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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-12-24
KILLS
NEPHEW; SHOOTS
MOTHER, CHARGE
Silas BrOughtOn Is In Jail At
Charlottesville
Wife's Accusation.
WIFE DODGES BULLET
AND FLEES FOR LIFE
Ran 2 Miles, Bare foot, Bare
Headed And CARRIED Only
In Underwear.

SilaS Broughton. i farmer living
about two miles south of Holland,
Pemiscot County, is in Jail in Caruth-
crsvillc charged with killing a 11-year-
old boy. his nephew. and wounding his
mother in one Of the most spectacular
shooting cases on record in that part
OF the state.
The shooting occurred about )
o'clock Friday morning and news of
it was brought to the Cape for the first
time yesterday afternoon when travel
ing men arrived here.
Broughton has denied not only any
connection with the shooting, but like
wise any knowledge of the affray.
He is being held without bond in Ca
ruthcrsville.
After shooting his nephew and
voundng his mother. Broughton's
wife fled from their home and ran
more than two miles to q neighbor's
house where she gave the alarm.
She was exhausted when she arriv-
Ell at the farm of Mr Bray. owner
and manager of Il private telephone
line near Holland, who gave the alarm.
Her husband had attempted to shoot
her and she imagined that he was fol-
lowing her all the way on the two
mile flight
She mad been aroused from sleep by
the shooting and was forced to run for
her life, barcheaded, barefoOted and
clad only in light underwear. She
suffered greatly from cold and expos
urc when taken into the Bray home
after her flight.
The story. as she told it. briefly was
as follows: BrouGhton had been in
Holland Thursday afternoon an bust
ncsstrip. When he did not return
home late that night. the members of
the family went to bed
Broughtons mother and the nephew,
whose name could not be learned last
night, reside with him and Eis wife
on the farm. The mother owns Il
small farm near the one on which
Broughtoa is a tenant
Broughton arrived home early
Friday morning Who he got inside
of the house and failed to find meal
prepared for him, the story says, he
reused the members of the family and
became furious.
The boy was the first to put in an
appearance. The lad WAS soon follow
ed by the two women.
Without any words, Broughton pull
ed revolver and began shooting, it
is related One of the bullets hit the
boy in Il vital place and killed him
almost instantly.
Broughton then began shooting at
his wife. She lodged and the bullet
that vas aimed at her, struck his
mother The bullet passed under the
WOman'S arm, furrOwing the flesh of
both the arm and side She fell to
the floor and in the confusion. the
wife escaped from the house and be-
gan her mad flight for safety.
When Mrs Brought told her story,
d party was quickly organized to go to
the Broughton farm. Officers who ac-
cOmpanicd the party placed BrOughton
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-12-24

and William streets from Joseph Nc
Elroy. The property was bought for
s. 500 and will be occupied by Mr..
Gross and family as a home.
The building is situated lust across
the street from the present home of
Mr.. Gross. He announced last night
that he would remodel the building
next spring, and will move into it some
time in May.
Mr.. Gross will rent his present home
rs soon as he gets ready to vacatc 1t.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-12-24
Reary Hooks A
German Carp 4
ines In ] Day
Kaiser Fish Insists on Being
Eaten by City Bus Man,
He Swears-Judse Hays
Hangs Crown of Angler.

