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VOLUME X.
BIDNEY SUdOB.l
I PorIKTO, J
AEDMORE IND. TER., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1903.
. Wl TEAR. NUMBER 216
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DOUBLE HANGING AT SOUTH Mo
ALESTER THIS MORNING.
Charles Barrett and Dora Wright
3wlna Into Eternity Woman Pro
claimed Innocence to the Last
Barrett's Story, Confession.
Special to the Ardmoroltc.
South McAlcstor, July 17.
Charles Barrett and Dora Wright
4- were hanged this morning at i
6:C8 o'clock.
Henry Donathan of Splro was
tho executioner and was assist-
cd by Deputy Marshal Crockett
fr Leo and Jailer J. C. Wilkorson.
Doth tho condemned spent tho
night well, and upon arising nn-
nounced that they were prepared
for death.
For an hour prior to tho execu-
tlon Darrett sat calmly smoking
cigarettes.
Tho negress. Dora Wright,
4 denied until tho last all conncc-
tlon with tho crime,
At 6:51 a. m. tho two murder-
4- ors wero led to tho scaffold and 4-
and placed In position, Barrett 4
4- on tho right and tho woman on
4- his left.
4 Tho black caps wore adjusted 4-
and tho lover sprung at 6:58 4-4-
o'clock. 4
Tho bodlos dropped a dlstanco
4- of seven feet.
Darrett was pronounced dead
4- twelve minutes later. Tho wo-
4- man thirteen minutes later. 4
4 Thoro wero no persons pros- 4
4- cut to claim tho bodies, which
4- will bo burled by tho government. 4
4- It was Intended to havo tho 4-
4- hanging take placo at tuinrlso but
4- this was delayed until tho ar- 4-
rival of tho Choctaw train bear- 4
Ing tho jurors, who had been In- 4
4 vltcd to tho oxecutfon. 4-
4-4- 4- 4- 4- 4
Tho execution hero today was the
first legal hnnglng to occur In tho
Contral judicial district and tho sec
ond In the Indian Torrltory, tho other
hanging occurred at Muskogco on
July 1, 1898, when two negroes wero
hung.
Tho scaffold was built at tho south
cast corner of tho Federal Jail and had
two traps, so that both tho condemn
cd prisoners might-meet death togcth
L. P. ANDERSON,
President.
II Ell 1101
D. F. FRENSLEY,
Vice-President
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Ardmore, Indian Territory.
Designated Depository (or Bankruptcy Funds ir Chickasaw Nation.
Capital paid in
Surplus Funds
Total
The oldest bank In Indian Territory.
solicited upon Uio most liberal terms consistent with good banking.
WE WILL BOND YOU
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Homo Office, Baltimore, rid.
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Paid Up Capital, $1,050,800.00 Si'rkty Bonds.
FIDELITY CONTRACTS JUDICIAL.
Judicial Bonds Executed Without Delay,
BURGLARY INSURANCE.
Dnk5, Stores, Residences Insured Against Burglary or Theft.
ROBERTS, POLAND & BRUCE,
Corretpondencs Sol'cliid. aEWI!',.T.
ARDMORE ABSTRACT CO.,
Incorporated. 1
The HIM Sel ijlilitsinl Siiiiiiiel
Abstracts of all kinds accurately milde. Records .
thoroughly searched, and any kind of informa
tion furnished on short notice and small fee.
W. S. WOLYERTON & SON, Mgr's.
ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE and BONDS
or, a stairway lead to tho scaffold
from tho north". Chief Deputy Mar-
shal t 8. Qcnunug was In chargo of
Uio execution. A high wall, surround
ing tho Jail, proventcd tho crowd from
witnessing tho execution. A few offi
cials, press representatives and
friends of Darrett and tho Wright
woman wero all that were allowed In
side. Dora Wrght't Crime.
Dora Wright, tho negro woman, was
convicted of killing a llttlo 7-ycar-old
child near Wllburton last February.
