The Denison Daily Herald. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 273, Ed. 1 Friday, May 29, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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DENISON, TEXAS, TODAY, MAY 29, 1908.
aturday Night
Closes the
Big May Sale
iis sale has been a success from the start
and tomorrow you still have an oppor-
tunity to save money
Do You Need Gloves?
BUY NOW
xoUlup Double Tipped Finders, *11 sizes in black, per pair... -50*
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FRED MORRISON
MEETS DEATH
SHOT AND INSTANTLY KILLED ON
SOUTH BARRETT STREET
YESTERDAY.
ARTHUR LEE UNDER ARREST
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Sutton Length, Black Lisle Gloves, per pair .........
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16-Button Tan Mosquetaire..............................
5-Button all Silk Double Tipped Fingers, in black, white, pink, red
ad navy ................................................. #1.25
lot All Pure Silk, tans and ■white only, $1.75 value, for $1,35
like kid gloves,
..........75*
45*
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MADDEN’C
I T I ONE PRICE—CASH THE PLACE TO BUY SHOES V/
DENISON, TEXAS.
10 SINKSJN QUICKSAND
1RT BEATING WHEN TAKEN
OUT AN HOUR AFTER
GOING DOWN.
Stockbridge, a negro, aged
inet with a horrible death
morning shortly after 7 o’clock to
bed of quick sand 200 yandtf
of Warner Junction, near the
tracks.
kbridge, who lived With his
er st No. 205 West Crawford
. wts employed as a driver for
[Davis Livery Stable and he was
> out at an early hour this morn-
the purpose of taking L. P.
a Postal Telegraph lineman,
BORAXO
Ton should try
Mule Team Brand Boraxo.
f It is a nicely perfumed prep-
for toilet, bath and
ery. It Is pure powdered
with borax added and per-
tly blended. Ton’ll find it a
for all toilet purposes.
fAn Individual Soap for Indl-
iual Use." Excellent for
npooing.
10*
PER BOX.
INGST0N
HAS IT
to Red River. When he arrived at a
point north of Warner Junction, Stor-
rer left the buggy and gave Instruc-
tions to Stockbridge to wait there fif-
teen minutes and on a failure to re-
turn in that time, to bring the rig
back to Denison. As near as could
be learned Storrer failed to return
and the negro lad was In the act of
turning the horses around when they
■track a bed of quick sand and began
sink. Stockbridge apparently
lumped from the vehicle and was try-
ing to save the anhnali when in some
unaccountable manner he was caugbt
under one of the horses and pressed
down In the mire and out of sight be-
fore help could reach him.
R. S. Legate and W. B. Munson who
happened to be in that vicinity in
specting the wagon bridge, observed
the plight of the team and went to
the rescue. They cut the harness
from the hacks of the struggling
horses and with the aid of a few
planks managed to release them and
get them out on hard ground. They
next turned their attention to the
place where Stockbridge had disap-
peared and one hour later his body
was brought to the surface. When
dragged out, bis heart was still beat-
ing, but death resulted a few minutes
later. It Is the belief of those engag-
ed In the work of rescue that the ne-
gro was smothered to death, but that
life was prolonged by the damp sand
and that bis struggles must have been
something terrific while burled alive
and conscious of his awful fate.
The body was removed to tho
Shields ft Short morgue where Jus-
tice French viewed it and took tho
names of witnesses for the purpose of
holding an Inquest tomorrow. No
hour has been set for the funeral.
Morrison Was Walking Toward Front
Door of Les’s House When the
Fatal Shot Was Fired—Fell
in Hia Track* Without Ut-
tering a Word.
Fred Morrison, aged 32 years, form-
erly in the grocery business in this
city, was shot and killed about 4
o’clock yesterday afternoon as he was
walking toward the front door of Ar-
thur Lee’a home, No. #11 South Bar-
residing In Denison to$ee last October
and that toe toad been employed as a
boilermaker helper in the Katy shops
since that time and had resided at
911 South Barrett Avenue since Janu-
ary of this year. Ho was married In
1900 and has a little daughter, stx
years of age.
