The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1912 Page: 1 of 12
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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE
FOR COLEMAN AND COLEMAN COUNTY
VOLUME NO. THREE.
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1912.
NO. 14.
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Fifteen Package of Money Aggregating
Probably One Hundred Thousand
Dollars Were Taken.,,
FELL UNDER
CAR WHEELS
PRESS BUNCH
IS GATHERING
ED KEITH OF STEPHENVILLE
HAS HEAD SEVERED BY
PASSENGER TRAIN.
ADVANCE GUARD CAME IN YES-
TERDAY AFTERNOON AND
LAST NIGHT.
Hattiesburg, Miss., May 15—.A
rich haul was made by two masked
bandits, who, early this morning, held
up the Queen & Crescent New York
limited train No. 2 near Okahola, a
flag station eight miles south of Hat-
tiesburg, and blew open the safe of
the Southern Express car. The sum
the robbers obtained is variously es-
timated at from $50,000 to $150,000.
Express officials deny that the sum
obtained aggregated anything like
the later figure.
The safe in the express car was
locked with a time signal lock when
the train left New Orleans last night
and there was a guard in the car in
addition to the regular messenger.
It is said there was one package of
money representing the pay roll of
the Alabama A Vicksburg, at Merid-
ian, and About fifteen packages of
money representing the remittances
of agents of the express company at
points along the Vicksburg, Shreve-
port A Pacific railroad.
In adition to these there was two
or more sacks of silver containing
$1000 each, other packages of cur-
rency and esveral packages of jew-
elry, valuable stock certificates and
-tidqds. ~
Ne Shots Fired.
The holdup of the train was effect-
ed in a true wild west manner, but
notwithstanding a generous flourish-
ing of weapons not a shot was fired.
The, passengers were not molested.
When the train was passing the
flag station Okahola, the two masked
bandits climbed over the tender and
with drawn revolvers called out to
Engineer Maher and his fireman:
"Obey orders." The engineer threw
on his brakes immediately, saying,
‘Til stop right now." /
“No," said one of^the bandits,, “pull
on around the curve and stop when
I tell you to stop.”
After the train had turnei| the
curve the engineer was given the
command to stop and complied
promptly. With guns pointed at
their heads the engineer and fireman
were marched to the baggage car
and the former was ordered to call
the express messenger. When the
express messengr, D. A. Gray of
Chattanooga, stepped to the door of
his car he looked into the muzzle
of a pistol and did- not hesitate to
obey, the order to get down.
Other trainmen were promptly lined
up alongside the train, and, leaving
them in charge of his partner, the
commanding bandit jumped into tne
express car and at once began work
on the large through express safe.
Sixth Charge Effective.
After applying a charge of nitro
glycerin he got down and awaited
the explosion. It was ineffective and
successively five other charges of the
high explosixes were set off before
he accomplished his purpose. The
sixth charge blew off the door and
scattered silver coin and packages
of currency and other valuables in
every direction.
Except about $300 in silver, every-
thing in sight was hurriedly placed in
a sack and the two men backed off
into the darl^ness with their revol-
vers leveled at the heads of the
train crew.
After walking backward for about
100 yards the men dashed off and are
believed to have fled on horses which
had been left in charge of a third
robber.
At early dawn Sheriff Bennett of
this County started in pursuit of the
robbers with twenty deputies and two
bloodhounds.
Estimated Loss Unofficial.
New Orleans, May 15.—Southern
Express officials here today declined
to vouchsafe any information as to
the amount of money secured by the
robbers, who early today held up the
Queen A Crescent fast train south
of Hattiesburg and dynamited the
express safe.
The citizens of Mullin, Mills
County, have petitioned the commis-
sioner court to order an election in
order to determine whether or not
the county site shall be changed, and
If the election is granted the Mullip
citizens
have a proposition to pre-
sent to the people. The proportion L!ist of m*Jor3 will probably be taken
May 18: Christening of the bat-
tleship Texas.
May 25: Dedication of the GaU
veston-Houston causeway.
June 26: National Democratic
Convention at Baltimore.
Hay 26: Democratic State Con-
vention, at Houston.
May 28: BopnbUeaa State Con-
viction at Port Worth.
Presidential
Comity pri-
is to erect a $75,000 court house
without any cost to the county, and
in addition to donate 200 acres of
fine land for a county poor farm.
This promises tp be an interesting
affair and the Mullin people evidently
want the county court house and
their proposition shows that they
want it pretty badly. Anyway, they
are showing what kind of citizens
they have and if Goldthwaite doesn’t
get busy and come through, she will
show what kind of citizens she has.
It will be remembered that the court
house at Goldthwaite was burned
a very short .time ago and the people
are very much interested in the new
one that is to be erected in the
county.
6 ENTOMBED; 5 DEAD.
Entombed Men in Ironwood Mine
Are Being Fed Through Pipes.
Duluth, Minn., May 15.—Six men
entombed 2,000 feet below the surface
in a small place, with the bodies of
five dead comrades killed in a cave
in, are being fed through pipe* to-
night, while every available man is
trying to dig them out.
