The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-24
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COUNTRY
FOR CRIME.
JUDGE

McAiesier, Okla. Feb 2t-The h.
trlct court was coE'yerkl Monday
morning a 3 o'clock for the purpose
OF enpancling the special grand Jury
called last week The Jury Il compos.
ed Of the following DR. w. E Grow.
der foreman, j r. Woodward, O..
Y, Adams, Il. p Tlpton, n. Courts.
william Ansley. n. 4. McWherler.
Robert Anderson. 8. n Gregg. W. a.
Byers. Il g. Riley s. NJ brown.
Judge Cole instructed the Jurors
~ length, He told them Il was their
duty 20 investigate all manney oil
crime throughout the county. he
slid be understood that thlrty.foul
homicldes had been committed IN
this county, The last one occurring al
iailcydlle yesterday morning. He
said this Was deplorable record and
taking This as an average for the
seyenty.six countica OF The state 4,
would mean about 1900 murders lr
Oklahoma since statehood. One ol
The reasons for this he ascrlbed K
bad whiskey, bad blood and pistol tot
ne
Pistol totns he said is one o.
The worst Of crimes a man carries
a pistol because he Is bully or 4
coward u IS a man killer. RE does
not carry Ii to hunt quail. A malorl
ty OF the men in this country carr,
pistols. ! think il should be pen
lientlary ofense. It has been many
years since | CROSSED the Arkansas
line from the east ! have been an
over the Jack Fork and Winding
stair mountains, ia the roughcst parI
Of the state and have neyol found
occasion 20 carrf pistol
The whls6ey question be t0lt
be jury rs une af hr hnrGcsi Oi
Olntion I am aijised lhai much
4 is helng sold 10 lhls county"
NE theu iuld the Jurors u soul
De their duty 10 Investigate an crime,
ana mlsdemeanofs os This class. Wln
Judge added that many ordnarn,
sood ciil1ans men believed 10 he
truthful IN an alher matters woult
80 before iurics and lle about hnymi
yhlskey; that they Nnnld stand Nlil
pllIied hand before God and u,
lboui whore they hnught whiskey.
he said he did not know what gort
had been mapped oui for the iur.
hal this WIS terrible country iol
rime There had heeh burglariea.
'aseS 81 iareeucy. rohlarles without
umher Il was ihe duty os The Jury
o Investigate a.i 1T Them
llo luld the Jury Il would nc lheii
uHbef duty i6 investigate Oifcla
Misconduct bat IL any conntY town
hip or municipal Official had bee
mitg of misconduct Ia office that !
VAS their Outs 10 find In accusation
against him. not an Indictment. hu
M accusation on which the ofiicla
9oaid be tried before a Jury. That q
The official ~ accused was fount
sniliy his Office would be vacated
ne also charged them chat they
should make no nresenimonl through
malice h8l MANY persons often y
before 8 gfand Jury aui iry 10 secure
sn indiclUeHl egalust some ohlcla
or other person purely through malice
m prejudice. Iie warned them agalns
ttls He told them they would prob
abs ha called upon TO Investigate
things Of this kind and that n would
be their duty TO do kaeir work thor
1ughly, iha4f a person accused wal
there with his Witnesses and demand
ga q hearing lhat while ihey did no
hHya 10 hear both sides d case
was oflea weil 10 do SO and lh'
coursy might MANY times be saved
costs thereby kfier warming N
members 10 abstain from The Use o
Intoxicating liquors while ON dut,
thay we're turned over 20 lhe ballr
TO enter upon their suites.