The Texhoma Times (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1921 Page: 2 of 8
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THE TIMES. TEXHOMA. OKLAHOMA
Be photographed this year on your. See as for insurance la any line.
Birthday at [ Best companies represented here.
30-tf WILSON STUDIO. I John F. Allison and Son.
This Drug
Store Helps You
When you want a dish of ice cream, or a cold soft drink—a cigar,
a can of tobacco, or a good pipe—a stick of gum or the daintiest of
confectionery—reliable complexion specialities or a toilet set—a lead
pencil or a box of the choicest stationery—or any of the many little
daily wants—you just naturally drift around to this store and FIND
WHAT YOU WANT.
When the doctor hands you a prescription you have every' confi-
dence that it will be accurately filled, and that the price will.be mod-
erate. When you need only a simple remedy for some slight ailment
you KNOW you can find It here, and that it is highly recommended by
others who have used it
Confidence creates habit, and a GOOD habit is an aid to health
Keep coming and keep welL
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Palace Pharmacy
Prescriptions Our Specinlty
Fred L. Miller
Props.
W. H. Vincent
E very dependable
L ine of goods
R epresented here at
U nusual prices
F ine assortment of groceries 1
F it you in (leather) shoes
I ntend and strive to please, if
N ot let me know, will appreciate it.
Sugar, per hundred $7.50
Shoes, your choice $6.50
50 pounds of sugar free with every $50 purchase.
25 pounds of sugar free with every $25 purchase
10 pounds of sugar free with every $12.50 purchase
ALL THIS WEEK
E. L. Ruff in
A Little More for a Little Less.
Texhoma -I- Oklahoma
HOSEA ELLIS CONFESSES
TO PART IN CRIME
Confession Made Last Week C lear l"p
! Murder Mysteries—Broth, r of Har-
ry is 14 Years Old.
Through the got d work of Detec-
tive Proper, the Dt rns agency man
c- ployed by Lih-ra! eiUi'.-ns 10 ferit
out the Longanecker crjne Harry and
Hosea Ellis, brothers 17 and 14 years
old, confessed la.t woc-k that they
I were the sole murdodore of John Lon-
canecker and described in detail how
j they committed th crime.
The clue that led to the implication
i of Hosea in the crime was a remark
i he dropped in his examination in Bea-
ver last week, which detective
Proper picked up and pressed to a
successful conclusion. Hosea after-
ward confessed his part m the crime,
and Harry set forth in detail how
they both took part in it They clear
the good reputation of Henry Smith,
Tvfaom Harry implicated, and also Mil-
ler of actual participation, but Harry
contends that Miller was told all
about the crimes and knew every-
thing. The absolving of Henry Smith
of all censure of cormcction with the
murder is gratifyirg to his friends
who knew from a study of the time
that he wes not connected ifi any way
with the murders, a.: Harry firut eon-
tended.
Both the boys were present when
the body of Longaw;cker was found
and freely mingeld with the crowd.
Their father sat on the coroner's ju-
ry. They are of a peculiar criminal
type which can boar up under strains
and under which the average of great
percentage would go down. Detective
Proper pronounces them as among the
coolest and most deliberate he has ev-
er had anything to do with. Both of
them have lied so fluently that Ani-
nias of old is a cheap skate by com-
parison and is not in their class at
any jump in the road. Harry has made
fourteen different statements and not
until now do the authorities feel they
have obtaied a reasonable amount of
truth.
Miller, while the authorities feel is
not guilty of participation, is unques-
tionably familiar with events and he
will be given the third degree in due
season. Ed Longanecker, nephew of
the dead man, has been taken back to
Arkansas to serve a balance of seven
years In the pen, from which he es-
caped. The finger print on record in
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[the federal pen at Leavensw rth,
proved his undoing.
The oonfession of Hosea Ellis and
the two additional statements of Har-
ry Ellis are as follows:
It was about bdod, Wednesday,
April 27, when he left home. We
went one mile west, two and one-half
miles north and then one-half mile
west to Longar.ecker's. We drove up
there and John came out Harry ask-
' ed him if he had a pump. He «aid res
; and Harry told him that he watted to
| borrow it a litUe bit. Harry took the
; pump and pumped up the ca ing.
When he got the casing pumped up
' him and Longanecker was talking and
Longanecker was squatting down in
front of the car. Harry stepped up
behind him ard shot him. He then
i .iragged him to tho?e feed stacks. He
, covered him up with some feed and
came back to the car. He picked up
Longanecker's cap and threw it into
the car and took it down the road and
threw it out into the weeds north of
the road. I hid under the sage brush
on the side of the road near the fence
We drove home then and took the car
back in the barn where it was ano
then on Friday night Harry and my
] two little brothers and myseif started
: a Literary. We,went a mile west
an I a mile north We let my two Jit-
t'e brother* o'.t and they went on up
to , :e-a-y V"e went a mile west,
iW'i miles north an J cr'e-half mile
west to L' nganeckert-. Harry went
to the door and knocked. No one
answered so we went and got John's
car. Harry cranked the car and got
in it I cranked our car and got into
it I threw the switch on and pulled
the gas down, Harry drojre out and
went one half mile west and about
one and one 1 half miles south. He
stopped and told me to get into Johns
car and let him have his. Then he
tafcen the lead and went another mile
and a half south and one half mile
east where he left thecar. He taken
the bulb out of the left hand
light and we taken the coils out and
then we got in his car and he drove
back to school house. Harry said
that we would leave it there and,we
would go back and get it a little later
and sell it
Harry told me the day he killed
Longhrunecker that he was going to
murder him. He said that he wanted
to get his money and his car. We did
not search his pockets when we lrill-
ed him. I did not want to go along
at first but Harry told me that he
wanted me te go alonng and drive. I
did not see Harry cut his throat I hit
Longanecker over the head with a
club and helped drag him to the stack.
