picked Up By Free Delivery
Carriers on their Regular Dally
Rounds.
The case of John Keezel, the Bo-
hemian, who stuck a pitch fork in-
to the arm of this fellow country-
man, Frank Reeswith, was in
the court of Justice Cousins at
Willow. Justice McMillan of
Mangum simply fixed the bond.
*While in jail in Mangum awaiting
the arrival of his bondmen Keezel
stated that he would plead guilty
and pay a fine, but after the county
attorney had said that he thought
the fine and costs should be $65.
Keezel conluded he would wait and
take his chances before Justice
Cousins. The case came up before
Judge Couisns Monday. Keezel
pleaded guilty to assault and was
fined $15 and costs. Keezel paid
up then had the other fellow,
Frank Reeswith, arrested on a
charge of using profane language.
He also pleaded guilty and the court
fined him $14 and costs.
At a meeting of the Board of
Education of the Mangum city
schools held last night Miss Willie
A. McKithan, Miss Reebaugh and
Mrs. Corrine Harris were added
to the list of teachers already
elected. It was decided that school
should open on Monday, September We have avery large list of town
21 and the minimum reqirements property to sell if you are think-
of three months school attendance ing of buying in town see us, Dial
were adopted by the board. |&Chaflln.
Vineyard Nickel, a lad fourteen
years old, committed suicide hy
hanging himself in his fathei's
barn. He was the son of a well
known farmer of the Duke neigh-
borhood. The boy is said to have
been of a very sensative nature
and his father being as the young
man thought too severe with him,
caused him to become despondent
at times and it is thought that in
one of those spells of despondency
he took his own life.
his pillow. The next morning when
he counted his money he found the
amount had decreased $11 during
the night. After some investi- j K""lT"keesTing" "has built
(ration he decided that the Baxter granary an<] horse stable,
boy had stolen it and had him ar-
rested. The accused lad admitted
Mangum R. F. D. 1
Mrs. Sammy C. Collins of Den-
ton, Texas, and Mrs. L. M. Owens
»of Chillieothe, Texas, are visiting
their sister Mrs. J. D. Caudle on
Route One.
Improvements are continually be-
ing made on the route. J. Kuss
has just finished his new barn and
a new
Mrs. Boyd and daughter, Ida,
Mangum Route No. 4
Mrs. R. A. Smith M visiting rel-
atives in Moody, Texas.
F. H. Sweet is erecting a three
loom house on his farm. It will be
occupied by Ben Stowe.
A. W. Givins returned fronrp
Deeming, New Mexico, last week,
where he had been on a prospecting;
trip.
W. W. Grimes is doing some
much needed road work this week.
Vasquor Chambless is visiting;
his parents in Fort Worth, Texas,
this week.
T. A. Crawford and wife of Wil-
barger county. Texas, are visiting
their daughter, Mrs. R. W. Brooks.
Mrs. Lucy Rush, seventy-seven
years of age. fell out of the door
at VV. A. Clidewell's about three
weeks ago arid received a painful
injury, but is improving fast and
will soon be up.
Louis Tittle and another young sons have been converted up to ' **• M- .^"d..
man had quite .n adventure Satut-1 roeaday. iat Wapanucka, Okla . Horace Chap-
S.Xtwo1*^ J- "• «
driving along a street in the north-1 negday lt wa8 a 4uiel wedding|
Sing the momSTut said'he and
another boy had buried it. They » "omebrother
went to the place where the "treas- arid sisters tnis weeK.
ure" was supposed to be buried, Kobert Isbell, the son of Geo.
but it was not there. The boy that | W. Isbell, was taken to Mangum
Baxter claims helped him to bury ; f<>r treatment Tuesday; some kind
the money is missing and the sup- i°f head an(J lunK trouble.
Mangum R. F. D. No. 3
Mrs. Sullivan and daughters of
Texas, are visiting their sister
and aunt, this week.
Gray Houstan of Mangum, Mr.
Thompson and his son, Claude, of
Eldorado, are visiting at the home
of E. R. Pierson this week.
