The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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The official rifle of the Boy Scouts, with Sling'
and Strap. I hey are beauties and good
enough for young or old. Must be seen to he
appreciated. Complete line of Shot Guns in
12, 16 and 20 guage.
IMRRf K. THAW {CAPTAIN IVIE
MAKES ESCAPE PASSED AWAY
Leaves Matteawan Asylum Former Bonham Citizen
at Early Morning Hour Died at Caddo, Okla.,
in High Power Car. Saturday.
Matteawan, N. Y., Aug. 17.— i Capt. J. B. Lyle, formerly of
arry K /rhaw» l,u* slayer of this city but a resident of Caddo,
Stanford \\ hit#*, escupetl from the < >kIn., for the past lf> years passed
All hinds and prices in Air Rif],
4
Come Where You
can have your Wants
Supplied
Chas. Davis Hdw. Co. f
THE HARDWARE PEOPLE ’phone 12 BONHAM,TEXAS §
'EOSE TWO f NC ~
ERS SATUROAV
hospital for the criminal insane
h' ie at 7: In o’clock this morning.
A dart lor liberty through an
open gate, a leap into the open
door of a powerful automobile that
stood quivering outside, and a
flight like a rocket foi the Con
neeticut State line, thirty miles
miles away, accomplished his es-
cape.
lonight he was still at large and
the hospital authontos felt ccr
tain he was outside the state.
Once beyound its boundrics, Thaw
is tree. Only months, or years, of
litigation can bring him back to
Matteawan and then only in one
event—that he be adjudged insane
in the State to which In* has fled.
SOMK IMPORTANT KVKNTH
IN I II i; OK IIAKUY K. THAW
Born 1871, son of Williain Thaw
of Pittsburg.
away at that place .Saturday aftc*r
noon. ( apt. Lyle was at one time
the head of the Lyle Female Insti
tnte in this city and taught many
of our citizens here, lie was an
old Confederate soldier, a vetcian
of the lost cau c and was loved
and revered by all who knew him
for his excellent qualities of the
old Southern chivalry. Many cit
i/.ens will learn of Ins death with
the deepest of regret and the Kavo
rite joins them in extending to the
bereaved relatives their deepest
and most heartfelt sympathy.
( apt. Lyle was buried yesterday
afternoon in the City Cemetery in
Caddo, Ok la.
Trades Excursion Meeting
All Bonham people who expect
to go on the Tunics excursion on
Sept. 3, 4 and 5 arc expected to
horcedout of Harvard Uni vers (attend the arrangement meeting
SILK SHIRT SALE
1-4 Off
On All Silk Shirts
$3.00 kind at..... $2.25
2.50 kind at ........... 1 .90
2.00 kind a I .......... | . so
PEBLRH'S
I R D O M
...The...
Wood=Ray Stock Co.
ALL NEXT WEEK
Caught Them In a
and Both Were
Cut Off.
SOCIAL TUESDAY NIGHT.
tlie Fiiet (tbristiian church will
have a business and social ses-
sion at t-be heune of Missj Ara I
Robinson Tuesday nighl a‘ 8i
a local council w olock. 'EvCry member is u ged
men immediately to be present and to bungi
*0Y SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Tonight at ,8 o'■clock in the
iotu'i ub rooms tthere will
11 meetii;;■ »f all men inter-
d in t 'nowement We
organize '
til ________
fr ^1 rd of Trade ad- some one v ho w ill he interests
A very short sossion in the Endeavor work.
tie I f Trade followed
Lost—Umbrella with rvry
colored handle, ener ixed A. L.
<m one end of handle, ( lass
’08” on other. Findai' pl*« o
notify Ashley Evan*#.
tGing in interest
' ts. An announe
■v ade tomorrow to
*h to join
Joe Ev-eiheart
J's w!
I ent—the host.. 2.*w Use Bat...’ Ot r . I mrc V
John T. Smith, assistant over
seer of the spinning room at the
Cotton Mill, happened to a very
painful accident last Saturday.
He was working with some cog
wheels on one of the pieces of
machinery when his lingers were
Caught in the machinery resulting
in the loss of two lingers from his
right hand.
TODAY'S
MARKET
Ice Cold
Melons
TAYLOR &
THOMPSON
Car Load
y on & Healy Pianos
Just Received
11 \re Invited lo Inspect
Them
We employ no slick t< ’
men and we us< h > ' xl
sell tlu
lei
ity in I S!ll for playing high stakes
at Poker.
From 1891 until 1901 toured
Europe.
Met Evelyn Nesbit in 1901 when
sin* was a chorus girl. Entertained
Chorus girls and actresses lavishly
from 1901 to 1900.
Married Evelyn Nesbit in 1905
against his mother’s wishes. His
father practically disinherited him,
but his mother settled an income
of #l!0,000 a year on him.
Started campaign against Stan
lord \\ hi to in 1905, spending
thousands of dollars for detectives.
Killed Whitt*on Madison Square
Roof Garden June 25, 1900.
