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VOL. XIII.
OKLAHOMA TROOPS ON THE TRAIL OF RENEOADE INDIANS—BLOODY BATTLE IS EXPECTED
I,
FINDS A JOKER
TROOPS ADVANCE
STOREY IS DEAD
SNAKES RETREAT
PREPARES VETO
1 ‘3.68
*
Expires Suddenly at His
:40
Home in Austin.
Position.
Bill.
2,
7
EXPECT BIG BATTLE
WANT TO GO HOME
an-
I
ing
or-
/
it
Served His Country Well in
Oklahoma
Determined
to
Members Heartily Tired of
US- 3 '
Both Peace arid War.
Crush Troublesome Band.
Prolonged Session.
the
fl
l|
cape.
FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON
RENEGADES WELL ARMED
has
7
•om
of Checotah and Deputy Odom
1 T0N
d their l1ves as a price.
iser
4
1 to
SEED
I
of
> of
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until the soldiers, arrived
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CONDEMNED WOMAN
VANDERLIP LOSES
RACE WITH DEATH
Ul
M1
f
dis
think that
I
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he lost the race Whit death by
exsdlly
iumd
ueglia ef
mide te
make
I
2
Father Hickey has toldfri: that
be etectrocuted hecause of her mentar
and
rr
Her sal-
A publie
_READY FOR TME CHAIIL
vandarlip’s ’ t ■:
f
near
reased to
RALLY FOR 1.AST STAXD.
to Lockhart, then known An Lockhart
blj
in
Make
jol
led
n<
Ii
t ermine
cemnnand
by (Jenera!
1
I,
rie run from lufa e t, New York
LOOKING TEXASWARD
red
ry of the
fall
strangely
d
even the
Brazos Valley railroad
ch alone.
a nee.
vo nights
.
propriation
a time to
1 eg
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3
eth
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first
1 end -to
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r to ner.
FALLS OFF TRESTLE
r young
Pa"
is missed
Texar
of dress
when
At
e avenne
ed brows
to
♦t, some-
Wh
se pmrwdle
damage
in-
rongiy
e day
to time be
ork on the eage, but
scared
I
(Continued on Page 2.)
I
I
n UP
/3
VIMI
kaMiwasw
Governor Will. It Is Said, Kill
Hudspeth’s Mineral T-and
dondemned
truthfully
4 I
Euverior
Indians Burn Their Village
and Take Up Stronger
Tills am
rot the
ary
idle
unnoune 0 ■
d'haz lutte
Mu rr
nilt l
Not
o’clock
Tbe
in-
{
E
tnentutie
pan}
orficer- »tr ««
have no elewa.
Mazy snake and His Full-Elood and
Hair-Breeu Followers Prepared
to Make Desperate Stand.
And
U.
r a
ning
for
one
n of
we
may
wn.
of a
cell
of
ages
■hed
stual
t
r
and #N
moribt
the 8
r
t MSlin& Aiex
< remnting Body,
I out that
I aamed th
nd eank to the bottom
depth of fifteen or twen-
se as yet has been as-
ocount for the disaster.
k
: to
ker.
the
right “J w
ttnef**-
Mark Fnstern fapttal Comin« Her* for
Investment,
The
ua used
V
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I'
bit sueh
complishe 4
Mude of the Rork Inland sr* diso con-
ternplating anearivTexuntrtp
TO TRY BARNETT
Baump
of Eun
They i
for lexislat!
they were
and became
lelatute PM
T
xeodummm
It plet-
ey are
Fen
। th#
THE FORT WORTH RECORD
AND REGISTER
«
Deput
killed.
V • rnor
w t 1
ENO MAY COME THIS WEEK
(ro wIDr
,gJ )
OF HEART ATTACK
-■ I
GAROEN,
property. ca
The cars we
me rehandise
of.the lake. I
ty teat No
certained to
frun New York to Ingiewooa, M a buu
of fhleago in rifict n houra and tive
inlnutew, and wheu he lrapei freni (te
he
\ s6 H
W.
Auburn, N. V March 28-The final
hours of the life cf Mra Mary Farmer,
who d1** in the eleetrical . cboir at
sunrise tomorrow for the kthling of
this afternoon, was apprehen-
t anaine » in the cit j 8 inday
nter billn
pndatinn
rmeuta *
The nine
Last night part of his band was ron
to cover by deputies in search of* the
leaders in Thursdays fight. Marshal
WEATHER FORECAST.
