The Oklahoma 1904 - Garfield County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Emily Jordan 13 Nov 2005 Return to Garfield County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garfield/garfield.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Published in The Oklahoman on January 8, 1904: The following attorneys were admitted to the bar: Richard F. George of Guthrie; Fred. F. Loudewig of Gregg; John G. McKelvey of Pond Creek; E.G. Scotten of Enid; D.M. Tibbetts of Guthrie; C.O. Leetka of Graves; W.L. Johnson of Chandler; Claude Weaver of Oklahoma City; Thomas R. Clift of Enid, and James Q. Loutham of Ponca City. Published in The Oklahoman on January 10, 1904: SHOT DURING A FIGHT. Enid Man Got the Worst of a Personal Encounter. Enid, O.T., Jan. 9. – Ed Shields, of this city, was brought here last night from Hinton, where he was shot Monday night in a fight with two men, whose bed he had appropriated in the home of his divorced wife. Shields is not mortally wounded, the ball entering his side and passing through this body, without penetrating the lower cavity of the body. Shields went to Hinton from Enid last week, and during Monday, drank considerable. He went to the home of his former wife without making his presence known, entered and retired. When the owners of the room returned home, they found Shields in bed, and a fight started. One fired the revolver, but which one is not known. Their names are not known here. Published in The Oklahoman on January 16, 1904: CHARGED WITH SEDUCTION. Clerk in Enid Store Will Be Taken to Arkansas for Trial. Enid, Okla., Jan. 15.—Sheriff Kershaw arrested Mark Bingham, of Garber, yesterday afternoon on the serious charge of seduction. He made the arrest on information and at the request of Sheriff R.W. Bandy, of Jackson county, Arkansas, who will be in Guthrie in a day or two asking for papers to remove the prisoner. Bingham was employed in Greenleaf's store at Garber, having only recently come to Enid from Arkansas. He does not deny the charge but says the prosecuting witness was of age at the time the crime was supposed to have been committed. Published in The Oklahoman on January 22, 1904: Mrs. Edith Stanton, of Enid, received fourth prize, $10, in a cooking contest of the Postum Cereal company. She had 19,999 competitors. Published in The Oklahoman on February 5, 1904: Brought Prisoner From Denver. Enid, Okla., Feb. 4. – Sheriff Kershaw returned this morning from Denver, bringing with him Orf Breese, wanted here on a charge of grand larceny. This is the second long trip the sheriff has made in the past two months, in catching men wanted in Garfield county. Published in The Oklahoman on February 20, 1904: ENID NOW HAS A SENSATION Prominent Society Man and Wife Arrested There for Obtaining Money Through Fraud. Enid, Okla. Feb 19. – Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown, Fred Lovell and Tom Glvens?, the former two proprietors of the Brown Transfer company, the latter clerks and collectors for the Browns, were arrested here this morning on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses and forgery. They were arrested on fifty-three cases, in which the court required bond for all. The bond aggregated $49,000. It is alleged that the accused were engaged in collect freight bills for merchandise received by merchants in the city and that bills were raised and that several thousand dollars were misappropriated and collect unlawfully. The alleged operations of this unlawful practice extend over two or three years and during that time, the complaint of excessive freight rates to the city have been a common complaint. Merchandise that should have cost $5 freight would be charged at an excessive rate of perhaps double that amount. If the merchant complained, the bill was presumedly taken to the railroad agents, where it would be slightly reduced and returned for collection. The arrest caused a profound sensation in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been prominent in social and business circles of the city, Mr. Brown having only last week resigned from the city council. Published in The Oklahoman on March 2, 1904: Leap Year Ball at Enid. Enid, Okla., March 1.—The young ladies of Enid entertained their gentlemen friends last night at a Leap Year ball in the Masonic building with one of the swellest social functions ever given in the city. A banquet was one of the features of the affair. Many out of town guests were present, among whom were Lela Thomas, of Ponk Creek; Miss Katherine Wells, Wellington, Kansas; Miss Ethel Wheeler, of Pond Creek; Miss Willie Cross, Chicago; Messrs. E. S. Bronson, N.A. Nichols and James Canavan, of Thomas, Okla. Published in The Oklahoman on March 11, 1904: JAIL DELIVERY PLOT AT ENID It Was Planned By A Prisoner And Revealed to the Sheriff by a Colored Boy. Enid, Okla., March 10.