The Cushing Citizen (Cushing, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 18, 1915 Page: 1 of 4
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art* thoroughly we dare not
language which erouk
press oar indignation.
We give the one esse herewith: 0«
the evmini of Sunday. Novrmbor
Ing citisen «w peremptorily srreet
•4 by the individual who claims ti
be the Chief oT Police, by name Jor
*[ of a po« 5
Mid Citit*>
• gun •* «r»*hou
^ and where. So for thii
might have boon all right. But who'
followed la thot of which we complaii
Um whole thing to ^ '
concocted plan.
In the flret place, while the parteu
making tKe atatement did not *tat«
when or where the act was done eith
er ot time of arrest or in their swori
statement as we shall show later
however, we "have been told that thej
said it was that Sunday afternoon oi
the road to Cushing. At this time tto
party arrested was on the road t<
Depew with throe other persons, bj
whom he can prove his whereabout!
and had Just returned from his tri|
when arrested. Furthermore, no gut
was found upon him at the time ol
arrest and, In addition, he does not
carry a gun, never did and does nol
even own one. We give these detail*
that the remainder of our story mas
be the clearer.
Tho •fflcera would listen to nothing
from the victim nor from a numbei
Qf others who were present and whc
showed "clearly that there was a mis
take." To do that did not accord with
plant or methods. Even thus far he
may have been within his prerogative
but his manner and brutality after
wards Is what we condemn. The
brutality consisted in his offensive
language to an innocent man ind oth-
er manifestations of his animosity
Among these latter were that he re-
fused to allow the arrested man te
either friends or attorney who
came to help the latter and prepare
for his defense at the hearing which
the arrested man supposed he would
be given on Monday morning. The
victim was of course compelled to
pass the night in the city prison, the
foulness of which is a disgrace to the
city and U without any conveniences
what ever, the authorities evidently
King upon the theory that an arrest-
ad man, however Innocent he may
be, la not a human.
On Monday morning following his
arrest. Iw wm »k«n » »P?T'1
tuttle* «f t!» !»«« but. Instead of
being confronted by his accusers and
given a hearing, to vhieh he was en-
titled, he was placed in another
room and the door shut while the so
called justice, marshal and the com
plainants conferred. The complain
ants made a pseudo complaint ch»rg
ing the victim with pointing a gun at
them but were very careful not to
state Where or when. For this there
was probably a reason. They did not
exactly Know where the accused was
nor waa he given an opportunity to
answer and mark this, the soiled
Justice did not sign the complaint as
justice of the peace but as notary pub-
He. nor was any record made
GILBERT CATCHES
NEGRO MURDERER
OFFICER FINALLY LANDS
MAN WANTED HERE AF
TER 3 WEEKS' HUNT
the »WfUr. dr.k
j •Horary gal Into
nd (Kf t«pnwi*l party wi wka*
4 on a bond. ■ hearing bring sat In I
nuary. So to will bavr to «tay t» I
wk county abettor to want* lo «* '
«.
When arretted nil the money to
d waa taken by the individual wto
rre.ted him This individual claim*
o have sent it lo th# sheriff but tto
he riff, whan asked about il. knea
•olhinit of its whereabout* and w«
iivp not been informed as yet wheth-
it has been returned.
We have simply told the story with
.jl embellishment and will simply
,dd that if »u«-h things are allowed U.
Drumright will lie shunned by
and decent people.
I (he
left
k* way M M
*T anyway) lo keo» ropa«te#*
criminals out of th
ap. by way is the trnvellag
.lamoa of COi Crew lie lo a mem
•rr of a large and well know
an family and hla branch of M
nally came from Africa.
Where, the CM«mI?N ashed tto I rh
of Cap. in a business-like,
ire sAni* already eai
Il i* staled thai the ~rh
i doae toraaae ef inr4hr
••faction bat aaloly as
mailer ef
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•unird manner, so Cap aould think! «u>l
be l olonel and the reporter were old
,m1s Hut Cap wouldn't fall for II.
-No. .ah." aaid tto captain "lie
lone gone to de oil field* and to ain't
.eft no message for anybody.'
"All right", aaid the reporter."you1l
lo. VI hat's thla we hear about the
^olonrl -earrhing the rountry for a
perfect woman and being ready to
narry her when he find* one that lita
11 good and .Went p^ple- ' ,perifleaIiona ?"
