The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 47, Ed. 1, Friday, January 17, 1902 Page: 2 of 8
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THE LEADER GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA FRIDAY JANUARY 17 1902.
OKLAHOMA WOMEN
FIGURE IN STORY
Melodramatic Plot of Love
and Murder Unearthed
by Pension Agents.
dolph. county Missouri with a team1
find wagon which ho had mortgaged
Mr. and Mrs. Williams put up tern-'
porarily with a family living Bomo
dlstanca in tho aountry. Thoy had
boon thore iwt weeks when "Williams are among the begt known
was called to tho door at midnight ' t the many tUncerou
As he opened the door there was aiXwfE
nnsh In tho outer darkness and a loud quicklyproducesswelling
report uotn ennrgos rrom a uoudio- naiuiianimuonwiintn-
Poison Mi
Poison ivy
The ntfci i.ii erfamttfkn ot the Uirt-
Id 8" ate periston ttiraui In the
ounro of thir invPdtlBnuone of pen-
Kion oli. mm h oftn uuearth deep .-
lories thui have baffled the running
of tho police and deteetives. la many
of these rase the secret as noon at
It in discovered is ourled again in the
archives of the peneion office and so
far ns tho public is coneorned it con
tlnues as deep a mystery as evor. It
barrel shot gun struck him In tho nb
domon nnd he dlod within an hour.
His avdldan'ea Of nn honorable death fcrcr hopes forever : but
In battle "had only ranuIlAd In a ihort nmos.t M Boon s the little bliitcrs n
tense itching nnd burning
of the f tin. The .eruption
soon uisappcars tne sur
Te
reprieve.
It Was a Mystery.
remains safoly locked in tho boaoniB town In one of the countios of Arkan
or tii oso K involves ami is protectee
pustules appeared the poison had reach
the blood nnd will break out at regit!
intervals nnJ rash iJttia in & more awgr-
vntctl form. TV. poiwn will loiter InUi
system for rears and everv nitim at i-
There waa not the "lighten clew' must be forced out of the blood before yoi
to the elayer of WilllnniB. His wif-. i can expect n perfect permmenv core
the present Mrs. Swinton disappear ' Eb. g J9) NrfitPr-'c AnMrfr.tr
ed and waa never heard from by tho C C IP Mrc s ABHBOIC
qld rwldent of Ilnndolph county tin-' vjft kJjh ijft
til hr whet&abouts ware made known Sfcati?'NaiuTC'$ POiSODS
last week by the pension oxamlnors. 3 tuc n'y cure for Poison Oak Poison
The man who killed William was " f -. . P ": "
nover known until tho examiners fs the time to get the poison out of you:
found him. Ho Ib living In a small system as delay makes your condition
in't experiment loigcr with
Oklahoma
House
of
by the official obligation that binds
to secrecy tho roprosontatlvos of tho
government who discovered It.
In tho same way those nron Btumblo
into closctB whoro family skeletons
liavo been concealed for years. But
tho purposes of tho Investigation hav
ing been served tho door Is quickly
Jihut nnl tho Joy returned to tho
family.
- A record that establishes the val
idity of an Oklnhoma widow's claim
8ib bordering on Missouri. He made
a full admission regarding tho i t
when assured by tho
tho mnttor would bo hold
tho government. Ho had l bu i- t
tho noighbors of tho
whom Williams was staying and ho
was hunted up solely with tho idea
that ho might help establish tho fact
of tho death of Mrs. Swlnton's first
husband. Whon he realized that her
prospects of gottlng a pension depend
ed on that ho made a confession. He
for a pension has JuBt been completed would not toll why ho killed Williams.
by Henry L Arnold special pension ono theory is that the murder was tho
examiner at Kansas City says tho result of an attempt at horse stealing
Star. A part of this rocord which is which. In those days was a moro
not for public imjpocllon hxplalna n serious crime than murder
murder committed in Kandolph court- Tho body of the murdered man was
ty Missouri thlrtyrtvc ?cars ago. buried tho next day under u mulbor-
Tho man who did the killing is living ry tree In th yard; adjoining tho
today in Arkansas. His Idontlty has houso. The mulborry trco Btands
become known to tho pension officials thero today. Tho day Williams was
If it is known to others thoy are per- burled tho owner of tho house doort--Hons
who have kept tho fact a soorot oil It. It has never boen Inhabited
for years and aro not llkoiy to reveal since except by owls ana bats. rihc
It now. .Inhabitants of tho neighborhood talk
"Murder WUJ Out."
worse. Don
salves washes and soaps they never cure.
Mr. S. M Marshall bookkeeper of the Atlanta
JGj.) Om t l?ht C was poisoned with raiaon
. . . "" . .wfc gmiJimi. tipcmc nnu various
Oxamuy lun nuerdr - an-l rpplicd externally numerous
m11 on .n I '' J?niI"llith no benefit At limes Hie
ioiu ho. u i vtll.jp and Inflatujiation was no severe lie waj
I. Bu t- al f "nt Diinu. roreinHt years the poion would
l bik out every seaso.i. Ills condition was much
family With improved after Ukln one boule of S S 8 and
. l B.Jew bottles cleared his blood of the poison and
.. viiuuihuut iuc uifccnacuisappcarcu.
