Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-26
MAN Of CHARITY
ADJUDCED GUILTY
j. B. DICKINSON, ORIGINAL TUL-
sA BOOSTER. SENTENCED
TO TWO YEARS.
CONDOLENCES ARE Sent
Citizens OF Oklahoma Start Movement
to Secure IA Parole IA Man of
Human Kindness.

There was sorrow that was genuine
and pain that was keen felt by the
little group OF Tulsans who late last
night received word from San Antonio
Texas. that the cards were unfavor-
able to j. b. Dickinson I'm his trial IN
the federal court at that place.
With the reception OF the news the
Tulsa Press club. through its president
j. Burr Gibbons. and secretary, Glenn
Condor, sent Mr.. Dickinson the fol
lowing message, which was also signed
by Eugene Lorton, Editor of the
World; Tate Brady commander Of the
Sons of Confederate Veterans. and
Charlie Page. president Of the Sand
Springs Railway company:
The citizens Of Oklahoma, and es-
peclally the newspaper men, extend
their sympathy and will exercise every
Influence In your interest Your many
deeds OF kindness and patriotic. UNI
selfish devotion to the cause Of hui
manity are appreciated, and we be-
lieve they should plead in your behalf
for clemency. We know you never in
tentionally wronged a man in your life
or wlllfully and knowingly violated the
laws OF the land. and we are basing
our action upon the consciousness OF
these facts"
Previous to leaving Tulsa the first
of this year to go to San Antonio to
stand trial on the charge of using the
mails to defraud, Mr.. Dickinson, or
"Dick," as everybody knew him, had
been industrial agent for the Sand
Springs Railway company. The ten
day trial came to close yesterday
afternoon when the defendant, with
two associates, was adjudged guilty
and all received sentences OF two
years each in the federal prison at
Leavenworth The alleged fraud was
charged in connection with the
launching of the TeXas-Collns Wire
less Telephone company in Texas two
years ago.
The Invalid wife Of the man who
first dreamed of greatness for Tulsa,
was PROSTATE last night when told Of
the added misfortune which had come
for her to bear.
Papa never did any man a wrong
in all his life" said Miss Ethel Dictn-
son, daughter, through a flood Of
tears. "I'll fight for MIN Just as long
as can. because he is good-good to
everybody"
And the hundreds OF persons in
Tulsa who know j. b. Dickinson
know that he would he the last person
on top of earth to knowingly do an
Injustice Of any kind to fellow man.
Dozens of persons scattered here and
there In Tulsa and in every place in
Oklahoma where "Dick" has lived
have felt the beneficence of his hands
He gave unstlntedly Of what he had,
and he has generally been regarded as
a competency a thing distant and I'M
possible through his deeds Of kindness
IT was hut day or two before last
Christmas when Good Fellow"
worker told Of the plight OF young
ster whose reformation had been
brought about by C. r. Ruchner, chief
Of Good Fellows, who was then In the
hospital, stricken with typhoid, that
"Dick" chanced TO be in the world
office and heard the story. There was
five dollars needed to give that boy
Christmas.
As quick at "Dick's" hands could
find his pockets, one more person felt
his generosity He brought forth six
dollars He gave five. He knew his
trial was coming on within a few
weeks and he would need money
but he gave right now And those
who know Of dozens OF such instances
cannot feel that man Of that type
should suffer for something that could
not have been more than a techne-
callty OF law.
Dickinson Is known to every news
paper man from one end Of Oklahoma
to the other. He was in Tulas twelve
or fifteen years ago, before there was
hardly n town here. and through re-
search and study Of geological condi-
tons, he told them what wealth was
In store for this part OF the state.
He Is the first man who ever put Tul-
"a on the map. He handled the town
site OF Broken Arrow when that town
-ivaled Tulsa. and he was instrumen-
al in founding eight or ten towns In
Oklahoma.
Strong efforts will be put forth by
MS friends in Tulsa to procure either
, suspension OF sentence or the grant
ng OF a parole.