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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
VIII Coach Shooting Team.

Lawton. Ok.-Capt Frank Ben
King, commanding the Lawton en-
cheering corps, Oklahoma National
guard, who was recently appointed by
Governor Frank Frantz. of Oklahoma;
as coach of the team to represent
the Oklahoma National guard at the
national shoot to be given at Sea
Girt, n. j., beginning Aug. 27 and
continuing until Sept 3, first entered
military service by enlisting as a pri-
vate in the Second Arkansas infan-
try, United States volunteers, in 1898.
His term of enlistment was spent in
camp at Chickamauga rk, Georgia.
and Admission, Ala. He was mustered
out Of service Feb. 25, 1899. He or
ganized a company of infantry in the
Arkansas State guard and was elected
captain in 1901 and resigned to come
to Oklahoma. He was commissioned
first lieutenant engineer corps Ma
tional guard in 1908 and was promoted
to the captaincy of this organization
the same year He attended garri-
son school at Fort Sill during the
winter of 10000 and at Fort Crook.
Neb.. the winter Of 1904-05. Capt.
King is 2S years old. He was in COM
mand OF the company that gained sig
nal praise for its services at Snyder
after the great cyclone in May. 1905.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

Der land and out Of sight. His wife
watched his departure with phleg
matte interest.
During the afternoon a neighbor, on
his way across the country. called 10
pay his respects to Mrs. Crue. He
knocked on the door and then. with
out further formality, turned the knob
and entered. Mrs. Crue sat IN her
kitchen talking with a stranger. The
neighbor excused himself. said he
merely stopped % say a word Of greet
ing, and then withdrew.
Stranger Opened Door.
Later in the afternoon Miss Jennie
Carr well-known Groton young
woman, also called. She knocked on
the door several times. Nobody an
swered. Then she noticed that the
curtains Of the front window were
lowered. But It occurred to her that
Mrs. Crue might be somewhere in the
the house. so she continued TO knock
Presently the knob of the door turned
the door opened few inches, and a
man looked out cautiously at her. He
was stranger to her She asked II
Mrs. crue was at home. He replied
cnrtly:
"No. she has gone to town for the
afternoon, to make some calls"
Then the door closed without
further ado.
OF the history Of the day, which i'm
mediately follows. the husband is the
only authoritative source He returned
from Aver Junction shortly after sun
set Much to his surprise, the house
was quite dark.
Failing TO secure an entrance
through any door, he went to one OF
the windows and valnly tried to raise
IT, He concluded that his wife had
taken excellent precautions to prevent
the entrance OF strangers. Yet the
drawn curtains. staring him blankly
in the face. made him uneasy. He
walked around the house to the cellar
door. Through the gloom he groped
his way with caution. always sensing
impending disaster. This promonition
grew stronger and stronger as he
mounted the stairs to the kitchen.
Now he proceeded more warily than
ever. listening for any significant
sound. The house was quite silent.
and at last he struck match and hur-
ried to the lamp. The light partly re-
assured him.
Then he decided to look into his
wife's room. and with the lamp in one
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
The Strange Case of
,...A:,STEARNS>sA,.,
%KENDALL S|
%ABBOTT, %
Nctim9fEnvroOment

Groton In this quiet Massachu.
setts village % years ago, there lived
a family named Crue. Their home was
a small farm house in a particularly
lonely location. three miles from other
habitations.
Crue was a teamster. whose duties
compelled him frequently to 20 To
Aver Junction. several miles away.
Sometimes he left home early in the
morning. and remained ia his labors
until sunset His wife was left under
the protection Of a dog. who spent a
large part Of the day sleeping near
the kitchen stove
Mrs. Crue was an ordinary New
England housewife That Is TO say
she Was purely domestic. worked from
morning tin night at household du-
ties. and knew the outside world only
slightly. The desolation Of her domi-
cile was second nature to her: she ac-
cepted II as her fate. When, day after
day. she was left practically unguard-
ed Il never occurred to her to be
frightened.
II yasabond came 10 her door.
whether or not he asked for aims
surl.g and pecred about as though to
learn Of her unprotected state, she
showed no fear. but gave him food and
told him to be of before her husband
came down stairs aud detected her
charity. Moreover. Mrs Crue. by rea-
son OF her daily domestic exercises.
was strong and hardy enough to feel
selfreliant. Invariably she held
stout broom during her talks with the
occasional yagrants. She believed
Thoroughly that this traditional house
hold weapon would serve her faith
fully in time or deed
Rumors Of Domestic Troubles.
From lime 10 time there we're ru-
mors among people who knew the
crues. They said the husband did not
pay as much attention TO his wife as
he should. and they mentioned other
names. but the wife never answered
impertinent questions. She told curl
Gus people that she minded her own
business and expected her neighbors
10 follow her example. Whereupon
they shrugged their shoulders. and
any possible sympathy for her they
might have felt expired.
On the morning Of January II, 1880,
the home OF the Crues was surround
ed with snow The adjacent woods
we're thin and scrawny. and the whole
Immediate world was bleak and chilly
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
Remoues Snakes Appendix.