The cave in, which was at the Mor-
ris mine at Ironwood, Mich, occur-
red last night. Besides eleven known
to be on one room, two others were
entombed and are believed to be
dead.
Governor Colquitt Coming.
The friends of Governor Colquitt
have arranged for him to speak at
the court house in Coleman on Tues-
day afternoon, May 28, at 2:30 p. m.
His friends are going to sec to it
that the voters of Coleman County
have a chance to get both sides of
those questions, so that they may
judge for themselves and vote like-
wise.
All voters are requested to come
out and hear Governor Colquitt dis-
cuss the issues of the day from his
point of view.
Stephenville, Texas, May 14.—Ed
Keith, a popular young business man
of this city, was killed early this
morning at Harbin, 38 miles west of
here, when he attempted to leave
train No. 5 and catch train No. 6 to
return to Stephenville. Just how the
accident occurred will never be
known, but it is supposed that Keith
in stepping off th. train slipped and
fell under the eels. His head
was cut smooti Jit.
Keith was returning from a busi-
ness trip, to Fort Worth and was
asleep when he reached Stephenville.
He was allowed to go on by his home
town and when he reached Hardin
he wanted to get off and get on the
train going towards Stephenville. He
got off of train No. 5 aH right, but
seemed confused, and after a moment
got back on the train and asked the
porter where train No. 6 could be
found. In getting off the second time
he fell under the wheels.
Maj. Butt Now Legally Dead.
Washington, May 15.—Major Archi-
bald W. Butt’s name will be erased
from the army list today and he will
be declared legally dead, just a
month after the gallant officer went
down on the Titanic. It was decided
shortly after the tragedy to keep
Major Butt’s name on the rolls un-
til today, as the war department held
that there was a remote possibility
that he might have survived. The
question of filling the vacancy in the
up this week.
Maurine, the little three-year-old
girl of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Sumner,
had the misfortune while playing to
get her arm broken just above the
wrist. Drs. Manes and Bailey were
called and set the bone and the little
girl is doing nicely.
R. G. Hollingsworth, managing
editor of the Democrat-Voice, is in
Temple attending the Texas Press
Association.
Mrs. Tom McCord and little daugh-
ter have returned from a visit to
relatives and friends in Victoria.
Temple, Texas, May 16.—Delegates
to the thirty-third annual convention
of the Texas Press association began
arriving yesterday afternoon, and the
midnight trains last night brought in
many more, and by the opening hour
this morning many hundred delegates
and visitor swill be in attendance.
R. F. Cates, assistant secretary,
said last night: “The advance guard
now in Temple is the largest in the
history of the Texas Press associa-
tion.” This official, who had oppor-
tunity to size up advance guards at
the state association fo ra number of
years, said that the large number in
the city before the opening of the
meeting was all the more remark-
able when it was remembered that
trains would reach the city over two
railroads early this morning. He
said that members had usually chosen
the last train that would get them
to the convention city before the first
session was called to order, but that
with other trains still at their com-
mand a large number had arrived
yesterday afternoon and on the 10
o’clotk train last night. He attri-
buted this to the fact that the
membership had been enthusiastic for
several weeks over the Temple
meeting.
A. L. Burk has bought the lease
from H. D. Hardeman of the build-
ing now ocupied by the Palace of
Sweets and will move his stock of
dry goods from the west side of
Coir/nercial avenue to it on June 1.
Walter Burroughs came down from
Silver Valley Wednesday and left on
the 5:30 train to join the C. H.
Bencini picnic crowd, who are en-
joying a three .days' outing at Me-
na rdville.
Miss Ethel Hemphill of Santa
Anna, who has been attending school
at Canyon City the past year, was
here between trains Wednesday en
route home and visited her sister,
Mrs. G. W. McDonald.
T. P. Sumner left Tuesday for a
few days’ business trip to Dallas.
1
The city of Coleman is to have
iixty o: seventy more street ligM.<
in the near future. Material has been
ordered and as soon ns it arrives
w< rk v ill begin and when c lined
a long felt want will have ntea
► led. i
Joel Warren ia suffering with rheu-
matism this week, and walks with
the aid of a cane.
Mr. and Mrs. Thao
ia from the ranch
Q«rB anft
is a Nations' Dank.
L«t US tak<? care money.
A Xntionid Hank fs operated under the Xationul
Hnnking Aot.^Thim law jdeoes it under the su/icr-
vision ol____________,, ------IE
Staten Government. A rigid examination of the
bunk’s affaire is made several times every year
in the Interest of its depositors.
Th is Jimik in firm nl'thr lr***y*i“ft i«—4*»-**4w-«rTns~
tldn, and has been in operation for more than
twenty years under its present management.
We solloit your patronage upon our ability to
serve you.
“THE OLD RELIABLE"
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF COLEMAN
and Preflta, $14$,M0.
Met in Office of the Chairman—Appointed
Precind Chairmen and Trans-
acted Routine Business.
i
The ' Executive Committee of the 1 Madge,
Democratic party met Saturday at! Casey,
the office of T. H. Strong, chairman,
and transacted the following busi-
ness:
Appointed J. P. McCord as a com-
mittee of one to purchase the election
supplies for the coming primaries.