—Sheriff Kershaw has discovered a plot for a general deliver from the county jail and in consequence William Padgett, a 16-year old boy, is under arrest charged with assisting in the delivery. A confession made by a colored boy, Jerry Washington, who was confined in the jail during the time the plot was made, was the way to scheme to escape was discovered. Jacob Maurer, a convicted prisoner, planned the scheme. The colored boy informed the officers that they would better be on the look-out, for there was going to be "something doing," and a search of the jail was immediately made. A steel saw ten inches long was found in Maurer's cell. Maurer told where he got the saw and the boy was arrested. He is a parole prisoner, having been in court last term for stealing a horse. Maurer was convicted last term, also, for selling mortgaged property. He had escaped the officers prior to his arrest by jumping his bond. He was captured in Walla, Walla, Wash. He was convict and is now awaiting the action of the court on a motion of new trial. Published in The Oklahoman on March 18, 1904: Mr. P. Bernard Rogers has accepted a position with the Gem Pharmacy at Enid and will shortly leave for that city. Mr. Rogers has long been with Boston Wilson's Pharmacy here and is a capable young man who numbers many friends in the city. Published in The Oklahoman on March 22, 1904: Blood Vessel Bursted. Guthrie, Okla., March 21. – L.D. Whiteacre, an Enid business man, died suddenly last evening as the result of a blood vessel bursting in his head; he lived until recently at Lee's Summit, Missouri, where his family still resides. Published in The Oklahoman on March 30, 1904: ESCAPED FROM ENID JAIL. Prisoner Had Measles and Was Given Freedom of Corridor. Enid, Okla., March 29. – Orf Breese, in custody for stealing several tons of hay, escaped from the county jail Monday morning at 6 o'clock and is still at large. Effort on the part of Sheriff Kershaw and the officers to locate the man have been fruitless and he seems to have been swallowed by the earth. He had been confined in one of the steel cages in the county jail until recently when he was taken sick with measles. In order not to spread the disease to the other prisoners, he was allowed the freedom of the corridor. Monday morning he was assisting the cook in preparing breakfast and while the cook was busily engaged Breese picked up the coal bucket and left the jail. In three minutes he was missed and hasn't been seen since. A reward of $25 was immediately offered by the sheriff. Published in The Oklahoman on March 30, 1904: Sues D., E. & G. for $5,000. Enid, Okla., March 29.—Jackson Young, a carpenter, has sued the Denver, Enid & Gulf road for $5,000 for injuries received while in the employ of the repair department of the road. Young was working on a ladder which gave way and precipitated him to the ground, breaking his arm and injuring his shoulder and wrist. Published in The Oklahoman on April 1, 1904: WAS WELL KNOWN CHARACTER. Patrick O'Shea, of Wichita, Died in Enid. Enid, Okla., March 31.—Patrick O'Shea, better known as Paddy Shea of Wichita, a character of that city, and a man of considerable reputation, died here Wednesday morning in the city jail, after an illness of two days. Shea was picked up by the police Tuesday night in a serious condition and taken to the city jail, where he was given treatment. He died at 6 o'clock. Shea was one of the well-known characters of the state of Kansas and figured prominently among the prize fighting class in his younger days. He fought many successful battles. A few years ago he was tried for murder and given five years in prison. He was granted a new trial and later the supreme court gave him liberty. Published in The Oklahoman on April 26, 1904: ENID MAN AND WIFE HAVE FAMILY QUARREL. J.K. DOUTHITT THE VICTIM BOTH HAD PISTOLS WHEN FUSS BEGAN. Mrs. Douthitt Accused Her Husband of Being Unfaithful – Shot Him Once Before It---Was Not Arrested. Enid, Okla., April 25, -- A family quarrel ended last night in the fatal shooting of J.K. Douthitt, a retired capitalist, the shooting being done by Mrs. Douthitt in a fit of jealous rage. Both had revolvers during the quarrel, but Mrs. Douthitt fired first, the ball taking effect near the spinal cord and passing through the left lung, which paralyzed the man. He was then unable to shoot. Three