New York.-First of his kind to go
under the knife for such an operation,
Pete. a big rattlesnake in the snake
house in the geological garden in
bronx park. had his appendix removed.
but died later. The operation was
performed by Or. c. William Bebe and
Raymond l. Ditmar, one Of the cura-
tors at the ZOO"
Pete. in all the glory Of his eight
foot body. had been a favorite Of Wis
itors at the snake house since he vas
ida.
Noticing a curve IN the snakes
back, extending from the head about
three-Quarters Of the length OF the
body. an attendant touched the reptile
with a stick.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

Pete wriggled away showing that
It was a very tender place. and for
the rest Of the day refused to allow
anyone to come near him.
After a consultation it was decided
that he should be operated on. An
anaesthetic was applied. and DR.. Bebe
opened the reptiles back He then
saw that the appendix was swollen
and innamed. The cause Of Pete's suf-
fering was not evident. He had appen-
dicitis.
When the appendix was opened a
large piece Of rabbits fur was found
Pete came out Of his stupor after his
back had been sewed up. and It was
said that the operation had been sue
eessful. but Pete died.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
Long Career Of Crime.

Long Career Of Crime.
He was used to that sort Of life by
this time; and he was unused to any
other kind, save existence in pov.
erty-stricken home. Thereafter one
offense succeeded another. He stole
a horse and buggy. and served re-
sultant sentence of four years in
Charlestown; he embezzled $3.50 and
returned to Charlestown for two years
more. Later he entered a house In
Manchester, N. H.. and stole s17 For
this crime he spent three years in the
New Hampshire state prison. He was
now AZ years old. his terms of con-
finement aggregated % years, and he
was known as an habitual criminal.
Stearns Kendall Abbott was in Gro
ton on the 18th of January. 1880 He
was only a month and a half out Of
Concord prison. and presumably was
trying to obtain employment as
wood carver. This was his trade
his prison taught trade-and he was
capable man. He called at several
houses and explained ia one man that
he wished to secure a job as a wood
carver and to another-and to several
others-that he wished to purchase
some farm property. OF one man
Henry Hewins-he asked to be direct
ed to the Crue house.
from house to house Constable
Reed, of Aver. traced his movements.
until at last he located him in East
Weare. n. H. The prisoner denied
the crime. He said that he had never
known Mrs. Crue. and had never seen
her. He told the court that he left
Groton during the afternoon of the
18th and went to Boston. where he
spent several hours in a house Of III,
repute But he couldn't corroyorate
his statements. Witnesses located
him in the Crue house: a chain Of cir
cumstantial evidence held him firmly.
Death Sentence COMMITTED.
He was sentenced to be hanged. and
from his window in the jail he
watched them building the scaffold.
Wendell Phillips and others became
interested in his case. and urged Gov.
Long to commute the sentence. At
first the governor refused, but when
one Of the chief witnesses against
Kendall. Jennie Carr. admitted herself
a perjurer respecting part Of her tes-
timony-respecting denial Of her
motherhood-Gov. Long reprieved the
condemned man and ordered that he
spend the remainder of his days in
the state prison.
That was 25 years ago. Twenty-Five
years ago they wrote the last record
against the name Of Stearns Kendall
Abbott-'life prisoner for the murder
of Maria L. Crue. OF Groton-" 1t was
the concluding CHAPTER o. one OF the
-uost stirring murder stories Of west
ern Middlesex county. It was also
the aftermath to the prisoners hope
less childhood.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
OF THE LUslTANlA
WITH WORLDS TALLEST
STRUCTURES.

