The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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ASXINS
CONFESSES
(Conti mifri from llrst pusel
q. Do you know about the dyna-
mite? a. 1 know he told me in the
jail, 1 asked him why they called
him Dynamite Bill and he said he
was going: to use dynamite at the
dago camp so that there would be
nobody to appe;\jr- against him.
q. Did he tell you. in jail that he
was the man. a. He told me that
he had the dynamite under his
saddle. . .
q. Did you ask him about this
robbery in jail? a. No sir.
q. lie said he had heard about
it? a. lie said he had heard about
it.
q. When did he tell you he was
going to use dynamite? a. He told
me why he was going to use it and
told me the whole story that’s why
1 would swear that he is the man
that was here.
q. You couldn’t swear from your
own knowledge or from seeing him.
a. Yes.
q. Would you swear that he is
the same fellow? Yes sir.
q. And his name is Bill? a.
That’s what they call him.
q. He was going to use dyna-
mite so no one would appear against
him? a. Yes sir.
q. Now have you told this
straight? a. Told it straight—the
whole truth right out from begin-
ning to end.
q. Do you know what they done
with the money? a. I can tell you
where they put the it—I would be
willing to go out there with any one
and see where it was put but wheth-
er it is there now 1 can’t say.
q. Where was it put? a. It was
put away up in the road in a ditch.
If I were there 1 could show you
exactly where it was put.
q. How much was there? a. I
couldn’t tell you.
q. Was there considerable silver?
a. Yes sir there was.
q. Do you, or have you heard
whether that was the same silver
that Hazel Mann brought in? a. I
don't, Hazel Mann got some rent
money but I cannot tell how much
money there was or anything else.
q. What did they put this money
in? a. I couldn’t tell you that.
q. You said they hid it out there,
did they bury it? They didn’t say
whether they burried it or what they
did with it, Ras took it all when it
was counted up in the ditch.
q. Was it divided up between
you. a. No sir.
q. Was it understood that you
was to get a part of it? a. Yes sir
but I did not get any of it.
q. About the dynamite, Spess
told you about that down here in
jail? a. Spess told me.
q. How was it that he happened
to tell you about it? a. I asked
him what he had dynamite for and
told me. Said he was going to
blow up the dago camp.
q. When he told you about the
robbery? a. No he didn’t say for
he was the man that was there him-
self and I asked him how much was
cleared, about $700.00 he told me
out of his own mouth.
q. Then he was the man who
counted out himself, did anybody
hear him make that statement in
jail? a. I was the only one he was
on top of the cage when he said
that.
q. And you are positive that he
is the man that was with you? a.
Yes sir, Joe Lilly was not near
there for I never saw Joe Lilly until
the day we were brought in. He
asked the Bulgarian if that was one
of them and he said yes that was
one of them.
q. Who said that?a. A Bulgar-
ian.
q. Does Spess look like Joe Lilly?
a. No sir.
q. Now when they were talking
this matter over did, Mrs. Ras act
like she was under the influence of
Kas? a. Not that I remember but
she wasn’t against it either.
q. Did she discuss the robbery
in any way? a. Not that I remem-
ber.
q. Caution him that he might get
into trouble? a. She said, Ras you
might get into trouble. He said,
Hell I ain’t getting into any trouble.
q. What did she say then? a.
Well, if they do they don't know any
thing?
q. Now, when they came up was
the money turned over to her?—
any part of it? a. No sir not that
I know of.
q. Did you hear her and Ras talk-
ing about this—did you hear them
talking about it. a. No sir.
q. Did you hear them next morn-
ing? a. No I didn’t that I know of.
q. You didn't as you remember?
a. I don’t remember.
q. Have you heard them talking
since they have been in lail down
here? a. Ras and his wife—no sir.
q. Now when they were out there
which one was boss? a. She was
willing to be bossed—they were
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ADDRESS
bosses. He was the man that I was
to work for and 1 looked to him for
my pay. This man, 1 do not know
his name (Decker), agreed to do
something for him tor $20.(X) and
then he asked Ras for $80.00 and
Ras said what in the hell can he get
from me.
q. Does she seem to be under his
control and do everything that Ras
tells her to do? a. Much under his
control.
q. Did you see from their actions
that she was under his control? a.
Partly, yes sir, she is a little boss
for she is the one that owns that
place and tries to tell Ras what
to do.
q. Does she usually tell Ras what
to do? a. Yes sir.
q. Did you know of them having
a quarrel while you were living
there? a. Yes sir, down on the
farm, this head man was moving
out and they were going to have a
dance and 1 went there early in the
evening then 1 went home and put
away my team and ate my supper
and Ras didn’t come home and I
went to bed and later in the even-
ing she woke me up and made me
hitch up the team and go down
there and they had a little spat then
at the dance.
q. Who hid the money out there
in the ditch, a. Ras.
q. Did Mrs. Ras know anything
about it’s being there? a. No sir.
q. When did she find out about
it, do you know? a. No sir.
q. Was the money still out there
in the ditch? a. It was when I
came to jail.
q. When you was brought to jail?
a. Yes sir.
q. You do not know what hap-
pened after you was brought away?
a. No sir, I don’t know what hap-
pened after I was brought away.
