The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 29, 1906 Page: 1 of 6
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Chandler, Oklahoma, I uesday, May 2Q, iqoO.
Phone 161
No. 26
"i
BRANNON
IS GUILTY
Says the Jury in the Sparger
Manslaughter in the First
Their Verdict.
Murder Case.
Degree is
DEFENSE FOUGHT HARD
Attorneys for Defendant Fought to the l ast
proper Medical Attendance Their Flea
speech of Six Hours. Jury Out
Ditch.—Self Defense and 1m-
- Embry’s Record breaking
Several Hours.
I stand Saturday morning' and
told haw, aitfr trying to defend
himself with his fists he lost all
reccollection of what happened
when Sparger struck him. He
did not remember stabbing Spar-
ger. Had his pocket knife in
one of his pockets. After the
tight he went to a wagon in a
thicket near hy and laid down
in a wagon. Had beard the talk
about a mob at Sparks the night
of t,he killing and said he might
as well die there as anywhere.
A considerable portion of Fri-
day night's session was devoted
to the discussion of propsitions
advanced by the defendant’s at-
torneys, the theory that Sparger
came to his death as a result of
improper treatment of the effects
of the same, as had been indi-
cated by the defendant. The
rulings of Judge Burford were
considered so strict by the de-
fendant's attorneys that they
town Exposition will bring it be-
fore the mind of the beholder
with a vividness second only to
having seen the actual event. In
fact it will give a far clearer idea
of the frightful ruin of a great,
city in a few moments than could ^
possibly have been gained by
being present in the western city simwm r iicmui.
at the time of its destruction.
This is true because it will be
seen in its entirety, a thing im-
possible to one who was actually
in the horror, and it will be-seen
without the natural fright and 1
unnatural discomfort which ac-
companied the witnessing of the
actual event-.
To the visitor to the James-
town Exposition the drama of
ruin will set forth with all thej
romantic interest that attaches
to the history of the last days of
Pompeii and Herculaneum.
DENNIS FLYNN
STARTS A F
IRE
And Roasts Ills Enemies to a Turn
For Corrupt Connection With
Standard Oil Octopus.
STROUD WOMAN
DISAPPEARED
Mrs. Laura Corbin is Being Sought
l or by her Relatives Last
heard From at Chandler.
Tite Brannon case which occu-
pied the entire time of the court
for two days was given to the »ice.-.-,--.' ,1
jury at midnight Saturday even- t roduced before prosecution rest- 8llve^ several exceptions on this
ing. ' ed: point.
Brannon was charged with the Mrs. Belle Sparger, Mrs. Alin- Judge McKamy of Spat Us as
killing of Cash Sparger at a nie Mayo,,W. E. Pritchett, W. E. sihte<l County Attorney Foster
dance near Sparks last summer. Sweat, Mr. Stewart, Mrs. L. P. *n prosecution and opened
Much time was spent in the Wilson, W111. Lyle, A. B. Turner, the argument after noon Satur
examination of jurors and the Ettie Jones, A. A. Ladd, l)r. J. day.
defense conducted by Hoffman W. MeClintocks, Win. PiatL He was followed by. Col. Roy L. B. Martin, carrier of rural
A Embry was one of the most In making the statement for Hoffman who for two hours do- route No. 4, of Stroud, Okla., is
stubborn legal tights ever made ( the defendant Col. Roy Hoffman fended the prisoner with in- very anxious to hear ol the
in Lincoln county. pleaded self defense and urged genuit.v and eloquence. j whereabouts of his daughter,
The evidence tended to show that the wound of Sparger had Hon. John Embry followed and Mrs. Laura Corbin, who left
that Brannon was dancing with I been treated in such an unusufq 1 made a six hour effort and pro- Stroud on March llttth, for Chan-
a married daughter of Sparger j and improper manner that there | nounced by many as one of Hie dler in search ol work, writing
and that Sparger ihterferred and would have been no chance for , best of Embry s many able argu immediately home to her parents
tried to get the daughter to go his recovery even though thei'nents. stating she had a job but was ru t
home. A quarrel ensued in
which Brannon called Sparger!
a vile name and was struck by
Sparger. Brannon then drew a
knife and stabbed Sparger in
the abdomen froth which wound
lie afterward died.
