The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-06-03
.FOGLE GIVES Up FOR
SHOOTING HARMON
CANE IN SUNDAY MORNING AND
SUREENDERED TO THE OFF,
GERS.

4N"''' ''N''AiNNN ~ VI AiN' 'iiNiA ia
quarrel over the breaking inio
Fosles field of stock uelone1ng TO
Harmon. came in Sunday morning
AMI surrendered to the officers here.
When seen at the Jail yestei day,
by al Ardmoreite reporter, Fogle
stated ma the reason he avoided
the Officers VINO We're searching for
him Saturday, the day of the shoot
ing, wa. yecaIse he wanted to hire
someone TO cultivate his crop ana
look after things while he would be
coniined in ia' pending hearing
in the case.
Foele seemed perfectly calm and
cCilectcd over the shooting. When
questioned about the event and wha;
led u to 1.-THE simply shook ms
head 'aud said that he had great
provocat.on to commit the deed and
that he hoped the victim was no,
seriously injured. Further than thai
he sad he preferred not to say any
thing until he had seen and talked
with his lawyer.
After the shooting, Fogle said, II
knew that ! must either give myself
up or he apprehended later ] had
my desire OF try to make my get
away-al that | thought of was to
get someone to look after my crop
ana then ] would be willing to sur
render to the proper officers. nred
two nelehbor boys to do the plow.
ing and help on the farm. Ny old
est boy IS only fourteen yeals Of
age and could not manage the crop
unaided. After ] had secured the
services Of these neishbor boys,
started in TO Ardmore to surrender
to Sheriff Buck Garrett 1t was just
about dusk when ] left the timber
and came into the open fields. II
was ,ully twenty-five miles from
where | stan ted, to Ardmore. was
taking short cuts so as TO make it
as quickly as possible. While walk
ing through this pasture | heard
someone coming behind me on horse
back. ! stopped to see who it was
No, did not try to hide or get away.
| was on my way in to surrender
ana had no desire to hide. When
the horseman came up with me
saw that it was ]. w. Johnson. He
is sort OF a neighbor-lives al
most in nv immediate neighborhood,
that is, and ! know him personally.
He asked me where ! was going and
] told him that ! was going in to
surrender to Garrett. He said that
if ! wanted him to. he would hitch
up to his buggy and bring me in TO
town. | said that if it would not be
too much trouble | would appreciate
it, as it would save me a walk OF
twenty-five miles. walked along
beside his horse, and when We got
to his house he hit ched a horse to a
buggy and we both got in and came
or to town. We stopped at Mrs.
Cotton's in the suburbs of A.dmore
and got our breakfast. While there
/ asked Mr. Johnson TO telephone
to Mr.. Garrett that was in town
and to tell him that | would be At
CaIheys livery stable IN a few min
nutes. Mr.. Bishop answered the
lust returned from a business trip
TO Purcell and had not gotten down
to The jail yet. but for me to come
on up to the Jail This we did, stop
ping first at the livery stble and
leaving the horse and buggy. This
was about seven or eight o'-oc-,.
NJ. Johnson walked along up with
mo rom lne SldDle W iIle jail II
he had me under arrest did no5
know it."
Fo9ls seemed to be very much !
when told that the report /
wasF current Gpon the streets that
Nh. Johnson had placed him under
Arrest and brought him in as a go
onor. He stated that he thought all
along that the gentleman was bring
ing him in as a matter OF neignocr
ly accommodation He stated posi-
lively that no word was spoken b.
M johnson about his boing under
arrest.
i wish you would say for me in
the paper" said Fogle, that | had
no desire or thought of attempting
to get away only for the short time
that It would take NE to hire some
one 20 attend to my crop. If Nj.
TohnSop had have said IN me .-Iat