We are told this u. only one of many ^ „vkien0y'one on
imea ca^. some of which «hlch the colonel had not prompted
lagrant than this one. But the hand ^ f^A „oh ^ >U)rv whul dr
vritinjr ia on the wall.
*»ng
The Ural toad to drop aaa thai ef
misty i <enmtaatoner or l*eUeman
>ahley and tto dalles ahirh had been
i sr>« assigned to Kire Chief Celb
mi oithnui added compmsallon
act reduced the salary llat $7t
M»nth We can nol pass this ep
without remarking thai Mr
his friend. "Oh. dat story whut d»
Nee Ynwk papers printed about him.
you mean? Pat's Just a line of whut
le Cunnel calls 'bull.' Dey ain't nuth
■n* to it a-tall. De cunnel ain't both
erin' his min' bout no irirls. He got
ill de chances he wants to git married
an* he ain't never tuk none, so 1 gues*
he don't want no kind of woman."
The reporter's mind being put at
aase on that point he wanted infor-
mation about why the Colonel was in
our midst." Cap "Smiff" had been
.old exactly what to say there and he
was prepared to flow until the report
I er turned the stop cock on him.
Deupty Sheriff Gilbert returned last; "De Cunnel," he began, "told me to
night from Hobart, Kiowa county, j keep you all newspaper men and all
,ver on the west side of the state | je yuther 'spicious characters outei
» . L\»*t rnott j. ^ 4^11 vaii all it. WAK IIOIH
de cyar and to tell you all it was none
o' yo dam business (Cap's very words)
what he was doin' hyar. De Cunnel
also said—
Here the reporter shut him off for
'laving in custody one Sam Fawcett,
vanted here for the murder of a ne
rro known as "Marble Eye" in negrc
'own here some six weeks ago. The
dller was confined in the city jail un
til - - —
wouldn't look well in print. Evident
!y the Colonel had been very emphat-
ic on the subject of secrecy concern-
ing his visit. The reporter turned
Cap's mind into another channel.
"Tell me about Colonel Green get-
ting a railroad from his mother for a
oirthday present," he said.
"His muthah," responded Cap, "gave
him de Texas Midland jest like you
said fo' a buthday gif.' De Cunnel
gits a check in his mail one mornin'
and called to me. He said, "Hey, you
dam niggah, George Washington Jef-
ferson Smiff (de Cunnel always speaks
like dat when he wishes to impress
me, only sometimes he uses all mah
first names) cum hyar to me and tell
me what Ise gwine to do wid all dis
change me muthah sent me.' I look-
ed at dat check and it was fo' almoBt
a million dollahs. I had to scratch mah
' head right smart to figgure what we-
i i e j all wus goin* to do wid it. 'She wants
L.E. Mills who in his time has been ( ^ to buy de Texas Midland," said de
connected with the largest laundry Cunnel. 'Does yo' think I bettah do
;r was ^ * riere vuc icjr
2:45 this (Thursday) afternoon | fear he might Bay something that
when he was taken to Stillwater to u-'» i—t- ™
await action of th6 courts.
Immediately after the killing Faw
cett pulled his freight for parts un-
known and the efforts of the officers to
have him picked up were unavailing.
Deupty Gilbert stayed in the job, how-
ever, and a few days ago received
word that his man was making for
Hobart. The officer left for that place
and soon picked up the man he want
^The killing of "Marble Eye" will
be remembered as the one over across
the Santa Fe tracks, Fawcett and
another negro being charged with the
murder. The victim lingered for a
few days after being shot and be
fore it was known that his injuries
would result fatally Fawcett changed
his location. His preliminary hear
ing will be held early part of next
week.
establishments in the country, is the
foreman recently placed in charge of
he laundry department of the White
Mfg. Co. His specialty is "satisfac-
ory service" in his department and
dat or buy Mexico and let you run de
govinmint to suit yo-self?' I didn't
know nuthin* "bout runnin' no Mex-
ican govinmint, but I suttinly do
know how to run a railroad, so I vot-
Jith the experience he has had there j ed wjd Aunt Hetty to buy de Texas
i* no question but that operating j Midland. Dat's how cum me and de
room results of the local steam laun-; Cunnel owns de Texas Midland to dis
dry will be increased in efficiency by, -jay and dis hyar is de finnes' cyar on
his assuming charge. * " J " J
Yeakley's reward as Sanitary
has been an inimitably good one
•le ha% accomplished more than any
■iher officer in the same place and tr
uin we credit tto great improvement
n sanitary conditions in the city. Mr
ielbhaar will have to go some to keep
ip the record.