shots were fired, all making wounds in Douthitt. The quarrel which ended in tragedy was brought about by a disposition on the part of Mrs. Douthitt to be suspicious of her husband's action. Sunday, he went to his downtown office early and did not return home until late in the evening. She accused him of being unfaithful and the quarrel resulted. She shot him on the same accusation two years ago, but the wound made was slight. This time the man cannot recover. She has not been arrested. Published in The Oklahoman on April 30, 1904: Thrown From Train and Hurt. Enid, Okla., April 29. – Wm. Buckley, a Frisco brakeman fell from a passenger train yesterday while on a trip and was seriously injured. He was resting on one end of a cot in the baggage car while the conductor occupied the other. The conductor suddenly got up, allowing the cot to tilt, which threw the other man out of the door of the fastly moving train. His injuries, while serious, will not be permanent. Published in The Oklahoman on May 15, 1904: Burned by Live Wire. Enid., Okla., May 14.—Tom Anderson, son of Conductor Anderson, was severely burned yesterday by coming in contact with a charged guy wire holding an arc light pole, which had crossed with a live electric conduct wire. The young man was seriously but not fatally burned. The light company was notified a week ago that the wire was charged and a number of persons were shocked after the company had been told of the dangerous wire. Published in The Oklahoman on May 15, 1904: ARRESTED FOR INTENT TO KILL Mrs. Douthitt in Jail at Enid For Shooting Her Husband Three Times. Enid, Okla., May 14. – Mrs. J.T. Douthitt, who shot and mortally wounded her husband on the night of April 24, at her home in this city, was arrested yesterday evening and placed in the jail on the charge of shooting with intent to kill. No date for a preliminary has been set. On account of the prominence of the parties concerned, the case is creating unusual interest. Mrs. Douthitt shot her husband in a fit of jealous rage after the two had quarreled over a suspected act of the husband. Three shots were fired, all taking effect in the man's body. From one shot, Douthitt was completely paralyzed, and he is now in a Wichita hospital for treatment and operation. He has stated that he will not appear against his wife, if any criminal prosecution ensues. Published in The Oklahoman on May 28, 1904: Fireman Injured at Enid. Enid, Okla., May 27. – Homer Osborne, driver of hose wagon No. 1, of the city fire department, was seriously injured yesterday morning by the hose wagon turning over while making a run to a fire. The wagon wheel caught in a projection in the street, turning the wagon on its side. The driver was thrown to the sidewalk, sustaining serious injuries. The fire was caused by a gasoline stove explosion and did only slight damage. The fireman will recover. Published in The Oklahoman on June 14, 1904: Judge John L. M'Atee, Late Associate Justice of Oklahoma. WAS A BRIGHT LEGAL MIND Was Appointed District Judge by Cleveland and Reappointed by McKinley Who in Life Was His Personal Friend. Enid, Okla., June 13. – John L. McAtee, aged 61, and for seven years United States district judge for the Fifth judicial district of Oklahoma, with residence in Enid, died this morning in the Great Northern hotel at Chicago of paralysis. For the past two years Judge McAtee has been a member of a law firm in Oklahoma City, his eldest son John L. McAtee, Jr., resides in Kansas City, where the remains of the deceased will be interred. His daughter, always his companion, was with him at the time of passing. [There is more to the article concerning his work…]. Published in The Oklahoman on June 15, 1904: COURT AT ENID. Enid, Okla., June 14. – Judge James K. Beauchamp passed sentence on J.J. Maurer for obtaining money under false pretense, 2 years; John Bergsthrasher, burglary, two years; H.J. Newsome, horse stealing, five years; William Patget, horse stealing, two years. Today, the last day of the term of district court, he granted a new trial to Fred A. Brown, the transfer man, charged with obtaining money under false pretenses by raising freight expense bills. Published in The Oklahoman on June 19, 1904: ATTEMPTED TO KILL HERSELF Arapaho Girl Took Morphine at Enid Because Lover Escorted Another Girl. Enid, Okla., June 18.