Atlantic journey Ia four and one-half
days, clipping a day and a half from
the fastest time of the German ex-
press steamers.
The vessels will leave Liverpool
on Saturday afternoons and viii land
passengers in New York on the fol-
lowing Thursday morning. Their
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

Liverpool. England. England IS
soon to recapture the blue ribbon OF
the Atlantic with two new boats OF
the Cunard line, the Lusitania and the
Maritania, that win make the trans
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
stearns Kendall Abbott.

If the home OF the Crues in Groton
was lonely. the childhood home Of
Stearns Kendall Abbott in Claremont.
n. H., was the merest existence.
There. in 1899, he was added to an
already large family.
II was a ve.y sordid existence; IL
was almost worse than nothing. In
general way the boy knew, as he grew
older. that other boys here and there
enjoyed three nonrishing meals
day. and slept in beds by themselves
and had enough clothing to keen them
warm. Yet II seldom occurred to him
10 think much about other boys In this
world. because he was always con-
cerned with the problem Of satisfying
his hunger and his craving for warmth.
Later he went to the country school.
He wore ragged clothes. and. Of
course. everybody in the school could
see them and everybody in the town
knew that he was a poverty-stricken
youngster. and. therefore, according to
country traditions. looked down on
him and considered him an inferior
species of the race of small boys.
At the age Of "A he went to Lowell
to obtain employment. But he was a
very helpless waif, who lacked every
bettering influence, who was thorough
" cowed--a hopeless waif whose des-
tiny was nine-tenths death OF degra-
dation and one-tenth honest livelihood.
He failed to get job at once. He
could furnish no references. and the
factories needed no small boys. He
fell among disreputable men. who told
him how to make money with ease.
One companion Of the waif from Clare
mont explained that If he forged an
order for SIS he could secure the
money without any danger and
promptly lose himself in some other
city. The boy was without any an
swering argument. Indeed. the plan
appealed to him. for he lacked many
necessities Of life So he made out
an order on a firm for SIS, for work
done. presented IT at the cashiers Of
fee. obtained the money, divided II
with his adviser. and then went to an
eating house and fed heartily. The lad
was suddenly wealthy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

Now and then biting wind swept
across the open stretches, and whiried
the snow on the roof Of the house. Be-
times the thin spirals Of smoke rising
from the chimney contrasted with the
brittle snowscape.
Shortly after dinner Crue told his
wife he had to haul some logs to Aver
Junction, and expected to be late for
supper.
Crue harnessed his horses and
drove away over the white road.
around the winty corner Of the tim
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31
Given state Prison Term.

Eut the swindled tradespepple gave
the police an excellent description Of
the thief. and the police caught him.
He could only say that he had needed
the money badly. and had taken the
advice of an older man. He couldn't
tell them. however. that he had never
had fair chance. Lacking the vocab-
ulary. he could not tell them one
tenth OF his sordid childhood. No
body defended him. He went before
the court and received e. sentence Of
80 months. Then they took him away,
not to a reformatory. but to state
prison.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

The historic fgate Constitution Aold ronde
OF the
United In she
Of Constitution built at Boston and was
September third the constructed
Constitutions notable victories
Levant The
dismante and sell the gallant ship resulted IN
Wendell Holmes
arer and subsequently
ceivng Chareown
falling decay until the patriotic
the making OF an
preparation to saveth he vessel
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

evidence Of strangers. Everybody
was puzzled over the apparent abb
sence Of any motive.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

caught him and sent him to jail for
five more years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-08-31

hand, he crossed the kitchen. On the
floor, in front of the door to the bed
room. was a line OF discoloration. At
any other time he might not have no
diced it, but he still had foreboding,
and was curiously observant. First
he glanced around the room. and then
he stopped and felt of the discolora-
ton. When he raised his hand his
fingers were stained and damp.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-24
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
The Navy as a School.
(llaltfurd C'uurant).