.1846, with
led a compal
id 1
a ndinx '
at Pleasant
as north of
Ausfin, March 28
Baker, president of
ulzltezad
cnurtawit
woman that it she eotid
panics of Oklahoma militia are murch-
ing tonight against Crazy Snakes band
of Creek Indians, half-breeds and ne-
groes, intrenched in the Hickory hiils.
■even miles from Henryetta.
A bioody battie'is regarded as ingvit-
able. as the heavily armed troops set
out either to capture or exterminate
the murderous band, which since Thurs-
day has caused the death of six mea,
the wounding of many others and
brought about a condition of terror
in Henryetta. Pierce and all the sur-
rounding country.
MB in B mee
n does got pr
*
- \
hot down, according
MIS. MARY FAILMHR WILL RE
ELETROCT TED AT • OCOCK
MONDAY MONNING.
■
railway
conceives to be M* due. was
from the smoke from three signal fires
on adjacent hills just before sundown.
Old time frontiersmen declare thi8 is a
sign that always precedes an outbreak.
New York Bankrr ftra« lice < bicago
Twent y-Eight Minuten Afier Pa-
rent Had Hreuthed >|«-r Iait.
and the
twenty eight kuinutes
a Mpeclal train. cove
L. J. STOREY.
Austin, March 28. —(Special.) — Hon* i LAST
I*. J Storey. railroad commissioner.
Ration, but what is now* Chattooga
county: He represehled Ills county in , acs,0. my ..
m-tkorKta rrnst# fwr-r number of ip-mrw
terms and eemanded the reginent
Alie Ko)
pUnom deiancha
doea not lj many
uties; told tilt officials how to trail tne |
band, and did everythinz which ai
stoical red man is supposed nut to do I
when in the hands of his enemies
Crazy Snake today
to give the names
■ion relieved Then the Indian banda
scurried away to avoid a clash with th**
militia, preferring to- cast their lot
with the larger band intrenched under
Crazy Snakes command in Hickory
hills, and to take part in the larger
fight, regarded as inevitable.
A dispatch from Stidham, the base
operations for one division of the offi-
cera‘ posse says that the officers are
gathering toniglt at Pierce, nd proh-
ably nothing further will be done be-
fore morning During one of the en-
gagements today, Grant Johnson, for-
mer Unted States marshal, killed an
Indian
After the posse of deputies had "sur.
rounded Crazy Snake's house last night
in their search for members of the
band, they called on the Indians within
FeHg+ew-huoka,— She—rarely -poke- ef.
„ .. her son Peter Farmer, whn la now
Ferrvrik fy mLa A A udatawataruxu't T
Warden Renhim wav* Ke”Kdrk Mr•
Farmefhns written an account of her
I life whih will he. given- to her son,
when he hecomen ag*
E-amrmaermsanzaMan
Her aitendanta did not telt her of
CHEF.OF POLIc
maDDOx PtAbT
GAKOEN SEED
"arr Bateman and Jones, the other
-members of the posse, returned- the
the, but could not see the Indiana who
were concealed in the brush.
’aula pal
were ah
pet In) left Mow York at
in* wild yat ♦ wne on
form is euW*' t,
the Trinity •
returhec: rrom
4 ondemnee Wemen Nida
“-mmeves - "" "Tana."
Mr Vandar M. In
f( the dinlance
Lake Ark. about trn
to the olose of the Red river campaign.
His Politieni < areer.
He was appointed special judge of
the district of Blanco county by Gov.
ernor Coke, to try cases in which the
presiding judge was disqualified and
was twice appointed special Judge of
the court of civil appeals in this citv
to preside in cases in which Judge
Fisher was disqualified
vfewa iu iht
"2
4 "aubiantiui j
Fretsht rrain
thieves quit stealing He" was ready . -----
to telyati them and today -set the white themnselves with the chiefe
muen en his fathers trail. -- -—Hickorv hflie the *-------
------White a tH49 -was —going W —-the- thaug
state officials were getting arvsed.