Tho Jury vfJor being out twenty min
utes returned a verdict of guilty with
out the usual recommendation of llfo
imprisonment Tho testimony of tho
p.ist mortem physician and others
showed that she had whipped tho
child to death. Tho body was after
wards mutilated and she claimed that
tin child had been outraged by a
whlto man.
Barrett's Crime and Confettton.
Chas. Uarrctt, whlto, was convicted
of killing John Hennessey at Calvin
last December. A strong fight was
mado by his attornoys to savo his
neck, but they wore unsuccessful. Ho
stoutly proclaimed his Innoccnco un
til last Tuesday, when ho gavo out
tho following Interview:
"I was born In Montaguo county,
eight or nlno miles cast of Montaguo,
Texas. I am 22 yoars old. My father
was Tobo Darrett and ho was a good
Christian man, a member of tho Chris
linn church Ho was a good citizen
and did tho very best ho could for all
of his children. I havo two brothers,
four half brothers and thrco sisters.
I was from tho start tho black sheep
of tho family and wont against my
father's ndvlco In everything. My fa
thor told mo on his death bed that I
was tho only member of tho family
that ho was uneasy about and that
ho was afraid that I would bo hung.
Ho gavo mo good ndvlco and plead
with mo to llvo a good llfo and bo a
man. But my trouble was I did not
take my father's advice. I left homo
when I was thirteen years old and
went to tho Chickasaw nation and
rodo hort-.es for' flio Suggs boys, Ikara
and Cal Suggs. From thoro I went
to Oklahoma and from thcro brick to
Texas, and from thoro on to Now
Mexico. In Now Mexico I punched
cattle and rodo horses, lived a region r
outlaw's life. They know mo In New
Mexico as "Chickasaw Jako." My llfo
thero was wild "and reckless and my
companions tho worst and most dar
ing of tho frontier cowboys and des
peradoes. I had to Icavo Now Moxlco
and went from Vascora to Amarlllo
and from thero to Plalnvlow, and
from thcro back to Montaguo, St. Jo
and on back to tho Territory.
"I got back Into tho Territory tho
15th of last August and lived around
C. L. ANDERSON,
Cashier.
$ 60,000.00
165.000.00
$225,000.00
Accounts ol ttrms and Individuals
48
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Calvin. I was separated from my
companions and folt restless. I know
they wero out In tho Wichita moun
tains and felt llko I would enjoy bo
lng with them. On tho Gth of Feb
ruary, 1900, I was married to Nora
Wllllnms In Kl Kcno by Judgo W. V.
II, Orlgshy. Sho mado m a good wifo
and did her best by mo. Wo havo ono
child.
'Tho way I got Into my last trou
ble was this: I had been working on
the section whero John Honncssy
worked and knew him. Ono day I
was In Charloy Isaac's barber shop
In Calvin. Ho asked mo It I didn't
know that old man Hcnnossoy had lots
nf mono'. I told him that I did not.
Ho said that ho knew that ho did
have, that ho must havo nearly $1,000
that ho saw It when ho wont to pay
him for a shave. Ho wanted mo to
go In with him and kill tho old man
and gel his money. Ho got Tnm
Stcnriott to go In with us, but Tom
was not ns deeply In It ns wo wero.
It wn on Sunday, tho Gth day of
Doccombcr, 1902, that Charley Isaac,
Tom Stcnnctt and I went down to
tho South Canadian river whoro we
found tho old man washing his clothes
In tho river. It was about G o'clock
In tho ovonlng. Wo shot him and
then searched Uio body for his money,
I don't know how much wo got. Wo
divided up tho money between us. Wo
agreed to stand together and defend
each other. I was arrested. Tho trial
cim on nnd tho boys did not keep
their word. They went baclf on mo.
