The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-24
MURDER WILL OUT
Spirit of Murdered Daughter Fol-
lows nother 70 Life lrnprisonrent.

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lows Neither 70 Life lnprisonmsnt
Every night the sDiri: Of Z!
!. daughter comes 10 my bed with the
singing reb1ke. You are 10, ms
mother. ! hear those words in the
tones Of her own voice il her life-
time and II there is any rest from
this in death, then ! am ready 10 GO
Thee are the words Of Susan Gaines
IN old negro woman al Marietta
no vas On trial for completely III
The murder Of her daughter Winnie
Gaines and r. =. AngliH. The old
negro woman formerly lived In Ard
more and worked for several farri-
lies IN this town. Following the
death of her daughter and the visits
n rhe hauuts. the old negro los,
I2f POUNDS iu weight and life has lost
eTery charm for her
The circumstances Of the crime
make d long story. The crime was
one of the darkest ever committed
in this country. Robbery was the
object prompting the act, but it enc.
I'd In the murder Of white man anw
negro girl. The footprints Of the
murder were 50 completely covered
by the murderers that mad IL not
been for the one fact that murder
viii out" 10 use the words Of Daniel
Webster, this crime would have gone
undiscovered and the guilty unpun-
ished This murder did out and the
guilty have been brought to the ba-
Of justice. The white man who was
the victim was a ranchman in Love
county named ". A. Anglin.
w. A. Anglin was engaged in
threshing his grain in July Of 1911
The negroes about the place knew
that he often carried sums Of money
on his person. The old nanny OF
the place put it into the heads Of
the young negroes TO rob him. She
vent to Boy Gaines, her nephew, TO
Walter Willis, who is a cousin to
Boy Gaines, and TO Lawrence Gaines,
her nephew and told them how the
matter could be worked to get An
Gins money Winnie Gaines, a
daughter Of the old nanny was also
brought in the colusion. Anglin had
gone to Marietta on Saturday to get
some money to pay off the thresher
hands on Monday. THE negro woman
and her daughter knew OF his getting
the money. They followed him out
to the ranch where the crime was
hatched. On Sunday, July II, 19l1,I
there was baseball game. Anglin
was there, so were his negroes. The
cid nanny planned for herself and
for Winnie and Anglin to ride to-
gcther About dark Anglin and the
girl stopped at the store of Squire
Iornbeck and something to eat was
purchased, Here the two boys, Wal
ter Willis and Lawrence Gaines, both !
negroes, came up on foot Winnie |
was gotten ont Of the buggy and told !
TO drive slowly as they left and to |
drive by the old ford on the Bayou. |
She was TO get hold of Anglin's gun |
and was to fire 1t as signal for !,
the approach Of the boys who were
TO come on a robbing mission. The .
girl carried out the plans and when .
the gun was fired the two big, strap
ping negro men ran from the bushes
and grabbed Anglin He was pulled
from the buggy thrown upon the
ground, knee was pressed to his
throat and he was choked to dea,h.
W hen Winnie saw that a murder was
being committed she became fright
'ncd and ran down the creek about
70 yards. Her uncle, Walter Willis,
caring that she could not keep the
0ccrct, followed her, struck her over
he head with Anglin's gun which the
'irl few minutes before had hand
ID him, and stunned her. She was
brown into the creek, which was
,ank full at that time OF the year
md drowned willis returned to the
'uggy and ne and Gaines planned to
over the crime. Anglins watch was
eft untouched. a small sun in sil;cr
vas left in his pockets, the greeu-
'acks he had amounting to abou,
'l50 were taken, his pistol was put '
,ack in the scabbard, his bottle Of
yhiskcy was slipped into the bosom
II his shirt and the body was thrown
nto 'he raging stream. TO more COM
llctely cover up the crime, the team
nd buggy were driven into the