The Shawnee Daily News-Herald (Shawnee, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 163, Ed. 1 Friday, March 20, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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THE SHAWNEE DAILY NEWS-HERALD
Regular afternoon Associated Press and special lull Saturday night reports, direct by leased wire.
VOLUME XIX
Shawnee Daily Herald, Vol. 16 /ConsolidatedX
Shawnee Daily New , Vol. 16 V i, 1911 /
FRIDAY, MARCH 20.anan. .a. .a.
Chief Hawk Reported Killed
in Battle With Bank Robber
BDLUillN
A reptrt irom Nfwallu at ."> o'clocl ]
tills afternoon Hdid Ihnl t hief of Po-1
lire ('. ('. Dunk hud been killed k)
I lie rubber, who wuh surrounded u
mile from that place, and had taken
refuge in a ditch. The report was
verified to (he extent that informa-
tion was received that a member of
the Shawnee party had been shot,
how serlouslj conld not be ascer-
tained at this time.
The robber is said to hate forti-
fied himself in a ditch and is using
a hlifli power rifle to keep off the
posse.
BI'LLKTIN 5:S0
A report at 5:30 said that t hief
Hawk was shot in the arm and shoul-
der and seriously wounded.
WARLIKE ARE
Bert Bradley, cashier of the Ne-
walla State bank, was held up by a
lone robber at 2:15 this afternoon
and the bank robbed of cash esti-
mated at from $700 to $1,200. The
robber left town in a southwesterly
direction before Bradley could give
the alarm. Fosses are in pursuit.
Posse From Shawnee.
As soon as the news was received
here a posse was organized and left
on a Katy engine for Newalla at 3
o'clock. Those in the posse were C.
C. Hawk, chief of police; Frank Ear-
nest; Jerry Spann, night chief; N. M.
Douglas, deputy sheriff; L. A.Brown,
fire chief; John W. Jones, cashier
of the State National bank; S. P.
Freeling, county attorney; William
<5race, ex-sheriff, and Otis B. Weaver
of the News-Herald.
Story of Robbery.
The story of the robbery as told to
BY ASSOCIATE!) PRESS.
Belfast. Ireland, March 20.—Sir Ed-
ward Carson, leader of the unionists
of Ulster, made a dramatic entry
into the capital of the province to
consult with other Ulster unionist
leaders and witlv commanders of the
Ulster volunteer forces.
Populace Excited.
There is considerable excitement
among the Belfast people, who are
momentarily expecting a decisive
move. Carson was welcomed by the
commander in chief of the Ulster
unionist forces, and an emergency
force of picked Ulster volunteers.
the News-Herald by long distance
phone is as follows; At 2:15, when
Cashier Bradley was in the bank
alone, a stranger, medium height,
light complexion, and wearing a rag-
ged moustache, with gauntlets on his
hands, approached the cashier's win-
dow and shoved in a blank piece of
paper. The cashier looked down at
the paper, thinking it was a check,
and a moment later looked up into
the muzzle of a revolver. Keeping
Bradley covered, the robber made
his way inside the cage, gathered up
what cash he could find, then hur-
ried from the building and out of
town in a southwesterly direction,
afoot, and disappeared in the brush.
It is believed that the robber may
be one of the three who attempted to
rob a bank at Choctaw a short time
ago. Strenuous efforts wil be made
to apprehend him.
Ulster Leader Welcomed
By Belfast Home Guards
■ V
Sir Edward Carson, through his
agitation against home rule among
the Ulster counties, has become the
central figure in the new proposi-
tion just made by the British gov-
ernment for a vote on the subject.
In answer to the offer by the gov-
ernment he proposed that the offer
he submitted to an Ulster council if
the time limit for the exclusion of
< ertain Ulster counties be omitted.
The government proposed that the
nine counties be permitted to vote on
the question of the adoption of home
rule. Those which voted against it
would not be under the jurisdiction
of the Irish parliament to be created
by the home rule bill.
In the meantime, under the leader-
ship of ('arson, Ulster men are drill-
ing as if they were getting ready for
war The women have become en-
thusiastic and corps of nurses have
been organized in almost every coun-
ty and instructed in the art of first
aid to the injured. While I^ondon
does not take the warlike prepara-
tions seriously there is considerable
fear that they may mean trouble in
the near future if the home rule
question is not amicably settled.
LEO FRANK'S
COUNSELGET
BURNS' AID
SPECIAL TO 1SEWS-REIIAI.D.
Atlanta, Ga., March 20.—Following
a visit to the pencil factory where
Mary Phagan was found slain, and
the examining of every inch of the
trail Jim Con ley, the negro watch-
man, pointed out as the route over
which they dragged the girl's body
for Leo Frank, Detective William
Burns made the announcement that
he had picked up certain evidence
which he believes will clear up the
mystery.
Burns declined to state the nature
of his find, but from his close in
spection of the lathe room, where the
girl was supposed to have been mur-
dered, it is believed that he is of the
opinion that she was murdered in the
basement.
