The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-08-12
CONSTANT CARE OF
DEVOTED WIDOW
Has Maap 5DOt D E1S5are S
Tragic sleaih d sIace
Of Beauty

Noble. Okla, Az io-in driving
along a country road few miles east
os Noble. Okla. one is attracted b.
tbe strange spectacle Of beautiful
flower garden IN the midst Of field,
quite a distance from any habitation.
A few yards fttm the highway, back
ia the field. stands the large stump
of an old tree. whose unsighty term
Is almost entirely covered nov win
climbing vines. with clusters OF white
covers nesting among the green
ieavcs.
From this STUMP a graveled path
way runs q few yards farther back
IN the field which path is borders.
bv tall flags on either side. Ihs
path bends 60 an oval shaped iioWer
eafaen outlined by shrubs OF arbor
vitae. which is indeed a marvel OF
beauty
Lovely flowers Of All descriptions
are there. whose perfect UNIFORM
bcauiy denotes the constant care law
ished upon them by loving hands
The odd shape of this garden OF
Bowers naisraly arouses the curios
fityo The rasserDy who IS not familiar
with-the INCIDENTS connected Sith the
sranre spectacle. but 90 .afo who
are familiar with the circumstsrces
Il hes more than a passing signili-
canre recalling 10 memory the tfas'
edy which occurred 9n this spot less
than two years asa
The iucidaafa connected with this
Tragedy we're singularly pathetic, it
woult haNo aaen diiicCt TO hnd a
mere happy and devo.ed uouple, be-
fore fllp following incident occurred.
than wefa the husband and wife who
possessed the farm on which THIS
beautiful flower spot IS now located
Ohe pleasant morning the husband
wnt out as usual to the field to look
after his growing crops, and was
stopping over examining some plants
when q buggy came down the road,
driven by hn ola man, the partially
slemented. thoroughly vicious father
inlaw TO the man in the field. against
whom the old man had sgne iancied
grievance. and against wh6m he had
also frequently vowed vengeance.
The old man was nnnotlced by his
innocent victim as be cautiously drew
rein. stepped a few PAGES from his
buggy and opened fire upon kia unsus
pocthle sOu-ln-iaw
AZ the shot struck tho ground near
him che STOPPING man sprang up and
turning, saw lhe old man with hts sun
etin pointed In his direction he
Quickly Gained the stump 3 few feet
away. and crouched behind g. at ths
sams time drawing a small pOcke'
pistol and returning the old mans
fre
Afto,. ,atffalfV augnfViro his niefo
at The old man with no seeming ef
feet. as he still kept fling repeatedly
al the stump behind Nhich his son
in.laW was crouching. tie young mar
suddenly rose 10 his feet and ram bacl
across the field. the graveled. flag boz
defcd pathway nov inai Aihg sne al
rcction IN which his footsteps led
Il IS supposed the young man hopet
10 get beyond the RANGE Of the gui
before the old man fired asain. but a.
b. came prt IN full view running
farther back IN the hold the 2illannu
ola man iired again point blank az hi
deeine gon-in-laW. who fell hloedin'
and unconscious on the SPOT wher
the beautiful flowers now grow. ani
iu a few minutes hreathed his last
The old man then deliberately climl
"a into his buggy and drove away
eople living nearby. hearing th
shots. soon came 10 the scene OF tn
tragedy, but tbe murdered man la
She greater part of the day in ihe spu
where he fell while the details of "a
lazy were being compiled with.
The murdered man was hiehly r,
apectcd and an influential citizen, ami
the public indignation ran hign at th
time of the killing "a lynehmg hein
narrowly aYerfed
The old man was subsequently al
rested tried and convicted of murdel
and ig now serving q lie sentence q
the penNenuary
Tue SAD Incident Is probably a.mOs
forgotten bY an those not directly ID
terested, but the stricken wife wi
newer forget and the spot whore he
loved one breathd his last VIII egf
be sacred 20 her
She has marked hia last foots,en
With this path before spoken of, ag
the garden Of beautiful flowers show
where he fell
Sho has made the sDot q thing +
beauty and every day her sad blac
robed form can be seen as she tend
with loving care the beautifh dover
that are an emblem Cf her ualyile a
yOli0n
Truly. the love OF a woman spas
eth az understanding lasnng fbyole
llie and into eternifg"
THE QUESTION oF PROHIBITION