I was convicted and sentenced to bo
hengod on tho 17th of July. I am
nrv in my coll with the death watch
mound mo nnd tho gallows bolng
built cn which I am to dlo. Slnco I
liavo Docn hero I havo heard tho gos
pel and havo been converted. Jesus
Christ has saved my soul. I am a
child of God and not afraid to dlo.
I have Joined tho Baptist church and
on the 9th day of July I was baptized
by E. D. Cameron, tho pastor of tho
First Baptist church of South McAlcs
tor.
"Now, In conclusion, I, want to say
to -all the people, nnd especially to
tho young men of tho country, I at
tribute my being hero with tho gal
lows ho fore.mo to bad company. I nev
er was a drunkard or gambler, but liavo
lived all my llfo surrounded with dn
ntmosphcro of outlawry. My compan
ions wero of tho reckless frontier des
perado order of Texas, Now Moxlco,
Colorado and Wyoming. Many of
them good hearted follows, but reck
less to Ufo pr obedlonco to tho law.
I bellovo most young men would wind
up ns I havo If they woro to llvo. with
tho same surroundings I havo bad. I
want to say to tho boys out West, If
Ihoy should seo this. Tako warning
from' mo, remember your old comrado,
"Chickasaw Jnko" and turn from your
reckless life boforo you como to tho
namo end.
"I want to 'say to my brothers and
sisters, I am sorry for tho dlsgraco
I havo brought upon tho family. I
ask you to forglvo mo, and think-of
mo at my best. I want to Bay to my
wife. May Cod bloss you. I still bo
llovo you true to nib. italso our llt
tlo girl right, keep her out of bad
company and seo that sho goos to
Sunday school and tho church. Load
h-r to tho Lord Jcsub, and havo her
bnptlzcd as soon as you cnu, for that
Is tho only pathof safety. May God
REFRIGERATORS
ON
EASY PAYMENTS
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C. R. Jones and Bro.
Ardmore National Bank,
ARUMORU,
Capital Stock and Additional Liability, : : : : : $200,000.00
Largest of any Bank In the Chickasaw Nation.
We accept small and large accounts and conduct a
Ueneral Banking Business for you.
DIRBCTORS.
0. R. Smith, Premdeot. C. R. Jones, Wholesale nnd Retai
Oi M. Campbell, Vice-Pres. Furniture.
Lee Ckuce, Cashier, Sam Noble, Wholesale Hardware
Q. W. Young, Stockman J. R. Pknninoton. " Grocer.
J.C. Thompson, Attorney, R W. Randol, Merchant. " '
bless you and my llttlo child, and, oh!
may the oxamplo of her father novcr
blight her llfo; rather may sho take
my advlco now slnco I havo como to
mysc)f and seo sin nnd sorrow a llfo
In tho true' light.
"I .want to say that tho guards of
tho jail have trcntcd mo well and I
thank them for all thoy havo done.
I thnhk tho good people of South Me
Atoster and all who have trlcil to
help mo In my troublo. And now let
mo say, I am a Christian and not
afraldto die. I havo tho assuranco
that' T n,m a child of God; I want my
brother, and sisters to alt moot mo
In heaven. I want to mcot my old
comrades there. I would llko to seo
Albert Fcrgtlson heforo I dlo nnd will
say to him I am fcoW, I hopo to mcot
you on tho., other sldo. I want to say
too, that If I had taken my wlfo's
advice I would npt havo been hero."
10,000 People
Will bo, nt tho Confederate Ilcunlon,
July 22, 23 .and 21 nt Tishomingo, I.
T.. Fbr prlvllogcH address O. H.
Butler, Tishomingo, I. T. lG-3t
OUTLAW CAPTURED.
Bank .Robber Wanted at
i Drought Down.
Jopllrt
Ariadarko, Okla., July 16. Jamos
Ixjwfs, panted at Joplln, was captured
today and perhaps fatally shot byitho
officer whllo trying to escape
Sheriff 'Thompson rccolvod a tele
gram a few days ago from sheriff at
Joplfn, Mo., requesting him to look
out for ono James tawls, who was
wanted In that city on tho chargo of
bank robbery.