The ne«t neck to receive tto cruel
.low was that of Water Commission
r Blackburn and a further reduction
if $100 per month was made. Mr
blackburn'* duties were turned over
0 City Clerk Wharton with no addi
•ion to his salaiy. Mr. Blackburn hai
tlso been an efficient officer.
The third victim was an employee at
he river, who received |00 per month
rhis job was entirely wiped out a»
vas that of the fourth policeman, Of
leer Kinans' resignation having beer
iccepted and no one having been ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy, thereafter
he force will be preserved by three
ifficers, Chief Harris working all day
ind to 10 o'clock at night, officer KinR
;oing on at noon and working until
nidnight and Officer Peyton working
ill night.
The total amount lopped off from
he monthly salary list was $310.00
which, of course, looks good to the
'.axpayers who will hope that some
•an also be served along other lines.
VINEYARD MARIRED
Comes the news today (Tuesday)
that H. C. Vineyard, of the Cushing
State Bank, one of the most prominent
imong the younger business men in
his city, was married at Skiatook on
Saturday, November 13, to Miss Mar-
garet Kernodle, a talented, winsome
ind charming young lady of that
own. Mr. Vineyard succeeded in
ceeping the matter very quiet until
t friend of his here had a letter from
1 friend in Skiatook telling of the
redding. Even this morning Mr. Vine
yard, when approached by a Citizen
eporter, hastily mounted his car and
•ehemently explained that he knew
ibsolutely nothing of any interest
His very vehemence excited our sus-
jicion and we "back-tracked" the gen-
tleman and discovered the fact of his
wedding.
The young lady who became Mrs
Vineyard we have not the pleasure o
■cnowing. Those who have met her
ieclare she is possessed of a win-
<omeness of manner that will win
her friends by the score in Cushing
when this place is her home, and none
stands higher in the estimation of the
good people of her home town than
Miss Kernodle who was—Mrs. Vine-
yard who is.
As for the groom, there are very
few people here who don't know him.
Successful in a business sense, pros-
pering nicely, he has since coming here
*4ns |«a days » atorh I. totrf in—
a# fctifeut-
If Km plan ef «*nsliag a we «mm
»» apyweard lh*. will wre-art1)
ftavseal tarrying «N ihr ethr« pro*
asMlen ef dxathiag part*—* •< Crm*
oonty As ito aaallev *aad. it la
far the goseram lo detersaln* whwb
pj,- *|ia 11 be submitted to a *a«e «
lb* people Ml the lerrilery averted-
The territery proposed la be m-
-luded in the new county of Khnlfei
include, a great portion of the weal
,hy l ushing oil held
Tto above .from the Dally Oktaha
man is about aa accural# aa tto aa
oal report apprartng in that »hee«
luat for Ito purpose of keeping tto
record straight we offer the follow
ng information, although it has ap
wared in three columns on two o»
Jiree separate occasions:
Prior to the filing with the gov
•rnor of ihe Shaffer county petition/
tore had been Hied in his office pe
.lOona to detach 36 sections from -w
lorthern edge of
attach them to Pawnee, which action
if successful would effectually kil
-Chaffer county. The governor set tto
hearing for both petitions on the aami
lay—the 12th in«t..- and naturally
(he Creek-Pawnee petition came U|
first. It was gone into at aomi
i«*ngth as to validity of the petition
hy reason of non-voters having aign
.•d the same and the further reaaor
.hat many whose names appear*"
hereon had made affidavit they nevei
dgned any such petition. The gov
rnor refused to hear those matters
holding "That is not the proper wa;
to go into this question," though wha
h? meant the Lord only knows. At
t wind-up he gave Shaffer county ad
herents 10 days to file briefs settim
aut their reasons why he should no
uke action upon the Pawnee-Creel
-.etition and 10 days additional for tto
proponents of the proposition to show
why he should.
