Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 289, Ed. 1 Monday, November 26, 1906 Page: 1 of 8
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Chickasha. Indian Territory Monday Evening November 26 1906
NUMBER 289
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CLEARING
DOCKETS
OKLA. AND IND. TER. JUDGES
WANT COURT DOCKETS CLEAR-
ED BEFORE STATEHOOD
START WITH CLEAN RECORD
Many Criminal Cases Hare Made
Court'a Work Slow.
The Courts of Oklahoma and In-
dian Territory are going to be in
bad shape when statehood comes
unless some radical measures are
taken to clear the dockets before
that time.
It is estimated that at the present
time there are enough cases on the
dockets to keep all the eight judges
busy for two years even if no new
cases were filed in the meantime.
Under the enabling act however
all of these must be transferred to
the state courts which would im-
mediately congest them to a degree
that would be discourging right at
the start.
The general impression seems to
be that the best conrse to pursue is
te ask for continuation of four of
the eight Indian territory judges
and at least three of the seven in
Oklahoma until they can clean up
the dockets. This would give the
new federal judges as provided
under the etatehood act a clean
slate to begin with and would not
place tne slat; courts at a disadvan
tage.
Judge T. T. Dickerson one of
the federal judges in the southern
district of Indian Territory in re-
gard to this matter said rectntly:
"It would seem that congress in-
tended to transfer all the Indian
territory criminal docket to the
federal docket of the eastern dis-
trict after statehood. There will
probably be some 6000 to 8000
cased pending in Indian territory at
that time. . There will be but one
federal judge. There will probab-
ly be 300 murder cases on that
docket. It takes from two to ten
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days to properly try a murder case.
Think of the work that by this
sweeping act would be placed upon
one judge and think of the length
of time it would take him to finally
dispose of all this vast amount of
business that under the act would
be transferred Jo the United States
district court."
It was Judge Dickerson's plan to
have this matter expla ned fully to
the visiting committee of senators
in order that they might fully un-
derstan 1 the importance of the
matter when it is brought before
congress this winter. The court
dockets of Indian territory have
been congested so long that their
is a general desire on the part of
the people to start the new state
with a clean court record. There
do not want to encumber the state
court with a lot of old business.
The only way the present courts
can be continued is by special act
of congress and this will be asked
in a bill to be introduced by Dele-
gate B. S. McGuire this winter.
THANKSGIVING DANCE
Band Boys Will Give one at Skating
Rink TUoksgivuig Evening.
The Band Boys have issued in-
vitations to their annual ball to be
given Thanksgiving evening at
the new Convention Hall.
The number of invited guests
has been limited and a select
crowd will have the pleasure of
dancing on the splendid big floor.
The floor will receive special
preparations for the event and
nothing will be left undone that
will add to the comfort and pleas-
ure of the dancers.
NOT THE HIGHWAYMAN '
In answer to a message from
Cement that the negro who rob-
bed and shot fireman Sletton last
week was there the police from
here went down to investigate but
found that he was not the man
wanted. No clue has yet been se'
cured. ' .
ANNIVERSARY SERVICE
There will be an anniversary ser
vice at the Baptist church tonight
at 7:40. Several addresses will be
made and several visiting ministers
will speak.
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...ATTENTION
and Courtesy.
are two characteristics
which we pride ourselves
on. It is always a pleas-
ure for us to give our pat-
rons any accommodation
or information we have at
our command. Our reli-
ability is another of our
strong features. You
could not do yourself a
greater service than to
deposit at
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tiom em
The advantages to you will be
many. The convenience of paying
bills by check the value of having
savings secure are Inducements
enough for ycu to consider the
matter seriously. .
COURT
CONVENES
U- S. DISTRICT COURT BEGINS THIS
MORNING UNUSUALY LARGE
DOCKET
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY
Three Murder Cases to be tried at This
Term of Court
Circut court opened this morn-
ing with Judge Dickerson presid-
ing. There is an unusually large num
ber of cases on the docket both
criminal and civil and consequent
ly a large number of lawyers wit
nesses and others in attendance.
