The Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 179, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1904 Page: 3 of 4
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l'ainters Alleged to Have Used In
liniidatiwii and Tliiiiih Against
Oilier Woi knie-n.
HELD FOR CONSPIRACY-
Bond Fixed at $;y ICach-
csting Test iinony.
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bob Ridley nil-1 J i ui Severe were
arrested by the Fedeiul otlicers
Tuesday on charge of conspiracy.
Their preliminary was begun befoie
Judge J'.iync yesterday afternoon
and concluded this moaning. The
ta.se is lather an unusual one. The
elet ills aie . brought out in the
testimony which is here presented.
It is very interesting because of its
bearing upon ceitain questions per-
taining to the laUir plobkm.
J!l icily stated the chat ge is that
Ridley and Sevele used threats ol
violence against Tayloi and Reed
liecatise the latter wcie woiking on
a job wheie the cari-cuteis weie
"unfair" in the tiniin scn.-.e; i. e.
the lontiacti'i imployed nun union
catK.nteis.
Tlic- U. S. llw aie veiy sevele
on thisclas.of ciime. The st llilte
under whkh the defendants weie
held (Sec. $y'.i Rev. Stat. I'.'S )
leads a- follows
"Jf two or iiwiic pel sons con-piie
to injuie oppiess thieatcn or in-
timidate any cilieu in the frie ex
etc is. or enjoy ni.nt of any tight or
j-tivikgc seemed to him by the
constitution 01 laws of the U.S.
or le ause of hi.- having so exer-
cised the same; or if two 01 mme
pel soils in disguise- on the high-
ways or tic: p!.-!tiiv-s if another
with intent lo prevent or hinder
hi- t lee e elei-.e r enjoyment ot
any right or ptivtkge mi .-e-Uled
the --hill lie filed not mole th.iii
JSO'xi and impii.oucd lint mote
than ii- ye ii . and shall monma
Ik: tlaK. after ineligible to any
o'!i. .. 01 place of honor profit or
tru .t cic lied hy the constitution
or laws of the U. S."
ICin. -I Tayloi te- tiia.d sub tan-
tially as follows;
I am acquainted w i:h the de fendants
I lob Ridley and Jim Se-
vere. I liave known Mr. Severe
al-out a yeal and a half and Mr.
Ridley about a year. I am a paint
r Contractu!. I have been en-
gaged in the !v.in--s hue in Clm k-
a.di.i. I contracted with ben John-
son here in Chi' kasha last Thurs-
day the .'Sth ot July to punt and
p.ltr his lesidellee.
When liame over yestcid.iy from
Ana latko the defendants met me
on ('hickash.t avenue in flout of
rieratt's Ilatdwaic stoic and they
ask me if I as go;ng tu da the
wotkand I ti.ld them I was. They
stopjd me an.l said that I could
Hot begin woik. That if I attempt-
ed to Ijciu the woi ic they would
put my "light" out. Mr. SeVeie
did not say anything until Ridley
got thloilgh talking and then he
liegan and said that he would cut
the d.uuned head oil of me if I
moved. Sevele had a knife in hi.
lian 1 at t.ie time. I did not see it
until I started to get away fiom
thein. The defendant SeVeie
.said that if we we nt up to thehoti-e
and went to work that they would
lay for tis at the gale and beat my
head into a pulp. Tiny claimed it
to be an "uuf lir" job and we of-
feted to pay the line v Inch is im-
posed by lea on of woi king on what
is called ail "unfair" job but they
said they would not accept the fine
that we could not do the woi k.
V. 1!. Reed who was with Mr.
Taylor hail the cmittact to do the
woik for Mr. Johnson testified as
follows:
I hid !"un work on the inside
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coating and night iicfoie last the They weie not there.
defendants came to me ami told me I I was one ot a committee
not to go on with the woi k until ' pointed to go and see Reed ix Tax -tile
cii'eiiters got through. At lot to see w hat they were going to
noon yesterday the defendants met do about continuing their woik I
me and Hob Ridley said "Vou can't did not u-e any threats against
go ahead and finish that job." I Taylor oi Read if they continued
said: "I will if I want to because their woik and if Mr. Severe did I
I make my living ami nobody do not remember it. Severe was
makes it for rue." Ridley said on tie committee w ilh-rue. When
"If you go up there this afternoon
wc will meet you at the gate and
pound the life out of you." After
this I went to fhe-depol lomeetMt.
Taylor and wc met the defendants
along about the l'alace Drug Stole
and one of tln-m asked Taylor if he
wa-. going to do that job. Tayloi
said he was going to or would see
about it. The defendant Severe
remarked to Taylor "If you move
in your tracks I will cut your head
.iff." Sevele also used a dirty epi-
thet. They said that if we did do
that work they would pound the
waddeil out of US.
G. W. Ieaeh testified:
"I am not acquainted with the
defendants personally I know them
when I ice them. I am a cai pente r.
I am at vol k at pieseiit building an
addition to Mi: ben Johnson's re: i
dime here in Chiekaha. I saw
the defendants up there where I
was at woik yesleiday afternoon
about two or thiee o'clock. They
i.ame thele and asked for the
painter .. I told them that they
Weie not time that they had been
there but was gone. The defend-
ant J mi Severe asked me the ques-
tion. I told them that the paint-
e is "had not tonic- baek from dinner.