Governor Haskell ordered out troops
by the whoesale. Every company tn
Oklahoma either was rushed to the
act ne or ordered to preparetosu
Hhorty before midnight lant niqht
Mi Vanorriip received word fs e < ni
siare thiir
ke_uimnneiK.
bill, th« rm
trine hill, th
ald the ttv
w Iib thim ret
A dispatch from It Id man says a sec-
ond engagement btween officers and
Indians occurre njr there at 9 o'clock
tnis morning in tjis fifty shots were
exchanged and setera Indiana were
wounded Both He Indians and the
negroes, many of the latter being al-
lied with the C reeks, took their
wounded into th* lulls ar 6 this made it
(Continuea »n Page 2.)
Crazy Snake’s son, by Charies Co
a Seminole. This event aroused
•hut* ware fired at close quartets. This
clash resulted in forty-one arrests
Meanwhile Crazy Snake’s followers de -
termined on an aggressive campaign.
The chief* plans bad to be premature-
ly sprung on account of the unexpected
raid of the deputies of Henryetta.
Deputies fanned the flame by hunting
strenuously for the leaders, and Crazy
Snake," forced to the wall, determined to
strike a hard blow in an effort to eg-
or the slaying of Marshal Baum and
Leputy Sheriff Odom were spread
broadcast. the people Were inflamed
with a de terminatign to muke an end
to the murderous band.
First a strong posse visited Crazy
Enake’s home, intending to capture
Jim. He had fled, but they ound docu-
ients in his house containing ists of
the Indians enrolled in hiz uprising.
Also they found the mutilated boules
ot Odom and Baum While the chief
had fled, his son fell into the hands of
the palefaces From him the posse
Choked a ( onfession of his father's
misdoings and a full statement of he
doings of the preceding nigbt. The
choking was literal Slipping a new
rope around the young Carlisle grad-
uate’s neck, they lifted him from the
ground in the way th.- vigilance com-
mittees of the Far West used to make
< raxy Snake’s Hand Fxpected
Dexpernte Fighat,
Oklahoma City, March 28-FIve corn-
Exprt Long Chasr.
• (olonel Barrett in charge of the
commissary received hurry rails by
courier tonight to send additional
atores and ammnunition to the soktitere
at the camp. From this it is inferred
that the offi ers expect a long chase
before a fight. Six men have beeh
killed and a deputy wounded since the
trouble began Thursday, This is the
official report, and it is generally be,
Sieved many more of the negroes and
Indians were killed Dr. James Wal
lace of Dustin. Okla., who went to the
Ilickory hills with the troop- declared
more than twenty negroes were killed
Thursday and Saturday and were
buried in the vicinity.
ThisSuuday. waa full of thrilis- AH -
Oklahoma was aroused. As the reports ।
With a Friona Death Bid a Fow
Hours Off Woman shows Frw
Signa at Weakness.
The engine*’’’ threw fhe throttle wte
onen and thi mi •9 *■ t ped ’ y a* a
Northern
the Burl I
• • 7. ’ i
.* 3
f • • •• .; •
eight years thereafter a* a member of
the firm of Nix A Storey, his partner
having been Captain J. Nix. He later
practiced from 1886 as the senior mem-
ber of the firm of Storey A Storey lin-
Hl appointed a member of the rafirond
commiesion. He assisted in mustering
the first company from Caldwell
county for the Confederate army,
which was known as Company H.
Twenty-six th Texas cavalry. General
X B Debray’s brigade. With it he saw
----- -—-g -a Texas and Loulstana,
taking part in the battle of Galventon,
and the principal engagements in
Louislana from the battle of Mansfield
Hom his biasing camp as the troops
advanced. Hetook up a strong posi-
tion between the North Canadian river
and Deep Fork creek, about seven miles
east of Henryetta.
Colonel Hoffman, in command of the
state troops, considered it unwise to
push the pursuit and engage the In-
dians in the darkness. Accordingly he
bvvuacked ins troops for.the night.
Early in the morning, reinforced by a
company of cowboys from the cguntry
around Lawton, all crack shots, he Will
. lead his forces against the Indians.