M. B. Clark made a business
trip to Beckham county this week.
Miss Annie Rogers of Post Oak,
Texas, is visiting her sister, Mm.
M.B. Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Steinfeldt of
near Marie, were in town shopping
Monday.
L. S. Hughes is busy this week
grading the roads and putting
in iron culverts which will be ap-
preciated by the traveling public.
Joe Grooves of Hopewell, Ala.,
is vis:ting his sister. Mrs. Mc. B.
Long.
N. W. Overall left last Monday
on a trip through the Pan Handle
looking for a new house.
J. E. Belveal has treated hia new
house to a coat of paint, which adda
a great deal to the looks of hia
place.
George Johnson will soon have
his new barn completed, which will
be one of the largest and best in
Greer county.
R. M. Baker was in town on
business Monday.
B. L. Goodman is doing a good
business at his new store on Route
Three.
position is that he dug up the mon-
ey and hiked.
A great revival meeting is in (
progress at Center Point church, j
It is claimed that one hundred per-1
another young sons have been cn verted up to
east Dart of town when in crossing i nof ay- 1C 7™ 4 7• Wd.uu,"« C. A. Huglan is back from
east part or town wnen in crossing on) a few of the near frient|g aIuj! * months
a street on which a sewer ditch had rfliati(,ns were nre8enr fhev were Mpxico "fter a" e ®ht l"()nths
■ . j i tL a.„ i relations were present. iney weit he suvs he ikes the col
been dug and left open the horses
suddenly plunged down into an open
sewer manhole; the buggy and the
young men went in on top of the
horses and there was lively scramb-
ling in that hole for a while. The
boys escaped unhurt and getting the
help of men with picks and shovels
after several hours work a gang-
way was made out of which the
horses were lead. Neither the men
nor the horses were injured seri-
ously. Night-watchman Frank
Paul was returning to the public
square from a visit to the scene
of the accident, when his dog,
which had been trotting along
dhead of him, suddenly dropped out
of sight and the next moment the
officer heard his cariine friend's
howl of distress from the dark
depths of .another sewer ditch.
Paul got his dog out then proceeded
carefully to town. Somebody is
liable to be badly hurt if those dan-
gerous places are not signal lighted
at night.
Call at
work.
Sun-Monitor for job
married at the home of the bride's
mother.
Ne*
ab-
be says he likes the country
Miss Vada Fannier, daughter of
B. Fannier, who last spring moved
from Route One to Clovis, N. M.,
died thel9th of typhoid fever at Clo-
Miss Vada was a promising
young girl just blooming into wom-
anhood .Her man) girl friends
and schoolmates hear with sorrow
of her untimely death. She had
confessed the Savior and died in
the hope of eternal life.
Mangum R. F. Or 2.
Mrs. T. J. Vanlandingham is re-
ported seriously ill.
J. D. Fullerton is hauling mater-
ial from Olustee for a new barn.
O. W. Yarbrough and Bert Jones
were in Mangum on business Mon-
day.
J. G. and Ben Crisp left Tues-
day fur a short visit with their sis-
er at Addington, Okla.
Mrs. J. P. Norman is on the sick
list this week.
George
J. D. Martin has recievd the
corrugated iron culverts for the
road east oi the city and has a force
of hands at the present putting them
in and grading the road over them
and we hope those bad mud hotes will
be a thing of the past.
S. P. McCubbins, formerly a res-
ident of Greer county died at
Claude, Texas, last week. He re-
sided several years in Hollis, but
was manager of a telephone line
at Claude at the time of his death.
The body was brought to the old
family home at Delhi for interment.
Mrs. Russell Jacobs gave a par-
ty to young lady friends of Mvs
Anna McLauchlin Monday afternoon
in honor of that popular young lady,
who the next clay departed with
her mother and sisters, for their
new home at Edmond, Okla.
Dial & Chatf^n will give you the
| lowest rate of interest and beat
Hawkins was reported' terms on farm loans.
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