After the body of Morrison was
moved to the morgue of Shields &
Short an examination of the wound
which caused his death showed that
the bullet from the 41-callbre Colts
pistol used had entered the breast
about nine inches directly above the
novel and had lodged In the back.
Ffed Morrison was married and I*
survived by a wife, who Is now on a
visit to relatives near Durant Owing
to the flood and no wire communica-
tion to Oklahoma It has been Impos-
sible to reach her and inform her
of the terrible tragedy In which her
brother and husband were the princi-
pal figures. Mr. Morrison was born lu
Jackson County, AhL, just thirty-three
years ago today and spent the greater
portion of his life at Durant. He came
to Denison two years ago and eiri
barked in the grocery business with
his brother, Charles Morrison, at No.
604 South Armstrong Avenue. Ten
days ago he sold out. his interest In
the store to his brother and went to
Dallas and Ft Worth in view of going
into business for himself In one of
the cities named. He had only return
ed to the city Wednesday and had his
rett Avenue. Arthur Lee was placed
under arreBt by Justice Preston, who [ household goods 'packed 'and'ready to
was called to officiate as coroner. J move the latter part of this week.
Only one shot was fired which struck Th(> body of Morrison has been em-
Morrlson in the breast. He fell back-
ward and died without uttering a
word. Lee and Morrison were broth-
em-in-law.
When a representative of the Her-
ald called at the Lee home shortly
after the shooting, quite a crowd had
gathered around the body, which was
still lying on the ground where it fell.
Claud Bullock Of No. 700 West Mun-
son Street, who was the first person
to reach Morrison after the shot was
fired, made the following statement:
“I was in our back yard handling a
mowing machine when 1 beard a shot.
Looking South 1 saw Morrison fall-
ing to the ground and Lee standing on
the ground near him with a pistol in
hia hand. Grabbing a pttcher of wa-
ter 1 ran to where Morrison was gasp-
ing for breath- Lee, who was stand-
ing near, handed me his gun and ex-
claimed: ‘i am sorry that I shot him,
but he was ruining my home.’ Lee
remained with me until Coroner Pres-
ton arrived. After Justice Preston
had viewed the body and ordered It
removed to an undertaking establish-
ment, he took charge of Lee ami
brought him to jail. I heard no words
passed between the men previous to
the shot being fired.”
Mrs. Lee, who was in her home
when the shooting took place, gave
her version of the affair in the follow-
ing statement:
"Fred Morrison, the dead man, was
a personal friend of the family and I
have known him for a number of
years. He had called at our home a
number of times and had taken meals
with us. He called on me a number
of times lately and fearing that bis
viBits might cause talk among tbs
neighbors, I advised him not to call,
persisted In calling and only h
balmed and Is being held pending
j word from his wife and funeral ar-
rangements will be announced later.
The Inquest In the death of Morri-
son was set for 9 o’clock this morning
before Justice Preston and at that
hour the court room was crowded
with spectators anxious to hear the
evidence. Arthur Lee, the defendant,
was in court, and asked for a con-
tinuance until tomorrow morning in
order that he might secure a lawyer
to represent, him and have several
witnesses summoned. The request was
granted and the case was reset for
o’clock tomorrow morning.
THE DAMAGE
IN COFFEE BEND,
by
REPAIR FORGES
WORK AT NIGHT
KATY AND FRISCO MAKING EV-
ERY EFFORT TO GET THEIR
TRACKS IN SHAPE.
WILL REQUIRE MINT DAYS
Wagon Bridge Haa Apparently Slip-
ped Nine Inches, But le Otherwise
In Fair Condition—Piling Must
Be Brought from Mille
in East Texas.
well as the best men they have on the
system, end everything is rapidly get- j the depot,
ting regulated and run according to
some system. Idlers and sightseers
are not allowed at the scene of opera
tlons, there being a picket line on
both railroads, and no one is allowed I
to pass unless carried there by busi-j
ness.
8URVEYORS TAKE LAY-OFF.
Three More Flood Deaths.