Tho Caddo county sheriff ascertain
ed thai tho man was lately seen In
Washita county, and ono of his most
fearless deputies, Jim Bourland, was
at onco detailed on tho case. Bourland
succeeded In locating his man nt tho
Hughes cattlo ranch, situated north
of Mountain View, and at onco arrest
ed him. Just us tho officer wltn his
prissier started for Mountain View
to Tako tho trnln for this city, Lowls
mndV -n" bold dash for liberty nnd ho
had almost succeeded In reaching a
dense, field of growing corn, whero
ho would have escaped, when Officer
Bourland, nftor calling to him to hnlt,
shot him with his carbine, tho bullet
entering tho back nnd passing through
the body Just below tho heart. Tho
wounded man was brought to Ana
darko On tho noon train on a stretch
er nnd tnken to tho Cohon hotel. Nows
of his capturo was wired to Joplln
and officers from that placo. will ar
rlvo tomorrow to tako cTiargo of tho
prisoner. Physicians In nttcndancp
stnto that Ixiwls' wound, whllo seri
ous, Is not necessarily fatal.
ASSAULTED BY NEGRO.
A Kansas Woman the Victim Mob In
Pursuit.
Coffoyvlllo, Knn., July 1G. Mrs."
Mnud Walkor, n young whlto woman
hero, was assaulted by Bud Sclplo, a
negro, today. Mrs. Walkor was called
to her door by tho negro and was
forcibly fakon to a field a mllo away.
Her injuries wero sovoro but sho man
aged to return to town nnd toll her
story.
Tho negro oscaped Into tho Indian
Territory. A largo posso of citizens
Is In pursuit and they sny thoy will
lynch Solplo when ho Is cnught.
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IND. TBR.
IN RUSSIAN PRISON.
American While Hunting at Sea Is
Blown Upon Russian Territory.
San-Itafaol, Cal., July 16. Gcorgo
McCamlsh, whoso relatives llvo hero,
hag written them from a Russian
prison nt Vlndlsvstock, appealing for
help. Although tho letter was writ
ten nnd mailed six weeks aco It has
Jupt reached here. McCamfsh and)
two other Americans Balled from
Yokohoma with permission of tho
government of Japan to hunt for ani
mals In Kurrlo Islands. Thoy wero
caught In a galo and swept toward
tho llusslnn Islands whero thoy event
ually went ashore to got water and
other supplies. Tho Russians sus
pected thorn of sealing nnd throw
thorn Into Jail. Thcro thoy havo since
romnlncd, hnlt starved nnd shut oft
from any appeal t'o tho representa
tives of their government. An effort
will bo mado to havo tho authorities
at Washington net In tho matter.
Rev. Poiey Captured.
Shawnoo, Ok., July 1C Sheriff
Bill Grnco has returned from Chero
keo county, Tcxns, having In custody
llov. O. K. Posoy. who n fow weeks
ago eloped with Miss Joslo Shclton,
In tho south part of this county. Miss
Shelton Is 18 years old whllo Rev.
Posey Is moro than GO, and tho head
of n family of 19.
Tho eloping pair wont first to Col
orado Springs, Colo., and thenco to
El Ttono, O. T. At El Reno Itov.
Posey dosortcd hlo mato and went to
Texas, whoro ho was captured. Ho
has been placed In Jail nt Tccumsoh.
New Kansas Joint Plan.
Emporln, Kan., July 1C It. A.
Slilpmnn, Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railroad agent at Hartford, wes ar
rested yesterday on tho chargo of
breaking tho temperance law by run
ning n Joint. Shlpman's alleged plan
Is a now one. Tho Inw pornlits nn ex
press or station agent to recclvo con
signments of liquor and dollvor them
to the consigners. Shlpman, however,
according to tho evidence, Imported
consignments under fictitious names
and then retailed tho liquor and thus
for a long tlmo ovaded tho law. Ho
was released on ? 100 bond.