Sevele asked bob Ridley for his
gun and they finally went oil to-
gether out the back way. When
Sevele came I de not know wheth-
er Ridley was out at the barn or
out at the gate. I did not notice.
They all l alile up time togethel .
Theic weie thiee ot them came Up
the sheet together.
I lather took the paltofthe
painleis whet; Sevele said
that the painters could not do
the woik and the di fcndaiit Si--Vcl'c
threatened to etlt tile to piece.-.
He said "If you mix up with this
affair I will cut y mi to piece;."
I'.ob kidky the delendant did not
do any talking.
John Gieeu's testimony. I know
the defendant Kidky. Ihavekuown
Ima about five Veals. I was ple.-elit
oil the stieel hile ia Chickrsha
ye;tenl.iy attellH-oil when the two
defendants and two otket n:i n j
whom I did not know weie talking.
They were talking about some
wenk sOhievs la ie - -about working
on a house ;.omevhcie. Mr. Ridley
said he did Hot think they weie
doing right to come down hcie ai d
-.i undet them and do the job. The
dJendant Sevuesaid if they went
to that home and did that woik
they weie damned diiiy raseal-
.Hid alter the collVCIsaliuU above
was had I walked oil about Unity
..Kps ami did not hear anything
inure of their conveis.ition. The
above i-. all the couvctsutiein I
hcald.
R. V. Ridley cue of the defend
ants testified as lollews.
I healel the testimony of llie
pio-eeUtloll hele ill Colllt ycstelday.
As fat a.. I know I may have made
some statement to Ml. Taylor and
Mr. Reed that I should not have
done. As far as some things they
say I said I think they ate mistaken.
Il l thleatelicd Jo do them any
1 il i ! y harm I do not Recollect it.
I tie vet had a pistol or knife al iout
me at any tune when I hail a coti-
vu sat ion w ith the pat ties.
CKOs.S l.X V M 1 N ATIoN"
The lil t time that 1 spoke to
Reed or Taylor wis yestiiday
moimng. Mr. Sevele and I had
been to the di pot and as we can e
baek wc met Ml. Reed and had our
fust conversation with him.
between ij.;oaud i :oo Tuesday
weh. id a com eisatioti with Taylor
and Reed together on the street
here in Chicku-.ha. When we met
them we asked them if they Weie
! going ahead w ith the work and
Taylor said that he was and i
a"hed him if he knew he was siib-
! jeet to a fine and he said he would
s e about it. We Aellt Up to the
; building wheie they Wile siipjmscd
to be at woik iu the afternoon.
I went into the yard I went with
the intention of getting Severe out
of tic- yar 1 that vval my only pur-pse-."
H. I. Oligsby represented the
defendants. He made a StlOIlg
plea for the eoo.rt to show leniency
in fixing the amount of bond esp-
aially for Ridley who has a wife and
two children.
In giving his decision Judge
I'av lie said he did not consider
that the defendants weie acting
according to instructions from the
union when they made threats of
violence. lie did ii"t think the
union encouraged sueh conduct.
Unions did great good in seeming
die rights of laboTing men. Jf
they vcre ever destroyed it v mid
be thiough uniUsciect acts like
tho e- committed by the defendant.-!.
1 Ie lixed the bond of both men at
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That's the way your clothes
look w hen they' come from
Tlie lloiiei laundry.
Why.'' bieau-e the
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it lias the- iiest maemiierv.
Il has the most skilled work-
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Chickasha - Indian Territory
ADVANTAGES OF
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
are so apparent that wc arc almost
ashamed to talk about them. They
sijck right out like the nose of your
face but as Maicus Aui'clius
might have said if he had thought
of it "If a man blow not his own
lioin the same il shall not be
blovved." And our oHice boy says
he'll lie bk'vved if he call see why
we should hide our light under a
half bu: hel.
Ro to save aigumeiit wc are will-
ing to admit that the'e is no light
that even appioaehes the electric
light in u.ttiti ty of light raeliatcd
all around the room.
The quality of the light you can
ee for yourself. like trie lights
giVca strong clear vivid write
I'ght. Th.it is what is demanded
today pine while light and plenty
d' it.
If our jioiuls aie not clear to you
it is undoubtedly due to lhefaet
that your light is poor. If you
will put in a full equipment of elec-
tric Indies the vv hole subject will 1 e
made Ire atit it'ully luminous and we
will hace.peaie in the family.
Rhone 200 .
Gliickasha Electric Go
our Palrenage
Hangs on a thread. That
thiead is your satisfac-
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and the;thread hat become
a cable.
Catst.iiis Rme Rye quarts - Sr.25
Sweet Tokay Wine-1 2 bottles 3.50
Genuine Coin Whiskey-Gal. $3.50
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every fami'y that the main
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The women of the Fami-
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than a million - - - -
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Sold for cash or
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Evans, George H. The Daily Express. (Chickasha, Indian Terr.), Vol. 13, No. 179, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1904, newspaper, August 4, 1904; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc733208/m1/3/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.