We know some pretty good .Amcri-
cans vino think-ur think they think
that compulsory military service as
prdttlccd IN the countries Of the Euro
ptitn continent would be Il very whole
some thing fcr the United States.
They admit that 1t WithdrtWS vigorous
young mon for Il season from pro.luc-
tive industry ana p"stp"ncs marriage:
that it's enforcement works hardship
Frequently ana sometimes produces
tragedy. They argue that the benefits
far outweigh the evils; that this Eu-
rop"an system takes loutish young
peasants and idlnG city chaps by the
hundred thousands strHi2htcns them
VI. suuar"s their shoulders, teaches
them obedience, runctuality, clcanli-
ness ana other like useful things.
HuickcnS their brains, cnlarg"s their
horizons, ana returns them to civil life
vastly ANA permanently the better Tor
the experience.
We shall never have compulsory mil
it@ry S"rVic" here unless as the sequel
of an Unforeseen Gtnd most unlikriyJ
chang" n c"udiriu ana puhl,. Scnii-
meat But until tho good people who
meet at Mystic bring about the era Of
universal peace We shall maintain am
army and a navy. These arc fighting
machines, ANA in all pruba bilty there
Will he figlItinG for them to do in the
futur" as there has been in the past
Eat, Hftrr ALL very few Of the years are
war years: ana the percentage is d.
cr"hSing as war becomes more costly.
Has it ever occurred to the respected
reader that the utilities ana values of
tn" army and navy as schools in the
p"aC" Yeas are - yet but very i'm
perfectly understood and appreciate IA ?
TIL" navy especially, both for other
reasons and b"caIIS" on Shipboard and
at SEA tn young man is absolutely t.
moved from temptations that Turk at
the gates Of tho army post
one thing NOR" v" may say Every
body who is in the way of seeing
lnrl" Sans younger uciack"tS on
shore leave. these days. viii, We are
sure, chc"rfully join rs in bearing
testimony to their good looks and goa
conduct. AS Il rule they ar" we'll set
Up. we'll hammered. sober. intelligent.
attractive" young f"ll"Ws-a credit t.
America.
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Heroes Rewarded and Unrewarded

| Another batch Of heroes has won
recognition ana til. Carnegie hcrn
| funid commission has awarded medals
ana money 10 II persons selected from
| tn. very large number who's" deeds Of
hcroism have been brought to its
| notice. 1t is noted that nearly all tn"
| recipients of th"sc medals live in tn"
Middle West. and now that section
| will probably boast that it is the real
hero belt of the country with Chicago
as its center. Of the II cases acted
upon at a session Of the body in Pitts
burg last week Il grew out of rcscucs
from drowning, three pcrttincd to an
lHttcnpt to save a miner from death by
the premature explosion Of dynamite
| and two exhibited the exploits Of men
who had kept others from pcrishing in
the foul gas of vaults. Just as
r"SCucS from drowning formed tn"
ma jnrity of eases considered and re-
wardcd at this meeting Of the com
mission, they formed the majority at
previous meetings. The record Of the
body is long enough by this time to
afford satisfactory exhibition Of
American hcroism, ami ii is clear that
accidents in the water are the I'M
mediate causes of more heroes than
accidents on dry land. If people dill
not 80 in swimming for pleasure. or if
w"rkncn did not face the pcrilS of the
water as assiduously as they do our
stock Of heroes would be greatly re-
duccd.
Perhaps it would be better to say
our stock Of known" heroes. for of
course those to whom Carnegie
medals are awarded are only a few
among many heroes in the country
Thousands upon thousands of men
and women i'll every part of the land
are just as brave and deserving as
those to whom this well mcrited re-
cognition has been given by the
carnegie nero fund commission.
There are also thousands ana thou
sands Of heroes. men ana women who.
perhaps. have never riskcd their lives
for others, which is the form of
hcroism of which awards are most
Frequently given, but who have never
| th"lcss done things just as heroic In
every city and town. in almost every
factory and workshop. office and store,
IN almost every home, for that matter,
there are heroes and heroines Of whom
the world knows little; brave men and
women doing things that require more
courage and sacrifice than it would to
risk their lives in rcscuing 4 fellow
ocinE from danger oc death. The
'world is full of such real heroes and
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Personal Notes.