The whole matter in effcct, was no
i Shaffer county hearing. If the pe
ition now in question is valid ant
hat election is called, it deals th»
lew county project a solar plexus. I
t is declared invalid then the Shaf
er county election will be called
That's all the consolation we can of
'er and stay within the bounds o
ruth and reason.
Many of these attending the heai
ng before the governor have not re
urned at this writing. It is possibl
hat work is going on which has no
vet reached this office and that th
outlook is far brighter than on th
:urface it seem« to be.
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LEAGUE IUI0S
OF LBAOU1 WAIT
AM AOTIVB CLEAN UP
OAMPAIOM MONDAY
Monday afternoon Chief of Police
i sections insn Jtm King, accompanied by Msears.
Creek county and parker. Davis, Thomlaon and BotWr
" ^ a place at the extreme north-
west comer of town, aecuring eight
barrels of hoar. Warrenta to search
the premiaea, it ia learned, had been
isued by Mayor Ryberg upon the rep-
resentation to him by the members
of the league interested in the raid.
The papers were turned over to Mr.
King and the raid quickly followed.
ANOTHER RIPFORGAW .
It ia very probable that Cushing
will have another pipe organ within
ts limits. This will be the second,
the first being that of the Methodiat
Col. W. W. Womack, of Oklahom-.
Jity, in the life insurance business fo
years, was up Thursday looking afte
his interests in this section. Th<
olonel is an old Mississippian an<
has dandled Citizen news hustler oi
lis knee many's the time in year;
■tgone. Also he has upon occasion
applied a shingle, scientifically, skill
"ully and with exceeding great
•trength, upon the portion of our an
itomy where a shingle was supposed
to fit.
This time it is the Baptist people
who are endeavoring to raise the funds
vith which to purchase the instrument
md their solicitors are out asking for
help.
As they, the Baptists, will soon have
.he finest church edifice in the city
they naturally feel that its furnish-
ings should be equal to those of any
other church.
The cause is a worthhy one and
we sincerely hope that the ladies will
receive very liberal treatment at the
hands of those whom they solicit and
;hat they will soon be able to raise
Lhe necessary amount. As is the case
if the Methodist church, Andrew Car-
negie, the millionaire manufacturer
ind philanthropist, will contribute a
large sum providing the local people
.•an raise the remainder. We have no
loubt that they will be able to do it,
dthough times and conditions may not
be as propituous as when the funds
or the first organ were raised and
The Citizen hopes to soon be able to
innounce the installation of this sec-
ond organ.
C. C. Sittcrly !«.«, ThUr»l., nWrh, j m wood .nd I ™okoo n. .boot £
Ko for »n extended trip to Northern and j best cyar in de whole country- D*
Mc. nor was any recoru to lay in sddit,on-1 Cunnel and me, we got dat railroad
warrant eras Issued but the Innoeen ^ fof bif store here fixed until she couldn't be no flnah lea-
day and dis hyar is ae nnnes c>»r -
i dat road Me and de Cunnel had dis 'ormed a circle of business and aocial
1 made to suit us. It is all outen Tex riends among whom are numbered
S3S«|ee »an waa h«Ued off to al
practically all his acquaintances. The
"itixen joins with many others in
*ishing tto young couple all the
happiness and prosperity in life.
Mrs. Guss Howerton returned Wed
nesday to Oklahoma City after r
<hort visit with old friends here. Sh'
took with her little Wileeta Wheeler
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert ^ heel
er. who will visit with her for a few
days.
Mr. Roberts, manager of Lutz-Sit-
terly is on the sick list to day threat-
ened with an attack of pneumonia.
Roberts is one of the livest of the
younger business men in the city and
Citizen sincerely hopes his ailment is
only temporary and that he'll be back
>n the job again in a hurry.
Brer. Hibbard, of the Drumright
Mews, was in Wednesday having some
machine composition done in this shop.
Hibbard is comparatively a young-
ster in the hardest of all grafts—the
lewspaper game—but Citizen is glad
to know that he is making a success
aut of his venture in our neighboring
town.
C. E. Droege left Thursday morn
ing for a business trip to Oklahoma
City.
Mrs. H. E. Lyon has returned from
a visit with friends and relatives in
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