The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-05

Don't sneczc at worms, YOU may
be full Of them some day.'
The ocean is the savings bank for
the little rivulcts but It never closes
or suspcnds'
"A man that never had loss never
had a winning"
THE sun is not discouraged by the
cloud In his path
Every mans character is a photo
graph made by himself"
'lr you make noise enough some of
the other fellows will hear YOU Al
men are not deaf"
Don't ride always. go afoot oc.
casiona1y."
Learn to laugh. and YOU will get
your half You have gall TO want it
all"
writing is considered by alien
lists as a sign OF insanity. In a bug
house patients are always busy. Auth.
ors beware"
Advice is PLENTIFUL take a hand.
| full"
you would better have a little T.
brary and carry It in your head than
big one on a shelf In your sleeping
quarters"
1T is astonishing what a lot Of fool
stuff can he sold. That's the reason
wrote this The junllman will buy It
| If YOU don't"
Poughkeepsie n. Y, Feb. g. A
beautiful woman will appear as attor-
ney for a client who Is a murdcrous
madman. before Judge Thompson at
/ Poughkcepsie tomorrow. and endeavor
TO prove TO the satisfaction of that
! jurist that the authorship of a book
of epigrams is sufficient proof of san.
/ ity.
The fair lawyer is Miss Mary Cole.
man and her client is John B. De-
Tierre. who killed his brother, was ad-
| judged insane and is now a guest of
! the Matteawan asylum for the crimi-
nal insane. where for six years he has
/ been closely confined as the most dan
gerous paranoiac in the institution.
If Miss Coleman succeeds in show.
ing that De Tiorre is capable Of con
ferring with counsel, his trial for first
degree murder will he ordered, and
the young woman lawyer will be the
first of her sex in the country to act
as chief counsel for the defense In a
legal battle for a mans life.
Miss Coleman will seek TO prove
her contention of De Tigrre's sanity
by introducing the manuscript of a
! book OF epigrams which her client has
written while confined at Matteawan,
! and which will shortly be published.
The writings of the murderer are
confined exclusively to aphOrisms
which he claims are absolutely origin.
al and in no sense adaptations of say,
ings by other persons. The title Of the
work Miss Coleman declines 10 di
vulge for reasons which she is not
ready to make public. but which she
says will create a sensation If De
Tierre Is brought to trial. The pa"i
graph that forms the brief epiosuc
reads as follows:
This Is a Funny Book, written bN
a Funny Man. in Funny House
What do YOU think about it?"
DE Tierre's crime was one of pc
cular atrocity. His family was We
known in Albany where he lived with
his brother William and his mother
Disputes over the division OF proper
ty resulted in John De Tierre givin,
up all other business and devotinl
himself entirely to what ne declared
was The maintenance of a principle
He prepared and caused to be intro
duced into the legislature bills pro
hibiting a father from disinhertinl
of a mother in q family quarrel o.
March %, 1902 he met his brothe
William on Swan street, Albany an,
whipping out revolver fired six shots
All went wild. He drew another wea
pon and with the first shot pierced hi
brothers heart, Then he stood owe
> hi mand after firing five shots int
; different parts of the victims hea
and body he placed over the doa
mans face a placard on which wa
written in bold characters:
you have seen fatal wedding
New see a mother sheart."
De Tierre was arrested and indicte
! for murder in the first degree but IN
district attorney was convinced tina