Cfxsy Snake and his brayes will be
offered a chance to surrender.
have
us.
will
r the
here,
ound
our
e re-
xges
our 4
be a 4
__I.
train he was me! with the
meni that his inother, Mr*
l, Vanderiip, had died at
.,When Sherifr Odom saw the body of
his slaln gon he broke down and wept
bitterly Shortly he directly that the
body.be place 1n a wagon and taken
to Checotah, and then grimly insisted
on retaining charge of the chase
••I’ll get them.'’ said he “Those rad
devils will pay for this with big in-
terest.’*
to appear. They appeared In a hurry,
nut were armed with repeating rifles
and opened a hot fire on the deputies
Crouching in the bushes they had a
fatal Advantage over their adversaries.
Charles Coker killed Baump instantly.
A moment later he shot Odom through
•the heart. Th p other Indiana fired re-
peatedly, but Coker was the best
parnman. When he shoots, something
iroops at 3 0‘ckoek. CrA- I
persenal commnane. ni I
ed bv the testimnony forced j
rge-bred son by means of •
Youns Harjo gaspez
______sr was la command. ।
Indians wbo killed the de p ]
He was a member of th* legislature
for ten years, from 1979 to 1883 four
years in the houre and four years in
the senate In 1990 he was elected
lieutenant governor, serving as such
during Governor Roberts" serond term
He was.appointed railroad enmmin-
•loner by Governor Hogg Nov 14, 1894.
tn fill a vacancy caused by "he resig-
nation of W P MeLenn He was re-
. UPN6 •
ta ntlal ust i • bil
l condition This 1
Mt Pills xet $o be
). al board MIL sO
rior ts not worryli
esed the aenate T
tion bil] has paned
bunk depuslt KHa. d
bunines fur tom
re nil has no chen
three -of his
ny of rangers
Henry E. Mc-
alance hold that I is heee Bur
pese - t every bill thut N bet
duced at thia’ nesmion Ihe
thereot minj
conairuct/
any statement that
her hushend. »
If they refuse the buttle will be on.
Colonel Hloirman sent out numerous
scouts to watch the movements of the
encpry and- to give the alarm if they
nttemipteo to Her under cover of dark-
ness. - The commander planned to give
his weary troops a test on the field
during tne niseht unless the Indians
atlrmpted to ese apt to a stronger posi-
tion. Tiie militia officers believe CrazY
snake wats to reach the Tiger moun-
tains with his followers before en848
ing in a general fight.- That the 9
chief is striving to stir the Creeks to
an uprising and strike for what he
(ooae .KU'k territory.
. A uutuber of petition* na)
governur to sign the tubereul
— y
atatson and Arrived there A! '107 r iai
ing the total, fime 15 hours nnd 14
minute* to the CMeago terminal.
Mr* Vanderlin was ** years 11 and
had been I1 some tfmne hip it vrae
। nt thought phe was in an "anrer.tr
♦fl last nizht when Mr Vanderiio was
zummened t^i
would exonerate
ordered out the militia and the word
was passed out tha’the-ban must be
captured or killed.
Not until today did the people of Hen-
ryetta realize the serlousness of vie
situation. Apprehending raids bf ome
of trazy Snake’s men, thev hurriedly
armed, patroled the roadsleadinz to
the town, sent to surrounding town.;
for arms and ammunition and appealed
to Governor Haskell to hurry the mili-
tia to the scene.
priatin bill.
And frond thn *»! the xovernor talks
about it, vii* jub of atinfyinK bim wish
regurd fo makina . effsrt 0WA ♦ .
disponinu >t need i ■ glalallon wili r ’
be very di tl null He dona vot, for 1n ■
Bottle la the Dark.
Darkness fell and it was,hard to fight
rnat u0 the redskins, who were familiar with
evident thelocality.
After standing their tround for a
few minutes, the .deputies realized It
would be only a few momentg until
they were killed, and they retreated.
Deputy Jones tried to carry away
Baump s body, but the Indians fol-
lowed him with such a hot fire that
I he was forced to drop the body 1a a
ravine 'and flee. He went to Pierce
and telephoned to Checotah for help
The other deputies, who had captured.
A: Indian previous to the fight hur-
ried with their prisoner to Checotah.
A larger posse was formed at Che-
cotal and arrived at Crazy Snake's
home at dawn, under the leadership of
Sheriff Odom The posse skirmished
through, the Woods and ravines, cap-
turing five mounted Indians, among
them being young Harjo. These re
sisted. savagely firing on the posse
until overcome
ubjet t of next week's pro-
Every tdy wenis to go homne
gonerai.f: k • that the
ku shouid Le clear i a« qul kly as
a ble to mahe way fur th* appre
president of the
VDe r'restent W/lla
(FmeclaLJ H. it
The troops 1*M Henryetta
o'clock. They had seven miles to Ho.