People r.'e often poisoned without
knowing when or bow. Explain your case
fully :o our physicians nnd they will
cheerfully give such information and ad-
vice as you rcqui- without charge and
we will send at the 6me time an interest-
ing book on Blood nnd Sk'u Diseases
JIIE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. AfUNTA. QA
MASQUERADE PRIZES.
List of Donations for Germania So-
ciety's Annual Event
Tho prizes for tho sixth annual mas-
quorado ball given by tho Germania
Voroln which will taKe placo Friday
night at tho Business Collego hall aro
on exhibition at tho Wallace drug
store. Thoy aro:
First prize finest costumed lad".
an ebony toilet set of tnroo pieces;
of ghoits nnd strango sounds heard for tho finest costumed gontloman n
Probably a troubled mind had thero at midnight Tho nogroos ro-
something to do with tho dotormlna- gard it with superstitious awe and
tlon of tho slayer to roveal his idon- glvo tho place a wide berth. It Is
tity to tho pension officer. It may bo pointed out ns tho Bcono of a bloody
thero was provocation for his net and mystorloiiB murder committed
but whether It was justifiable Is a thlrty-fivo years ago since which
question for him to settlo with his tlmo the spirit of the wurcorod man
conscience. Perhaps a doairo to has called in vain for vengeance. Dut
ruiiko some rort of reparation induced tho secret of that midnight tragedy
him to aid In establishing the widow's Is safe in tho possession of tho gov-
claini by tolling whnt ho kuew of tho ernmont officors and in tho bosom of
death of her rat husband who had a grizzled farmer in ono of tho north-
to bo accounted for before she could em counties of Arknnsnj. The Blnyer
silk umbrolla; for tho most comically
costumed lady a three pound box of
Lowney's bon bonB; ror the most
comically costumed gentleman an
alarm clock; a handsome pair of pic
turos for tho best costumed coupio;
for tho most comically costumed
coupio a smoking set and a night
lamp. To tho best costumoa character
grorj'. not to bo loss than four six
bo'.tt&d of champagno will bo given.
Tho llttlo folks lovo Dr. Wood's
Norway Pino Syrup. Pleasant to
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Laxative Bromo-QuinineTauf
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idraw a pension after the danth of tho is apparently safe from Uie avenging
man she subsequently married. (arm of the law. The score is to be take; perfoctly harmless; poaltlvo
For the purpose of this narrative settled however with his own con! cure for coughs colds bronchitis
and In order to conform strictly to science. asthma.
the rules of the pension department
tlic names of the principals Involved
are flctitluuf. but when Uiey read this
a number of pp.-3o.iH will have no
trouble in con.itctlng tiirmaeives with
the plot at the proper ;me and place.
Tho facts detailed un' part of an of
Jletal record.
This record show. ia the first place
that Maggie 1). Swiiton of Oklahoma
Is an applicant for a pension as the
widow of 1 nomas Swinton Company
O Thirty-eighth Missouri volunt(f'))r
Infantry. Swinton was her socond
husband and during his lite time
was a pensioner Swinton died Hi
July 1898 from the offocts of tin In-
jury received In the rtuh for clalmu
ut the opening of the Oklahoma tor
xltory in 188a. The widow denied
having previously married but was
unable to prove her statement by com
patent witnesses. As Kite had shown
a certificate of her marriage to Swln
ton this made a "prima facie case."
It was referred to the special examln
r for this dtstrht to determine the
fact of non p.'ior marriage.
Mrs. Swinton gave several places of
residence f.-om chlldbjood and this
formed a basU for further Investiga-
tion la a small lown in Iowa it was
Jeamed that Mrs. Swinton had been
legally married before the war to Na-
than Williams. With a lot of other
young me- of the neighborhood who
were stirred by the country's call to
arms WHIianiH joined the BUghrJi
Iowa infantry The Iowa soldijrs
boro ua active part in the first fight-
ing at the battle of Shiloh when the
federal troops suffered heavily. The
fighting became hot tuat Williams
lost heart and deserted In the face ol
the foe. His action was punishable by
Jeath.
It may be that lie felt a s rc-e of
bbarne and the loss of his sulf n xpert
that made him tarelcs bf his reputa
tlon after waul This may also ac-
fount for the Wldim Swtntim's desire
to hide the fat f he.- marriage to
him when -ht' ui!lut to- a pension in
Iter secoH'f tiu-l. :it .Mine
Afer hitt Uib' it i ' (lie battle i)f
Bhlloli Williams joint d his wife in
lfao i ou:it. MibHoiu There lie
lived nuilor " asMini' a name. In
3SC0 h" move.1 with h.- wife to Han
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Niblack, Leslie G. The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 47, Ed. 1, Friday, January 17, 1902, newspaper, January 17, 1902; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc75821/m1/2/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.