The only important business
transacted today was the selection
f the grand jury and they are as
follows:
Tom Graham
J. II. Bond
W. D Boone
J. W. Hicks
P J. Harbour
W. T. Auten
P. O. Stover
D. H. Stephens
T. B. Bigge'rs
Jno. K. Medcalf
T. P. Henry
B. B. Bridges
Jno. Milwee
A. F. Johnson
Jno. W. Light.
J. A. Slaton 1
Lee Moore
A. J. Whitson
A. A. Brooks
Ben Hampton
V. L. Allen
Bailej
Minco
Chickasha
Bailey
Chickasha
Chickasha
Marlow
Ninnekah
Chickasha
Marlow
Chickasha
Chickasha
Marlow
Ireton
Chickasha
Rush Springs
Dibble
Marlow
Pocasset
Chickkasha
Lindsay
The courts instructions to the
grand jury were in part as follows:
Thi time has come again when
under the law we must organize for
the investigation of the condition
of our community in reference to
the violation of law and see how
our citizens have been behaving
themselves since the last term of
the court and prior to that time.
After a most careful examina
tion of the community by the jury
commissioners they have se'ected
you gentlemen (or this purpose
After taking your oath of office
you are now a part of this court;
m fact a most important part as
far as this phase of the work is
concerned; because the court would
have little to do if it was net tor
the honesty and integrity of the
grand jury. There would be but
a small number of prosecntions and
the law would have little terror to
evil doers if prosecutions hsd to be
begun in any other way under tue
system that we now have.
The office that you have assum-
ed during these six or seven or
ten days is therefore as I said
very important. It is important
that each man on the grand jury
do his duty. It is important that
each part of the court petit jury
Marshal District Attorney and the
court do their duty. If any one of
us fall down in our official duty or
if any one of us feel lightly the
weight ot the official oath and at
tne critical time when it needs us
to be brave and to be in earnest we
fail then the entire system that we
are working under fails far as that
particular transaction is connect-
ed. In other words.it takes a com
plete union of all the forces of the
Department of Justice a complete
working in harmony of every
branch of that department to bring
one particular case to trial and final
conviction. And anywhere along
the line from the preliminary ex-
amination until the final trial by a
petit jurv if any of these different
departments feel lightly their offi
cial oath and cares little for thtir
responsibility as far as that parti-
cular investigation is concerned the
Department of Justice has failed
and the community has been done
aninjustice.Because it is the theory
of our Government that everybody
wno violates tne law witn the in-
tent and purpose to destroy the
peace and quiet of the community
should be punished. It is a wise
law; it is a wise theory of Govern-
ment. And therefore every one of
us should earnestly engage in the
important work that we have at
this time.
The statute also provides that
I shall call your attention to the
statute in regard to gambling and
the sale of intoxicating liquors. I
say to you gentlemen of mature
age as all of you are men of busi
ness ability' men of experience in
this life that I do not need to dwell
upon these particular laws to any
extent.. At tms tune ot tue year
and iu this particular community
we have much of that kind of vio-
lation. I say to you frankly I do
not know whether you will be able
to discover it or not-I hope vou
will-but there are men in this com-
munity and you know them and
I know them who are violating
these particular laws. As to the
evideuce. you mav not be able to
find it and I may not be able to
find it but knowing as we do
that they exist here we should do
our very best use every means
possible to undertake to enforce
these laws.
This is the time of year when
the gambler is watching for the
man with the cotton. This is the
time of year when the weak man
comes in with his cotton often the
hard work of his wife and children
who often need it and always need
it for their care keeping and edu
cation. Of'eu because as a rule he
is a drinking man he is given drugs
that completely places him beyond
his own control and he is robbed
of the money that should go to his
family. You know it and I know
it and it is a matter of every-day
observation. There are places in
tnis town that have become a pub-
lic stench to the moral people of
the community I hope that you
will undertake to clean them out.