Encumbered with arms and equipment,
it was expected they couid not reach
the seen* ready for battle much before
7 0 clock.
Crazy Snake's men number about 200,
• all armed with modern rifles and
lentifully supplied with ammunition.
They had been preparing I tor two
month® for tills, theer t iha; stand
against lawful authority. 1v def:-
niteiy. Sent out word today u. at they
would fight to the death. here can
be only one cutcome to thelciash. but
K !• certain to be a murderous affair,
as the militiamen s officers have de-
clared they will shoot to kill from the
first .
criminals and forced to be at a hasivj
retreat. A few hours later they re- |
turned with additiomal forces and were 1 1 r "
fired on by the band, then augmented j
by a number of Crazy Snake Indiana.
-ixstrizssrmiim: HAD NOTABLE CAREER
Indians were wounded as scores of •
It is regarded as certain that the In-
dians will be defeated, but it is realised
that it might take all tomorrot
crush the band into the c onditlon of
subieetion required bv the r nilitary au-
thorftles.
do #0. Mru Farmer replied that
• he had no desire to make uny -con-
condttton, which hn siuted V a
round
Question of Dead Commissioner’s
Stcressor Is Already Agitating
Political Hements at Capital.
DESULTONY PIRING.
Fighting Renewed wih rhe Break nt
Day.
J J Hill
The first real Indian uprising
years has held this portion ot the I
hauieenrpioteca ana prepdnz PPiw5 State Railroad Commissioner,
months. It broke out last Thursday I
when some deputy sheriffs went <u i
tession, but that she.wouii n ake a
statement concerning the case. It was,
however, at the suggestion of Mra
Farmer that the notary pub.ic was
called in. The state mnent wi,l he made
public after Mrs. Farmers death
NO. 165
Henryetta to arrest somne uexro calile
thieves. They were fired on by Ne-
groes and half breed friends ot ihe
Abllene Tekas Mar h •* (SpeclaL.)
Th* Tom Harnett murder case is set
for tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock,
and the probe bill ties are that the case
will bo tried A speriai venue of 1%9
men have been announced. Barnett im
cherged with the murder ot Alex
Hears, wh we* killed about Feb 1
last, sad hfs body partially burned to
n schoolhoua* in Callahan county A
great deal of interest is being mani-
fested in the trial
train reary to leave New York at znid ■
nimht The train voneinted of rnuri
< oar chen nhdthemomtpwertul enaing
whieh eouid be securea that horti
1Tmi e .Tfe.TraitrrewwFfh o Niv l
perkons crried fentres *fr nndertin 7
Culioch and was elected and rervee as
its lieutenant. In 58, he was elected
the first county judem' of Caldwell
county. His death ocuurred at lock-
hart in 1858 and his wife died at tie
same place in 1874 Hon L J Ntorey
completed his literary eucation at
Austin college at Huntsville read law
in the office of Rogan A Whit Is . Lock-
hart in 1857 and 1858, wae admitted to
the bar in October of the latter year
and practiced law there for twenty-
» the fob
to the ss
th tie Ae
nent fire
ErE ver
ptlatloi.tcee
-tkrat tnovedhe Cherokees.l.tha-Wezt
of the Mississippi river in 1838, visited
Texas in 1839 and purchased lan near
Seguin and removed to Teoxas, then ».
republle4n}846,#hoFty before H woe-----
annexed tv The union HefirutLmettfed
। Hl denwlw-rmmty m "
ROBBERY AT TERRELL
Governor < ampbe II is M»iwh»g a Dis-
ponition to Hclaz in Hi- Demand
for Certain leginlatiou.
luntant
parti uh
on today The wreck
aouthbound freight
New York, -4oday andauya that whie
in the Fast be heard much encouragin,
talk conee rn ing Texas Capitai is loos-
ing this way with a vIew to investment
and many Texnn projects ar* tecelvinR
favorable coneteration Among other
thinge Mr Baker stated thet I y
Yoakum, the conrroliing splr t of tne
Friaco ayetem, expertm. tn vivit Texar
ahont April 15 Prrelderit Harris or
the Burlington, who exprensed nirnseit
as highly pleneed with the invest,
merit* hie lne bs made Tr. this state,
witi sobn make a tour of the rtate, on
which he expeets to be Aceomni riee by
New fork
thie faatept ,,7cn.