Dallas, Tex., May 29.—Three more
flood deaths have been reported. They
are: Mrs. O. D. Whitfield, drowned
i at Anna, Alexander Hamilton, drown-
ed near Decatur; Miss Bettie Storne,
drowned near Forney. Between 4,000
and 5,000 persons are being fed by
relief organizations here. The milita-
ry patrol is still maintained.
Falling at Peris.
Paris, Tex., May 29.—Red River Is
slowly receding, but Is yet 41 feet,
Just twelve Inches above the Govern-
ment guage. The damage to farms,
crops and stock is enormous.
SEEING THINGS
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J period and might even eee picture# of It, without having an sccu-
conception of Just what It really was. 8EE IT-that’s the way
KNOW it. You don’t have to buy unless you do sec it and know
But—wW yon see?
We're perfectly wilting to take the risk of not selling you a Suit
' Clothes if yon will only come in and SEE one of the many wc have
win fit you perfectly. Isn't that fair?
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Shirt sale still on Excellent values, each
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#1.25
.
few days ago told me that he loved
me. There was nothing In his visits
that people could talk about and l
was always frank in telling my husl
band after each visit Mr. Morrison
wrote me a letter today which prob-
ably angered ray husband. As a re
suit of the note I telephoned Charles
Morrison, his brother, this afternoon
and asked him to tell Fred not to
call, as I feared trouble. About 1
o’clock this afternoon, while standing
in the kitchen, I observed Morrison
approaching the house. My husband
came Into the house from the rear
and walked out to the front room. I
Implored him not to kill Morrison as
it would cause a great deal of trouble.
A few moments later I heard a pistol
shot and running out to the front of
the bouse found Morrison lying on
the ground and my husband standing
there with a pistol in his hand. As
far as I know there were no word**
spoken before toe pistol shot was
beard. 1 do not know the contents of
the note which caused the trouble,
but Mr. Lee has It in his pocket..’’
When the Herald representative
visited the jail last evening shortly
after 5 o’clock he woe shown to the
ctell occupied bv Lee. When Informed
that his wife had made a statement
concerning the shooting and asked If
he wanted to corroborate It,, Leo said:
• Oh. I don’t know what to do. I’m
sorry I killed him. but I was forced
to do It as he was raining my family/’
While talking Lee was extremely
nervous and kept shifting from one
part of the ceil to the other and ap-
r»eared to be half crazed with grief.
On being questioned as to the con-
tents of the note, which so angered
him. the man between sobs said that
early in the afternoon he entered the
room and found his wife reading the
note and when she attempted to dis-
pose of It by placing It In her mouth
and tearing It, he took It awav from
her at the point of a pistol. The
letter in question, which was In the
custody of Jailor Wright, was brought
in and when unfolded. It was wrinkled
and in several pieces a* though torn
tn a struggle of tome kind. For the
most part It was poorly written with
a lead pencil and one t«art of the she'd
which wis left Intact read as follows:
Beware of A: he Is watching tin and
Banks and Merchants Hard Hit
Losses by Tenant Farmers.
Colbert, Okla., May 29.—The Red
River flood did great damage In the
Coffee Bend country. The following
list of individual losses will give some
Idea of the damage done there. The
first name in each paragraph is that
of the tenant and the second is that of
the landowner, followed by the land-
owner's residence.
A. F. Simmons—Travis, Caddo—65
acres of corn and cotton.
John Goggin—Travis, Caddo—130
acres of corn.
Tom Carroll—Travis, Caddo—50
acres of corn and cotton and 11 head
of hogs.
J. M. Giles, Travis, Caddo—70 acres
of corn and cotton.
Joe Hammond—Travis, Caddo—70
acres of corn and cotton.
W. P. Reeves—Southerland, Ard-
more—50 acres of corn and cotton.
Geo. Cambron—Southerland, Ard-
more—65 acres of corn and cotton.
Josh Nance—W. H. McCarley—40
acres of corn and cotton.
J. L. Crabtree—Southerland. Ard
more—28 acres of cotton and 41 acres
of corn.
