The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1910-12-16
LOSING MANY
OfITS NOTABLES BY PARDON

homa penitentiary has now lost prac-
tically all of its notable prisoners in
herited from territorial days. One of
the last was Roy Daugherty, alias Tom
Jones, ex-member of the Dalton gang,
who was serving so years for the muir
der of Deputy Marshal Houston in a
fight between posse of federal Off
GERS and the combined Dalton and
Doolin gangs in ingalls, in 1898.
All of the other celebrated life term
ers had already been paroled or par
doned by Governor Haskell. During
his term of Office pardons or paroles
have been granted to no less than so
prisoners serving sentences for homi-
cides of various degrees
Among the most famous of the "lif-
ers" freed through the governors
clemency were George Moran and
Mort Perkins, alleged members of the
Casey gang of outlaws, who were SEN
.tenced to life Imprisonment for the
murder of Joseph Beenblossom in a
Ihold-up near Rush Springs in August
1901. They carried their case clear
through the United States supreme
court, but could get no relief there.
Closely associated with their case was
that of Horace G. Campbell convicted
of perjury for swearing to an alibi for
Morgan and sentenced to ten years
Imprisonment, who was also pardoned.
John T. New was serving a life SEN
tence for the murder of his brother
in-law, Henry Boyle, in Washita coun-
ty. He chased Boyle into the house
and under the bed and shot him while
he was pleading for mercy. Mike
Roubideaux, an Iowa Indian, killed his
father-in-law, Mike Tohee, chief of the
lowas with hoe, and drew life term
but is now free again. Thomas Curtis
and William Yoder were Jointly SEN
fenced to life from Oklahoma county
for killing A. j. Ryck, an old man
with whom they were travelling, and
cutting off his head. Newton Young
blood, a mere boy, pronounced by
physicians to be degenerate had re-
ceived a life sentence for the murder
of his employer, an old farmer near
Edmond. Jim Crane of Lincoln coun-
ty, also murdered an old man who had
befriended him
The only two women in the peni-
tentiary under life sentence, both from
Lincoln county, were in the list They
were Lydia Rowland, convicted of
poisoning her infant child; and Mrs.
Anna Burda, convicted of the murder
of her husband. The life list also in
cludes John w. Reeves of Oklahoma
county, convicted of completely in the
murder of Chief of Police Milton Jones
iby smuggling in arms to the Chris
tian brothers; James Watcher, who
killed Col. John F. Stone, banker and
national guard officer at Kingfisher;
Ed Wins of Roger Mills county, con-
Ivicited of the murder of Edgar Smith.
an aged recluse; Charles Walker of
IOklahoma county, who killed Elmer
Amtorman, boy companion; Josephus
IWilloughby} Tom Shaw a negro por-
ter, because he and an Oklahoma City
bartender, who killed him, failed to
take off his hat in a saloon. David
Achison, who. killed RuekiAnderaoh in
ICanadian county; King Davis, .ainegro,
sentenced for murder from ..Pottawa-
Itomie county; Frank Smith, sentenced
for the murder of Ed CotQey in
drunken brawl at Lexington and Tom
lQueenan, an Oklahoma City !. saloon
keeper, convicted of the brutal murder
Iof his wife. Queenan was first SEN
Itenced to hang, and his sentence com
muted to life Imprisonment by Gov
Iernor Ferguson in territorial days.
Lieutenant Governor Bellamy granted
a further communication to- 10 years
lduring Governor Haskell's absence
from the state, and finally he was pa
rolled. Clyde Mattox had once been
sentenced to hang and pardoned by
the president. At the time he was pa
rolled by Governor Haskell, he was
serving a sentence of IL years for kill
ling Lincoln Sweeney, a cattIeman in
a saloon at Ponca City. He. shortly
Iafterward became involved in another
brawl and his parole has since been
revoked. ~. ... oA
The governor has also commuted the
sentences of two men who We're. sen
tenced to hang One was Peter T.
Thompson, jointist at Okemah, who
KILLED c. T. Farrow, city marshal at
that place, when Farrow entered his
place of business to get some informa-
ton. The other was Jim wilkins, ne
gro, who killed "Choctaw Bill" Greek,
another negro, in quarrel over a crap
lgame at Waurika before statehood.