i" no
anv Lnn a l -A,
• ugo i > ./ •I u
lie imredia tnly -it det nd r he
t’entral to nupply hirn with I
npeciai train at its ■ omihand
tice was short, but the cosap
Oklahoma City. March 28.— Daybreak
thiz morning saw a renewal In the’v-
rlnity of Hickory Kiouna of last Nven.
ing’s night with the follower, of crazy
Snake or Chltta Harto, th. Creek ehlet „
when.twa drputx steritfs ware killed, active werice in
another wounded. ald severai Indiana iking par in tl
are believed to haw been shot. The
day opened with desultory firing be-
tween 200 special efficers and nearly
as many Indians deveral Indians are
repo4ed wounded. State militia ana
aimy officers and citizens moved ail
day Sunday toward the scene, on
posse eptured the 22 -year-old son of
and compelled him
—— .tf an Indians who
were in his fathers house last night
—hen Marshal. Fvard Bunmp and
ty Sheriff Fierman Odom were
jewelry store looted ef $100 Worth
of Valwables
Terrelt Tess* March 28 fHperia’ )
Th* jewairy store of Pasw A Ero* was
robbed Haturay night aid lut H ■VO
worth.of jewelry, prinrinally hrnrelets
taken Fntranen waa mhade bv knonk
ing • panel of the doorout i' febe-
teved the work w«« one hy am kteurw
FORT WORTH. TEXAS, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1909 —TEN PAGES
dreams Th* *
midnight nnd t
Ington and Vjee I*rezideni
le here of heart disense a few
minutes after 6 o'clock this morning
He was attacked by the grip sum*
days ago. but his condition waa not
considered serious. Yesterday evening
he sat on the gallery of his home for
some time apparently enjoying the
balmy weather, but during the night
he was attacked with severe pains in
the left side. About 4 o'clock his .con-
dition be sine alarming and medical
atd w as. s u mmonea: Arew hours rarer
he expired, surrounded by the immedi-
ate members of his household.
Deceased was born in Chattooga
county, Georgia, Uct. 6, 1484, and Was
of Irish and Hcotch lneage; his un-
< esters having come to America in the
onTiy colonial days Ilis great grand-
parents partiefpated in the war of the
revolution and his father and gratd-
father in the war of 1812. His father.
Colonel John T Storey was a Virgin-
tan and his mot tier, nee Lucy Mcieeter.
a North Carolinian. She was the siater
of ihe late C’aptain Harvey Mlaster,
who resided for years in Bastrop and
later In this city. Soon after his mar
riage. Colonel John T. Storey mnoved to
Jackson county. Georgla in 1533 he
moved to a place on the Chattooga
river, three miles north of Summer-
ville, jjn. what was then the Cherokee
Posse Ambushed.
at
ire ■ •
Okiahona City, March 39— Chief
.Craxy Snake and 100 followers retreat-
ed before five companies of Oklahoma
militia late tonight, thus deferring an
expected battle until tomorrow.
Hastily setting fire to his tepees and
, tents, the Indian leader with ills mixed,
company of redskins ynd negroes fled
rred 23 th**
eronning the
or nix a
lunging over
nto the wats
tho iuinerai
otoe ll wa
GRIM REAPER FASTER
rina -uga*
em an e N
ving wh
h rhe exi
Ue H I
restle across the
lenving the track
TtaTFeTT * p _ ।
a porerns ' t- ae was
was heyond fheir wkd
Hickory hiis, thi deputies bad
ly with negro adherents of the chief
> he we v 2 r_____-_________
.Sheritt Odomqnnounea tontght that
ewoua atte ptanaretema**,
tomorrow linger th, protection of th2
troop.. Me I*, derirou» of having Spring,
this honor hp sat. on account of 1K 3n he
■<*n« death. --------
Citizens of Meryetta . declare th,
trouble I. largely du, to negro outlaw?