Detective Chief Lanford of the lo-
cal department declared that there
will be no conflict between the At
lanta detectives and the Burns men.
He said his records and the evidence
in the case are at the disposal of
Burns or his men.
Burns said that he has not re
celved permission to confront Conley,
linriiN* Statement
"But I believe I win get to him
before very long," he said.
Burns does not expect to break
£onley down at this late date, but he
hopes to gather from the lips of the
negro all that he knows of the mur-
der of the girl.
"I do not intend to hazard any
opinion as to the guilt of any persons
until I have completed my investiga-
tion and am ready to make my re-
port public. To do so would be im-
practical and improper," he said.
With Detective Btirns, while he was
making his tour of the pencil factory
were C. W. Burke, special detective
for Frank's counsel, and Leonard
llaas, one of the defendant's lawyers.
Burns was taken to the spot in the
rear of the metal room, where Conley
told the officers he found the huddled
and lifeless form of Mary Phagan
shortly before 1 o'clock the after-
noon of April 26.
Verdict Defended
The verdict of guilty in the trial of
Frank, was defended here in a state-
ment issued by J. T. Ozburn, one of
the jurors.
Pleas by three Atlanta ministers
last Sunday for a new trial on April
17, called forth the juror's statement.
The ministers asked a new hearing
for the convicted man on the ground
that, according to their statements,
public opinion was inflamed against
Frank at the time, and the evidence
was subject to doubt. The statement
ot the juror follows in part:
"Three men, speaking from as many
pulpits in Atlanta last Sunday, are
quoted as charging that the trial of
Leo Frank was unfair and demanding
that the verdict be set aside.
"The jury heard all the testimony
and claim to have sufficient intelli-
gence and honesty to have weighed
the evidence without prejudice. Not-
withstanding the opinion of the hpl-
ier-than-thou gentlemen to the con-
trary.
Evidence was Con<*lii*ive
"We were not trying 'yellow dogs,
'sheep-killing dogs,' ^ior dogs of any
character, but a white man charged
with a heinous crime and speaking
for myself and, I believe, for every
member of the jury, realized the
solemnity of the duty resting upon us
The testimony was strongly corro-
borated by sworn witnesses as well
as by circumsantial evidence in every
point which influenced the mind of
the jury."
Frank's death sentence has been
affirmed by the state supreme court
and his attorneys now are making
preparations to file an extraordinary
motion for a new trial on the ground
of newly discoveed evidence.
Miss Eleanor Wilson and Sec. of Treasury;
Engagement Is Announced at White House
1*
Reports of the engagement of Miss
Eleanor Wilson, youngest daughter
of the president, to William G. Me !
Adoo, secretary of the treasury, have
proved true, for the white house has
made the announcement, having been
compelled, perhaps, to make an early
statement because of the persistence
of the reports in Washington.
That the announcement of Miss
Eleanor's engagement should be
made on Friday, the 13th, is regard-
ed as significant of the defiance
which the Wilson family has always
shown to the superstition against
Friday and the 13th.
Secretary McAdoo and the presi-
dent's daughter have been together
at many a dance and social function.
Though Secretary McAdoo is fifty
years old and Miss Wilson is twenty-
four, his intimate friends declare he
is "as young as a man of thirty."
He is fond of tennis and outdoor
sports, and played tennis often on
the white house courts with Miss
Wilson last spring and fall Miss
Wilson is athletic? a good horse-
woman, and delights in outdoor life
! FRISCO DEBT IS
' CANCELLED BY
UP SATURDAY AN AGREEMENT
The preliminary hearing of Bob
Pettitt, the chauffeur charged with
complicity in the kidnaping of the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mc-
Ilityre, will be held Saturday. Pet-
titt is now out on a bond for $2,000
made by his employer, Carl Woods of
Oklahoma City, and Corporation Com-
missioner Jack Love, who is a rela-
tive of Woods. Pettit's defense is
that he was not aware of the pur-
pose of the trip he was hired to take,
but accepted the employment as he
would any other.
Mr. and Mrs. Mclntyre declare the
child is not the daughter of Maude
Richardson, but had been left in her
charge by another woman, who de-
serted it. The child was left at the
Hagar livery barn about six and a
half years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
lntyre took charge of it and after-
ward got adoption papers through the
courts.
Mrs. J. B. Dodson and child are
isltlng in Konawa.
♦ THREE DIE FROM ♦
♦ HAS EXPLOSION ♦
♦ BY ASSOCIATED PRESS. 4
♦ Ardmore, March 20.—In a *
♦ fire caused by gas exploding ♦
♦ here, Mrs. Dora Murphy and *
♦ Corrine, her daughter, and ♦
♦ Miss Mabel Cutts were burned *
♦ to death; Mrs. Elizabeth Pin- ♦
♦ ley was probably fatally *
♦ burned, and her husband serl- ♦
♦ ously injured. ♦
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ HHH
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
St. Louis, March 20.—The debt of
more than $3,900,000 which the Prise#
railroad owed Albert T. Perkins at;
syndicate trustee, is canceled by the
terms of an agreement filed with the
federal circuit court. Subsidiaries of
the Frisco revert to the syndicates
that promoted them.