It doesn't make any difference how
many diamonds the gambler wears
he is a gambler just the same. The
sparkle of the diamond comes from
the sweat and blood often of the I
wives and children of the families
of this town and the surrounding
commouity. He is a thug and a
thief just the same as any other
thug and thief. I hope you will
take plenty of time and if pos-
sible find out who lfe is. And if
the evidence is sufficient in your
judgment to convict him I trust
that you will indict him.
Gentlemen thete are various
phases of the violations of law that
you will consider. The District
Attorney will be with you at all
times to advise you as to the law
on any question you being the
judges of what evidence in your
judgment should convict and he
advising you as to the competeucy
of the evidence. Your deliberations
should be secret. You should caut-
ion every witness on that point.
And you should report to me if
there is any attempt on the part of
parties who are being investigated
to interfere with the investigation
or to influence any member of the
Grand Jury in trying to prevent an
iudictment.
Ben Vaughan is up from his
country home on business today.
J. M. Sellman returned this
morning from ashort trip to Snaw-
nee. J. S. Browne of Granite Okla.
is in the city onbusiness today. Mr.
Browne says that" he finds it hard
to get out the stone fast enough to
fill orders. He is making extensive
improvements at the quarry.
"PARSIFAL" in mm
Will be Seen in Oklahoma City Tues-
day Evening.
Since Wagner's celebrated dran a
of "Parsifal" has been announced
for its presentation in the Overhol-
ser Theatre Oklahoma City on
Nov. 27. quite a considerable de-
gree of interest and expectation is
evidenced among all classes of our
th-atre goers. There is no doubt
but much of this is caused from
mere curiosity occasioned by hav
ing heard of the tremendous excit-
ment that was stirered up at its in
itial production in New York City
But by far the greater and keener
auuwu uy iue intelligent
reading class of the masses and the
more refined and cultivated citizens ;
comprising the better grade of lov. I
ers of all that is good in thertrical
offerings. The play of "Parsifal"
essentially appeals to the intellect
aud one whose best enjoyment is
gained through that medium can '
not find a more worthy vehicle than
"Parsifal"as presented by Messrs.
Martin and Emery's capable com-
pany. The spectacle however.can-
not fait to please all classes. There
is something in its production that
will appeal to every indivdual taste.
But tUere is that something in this
"drama of all drama" sweetly per
vading its four absorbing acts that
never fails to hold its auditors from
beginning to end spellbound with
intense intercs tand pleasure. This
something is its sweetly human
story told with its expressive sym
bols aud allegory.and enhanced and
heightened with the air of mystic-
ism and orientalism surrounding
a nd permeating it all. "Paisifal"
patrons should bear in mind that
the fiist lift of the curtain will oc
cur promptly at 745. Owing to
the auditorium being in darkness
none can be seated after this time
till conclusion of the first act. Ten
minutes warning of the approach
of commencement time will be given
by uniformed Heralds blowing a
"Parsifal" motif on their clarios.
DARING TRAIN ROBBER
COMES TO GEIEF
(Associated Press.)
Kansas City Nov. a6. A robbery
committed a hundred miles from
Kansas City early today between
Slater and Armstrong Mo. was one
of the most unique and darine
train holdups in the history of the
southwest. A masked man single
nanaea roDDea twenty passengers
in three cars of the fast eastbound
combination Alton-Burlington pas-
senger bound for St. Louis and
Cuicago. lie secured approxi-
mately two thousand dollars be
sides several watches and other
pieces of jewelry. The man was
finally over powered by V. B.