Tried for murder from February
until April, 1907, the jury disa
greeing. Cost of counsel estimated
at *<200,000.
Tried again for murder in Jano.
ary 1908. the jury acquitting him
on the grounds of insanity. lidi
mated cost of counsel, etc., #150,
000.
Committed to Matteawan on Feb.
1, 1908, by Justice Dowling.
Commitment confirmed by Jus
tier Morchauser in Poughkeepsie
in 190S. Estimated cost of pro-
ceedings $05,000.
Commitment again confirmed by
Justice Mills after second attempt
to gam freedom. Estimated cost
of proceedings $50,000.
Three later attemps made to
g kin liberty. E-timatcd cost $125,
ooo.
Incidental expenses of Thaw’s
Commitments, luxuries while in
the l’orafts, etc , estimated $16,000.
Escaped from Matteawan Aug.
17, 1913.
Expenses of Thaw’• mother in
the proceedings, estimated #150,
000.
Maintenance ol Evelyn Nesbit
since the murder, estimated $50,
000.
lining detectives $15,000.
A lien lists for the various hear
mgs m which Thaw tiled to oh
tarn his freedom, • stiruaied cost
•75,000.
Grand total *|>ciit by Thaw’s
mother for him since he killed
■Stanford NN kite, apronrnately #1
020,000
Coin|
crmjimvu
ret uodD UOTMcs
.TpitL
TO NIGHT at 8 o’clock at the
Firemen’s Club Rooms. Be sure
to be on hand. Arrangements
must be made for the dinners, and
if you want your name in the pot
you had better band it m. The
amount of flic general expense ac-
count will be estimated,and are ex j
pec ted to pay yom part. Auto
owners who want to take cars are
asked to be on hand. The mem1 j
bers of tin* band will accompany
the excursionists as they did last
year. Don’t foigct the time
Short session.
Board of Trade.
Notice Auto Owners
II you desire to haul passengers
to and from W. O. \\. Picnic
grounds for pay, see me at once
for permit at Falter Rus ell’s store.
Dec Reece.
THE KALEM COMPANY presents
BROUGHT ro BAY
A I’OU IX'Id'L DRAMA OF THE WEHT
Land to Rent
Want two large families to work
100 acres each in corn and cotton.
A ’has. Halscll.
HAY; GOOD HAY.
30 cents per bale. Will
litvw «» much as C bales.
Don Kyburn
C7he Qest theatre
Program Joe Jo-1fight
THOMAS A. EDISON—COMEDY
“DON'T WORRY'9
Hubby is detained at the office and his silly, worried wife
sees bandits rob him al the ofliee; an aiithmnbile mangle him
in the street and then he Is taken to the hospital where he
suffers all sorts of tortures. Then he walks in unhaimcd.
There is no mistake about this one I I ’M A COMEDY.
“HIGHBROW LOVE"
l!l< H I It A I'll fans* comedy.
“THE TRIMMERS TRIMMED"
All went well with tin* would lie sheriffs until they
In I I ii p t he u rung man.
TOMORROW AN EXCITING HONEYMOON
Patheplay in 2 Parts. Something New A 2-Reel COM EDY
WEDNESDAY Hearts of the FIRST EMPIRE
VII’AOUAPII in 2 Parts A wondcilul story of the days of
Napoleon how i young go I completed him hi t court and
won I'm herself a iinbh' hii-Jtund MR WILLIAM IIUMPII
REV as Napoleon and HISS LEAK BAIIU* as Beatrice.
and we
schemes We
MERITS and
our own
r using
Pianos on theii
KI'.Pl I VI ION
I
■SELL & CALDWELL CO1,
NOW READY
I have opened a boot nJ
shoe repair sliop and a«k you
for a pari of jnour pairnuago.
• "<*rk. g»>o.| leaUi* r nod
r ’Me jinriv (’oine to <■
it G P Rail Vi nhop.
A.D IIxEBtiio k
BLACK CLOUDS DEBT
See Black Cloud III the den of
wolvoj. An t xciting Indian!
drama.
The Stolen Idol
Beautiful Margaiita Fisher as
Shedab, a globe-trotting AmcrL
eao, steals a «aored image Bom an
Oriental teuiple. The custodians
follow him skimd thrilling advent
ores, in wl.ieh death and disaster
plav a pat t. They recover it and
return to Asia
Pearl Wl it»> and Chester Barnett
in
Will Power
111 punt r Crystal « an I \
The Boy from the East
He go n wi-st and has many Umll
lhK v i ventures as reow boy West
ern r nmedy
Th o Guerilla Menace
A « /ondciful pmti.kYwl of exntiiig
• nr identic 10) Bison, 2 jiai's
utch this Spin** Ni*xt Wo k
COMINi. HI \TI RIM
and See Us
Anything
In The
Hardware
and
Implement
I Thompson Abernathy Hdw. Co.
J "Leaders In Our Lmo *
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Phone 58
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Tailor & Thompson!
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Spotts, W. S. The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1913, newspaper, August 18, 1913; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth913864/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.