from other slate., chiefly "Fex M
kansas .nd Tenyessee, who are Wan
in tho.d-.tate, for varfou. Erimwanbut
who have ecaped to Oklahom. ' ' but
The negroe foam! ready pfgn
the atssatisfid Inatak and rvadliv fell
in.Wih .'.Vo, nr inEretTon
thereby tekinK e desperat. chance of
wSSl"* thip ”w" elutchesthem-
/M1 cee ree) )
ee 4 Prwee) I
).d‛. . o-
racks. Was great,
avily loaded with
Ark ' Maroh
k oc rrod on th* Kan-
Triumni net M fl t - n Al a
tv dtftere nt cou ity j lges foi aipi *'
turs’ dre reuchiina A net In in boomeran
aha •
rnor in the mennet : rt quested the
county judgos are n-king him Lo ree-
osmend that eumethins be done
for the relief- ot the. nuweroua innane
who are iangutehina in county jalin fur
kack .1 auricient asylum rooin.
A a xiou- to tio llome.
There was IHtlv division of opinion
aiqng sucl. member* of tha iegiaiature
Auburn. N Y , March 11. Mrs Mary
Farmer, who is to die in the electrio
chair in the state prison here at sun-
rise tomorrow for the murder of Mra,
snrah Brennan at -Irownsvite. hs
made a statement, it was learned late
tonight, which she believes wil] ex-
onerate her. husband, who in alsu under
sentence of death for ths same crime
Mru. Farmer prepared the sta tement
today in the presence of a notary pub
He and Father Hiekey, her spiritual ad.
viser. Father Hickey had tald th*
and slit, the stocking- wo that tire elei
trode may be a milled to the leg A
lock or two of her halr will he rlipped
from her head in omier to form a per-
fret contact with the electrodes
Mrs Farmer passed the early part "f
th* night in prayer Outside her cell
door sat Mr* Dunnigiga and Mrs
man. her attendants
"T have gfver onders that lier Iast
bourn shall he for prayer and medifa-
tion," naf Warden Benham "Farher
Hickey will visit her about 1 o'clock
and remain with her until the enr The
sacrament will he administered and
prayerw said for the dyin The wit-
nensea have been instructed to meet at
my office nt € o’eiork tomorrow morn
ing, when we win march aerone the
prison yard to th* erer utlon hamber ‘
Father Turkey and nn annlstant will
lead the death march The leK electrode
wIll he ajunte ’ (apiain ! -j terson
and the two womer nttendante will
asuist him Ntate Fleetrb inn rvtn will
turn on the current-) H- tested the
■1 ■ na mo toay
The autepny Will he performned hv
Dr Edward Pbitrkn of P) ladelphin and
Dr ("harles Tambert of the Patholugi-
cal Institute Ward* I«iani, N, Y
Jam's Farmer asked Father Hikey
Mrs. Sarah Brennan at Brownvilie.
moved on elrntless, though ramati
cally. after nlkhtfall in Auburn prison
brought from the women's priyon to
th* recelvinz cell in’ the condemn^
row Mra Farmer bade farewell to her
husband and then was. lodged tn a celt
that adjoins the execution chamber,
there to await the call to the chair
James Farmer, the huwband who
‘also in under sentence of death or th*
killing of the Brennan woman, and
whose case is before the court of ap-
pels, war taken to another part of
the prison that h* might not hear th*
tread of the Witnesses on their way to
the room of exec ution or the march of
bir wife to her death
Facing death with the dawn th*
woman showed tonight no evidenea of
rollapse, though the last words he-
tween herself and her husband mepnr-
and in thelr parting interval by heavy
bars and an Impenetrable screen, were
affecting to the women aitendanta and
the prison guards As the- law does
not permit It, there was no farewell
embrace when the time came for sep-
aration
After the steel Aonra of Mr« Farm-
or s cell had closed and James Farmer,
weeping, had been leat away, the wom-
nn fell upon her ct and cried for a
few moments and then began to pray.
, a ceeqedeaonveeemea-d• .
• leaving eretuna nt 9 17 e
• reived nt Toledo nt 11 23 «. r . eov-
ring 10% mile- 116 nir TKHi .
«pe the slowest ■fave of thn mad dash | p
arrnes the country Fikhart Ine . wna | a
reache, a: 1 23 p. m • akinu 137 mfles , „cr
in 120 m’n lies Fnglewone was 1 ..
ron bed nt 2 5* -tha Innt %5 miles he-
ine eaten upin 93 ’ ■ itnp Vr Van-
qeri eft ’he trnin nt Fnxlewnee
whih wam the nearest ntati r to his
mnetner"s home
Tht trafn eentined Oft to t2e Fentrnt
Mra Farmer to the publr if so it
will not be given out until after th*
execution."