HOLY CITY
The large audience, embracing
quite a number of the Creston
clergy, as well as their layman
regular theatre goers, which as-
sembled at the Temple Grand
theatre last evening to witness
the presentation of “The Holy
City,” was sertainly a high com-
pliment to the popularity of
Messers Gordon & Bennett, as
public entertainers. Their vis-
it here last season in "A Royal
Slave," sealed their reputation
with our people, and the result
was very gratifying last night.
Their daring production of the
great Biblical story of a Mary
Magdalene was clearly voted a
complete success by those pres-
ent last night, who enjoyed to the
30 Days Clearing Sale
At the
Dyer Hardware Store
We find ourselves overstocked on a great
many goods in our line and will, for the
NEXT THIRTY DAYS
make a special sale on our entire stock of
Hardware, Cook Stoves, Tinware, Glassware
and Queensware, Warner Field Fence, Sew-
ing Machines, etc, etc.
Our motto, as usual, is “Good Goods and
Low Prices.” Come in and see us.
*Dyer jfrarctwcire Co.
Chandler, Oklahoma.
uttermost the excellent work of
the large cast of artists. Clar-
ence Bennett, the auther, appear-
ed as “John the Baptist,’ giving
the character strength and deep
feeling, v hich was not marred
by excess of zeal. The difficult
role of the loving but vengeful}
‘Salome,’ was very cleverly |
handled by Luella Morey, who
lent the fires of passion and hate
to her delineation of the part.
The costumes and scenery
were spectactular and attractive
and the transformation scene,
the resurrection, and the gates
of the New Jerusalem were
beautiful in the extreme.
Creston Morning American,
Creston, la., Jan. 20, 1907.
Egbert Opera House, Friday,
April 3.
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world than a lease from an indi-
vidual indian who in turn him-
self was a lessee of his tribal
government, and after the tribal
governments had gone out of
existence and they had their
property in severalty, the Indian
did not say don’t let these white
people who were originally in-
truders have a home, but the
Indian voted to give them an op-
portunity to buy the land that
they had leased, and in the tribe
to which I belong one homestead
at 50 per cent its value and the
remainder at 621 per-cent and
that all unimproved lots should
be sold at public auction. So
you see even an Indian believes
in the ownership and do not im-
magine for a moment that there
is a single Indian in the Indian
Territory who is opposed to your
buying your home. Now do you
believe that the white people want
to take the right from you to own
your homes you have looked for-
ward for years to own—no sir.
I want to say to you that it is an
absured proposition to say that
the people of the Indian Terri-
tory are opposed to the sale of
these lands. They are in favor
of it. They may differ matenaly
on the details by reason of their
environment or the environment
of their representative, but we
shall try to solve these problem!
and solve them in the light of in-
teligent legislation. I want to
say further that perhaps you are
weary because we have not had
a bill up before. The longer a
bill lies without action, the easier
it is to kill it, and that is why we
have delayed action on important
legislation before this legislature
—the most important of which is
the question of prohibition, the
question of 'the s ile of school
lands, and the question of fixing
the state institutions. We have
got to put these bills through
one by one. If you put them to-
gether trades will be made upon
one in favor of the other and no
telling what the result will be.
I make you this explanation to
explain to you why we have held
back this bill. It was for the
reason that when we started to
get it through we were going to
pass it even if we had to “rail-
road” it, if it be necessary in
order to pass it to work out the
details which many of us have
not yet solved and when they are
solved we will be able to pass it
and pass it quickly.
I want to beg your pardon for
trespassing on your time and
want to beg your pardon for de-
laying you on this subject. You
are not here to hear me talk—
you want to hear the announce-
ment of the press wires which
announce that House of Repre-
sentatives have passed the bill in
which you are interested, but
gentlemen I assure you that Mr.
Fisher will hear you patiently
with your arguments and he will
take your advice and let me ad-
vise you to give him some advice
upon these details in addition to
the fundamental principles to
which I have already referred.
Gentlemen, I thank you.
J. H. Hamilton who was a
juror in the County Court re-
turned to his home in Avery Fri-
day evening.
For Sale
Two flue, youag thor ughbred
bulls. Their mother took first
prize at Oklahoma City stock
show, and first at several county
fairs. They are registered and
have won first prizes at good
fairs. Overstocked. Will sell
cheap and furnish complete
papers. Call on or write to
H. J. Culkm,
_WelUtoo, Okla.
For Sale
I have for sale two good teams
of mules, one of them extra
large. Also one team of good
mares. Will sell for cash or give
time.
Henry McKeown
Agra Oklahoma
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Smith, G. A. The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1908, newspaper, March 27, 1908; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc915663/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.