The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-03-05
WANTED TO
SEE ROOSEVELT
Stranger Wished 10 Loan the
President a Gun and a Box
Of Cartridges
(From Fridays Dally)

(From Fridays Daily)
Overcome with sense of graft
tude for the homestead which he had
at some time taken mp on govern
ment land +. Varyaro middle aged
man OF typical "drlfter" sort, took
officer Earnest Hughes into his con-
fidence yesterday near the union sta
ton, lie had a letter wonderfully
written In pencil on the back Of an
old tablet and enclosed In a blue en-
yelopo which he was very anxious
to have sent to the President
Get Meals with Gun.
Here you take this letter and
mail IL and put two stamps on It,"
he told the officer, because / want
70 make sure It goes. And you take
this too" he continued producing an
automatic pistol and a box OF 3S-
caliber cartridges, "and give them to
him, lie may be able to get couple
OF meals with them"
Although not at all violent In
either his talk or actions, the fellow
kept on this vein, TN the officer
took him down town and put him in
the city jail for safe keeping Even
this did not disturb the stranger
and he kept up his talk with all
whom he could engage. The gun
and the cartridges, OF course the Of
flcers removed and kept His other
possessions consisted OF ticket to
Enid, okla, so cents in change and
a brass pocket match safe, This
morning he sent the match safe to
the officer with instructions to sell
II for n million dollars and make
whatever provision he wished with
the proceeds, As the man, save for
the arrangement shown in his talk,
was apparently able to take care OF
himself, the officers this morning
let him so east to Enid on the tick
ct he had in his pocket.
The letter TO the President gives
the mans address rs some place in
Minnesota. 1t prorusely thanks the
President for the 100 acres and Of
fers TO give II back 10 Mr.. Roose-
welt IL he needs IL. '
Took Sweet Revenge.
An encounter OF somewhat uncer-
tain origin in the red light district
last night brought Lille Hunter and
Florence Moore into city court this
on charge OF affray Flor
ence Moore refused to plead guilty
this morning and her case was con-
tinued but Lille Hunter was so far
from repentant that she told the
court after the fine had been given
that she would have "laid in that cell |
thirty years, II I'd had a chance to
have done all the beating I wanted
to- Revenge Is the sweetest thing
In the world" AS the evidence
seemed to show that her provoca-
ton was great she was allowed the
minimum fine OF $11.70.
mo sir, II was twenty-five days
ago when got out OF here before"
urged walter Lawrence, another Of
fender this morning when his case
was called, and the city attorney re-
marked that IT had been but short
time since he was In court before.
II just got out Of the county bas-
style lately, and ] was going out yes
terday to work north on the rail-
road, had job and everything. I
got bottle OF wniskey to take along,
and l started to drink It before | left
town--and | slept in the city lookup
last night,
He plead that he was going to
get out of town at once and go to
work but the officers did not recon-
mend clemency and Recorder Parks
assessed So and costs against him.
Ed Conklin and James Wilson,
both railroad laborers plead guilty
to like weakness and got the min
imum fines.