The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-06
SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER
The Victim Of a Fiendish Man-care
For by Strsngers-Arrest Of
Brute May Follow.
Died Like a Soldier.

| village or hamlet. In this city yes.
| terday afternoon, this truth was made
manifest when Ida Love. nee Ida Glib.
son, died al rooming house amid
strangers, without friends or funds
away from mother and home With
her will be buried book of life of
one of Gods poor creatures who was
perhaps led astray by some hend in
the form of man. II was left To
strangers to care for her In her last
moments and give her succor and
relief when mother should have
been present. The unfortunate wo-
man did not tell her past history but
remarked to Mrs. Frye, the propri-
etress of the Oriental rooming house,
where she lay, "lf die, | will die
like a brave soldier The unfortu-
nate woman had been removed from
the Wilmington hotel to this room
ing house since the time when her
L Illicit lover Deat h'i W P"'P'
and the result OF which was perhaps
her death. II was this stranger that
cared for %he pn,ortunat( Aher
last hours without the hope OF reward
| or nav. II will be with funds secured
| from the gambler that she Will be
buried. She will lie in an unmarked
| grave, but not In potter's field. for
the hands against whom a" society
is raised have furnished the money
to see that she lies In grave amid
people. not outcasts.
| Her death reminds one or the last
verse of the recitation 'Ostler Joe.
The facts that have been gathered
about the woman are about as toi'
lows:
On July Is Mrs. Ida Love register
ed AT the Wilmington Hotel from FL
Worth, Texas, and that same night
n man by the name of j. o. Evans
registered. Late in the night the
woman was heard screaming, and an
/ yestigation followed which LED up
to the arrest OF Evans, who was
found to be beating the woman In an
inhuman manner. The police RECORD
shows that one J. o. Evans was fined
the sum of forty-one dollars In the
police court on two charges, assault
and battery and carrying weap"n'
The father OF Evans came up from
Fort Worth and paid the fine OF his
son. who was serving sentence on
the chain gang of the city
The woman was practically without
funds and was taken to the Oriental
rooming house on East Main street
run by Mrs. NJ. II. Frye, where she
received tender care until her death
at 4:3O yesterday afternoon.
The dead woman. Ida Love, nee lda
Gibson, was a brunette OF petite rg
ure. black hair brown eyes, five fee'
eight inches tall and weighed about
100 hounds. Mrs. Frye stated tha
she seemed to be a woman raised uh
der refining influence, and was quie'
and well behaved. She was never
heard to complain but frequently II
her delirious moments called for mel
mother and father. The Love woman
would at times call for Mrs. Frye t'
. tell her something and then not tel
her.
;, The dead woman stated that sh'
had a .baoshA, Jack Gibsqn "S'a
lived at Quanah, Texas, and that ne
father lived in either New Mexico @
Mexico.
Chief OF Police Buck Garrett, wh'
had talked a great deal with the VIC
man, stated that her folks lived a
one time In the town OF MaysVliie
Texas, In Cook county. and that ne
brother lived at Quanah, Texas, ant
that the father lived in either Mex
leo or New Mexico. Mr.. Garrett ais
stated that the deceased seemed TO b.
well reared woman, as she USE
good English.
The statement that the woman mad
to Mr. Garrett vas that she and thi
man Evans were living together j
Fort Worth, Texas, and the two JET
there and went to Marietta. Will
In Texas Evans was engaged IN IN
work of selling sewing machines. tn
two quarreled at Marietta, and IN
woman came on to Ardmore, thinl
ing that Evans had gone south, bI
1t when she reached here she found f
ans registered at the hotel, when q