—Miss Marie Mundall, of Arapaho, attempted suicide this morning in this city at 3:30 o'clock because her sweetheart took another young lady to a social gathering last night. Miss Mundall was visiting win the city with Miss Grace Mitchell. Miss Mundall took a dram of morphine but was discovered in time to save her life. Published in The Oklahoman on July 12, 1904: "Deacon" Banks, of Enid, was arrested for allowing his geese to run at large. "Deacon" will litigate and will try to show that the Oklahoma stock law is contrary to the organic act. – Shawnee Herald. Published in The Oklahoman on July 24, 1904: In Business at Enid. Chief of Police Emerick returned last night from Enid where, with his son, James Emerick, he purchased the business of the Brown Transfer company, paying for the same $4,000. The son will conduct the business. Published in The Oklahoman on July 24, 1904: Miss Marian Richardson leaves Tuesday for Enid, where she will spend a week with her old school friend, Miss Frances Fleming. Published in The Oklahoman on July 30, 1904: CITY NEWS BRIEFS G.R. Powelson was down from Enid yesterday. Thomas H. Brown was a business visitor from Enid yesterday. Published in The Oklahoman on August 16, 1904: A wedding that will be quite a surprise to the friends of the groom in this city, occurred at Enid yesterday afternoon, when Prof. Locke was married to Miss Pearl Constable. Miss Constable is county superintendent of Garfield county, and is most popular of her beauty and pleasing manners. Prof. Locke is well known in this city, having been for several years one of the High School teachers, but now holds a position in Epworth University. Prof. and Mrs. Locke will spend their honeymoon in St. Louis, coming home to Oklahoma City before school begins in the fall. Published in The Oklahoman on August 20, 1904: John Shaw, of Enid, now a member of the Dawson-Shaw Produce company, was in the city yesterday, enroute to attend the World's Fair at St. Louis. Published in The Oklahoman on September 11, 1904: ICE CRUSHED HIM Enid Man Fatally Injured by a Huge Ice Cake. Enid, Okla., Sept 10. – William E. Culpper of the city was fatally injured this morning by a cake of ice falling on him while he was engaged in loading a car. The ice weighed three hundred pounds and crushed him until his ribs punctured the skin. Published in The Oklahoman on October 16, 1904: SEARCHING FOR A MISSING MAN Young Photographer of Enid Supposed to Have Suffered Foul Play in Kansas. Enid, Okla., Oct. 15.—Clyde Jordon, a traveling photographer, son of C.B. Jordon, of this city, mysteriously disappeared Wednesday in the vicinity of Stafford, Kans., and a searching party led to believe foul play had overtaken the young man, has searched every inch of ground in the neighborhood, and the mystery has only deepened. A wagon used by the young man to travel over the country, showed up at Stafford Thursday morning, covered with blood. The horse drawing it had wandered into town, where the outfit was identified by the missing man's brother, B.C. Jordon. Today, the father of the two young men received the following telegram: "Last night, Clyde met with foul play while driving back to town. His rig was found early this morning; buggy covered with blood. Have not found him yet. He was robbed. Don't know if dead or alive." The father, grief stricken and wild with apprehension, immediately called his son over the long distance telephone and it was ascertained that no clue to the missing youn man had been found, and that a searching party is still at work. The two young men have been in Kansas during the summer taking photographs of farms and the missing man had been out for several days at work. It is presumed he had collected a considerable sum of money and that he was held up by robbers and perhaps killed. Brother of the missing young man passed through here today from his home at Kell., Okla., enroute to Stafford, and the fourth brother, whose home is in Colorado, is expected to reach Stafford some time tonight. The father will probably go to Stafford today, unless news reaches him of some development. The elder Jordon is well known in Oklahoma, being a leader in Grand Army circles. Published in The Oklahoman on October 21, 1904: Miss Mary Burwell of Enid, is in the city, the guest for a week of Mrs. R.V. Smith. Published in The Oklahoman on October 30, 1904: AN OLD RESIDENT ENID MAN WHO HAS BEEN IN THE TERRITORY OVER THIRTY YEARS. TELLS MANY PIONEER STORIES Among Them Are Some Concerning Joe McNeal, Who Was a "Bullwhacker" of the Early Days. Enid, Okla., Oct. 29.