Heywood conductor who knocked
the raised revolver from the rob-
ber's band r.nd forced him to the
car floor. Passengers then came
to the aid ot the conductor. At
Armstrong he was taken from the
train bound made disgorge and
four hours later landed in jail at
Glasgow. Money and valuables
were returned to the excited pass-
engers. The robber said his name
was Trueheart and his home in
California. Said his brother had
robbed R. I. overland limited at
Glasgow which was beld up in an
exactly similar manner to that this
morning. Engineer of Alton train
insists that Trueheart is the man
who commited R. I. robbery also.
St. Louis Nov. 26. Conductor
Heywood reached here today. He
said that the robber admitted to
him that he robbed the Rock Island
passenger near Glasgow on Novem-
ber seventh
About fifteen prisoners were
brought over from Ardmore this
morning for their trials c? this
term of court.
CHEAP POWER HERE
A Citizen Tells of the advantages of-
? ftredby the Wahita.
Sccessful manufactories make
cities of towns and viilages and to
make a success of any kind of fac-
tory. Several things are vitally
essential first cheap motive power
and second transportation facilities
for the products of the mills or fac
tory to the open market and surely
Chickasha has both these at her
door to an extent enjoyed by few
towns in the west. I will only men-
tion the question of motive power
and as to motive power I would
call attention to the Washita river
a streanl to!d aaJ str0lg the ym
roand whh p!enty of fa!1 and hs
bar.s little subiect to erosiou and
channel being very crooked the
cutting of canals across its nuraer-
our bends offers cheap opportuni-
ties for utilizing its wonderful '
power now going to waste. Just
north of town is one of those fine
bends of the river below and near
the wagon bridge and a canal here
of a hundred yards or such a mat-
ter would shorten the river bed a
mile or two. To cut the canal and
build a dam across the bed of the
stream would throw the whole cur
rent of the river through the canal
whose bottom and side walls had
been protected where subject to er-
osion. The dam to be made by
building pens or cribs of poles or
logs side by side from bank to
bank four or five feet high and fill
ing these pens or cnbs with rough
stones ard the current will run
swiftly through the canal and the
surplus could run over the dam.
I have seen Goose Creek in Loudon
County Virginia thus darned 1 and
canalled and with an undershot
wheel on the canal large flour mills
were successfully and cheaply run
thus doing away with the expense
of coal and a dread of a shortage
of fuel from any cause. There is
the location plenty of timber on
the river banks in sight to build
the pens and plenty of stone to fill
them and wall the canal if need
just above the bridge and almost
within stones throw of where they
would be used and could be cheap-
ly carried by barge from the quarry
to the dam. Go out to the bridge
look at the rocks in the river and
on the banks then go up on the
hill side and look south at the bend
of the river of which I write then
come back to town and form
a joint Stock Company secure the
site and then we can invite such
manufactures as may give the
greatest promise of success and by
thus acting others seeing the adv
antages offered may be induced to
do likewise and make the Washita
river a most wounderful power
producer.
MATINEE PARTY
Helen and Catherine Burk en-
tertained a number of their friends
at a matinee party Saturday after-
noon at the opera house. Their
guests were Mildred and Dessie
Dickerson. Retta and Norma Bay-
less Nina Darnell Louise Leisy
Marguerite True Cleta Bowersox
Geneva und Mildred Shaughnessy
Monte and Iva Grimsby Sibel
Payne Maurine Pimm Gertrude
Fisher Edwina Ikard Edwine
Ross Mamie Pool.
JUST LIKE THE TERRITORY
In a Georgia town where pro-
hibition prevails a man was arrest-
ed three times in one day charged
with being drunk ou the streets.
"Where did you get the whis-
key?' ' asted the mayor.
"I didn't drink no whiskey"
was the reply.
"Well then what did you
drink?"
"Nothin in the wurl' yer ion.
or.'cept cane juice liver regulator
hair tonic an red ink'
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Evans, George H. Chickasha Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 289, Ed. 1 Monday, November 26, 1906, newspaper, November 26, 1906; Chickasha, Indian Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc727481/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.