A Literary Gem.
Tho Ardmorelto Is In receipt of tho
following which ro qubllsh as ro
eclved:
Wynnowood July 10
to tho ardmorelto
Tomas Butch JCdward sals ho will
mako a Bloom assenson on tho 16 and
17 free of charge, ho sals ho Is an
oxspert nt tho Buysness
somo thinks ho will fly a way and
tho angles will Nalc him
Butch Is a good fellow lmndsom
looking and great fellow among tho
Boycs.
A Lawton lighter said that If his
nnmo should appear again In tno
Nows ho would boat tho llfo. out of
tho man responsible for It, whereupon
tho Nows promptly printed his numo,.
and Its editor added: "This article
was written by Frank V. Wright, tho
samo man who wroto tho first ono.
At tho Nows ofllco from 7:30 a. m. to
C:30 p. m., at 903 Avenuo A nftor that
tlmo." Wright declines to toll wheth
or ho Is from Texas or Kentucky.
J. A. BIVEN8, President DON LACY, Vice-President
H. PALMER, Cashier. W. A. WOLVERTON, Aset Cashier.
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
, papital
J? ' Su'cplds Funds-.
Accounts of firms and Individuals
Accorded
wniteman
Wholtsale
; UBii
Uealora In
General Commission Merchants.
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HOUHKfW Ardmore. I. T.
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ons, Apples, Cabbage,
House Products.
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8LEEP COME8 AT INTERVALS.
TIME8 OF DEEP DEPRESSION.
Respiration of His Holiness Has
Again Become of Serious Rapid
Ity Simply Panting for
Dreath An Operation.
Homo, July 17.-2:25 a. m. Tho
popo's condition this morning is ovon
loss satisfactory than yesterday
morning, nnd ho was suffering from
much unonslnoss nnd difficultly In
hronthlng until rcllovcd to somo ox
tent by an Injoctlon of caffolno.
As tho hours and days go on, each
8ucccsslvo chango In tho popo'a con
dltlon now seems to ho distinctly for
tho worse Tho pontiff Is literally dy
lng by Inches and tonight tho condition
of his holiness Is worso than It has
been nt any tlmo within tho past ten
days. Tho physicians In nttendanco
on tho popo aro on tho tlptoo of ox
pectancy tonight, and aro unablo to
predict what rany happen boforo tho
dawn of another day. Thoy hold out
no hopes, but on tho other hand, will
hazard no guoss as to tho length of
tlmo his hollnoss may drag on In h!
stern fight with doath.
JUDGE 8TRIKES AT GOVERNOR.
Arkansas' Executive Anaen Mem
bers of State Supreme Bench.
Utile Hock, July 10. During a
Joint dobato nt Hampton between
Governor Jeff Davis and Judgo Car
roll D. Wood yestorday tho governor
denounced tho su promo court In un
measured torniB. Judgo Wood re
sented his remarks nnd warned him
not to repeat them, but tho oxccutlvo
did so and tho judgo promptly caught
him by tho collar and struck at him.
Krlonds Intorforod. Tho govornor was
violent In his denunciation of tho su
premo court but said ho had not In
tended to reflect on Judgo Wood's
honor.
Why wear your llfo away cooking
when you can got so many good
things to eat at Solomon's Bakory-
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to Rent.
5 roomi. cooil location, Urite CMQ rt
lot, orchard, barn. oto. tlOmJJ
Offices to Rent.
Soma rioMrablo ollleai, itnslR or la aaltei
newly papered nnd painted, at cheap rent.
Storage.
Storage room (or household iroodi or any
other kind of kooiU, In a ifooil.lirlolc build
in i;. Will let a apace at roaionable ratoi.
The Redfield Aganoy,
Real Estate, Rents, Loans.
Phone 131. ARDflORE, I. T,
$100,000.00
30,000.00
solicited. Courteous trettmest
all alike.
Bros.
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