—With a population of half a million people, there are very few men who have lived in Oklahoma longer than twelve or thirteen years. The honor of having the longest continued residence in the territory is claimed by Chas. E. Bothwell, of Enid, generally known as Oklahoma Charley, the Curio man. Oklahoma Charley has lived in the territory for thirty-four years, lacking a few months. Thirty-four years ago next February, Oklahoma Charley rode across the border line of Kansas into the Indian country and went to Ft. Sill. He was a member of Captain Tom Custer's troop of cavalry that built the fort. His commander was a brother of General Custer. Bothwell is a cripple, being paralyzed on one side, so that he walks with difficulty. His injury came from wounds inflicted by rampant Indians in a Texas campaign in the early seventies. No more unique nor interesting character lives in the territory, for he is full of humorous incidents of the early days of the wild country. One of Bothwell's favorite stories is about Joe McNeal, president of a Guthrie bank and a well known citizen of the territory. It seems that McNeal was known among the soldiers and settlers as "Bullwhacer Joe." This name was given him by friends, among whom he was easily the peer in wielding the lengthy oxen in the overland trains used to haul freight on the old Chisom trail from the nearest railroad to Texas. Bothwell says McNeal was capable of dusting a fly from the ear of an ox four lengths away. Among those who have been in the territory longer than twenty years is Doc. Holden, who is now postmaster at Springdale; Warder W. Brown, a shoemaker at Guthrie; and Louis P. Annis, who is on a farm near Coyle, Okla. Annis was known as "Bog Foot Lou." Published in The Oklahoman on November 9, 1904: Lee Nichols, formerly editor of the Enid Eagle, has accepted the editorship of the Tulsa Democrat. Published in The Oklahoman on November 11, 1904: Mr. Earl Bateman, one of the prominent Enid bachelors, visited friends in the city this week. Published in The Oklahoman on November 13, 1904: A Paying Oil Well. Tulsa, I.T., Nov. 12. – Wirt and Lyons, well known grain and elevator men of Enid, Okla., have been fortunate enough to strike a paying oil well in the Tulsa district. The gusher is flowing twenty barrels a day. Owing to their pump being exhausted and injured, they will not be able to deliver oil to their tanks for a week. Published in The Oklahoman on November 15, 1904: ARRESTED FOR BIGAMY. An Enid Lothario is Landed Behind the Bars. Enid, Okla., Nov. 14. – Sheriff Kershaw of this county, brought Charles T. Jones to Enid this morning and landed him behind the bars on the charge of bigamy. He married Miss Mabel Griggs in this city December 14, last, while having a wife living. Some time ago he deserted his Enid wife, who found that he had another wife living, and swore out a warrant. His legal wife is living at Cedarvale, Kansas. Published in The Oklahoman on November 22, 1904: OPAL HELEN CLARK FILES DIVORCE SUIT WIFE OF PROMINENT MERCHANT MAKES SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HER HUSBAND. In the District court yesterday was filed, by Mrs. Opal Helen Clark, a suit asking divorce from her husband, Harry Hale Clark and further praying temporary and permanent alimony. The defendant is proprietor of the Postoffice bookstore at Enid on the 24th of last June. Mrs. Clark alleges adultery but declines to give names in her petition. She accuses her husband of extreme cruelty and says he told her he did not love her, that she was in his way and that he did not intend to live with her. On one occasion, Mrs. Clark alleges, he choked her and at another time threw her to the floor in the bathroom and injured her. The petition recites that Mr. Clark is quently forgave him upon his promise to do better but, that his conduct grew steadily worse. The petition recites that Mr. Clark is worth $5,000 or $6000 and has money deposited in two local banks, and prays that the banks be restrained from paying out this money to him and that he be restrained from disposing of his merchandise, save in the usual retail way, until the case is determined by the court. Published in The Oklahoman on December 9, 1904: COURT MATTERS. Garfield Case Appealed to Supreme Court—Other Matters. Guthrie, Okla., Dec. 8.00—There was appealed today to the Oklahoma supreme court the case William and Lena M. Moore vs. Emily E. Wallace, an appeal from Garfied county, which involves the trading of a Blaine county farm—the property of the defendant in error—for Enid city property. J. Harry Smith was arrested here today, on complaint of a boarding-house man at Fallis, who claims Smith skipped a board bill. He is also charged with the theft of books from Fay Alexander, a Fallis druggist. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Garfield County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/garfield/garfield.html