Bressed fog Fxeeution.
By the subdund 1fght that found It*
way .into.fhe cell Mrs Farmer dresued
tontght for her executlon Hhe cothe
herself in a prison gnwn and waist
end then enrefully arranged her chair
Early tomorrow a woman attendant
will bifurcate th* garment to the knen
West Tezas-Fair Momdny end
d Turnny.
• Kast Texns--Fnir Momdny nnd *
*. Tat sday. 4
naiem ui •‘4 r mcuur rp was re- 4 oklahemn—-Fair fer Menny and
appointed bv Governor Culberson April * a ruesdny. $
1 •*-*** 440462
L
)
auiui .i. ,
/l_‛
_ Erazy Snnke la Conspannd.
Snake’s band stror—
trenched itself earv in tta ...
was reinforced from time
roving companies which wkere___—
sweY from Henryetta by he comihg
the state Will V« ’
house, burdened 1
ninenment Ly M
orw
ien i, ut w ! . '
n :
ase ’'
IIIEAKN ALL PRED RE(OIDS
IN LFoNT TO MHAC II Hi
Meyruvus BEDSIDE.
- told fr g, that to teke charge of the bod; nrt the
hMrEoParmerdewo Ipr wiheyenilpzdun"st.n
hirn prlann, Mnty Farmer bas heei-
pled a cell is thn woman • deprtnent
and spent much of her time in reading
crul commnittne ui
natisry the rtqu.
of the olatrorti
NIGHT DRAMATIG
448 miles, was co errd in 299 minutna.ca
whien included » three minjti stop for H
changeof enxinfs Th tim; or arriveaf
ing St Buffa o W as 6 39 n m T hi# wne . 4
n wonde rfi l ’ for ' • " ■ ■ M ■ Van I mi
derlip was cryinw for more spend !le ssi
• as rereive disrquraring word from m
th. b/nide of hin n hrr and wna. If
nearly frantic ; not bu‛
n“ run fr P Fl "rglo to 01 - elar
nf) - w •• ed n 168 iriutea atance.
oor
1 so!
state authorities. Governor Haskell
A posse from Muskogee reached
Crazy Snake's house at noon today and
searched it. They found the records
of Enrolimen of Indians whom Crazy
Fnake has been organizing into a band
to fight for what he regards as liberty
and to attempt to carry out hi* wild
dream of overthrowing the grov erpment.
' Trying to tnrhe General War.
The documents furnished indisputabl.
evidence that the old chief was try.
ing to incite a general uprising ,
No negroes were Involved in yeter.
day * fight and none could be seen in
the vied ity of Crazy Snakes home to.
AaY. They haxe either fled, or aliled
the death chair In the next room.
Father j j. inkey. pastor of the Holy
Family church, visited Mre Farmer to:
PREPARES FOR CHAIR 2-/
। short mar'-h to the execut ion. chamber.
"Nrs Farmer Will die a good • athe
lit," said Father Hiekey tonight, and
will Ro to her death bravely it may
be, thought I cannot eay posltvely
that some statement win he mud* by
uAie bi if
donforming
t the »pe
rirain of the pant day ain oei
t
under th* i
, which the
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48
Chicago, March 34 Frank L. van
derlip, president of the National (ity
bank of New York, troke ah Atvri-
can ' a1 ‘ -'i ’ • ■ .
*
<dulH today in Mil effort to reach the
bedwide of hi* dying muthet het but
linta 00 knowie 1Kv, lit lfe.t enabis
those wi nave been trying to a quire
subinerged lutida along tne oast to g*t
around a ret ent decislon otthe aupreme
court that overt lined theis cialme ilad
the a vernov overiuokee M reuiuter’e
amcinlment thcy would have“ern io •
punitlon tocomie hi by the uinina cllin
routs, thua getting a chance to nccufe
the coveted priviiege of buring fur uli
in certaiu watets contiguous to th*
ensrhea fo wl" bhre ffait Fh* proper ge
weiglat ful ’■ ekinK sU ■ ene
glish ‘ !
oved ‘!
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