The jury empaneled was as
follows: J. A. McDaniel, W. A.
Sliattuek, D. H. Maxwell, Sam
Bickford, T. E. Bullock. P. W.
Nutter, M. Fisher, P. Garcia,
S. R. •Springer, A. F. Stevens,
W. G. Farrell, C. K. Ferguson.
The main witness for the pros-
ecution was Mrs. Belle Sparger.
She stated the circumstances of
the killing, telling first how Asa
Brannon had sat down in the
swing with her and said "it
wasn’t any’ of her damned busi-
ness
ments.
County Attorney Foster closed pleased with it and might go
to Norman. Okla., and not
wound had not been a fatal one
This developed an interesting I the argument- about midnight
discussion later on. S Saturday evening and the ability
The witnesses introduced in , with which the evidence and ar-
behalf of the defendant at the gument were both handled by
afternoon and evening session ! the prosecution was the subject
were as follows: of many laudatory remarks from thing of her whereabouts
J. Wilbur Brawdy, Bertha j those who witnessed them, fear that some foul play
Duke, Wm. Smith, Andrew Hack- The jury returned a verdict of happened her. Mrs. Corbin has
on
to
write until they heard from her.
The parents have repe itedly
tried to get word from their
daughter and cannot hear any-
and
has
er, James White, Frank BraWdy,
Lizzie Lee, Ettie Jones, Maggie [gvee
Brannon, Dr. W. •) Wallace, Dr.
J. W. Dillard.
The witnesses for the defend-
ant agreed in a general way on
the main facts and incidents of
t|iecase us outlined in the state-
ment of the prosecution and the
testimony of the first witness
Friday.
The theory of self defense was
“Manslaughter
" about noon
in the tirst
Sunday.
tie
DESTRUCTION OF
SAN FRANCISCO
At the Jamestown Exposition. Stu-
p.nilaus Disaster to he Shown
in rtiniature.
a little girl tive years old, who
resides with her grandparents
in this city, but has been parted
from her husband a year lust,
January who has given her con-
siderable trouble about the child, j
Anyone who can give these pat-
ents news from their daughter I
will confer a great favor 1 y wiit- -
The destruction of San Fran-1
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when she remonstrated, developed fully in the testimony I eisco by earthquake, and tire is
to be made the subject of the
most elaborate mechanical spec-
tacle ever devised
would kill Brannon on an occa-
Then about finding her daughter 1 ot' defendant’s witnesses. Alrs.
Minnie with Brannon on the - Mayo testified tearfully that she
platform. Her husband told the 1 had heard her father say he
girl to come and go home. She
started to follow him. Asa Bran-, siou when a story was told about
non called out,“Do you know who
she is dancing with?” Sparger
answered, “I don’t care who,”
and Brannon exclaimed “Get off
of here or I’ll show you, you
-I ds of a I) Then
they fought. Sparger struck
Brannon a blow and he stagger-
ed back. Then he ran forward
stooping and crouching and
struck at Sparger with the knife.
Witness saw the fatal blow si ruck
and told how Sparger afterward
died as a result of the wound.
Following the examination of
Mrs. Belle Sparger nearly all
the witnesses in the Brannon
m urder case testified Friday af-
the defendant buying a dress
skirt for Mrs. Sparger sometime
before the tragedy. Maggie
Brannon, sister of the defend
ant, stated that Sparger had said
to her on the afternoon it oc-
curred that he would “kill Bran-
non if lie caught him with Min-
nie.” Witness had warned de-
fendant when Sparger appeared
near the platform where Bran-
non was dancing with the girl
that Sparger was hunting for
trouble. A pair of brass knucks
was introduced in evidence.
The defendant tettitied that he
had been dazed by the blows of
Sparger when placed on the
*Do7i 7 9//o? tgagc 2/our J’arjji
UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN E. W. HOYT
If you want to borrow money on your farm don't fail to see me.