SUFFRAGE IS UP
IN ANOTHER FORM
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, March 20.—Woman
suffrage came to the front in the
senate again when a new resolution
for a constitutional amendment was
proposed by Senator Shafroth to take
the place of that defeated yesterday.
It would require the states to decide
the suffrage question for themselves
whenever 5 per cent of the voters
petitioned for it. The resolution was
sent to the suffrage committee.
Senator Bristow re-introduced the
Chamberlain suffrage resolution. "I
want the good women of this coun-
try to have this resolution before
congress so they may carry on their
campaign," he said.
BATTLE FOR
BASEBALL
PLAYERS ON
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Grand Rapids, Mich., March 20.—
The first legal shot of the baseball
was of 1914 was fired here today by
the Felerad league in filing a petition
with the United States district court
for the western district of Michigan,
asking to ran injunction to restrain
Wihtam J. Killlfer Jr., formerly
catcher for the Philadelphia Nation-
als, from playing baseball with any
club other than the Chicago Federals.
Killlfer signed a three-year con-
tract with the Chicago Federals, but
afterward was persuaded that the re-
serve clause of his old contract with
the Philadelphia club held him legal-
ly to Philadelphia and he joined his
former team. The suit involves the
legality of the reserve clause, long
regarded as one of the bulwarks of
organized baseball. The suit was
brought in the western Michigan dis-
trict because Killlfer Is a resident of
PawPaw, Mich.
Hearing April ft.
Because of the absence of Federal
Judge Sessions it was impossible to
obtain a temporary restraining order
as originally planned, and the prayer
for this was stricken from the bill.
Instead, April 3 was fixed as the date
for the hearing.
house talks
cieehl:
BY ASSOCi \y PRESS.
Washlngto arch 20.—Represe
tatlve Murdo i a statement, a
nounced that \ ^ "ogresslves in co
gress are subst lly united again
the president's of repealing ti ;
exemption of coa ; e shipping fro {
Panama tolls.
Others Divided.
"The democrats and republicai ■
are hopelessly divided on the que i
tion," said Murdock. "A little mo.
than a year ago all three parth
covenanted with the people to exemj
coastwise traffic. The republicai
and democrats as parties are breal
ing their pledges. The progress^
party, free from Influence or selfis
interest, is standing by its contrao
"Thirteen million voters in 191
charged the American congress wit
carrying out their will In this ma
ter," concluded Mr. Murdock.
SUCCESSORS OF
MOORE'AND FOLK
- AREIANNOUNCED
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, March 20.—Robert
Lansing of New York and Cone John-
son of Texas will be nominated coun-
selor and solicitor, respectively, of
the state department, to succeed John
Bassett Moore and Joseph W. Folk,
according to an announcement from
the white house.
DEBATE WILL DRAW1
A GOOD AUDIENCI
i
i tj
The debate to be held at the hlgj
school auditorium Monday nlghi
March Ti, between the two teams o
the University of Oklahoma, will b'
largely attended by those intereste*
in the questions of the day. ThJ
question of a one-house legislaturl
Is one of the most talked subject^)
before the people of Oklahoma. Then I
has been some movement toward ini*
tiatlng a bill to create a smaller leg
islatuer composed of only one house. I
Thus is the question of a unicameral
or on<-housc legislature of mo*, j
nient to the voter.
The program Monday night will
contain two or three musical num-
bers and a reading by B. F. Tanneri
debating coach of the university, in
addition to the debate.
Tom Waldrep of the negative tean
is well known in Shawnee, where
he attended school before he entered
the university.
Leo Frank Convicted of Murdering Mary
Phaga, Motion for New I rial Overruled
A. G. Eakins is an Oklahoma City
viAltor today.
Atlanta, Ga., March 20.—Leo M.
Frank, accused of murdering Mary
Phagan, a thirteen-year-old employee
of the National Pencil factory, of
which he was superintendent, has
lost his appeal to the supreme court
of the state for a new trial. A
strenuous campaign to save him is
being made, and dally there are an-
nouncements of the discovery of new
evidence.
He was convicted of the murder
April 2i last year, and senteuced to
be hanged. The photograph here is
the first one for which he lias posed
since his arrest. It shows him in
good health. He has, in fuct, gained
weight since he has been in jail. His
keepers say that he eats regularly
and heartily and never Bleeps fewer :
than ten hours a night.
The case, according to the view of \
the convicted man, hangs on two
notes found near the murdered girl's
body, and couched in language to
make it seem they were written by
her. Jim Conley. the negro sweeper i
of the factory, says Frank dictated
the notes to him, and he swore to !
this at the trial. Frank, on the other j
hand, accused Conley. In one of them |
the word "nlghtwltch." a common
negro expression, was used, and
counsel for Frank Insist that never
having heard the expression he could
not have dictated the notes. They
say this is proof they were written
by a negro.
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