I had hold of one of his feet but dont
know which foot it was. We dragged
him west and then south. We did not
see anyone around. I hit him over
the head with a mattock handle and
after I had finished with it I return-
ed home and placed it in the mat-
tock. We took the club along because
Harry said that if we fct a chance to
use that he would not have to shoot.
I helped place the feed bundles over
his body. Harry never told me fbout
having any trouble with Longanecker
nor of any argument in the pool hall.
I never heard Ed Longanecker or
Henry Smith's name mentioned in
connection with the murder.
Statement of Harry K Ellis Relative
to Killing of Henry Smith
Me and Henry Smith left Liberal
and went 12 miles west, and turned
t'.ie corner and went about one hun-
dred yards south. I shot Smith while
the car was going. He looked at the
casing on the left hand side and I
shot him and drug him out through
the right door and drug him around
the car to the hill on the west side
and went back and got the car. I
drove around to tin body and got out
there. I shot him again and cut his
throat I put him on the side of the
car and hauled him over to the mole
hole and put him in the hole and put
some weeds over hini. I went from
there to Frank Miller'c rnd when I
got there he wasn't at home, eo I
went on to one of the neighbors by
the name of IL R. Parker, j .stayed
up there about thirty minutes and
then went bacjc to Frank's and he was
at home. We talked a few minutes'
and then I went ever there to Folks.
Then I.come back to Frank Miller's
bo'.w eeW ten i>nd eleven o'clock. We1
tfclked it little while and I got oul of
the car and went into the house with
him and I told him about that body
being over there. The next morning
we got up and went to Sam Green's
for breakfast and from there to Mr.
Brown's and from there to Mr. Brays.
We went back then and I showed him
where the body was. We went around
the road and I just pointed it out to
hint. We went on to his place and
from there to Hooker and rode No. 2
to Liberal. That night I asked Miller
if he wanted to do me a favor and he
said that he didn't know. I then said
I wanted to know. Ho said that he
auto did. I told hin never to tell any
one and I told him to write me and let
r c know when they found Smith. I
also told him that I had Killed Smith
He proouscd not to tell anyone and to
!et me know when the body was found
The latest confession of Harry El-
as to the Longanecker killing is as
follows:
Well, it was one week before we
murdered John Lor.ganecl^r that we
was up town in a pool hall. I had
K.ade a bet with him and he owed me
$20. A week before the 27th of
April I asked him for the money and
he said he was not going to pay me
until he turned gray. He gave me a
cursing and said he was going to
break my neck. On the 27th of April
me and Hosea went over there and I
shot him and Hosea hit him. I cut
his throat and Hosea hit him with a
club. I hit him with the one that Dr.
Nelson had at the inquest. We drug
him around behind the feed stacks
and covered him up with bundles.
Then we went on back home. We
picked up his cap and took it on down
the road and Hosea put it under the
sage brush. Then on Friday night
n.e and my brother started to a liter-
ary and my two little brothers got out
a' the corner and went to the liter-
ary and me and Hosea went and got
Loganecker's car. We got it partly
for a blind and to sell it.
I cut LonganecKer's throat with a
'three bladed bone handled knife. This
was the same one I used on Smith's
throat. We did not search Longauec-
kcr's pockets after killing him, and
did not enter the house Friday night
when we went after the car. I was
never back to the body until the day
it was found. I was present at the
inquest, Monday, May 2nd. I never
told father anything in reference to
the murder until today in here but. I
told Frank Miller about the murder
of Henry Smith the night I killed
him. He promised to write and let,
me know when they founnd Smith's I
body. He also promised not to tell
anyone. He did not have any part in
the killing of Henry Smith. He was
only to let me know when the body
was found.—Liberal News.
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Concerning one of the in-
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Head off pain and suffering
by keeping a box handy.
Money back if first package
fails to relieve.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
NEW LAW FIRM IN CITY
M. W. Pugh of Boise City and Earl
Martin of Hooker have formed a par-
tnership here for the practice of law.
Their office vnill be in the Buikholts
building.
Both are experienced practitioners
and have a wide acquaintance over
the state. Mr. Pugh formerly, served
as state senator of his home district,
and was also county judge for four
years.—Duncan (Okla) Banner.
PICKWICK COFFEE
The Coffee Supreme
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Texhoma,
Oklahoma
12-20 F
lures
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Oil cooled — no
evaporation —
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Low speed, heavy
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35% overload cm-
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Cut gear enclosed
transmission.
Governor con-
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Properly placed
belt pulley.
Adjustable draw-
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Two speeds.
Automobile steer-
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Hyatt roller bett-
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What of 1931.'
When buying a tractor today you
should consider, "How long will it last?"
Will it run for two, three or four years
and then be consigned to the scrap heap?
Will the repair* after the first year aoon
double the original cost? Or will it be
giving dependable service in 1931 ? These
are facts you should seriously consider.
Many of the first OilPutls built 12
years ago are still running. Introduced
in 1909 they demonstrated their depend-
ability and economy in developing the
raw prairies of Canada into the fertile
whcaUands which they are today. Orig-
inally built with a two cylinder heavy
duty motor, kerosene burning design, all
spur gear transmission and extra large
factors of safety to take car e of additional
heayy work- «wny of these
old OilPulls are still working faithfully.
In these twelve years OilPull tractors
have proved their remarkable ability to
work steadily and constantly hour after
«d day after day. They have
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ooMrvmchea far tho fact that la twelve
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Before you buy your tractor have us
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about OilPull performance.
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