I am loaning private money on the good farms of Lincoln county, and
am in a position to give von better rates, terms and privileges than the
regular loan companies, and I will do it too
All I ask is that vou see me and hear my proposition,
examinations, draw my own papers and will close »
I make my own
a loan in twenty
minutes, and pay von vour money. I also have plenty of money to loan
on vour live stock on long time at current rites. I am upstairs over the
star store, in tliei'lapp building. Rooms i and 5, Chandler, Oklahoma.
E. W. HOYT.
which is to in
seen next year at the James-
town Ter Centennial, near Nor-
folk, on the borders of Hampton
Roads, Virginia. The spectacle
is to be on the lines of the Johns
town and Galvelston tlood pro
ductions. The New York man
who controls a large tract of
spacefot amusement concessions
at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial
exposition next year said: “Art
ists and photographers arej
already on their way to San Fran
cisco to get the material for re-
producing the disaster in minia-
ture, with fidelity of every detail.
It is probable that the spectacle
will be worked out under tin-
direction of E. J. Austin, thej
English artist, who made succes
ses of the Johnstown Hood at the
Buffalo exposition and the Gal
veston Hood at tb* St. Louis
World’s Fair, both of which are
now at Coney Island. From a
showman’s standpoint the Fris-1
co disaster offers great possibili-
ties, and we are going to take ad
vantage of them.”
The destruction of tin- great!
American city with the miracu-
lous escape of the bulk of its
400,000 inhabitants, outclasses
in interest and dramatic effect!
most of the great disasters in the
history of the world. The drama
of this dreadful event as repro-
duced in miniature at the James-1
ing them. Exchanges please
copy.
The Oklahoman is in receipt of
a communication from Mr. Mar-
tin in which he expresses the
surmise that his daughter is
either in Guthrie or Oklahoma
.City, if she is alive, and likely at
some hotel. He further stab's
that she was in Chandler with
Corbin the day she left Stroud;
that Corbin went to Cleveland,
thence to Red Fork, then to
Mounds and hack to Stroud on
May 16. An investigation of the
disappearance of the woman is
actively underway. Oklahoman.
cultivation cannot he too strongly
urged upon all cultivators of the
soil, no matter What the crop is,
and the ground should always be
kept clean, if we want good re-
turns for our labor.
We ore cultivating four va-
rieties of strawherries, so far
successfully, all producing nice
Hon. D T. Flynn was in Sliaw large berries, but we are some
nee yesterday on legal business! what partial to the Brandywine,
and in conversation with the edi- I think itis the handsomest berry-
tor of tlie Herald on statehood I ever saw, We gathered some
possibilities he said: “I feel I that measured 12 inches by 1
certain of statehood this session inches the other way and 11
and believe it will c-oine by an [inches in diameter.,
agreement between the senate! It is almost unnecessary to tell
and house and not as a ridel-on your readers tha,t the deep sandy
an appropriation bill. The latter ■ loam soils north of Weiland and
method is a precarious one at
best ami only to be lesorted to j
as a last and desperate expe l
dient.
What have you got to say Mr.
Flynn, wo asked, in regard to
the charges made by the "or-1
ganization” spokesmen in Wash-
ington and over the territory
that you are secretly opposed to
statehood
"Simply that these stories are
a very cheap subterfuge On the
part of the machine manipulat-
ors who desire to capitalize for
future use all the credit for ob-
taining this great boon for
i territories. You might
further that if our delegate in
congress and the representatives
of many of the cities from both
territories hud worked with one-
third of the energy for statehood
; that they have devoted to looking
after their personal and selfish
| aims and Ambitions 1 believe we
would now have statehood or at
j least, have a much better and
; fairer bill to that end. 1 will say
also that if these gentUtnen
j would realize that, they are there
las the rep resell fat ives of the peo-
ple, and not the Standard Oil
company, and paid their own ex-
! penscs instead of looking to th(‘
'(kdopus’ for reward, on r citizens
would get a squarer deal and
statehood would have been hur-
ried.
“I have a letter from a promi-
nent congressman who says that
lie was asked hy Delegate Me
F. A. Ihsbee left Monday
morning for Lawton.
south and east of Greenville can
not be surpassed for growing
tine strawberries. The best
time to plant is in the fall and
summer. Early fall planting in-
sures good roots as the soil is
warm and the plants grow rapid-
ly and will give the planter a nice
lot of berries the next spring
that will more than pay all ex-
penses. in planting we run our
rows 3-i feqt apart and drop the
plants in this furrow about three
feet apart and till in between the
plants next spring with.runners
so as to get the plants about
the eighteen inches apart in the rows
say and if the variety is a vigorous
grower it will make matted rows.