7. OGDEN Armour. Of Chicago. has
aurnuurnd thIt h. Ni1 MAKE Al ;inrII1l
donation Of $3.50 FIR scholarships to y"
roirTct'd tor hy tn" Stat" agricultural
colleges Of Illinois 1T the live stock
shows.
The costa Eiran Minister. Mr.. CaIvo.
who has h"cn il, Central Amrrir, fn.
NOR. liam Two months has s1ilnI fran,
Costa ne, for the tinted states ana il
is expected he will return to Washingto
about October 20.
Or I NJ NrT:rydn president of tI,,
Nirnini,I ToIvt, clinic Mltitut,, ,,f I;I,cks-
hurT 4, ms h,.rn ,i:,rrd nn fine rrtirnd
iii ;,q !, nrntioncr 81 trr ,,,rn,ri.. Fam.
n,t+,n IL, 10 thn tI.ird rd,,rrtnr frn,,
Vir"ini, ia receive nix distinct;,,n
.. -
cyninr" .r' h"s liza ii Wnsl,inn III NJ.
almost haif i century Hi I'LL NIL spent
iii thn Arctic scrs. nliIo tishin- Anil III
scar.h III III. Pnln I'LL I,tt,r h,.lnr Win
IN TaII cxnndition s,.nt on III thn ! tnit
81 ctntne II Hi -
H., I ~ p,;r,. II ~. I..
1,ti'iIH H., ~ N '"'i,i9
iT?tfn ,i'a ,n.roI II G. ~,
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morning Swim but Dandy. ana ne h"N-
or misses 1t, no matter how cold tic
waite: may be.
Considerable anxiety is begin
ming to be felt for the Bath
schooner Kinco. 1861 tons, Capt,
Frank Pdttcn. las days out from
the port of Kahului in Hawaii for fhil-
adclphia with IL cargo of sugar. ne
vessel is owned by Arthur S"Wail q
60, Of Bath and was the last N'SS'i
built hy that firm. She is considered
to be about 4 month ana a half overdue.
the schooner has not been spoken sine"
she left Hawaii. capt. Pattcn IS ac-
cnnlpanivd by his wife ana littlt,
daughter. The fact that an unusually
large number of ic"hcrgS have been re
ported in the vicinity of Cape Horn,
together with the long absence of the
vessel, is the principal source ol anX-
il ty. Dn the other hand, as tn" vessel
is schooner rugged, it is acknowledged
that the time ordinarily made by
StIu;trc-:@s;, rs over the sam" course is
not 4 fair criterion. and ships have "c-
c:tTi""aily been 200 days out on the pas
sage ANA still arrived safely in port.
capt. latt"n himself one" made tn"
passage IN - days, which, however is
remarkably quick time. About 40 days
would he Il fair passage for the kinco.
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Abandoning Fort McHenry.

| The Baltimore American brings us
word tina: Fort McHenry near that city
is being excavatcd by artillery troops
and that the end of that historic forti-
| fication as an army post is at hand
Every good American knows that it
was the sight of our flag streaming;
| in the dawn's early light over the RAM
parts of Fort McHenry, after a night
Of bombardment by the British fleet in
1914, which led Francis Scott Key. d
Marylander who was a prisoner on Il
British ship to write that immortal
| song The Star Spanglcd Banncr"-; 4
song which stirs the patriotic impulse
as no other can. For a full century
| our troops have been stationed at For;
McHenry. The regiment of soldiers
who were in this fort in September
1914. shared the honor of saving the city
Of Baltimore from the British invaders.
For 4 century the people Of South Bal
tlmore have seen the Star S3angIr |
Banner floating above its parapcts, ana
| in all those years have become accus-
toned to the sound of th, sunrise and
sunset gun. The policy of the present
administration is to concentrate tn"
troops i'll fewer posts and to abandon
the smaller ones. Fort MCIienry has
for q long time contained but q small
body Of men and long ago ceased t" he
one of the real dcfenScS Of the city. The
Notifications at Hawkins Point and
Moth Point are now the dcfenSIs Of
Baltimore.
Still, in the opinion of some army
men, according to the Baltimore Amer
lean, Fort McH"mry could be utilize
properly as an inner defense and as Il
barracks for a considerable body of
soldiers. At few places on the coast
arc the facilities for the rapid mohili-
cation of troops as good as they are
1T this fort. From there men can be
carried to Washington, if they were
needed in any sudden emergency, III
about as short time as they could be
brought from Fort Myer. in the SUB
| ur5S of Washington. In about two
hours they could be transported t"
Philadelphia and in another two hours
| to New York. The use to which this
splendid property at the entrance to
the harbnr will be devoted in the flu
tulc has not been announced. An effort
has been made by the Maryland militia
to obtain permission 10 use it. Some
time ago there was talk Of asking Con
gr,ss to give the grounds to Baltimore
for 4 park, but the proposition was not
considered 1t seems more likely now
that it Will be used as a depot for the
storage and distribution of army sup
plies. 1t is best for Baltimore that
Fort MclIcnry should remain as an
army post. and naturally the Mary
IanlcrS hope that the United States
will continue to hold it, and then there
is always the prospect Of having il
again used as military post. rs long
as It is used for this purpose it has for
tn" people in adjacent portion Of the
city some of the features and advan-
ta};cS of park.