And filled all vacancies on the com-
mittee.
The following is a list of the Pre-
cinct Chairmen as the same now
stands, viz;
Coleman, Precinct No. 1.—J. P.
McCord.
Coleman, Precinct No. IA—P. E.
Truly.
Santa Anna, Precinct No. 2—S. J.
Pieratt.
Trickham, Precinct No. 3—C. O.
Jenkins.
Hardin, Precinct No 4—Jno. W. Cox.
Talpa, Precinct No. 5—A. 1).
Richie.
Glen Cove, Precinct, No. 6—R.
King. ,
Novice, Precinct No. 7—J. Rath-
mell.
Silver Valley, Precinct No. 8—
Stonewall Smith.
Burkett, Precinct No. • 9—Billie
Henderson.
Camp Colorado, Precinct No. 10—
George McNamara.
Rockwood, Precinct No. 11—E. B. j
Newsome.
Precinct No. 18—J. F.
Precinct No. 16—R. M.
17—A B.
18—C. A.
19—J. W.
20—M. B.
Valera, Precinct No. 14—George
Pauley.
Niwot,
Lucas.
Gouldbusk, Precinct No. 16—A.
Griffith.
Voss, Precinct No.
Strickland.
Leaday, Precinct No.
Rives.
Shields, Precinct No.
Wilkerson.
Fisk, Precinct No.
Miller.
Red Bank, Precinct No. 21—J. M.
Hindes.
Whon, Precinct No. 22—J. M. Gill.
Goldsboro, Precinct No. 23—J. G.
Brown.
The next meeting of the Executive
committee will be on the third Mon-
day in June, at which time the com-
mittee will prepare the official bal-
lot All County and Precinct candi-
dates who desire their -names to ap-
pear on said ballot must make and
file their application with the County
Chairman, duly acknowledged before
a notary public, on Saturday preced-
ing the third Monday in June, 1912.
At this meeting on the third Monday
in June, the committee will also make
the assessment against the candidates
to bear the campaign expenses, and
! expenses of holding the primaries
Echo, Precinct No. 12—J. C. Dibrell. also. \
KING’S DEATH
FREDRICK EIGHTH OF DENMARK
SUCCUMBS ALONE AMONG
STRANGERS.
Hamburg, Germany, May 15.—The
startling fact developed here today
that Frederick the Eighth of Den-
mark, who died here of apoplexy last
night, expired unknown and as a low-
ly person in a public hospital of the
city. The king was traveling incog-
nito and was out walking in the city
streets when he was stricken with
apoplexy. Strangers saw the man
fall, but did not recognize him and
rushed him to one of the city hos-
pitals, It was only when his suite
became alarmed by his failure to re-
MME WRECK
HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY THE
AVIATOR AS A PASSENGER.
PINNED BENEATH WRECK.
London, May 13.—Victor Louis
Mason, an American identified with
extensive mining interests and at one
time private secretary to the Ameri-
can secretary of war, Alger, and his
successor, Elihu Root, was killed to-
day whild making a flight at Brook-
lands wi the English aviator, E. V.
Fisher. Fisher was also killed.
The machine stopped suddenly 150
feet in the air. Fisher was thrown
from the seat and Mason was pinned
beneath the wreckage. Both were in-
stantly killed. Mason had been pick-
turn to the hotel that the search be- j ed from the spectators by Fisher and
gan, resulting in the identification of j taken as passenger.
the dead king at the hospital.
New King Crowned at Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 15.—
Following the sudden death of King
Frederick the Eighth at Hamburg
last night, Christian the Tenth was
today crowned King of Denmark, as
Frederick's successor.
Perry Estes is eating snap beans
out of his own garden and grown this
year. There may be others in town
doing the same thing, but we have
not heard of it so far.
Miss Mary Agee is just back ftstfl
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Those who wish any information
concerning or qualifications of Judge
John C. Towns, who is running for
the place of associate justice of the I
supreme court of Texas to take the
place of Judge Ramsey, who resiga-
ed, will please see M. H. Crockett
or Marcus Weatherred. These youag
men knew the judge as professor tt
law in the University of Texas, aad
they never tire of speaking % word
in his favor. They have some smal
folders gotten out by friends of the
judge, and will be glad to explain
the judges fine records to those who
pot him -----------—---
TJaTTir,™ wFereshe bought an
tional stock of the newest things in
millinery to add to her already
large stock.
W. L. Thayer reports the sale of
177 acres of land from M. H. Hamlin
to L. A. Lagrange of Rogers, Texas.
Consideration, $8,210.
R. L. McCarter of the Della*
New* was in Coleman Thursday,
t ■
“'1 “a.
Bad Negro Does Deadly Work.
Tylar, Texaa, May 15.—Aaaie
Johnson, age 16 years, was found en-
conscious near here Tuesday. The
girl’s throat was partly cut, and h*r
face bruised by a negro man whe
assaulted her yesterday. She mav
recover. Bloodhounds are after Ike
negro.
Yea, we sell sen
will pay you to Me
haying, no
doors nnd tt
vO. '.
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Hollingsworth, R. G. The Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1912, newspaper, May 17, 1912; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth725546/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.