VVe have a three-acre plot of
ground fenced to itself with
barbed wire and poultry fencing
planted as follows; Five thous
and strawberries, consisting o:'
four varieties from the earliest
to the latest; one hundred and
fifty grape vines, early and late;
eighty peach trees, giving a suc-
cession from May to October;
fifty apple trees, giving a succes
sion from June to September:
tive hundred blackberries, two
varieties, and will add the dew:
berry this fall: ten rows of water-
melons, live rows of peanuts and
j a half acre in navy beans; also
! row of navy beans between the
: rows of grapes and blackberries
5 and watermelons. VVe are ti-y-
! ing to bring up the odd ends and
carry something to town to sell
j and /get the necessities that we
G uire to present an amendment! can not grow for the family. It
similar to the Warren amend- ■
ment, which seeks to l-ob the!
people of this territory of the
choicest school lands, and the
evidence that McGuire lias been
the chief promoter of this ne
farious scheme is I think conclu-
sive. Our public, officials should
not stay in Washington and he
subject to the criticism that cor-
porations are paying their ex-
penses there.”
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8TEVENS ARMS AND TOOL
Raises Everything at Home
Weiland, Texas.
Farm and Ranch:
The strawberry is not very
fastidious about the soil you plant
it in, as 1 have seen abundant
crops gathered from a variety of
soils differing widely in charac-
ter from a heavy clay to a poor
sandy, but the host soil we have
ever tried is a deep sandy loam,
but any good soil that will grow
corn or cotton will grow good
crops of strawberries. It lias
been about eighteen years since
we grew the strawberry very
successfully in the black land at
Mesquite, Texas, for a number
of years.
The preparation of the soil is
the most important item in the
| whole business of growing the
strawberry. Next to the prepar
ation of the soil is that of cultiva-
tion, and the grower should con-
stantly keep in mind that the
certainty, excellence and bounte-
ous yield of his crop depend upon
constant cultivation and keeping
the runners pinched off
they appear. The subject of I June SO.
takes hard work and intelligence
to keep up the odd ends, but
there is money in it, besides .:
whole lot of good eating, which
makes the family healthy. Silas
G. Lae,key in Farm and Ranch.
Frisco Cheap Rates,
Hobart, (). T. Convention Inter-De-
nominational territorial Sunday school,
one fare plus 50c for round trip, on
sale May 28, 20 and doth, return limit
June 2nd, 1000.
Denver, 1 olo , Grand Lodge Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks,
rate of 821.10 to Denver Polorado
springs or Pueblo. On sale daily July
10th to lath, return limit August 20.
Springfield, .'lo., annual meeting,
Oernian Baptist Brethren, tickets on
sale May 01, June 1 ami 2, return limit
June 15. Rate one fare plus 82 00 for
round trip.
City of Mexico, rate ot one fare plus
82 for round trip, tickets on sale June
25 to July 7, return limit September to.
San Francisco, Cal., annual conven-
tion National Educational Association.
July SI to l:i, rate of one fare plus 83
f >r round trip, linal limit 15.
Monte Ne, Ark., clay Pigon Trap
Shooting Tournament, rate one fare
plus 50 cents for round trip. Tickets
on sale May 2D, 50 ami 21, return limit
May June 2.
Summer tourist rates to Pity of
Mexico, season of I iKlO, tickets on sale
daily June I to September 15, linal
limit October 15. rate $411.10 for round
trip.
UOCK ISLAM)
Louisville, Kv.. Kentucky home com
ing: rate of one fare plus 82 for round
trip, tickets on sale June 11-13, return
limit 50 days from date of *ale.
Winlield, Kas., Chautauqua assem-
bly, June 111-20: rate of one fare plus
50c, on sale June 18 23, return limit
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Smith, G. A. The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 29, 1906, newspaper, May 29, 1906; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc915135/m1/1/: accessed March 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.