Mr. Edwards—J. M. Franklin, Plat-
ter—50 acres of corn and cotton and
aU household goods.
T. T, Turner—.J. F. Gooding, Col-
bert—60 acres of com and cotton.
Bud Taylor—J. F. Gooding, Col-:
bert.—60 acres of corn and cotton.
Henry and John Andersoq—C. L.
Gooding—110 acres of corn and cotton.
J. M. Franklin—.1. M. Franklin,
Platter—30 acres of corn.
in addition to the crop damage,
fences and houses have been swept
away. These were the very best
farms in this section, contributory to
DenUon and Colbert. The banks and; when
Conditions in tho flood district are
getting so that those in charge of the
repair work can see where they are
“at." At the wagon bridge the south
bank which was formerly just under
the end of the bridge is now some
ninety feet from the end of the
bridge. It is reported that the whole
structure has moved south about 9
inches. Otherwise it is intact. It
will take several days to get an ap-
proach to the bridge constructed.
Two small bridges are gone and at
one quite a little of the roadway was
cut away by the water.
An eye-witness telling of the falling
of the south span of the railroad
bridge, sags that It went out at 9:05
Tuesday night, and that when the
steel girders and rails parted there
was a noise that could bo heard above
the roar of the waters, accompanied
by a flash of fire as from a gigantic
flint and steel. The stone pier
crumbled away, allowing one end to
drop Into the water, when it was
swung by the raging current down the
channel. It Is believed that the steel
framework and the cars standing
on the bridge are entirely out of the
way so that the work of driving the
piles will not be interfered with.
According to an official it will take
until Saturday night to get to the
bridge, and after that It will take at
least four days to crib up the inter-
vening space and get trains across.
From two to three hundred feet of the
bank on this side, which was covered
by a growth of good sized trees, has
been washed out and the water Is
deeper and swifter there than In tha
main bed of the river.
The longest piling that the Kaly has
in store here Is sixty-five feet and this
is said to be too short and longer ma-
terial is being rushod from East
Texas.
The Frisco has a work train on the
scene which is In charge of W. B. j
Drake, vice president and general
manager of the Frisco lines In Texas.
This gang so far is only working with
shovels and like implements to get
the dump In condition to replace the
track, of which there are about 2,800
feet gone. As soon as possible a pile-
driver’ will be brought from Fort
Worth.
On the Katy work was carried on
until one o’clock this morning, when
the men were sent home to rest up for
today. Today the force has been aug-
mented until it will be possible to di-
vide the forces, and there will be two
distinct shiftf. one day and the other
night. Electric headlights were plan
ed on the top of the Warner tank
until the men were around the curve,
wires were run from the dyna-
Water Too High—Judge James More-
land and Boat Safe.
F. M. Boswell, engineer in charge
of the corps which has been engaged
In the survey of the Upper Red River,
was in the city this morning en route
to Dallas.
“The big flood In Red River put us
out of businesa," he said to a Herald
representative. ‘‘I have furloughed
my men for thirty days and it may be
necesary to extend the furlough. 11
hardly expect It will be possible for
us to get to work again before July 1.
I don’t know bow high the river did
get but I have made a high water
mark and when we get back on the
work I will be able to tell you. We
completed the survey from the mouth
of the Washita to Tulip before the
high water struejt us.’’
The family and friends of Judge
James Moreland have naturally felt
some uneasiness regarding his safety
on account of the recent heavy rise
in the river. Yesterday a letter was
received from him mailed at Raven-
na. They worked the quarter boat
out of the river and up a creek as the
rise kept coming and were finally
forced to cut their way through tim-
ber In order to get the boat to a place
of safety.
FUNERAL OF GENERAL LEE.
Services Will Be Held at Columbus
Saturday Afternoon.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 29.—With an
escort of Confederate Veterans and
State Militia, named by Governor
Neal, the remains of the late General
Stephen D. Lee, were conveyed to the
Women's Hoee, Black, Whitt
and Browne in Gauge, Garter
Tops and Lace, In beautiful
patterns and good values
50*
Women’* Black, Whits and
Brown Hose in plain and Laeet
35*
Women’s Hoee, White, Black
and Browns, plain
25*
Boys’ and Girls* Rib Host,
Black only, at a very special
price
15*
YOUR MONEY RETURNED
IF NOT SUITEO.
SIDNEY ELKIN
PHONES 1.
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merchants will suffer great losses in
accounts.
The flood loss in I’rcston Bend this
mos and the light carried forward and
placed in position to give the best
service and the place was as light as
side of the river will be about $100,- day. and the force of over 200 men
000. It is believed that 2,000 acres of made rapid progress restoring tho
Grayson County land have been added
to Oklahoma, on account of the river
cutting a new channel, Including prop-
erty of Claude C. Umberth, Haynes
Potts, John Jackson. Joe Combs, Jas.
Jackson and W. C. Jolllff.
oner expli
was meant for
himself. Lee
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DID PRICE GET HI8?
Rumored That Federal Grand Jury
Has Indicted Him.
New York, May 29—Four Indict-
ments were returned by the Federal
Grand Jury today. It Is reported that
Theodore H. Price, a prominent cot-
ton operator, is charged with Im-
proper transactions in connection with
the leak in government cotton statis-
tic* several years ago.
grain bears win.
May Delivery Forced Down from 2«/#
to 5 Cents Bushel.
Chicago. May 29. -Bears in the
grain pit scored a victory early today
and forced down prices on oats, corn
and wheat. May delivery, from to
5 cents per bushel.
Child Falls Into Bolling Soap.
Corsicana. Tex., May 29—The par-
ticulars of a terrible accident near
Frost late Tuesday afternoon reach-
ed here vesterday. While the 4-year-
old daughter of B. W. 8tinson was
at play In the yard she fell into a pot
of boiling soap and was literally cook-
ed alive.
. Missouri Tornado.
Hcothe. The Bank of Hal* was uu
rooted. Edith Ram.-ey was Injured.
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dump and replacing the track, some of
which had not only washed off the
dump, but turned completely over.
On the north end all dispatchers hut
one had been pulled off, and this; T
morning that one was pulled off and j
the work trains are being operated j
by phone. {A
Quite an improvement lias been, -
made In the train service and Nd 203 .♦
this morning was run out on time. 1^,
Official reports from Dallas are that
the Katy’s bridge was damaged less •
than any other In that city and that it *
is expected that the Flyer this-after-; £
noon will be able to'get over if. No, T
5 and 205 will both .be run out of Deni1
son on time, and It is believed that
both will be able to get through to
South Texas. Superintendent i’olhe-
mus. Of the joint traek, wires that aer-
vlce can be had from Fort Worth by
using the Santa Fe track to North
Fort Worth, and the Cotton Belt to
Southwest Junction, and that the re-
pair gangs will reach Whitesboro to-
day. On the arrival of No. 2 from
the south this afternoon a train will
be made up to detoqr via Bells, Tex-
arkana, etc., as has been done before.
No. 271 will go through from Whites-
boro tonight to Wichita Falls. On the
Dentpn branch several mites of track
haa been washed out.'the track being
intact, but turned upside down, and
in many places many feet off the right
pf way.
Since the pump station at Warner
has been out of service on account of
the locomotives that wen* usi^l for
running the pumps turning oyer, |h»
aty 'has TTe< u paying $P“J»W 93T,W
the Denison Water Company for wa-
ter. There Is a large force of men en-
Young Men’s
Suits
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#15.00, #18.00. #20.00.
The exclusive patterns shown by ue
for Young Men are no more expen-
sive then other houses will aek you
for a much lees attractive Suit.
We shew Suite both radical and
eonaervative in style, but never
“f reeky." Every line and curve
showe the master tailor's skill, guided
by the best designers of our land.
There’s no better way to be certain
of thl* than to see it and let us try
them on you.
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Illustrating Style 108, Men’s Patent
Colt Oxford, on# of our beet seller* at
#5.00. "*
JAMES BOYD
No Clothing Fit. Like Ours.
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