A. {. Reary yestrday was awarded
the 1915 fish story championship by
Judge Edward D. Hays after the iur.st
had listened to the city bus man relate
recent experience with his hook and
line.
The story is hinged on a German
carp, which had summered in the river
at Dutchtown. That is one good
point in the story-the German carp
at Dutchtown.
Mr.. Reary raised his right hand
when he told Judge Hays the story.
The jur.st stood speechless as Reary
piled up the conversation. This is
the story:
"A few days ago went out tODutch-
town to fish in Whitewater. | baited
my hook with a big fat minnOw and
tossed it into hole which looked good
10 me. had Just lighted my pipe
and had taken 4 few whiffs when my
cork bobbed up and down few times
and then went asiiing away. | leased
the fish moment and then gradually
drew it to me. 1t was a German carp
about foot long.
| Il don't like to eat German carp.
/ | am too strong for the Germans to
do thing like that. SO I gently un-
hooked the fish and dropped it back
into the river. was wondering
whether that German carp would rout
the bass on the theory that they are
allied to the Russian pike when my
cork began TO bobble again. 1t acted
lust like it did the first time, and |
gave It 4 pretty stiff yank.
My old friend, the German carp,
was on it again. looked it squarely
in the face and could see whore | had
hooked it before. 1t made ME mad to
think that il would act that way after
/ I had set it free. Ny bait was gone.
Il threw the fish back for the second
tirc. believing THAT it would let me
alone. Then | dropped my hook in the
water at another point. | had hardly
! found a soft seat when my cork began
10 show signs Of beng tempered with.
/ ] recognized the bite as that German
carp, and lust to avoid catching it
again, thought | would pull out and
throw in some where else.
''To my surprise that carp was on
the hook. For the third time it had
stolen my bait. examined its face
and found the two holes where it had
been hooked before.
! "'WcIl, Just for this SAID, q am
going to put you in the ice box The
carp was placed between two big
cakes Of ice and left imprisoned for
thirty minutes. Then | took it cut and
tossed it back into The stream. feeling
confident that it would behave.
at WAS ten minutes before | got a
bite Thrn-src YOU following me.
Judge? Then I recognized that Ger
man carp's nibblc. | gave quick
/ ierk and out came my Old friend, the
carp. ] thought this was going too
! far and | determined 70 end it all |
carried the fish out into Il weed patch
and executed it, To make sure that it
/ Il l. =.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-12-24
WHITAKER GIRL MARRIES.

Mss Geraldine Whtcakor, Il stcnOg-
raphcr inthc office Of the Little River
Drainage District, and Leo Brooks, a
shoe factory worker, Sunday afternoon
were married by Father Murtaugh at
st. Vmccnt's College. They were ar-
companicd BY two close friends
Until they can prepare to go to
housekeeping, they viii reside at the
home of the brides mother on Good
Hope street.
Judge Kelly will go to Bloomfield
this week to hold court for Judge
Walker.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-12-24
G. H. GROSS BUYS RESIDENCE.
Two-StOry FRI me at Ellis and William
10 be Remodelcd in the Spring.

G. II. Gross, the Good Hope street
saloon man, yesterday purchased the
two story frame residence at Ellis
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-27

yll1y WCdh5 DuL ullSulIGCIGu. 4 OuI
separate times the Cubs had OppOr-
tUnities to roll up runs yesterday,
but each time they failed miserably.
In one inning the bases were load
ed with none out and yet the West
Siders failed to cross the plate. Their
baserunning was not bright and re-
suited in the closing of many OppOr-
tunities. McLarry poled three singles
in as many attempts, but did not act
with any great brightness once he
reached first base.
The rotten record of the Cubs
brings them home only half a game
out of fourth place, and, with the
Pirates playing some real baseball
now and then there is little hope of
remaining out Of the bottom notch
Of the first division Matters may
even be worse in a short time, for
Braves and Giants are bracketed with
the Pirates for possession of fourth
position and a win for each of them
on a losing day for the Cubs will
send the team to sixth place at one
hop.
This isn't a possibility, merely. 1t
is an extremely dismal probability.
President Weeghman of the Whales
has arranged for a benefit game, the
proceeds to be donated to the East
land fund. It will be played Thurs
day, when Harry Lords Buffeds will
be opposed to the North Siders.
BY splitting with the Baltimoreans
the Whales dropped to second place,
but remain only two points behind
the Kawfeds.
Some large doings will occur in the
east beginning today when the west
eTn American league teams clash
with the east. Rowland's White SOx
open the trip with the hardest assign
ment they could possibly get, being
stacked up against the Red SOx, who
are right now travelling at a rapid
pace.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-27

Yesterday the team stopped off in
Utica for an exhibition game, all the
athletes getting in the buTlesque dur
ing the afternoon. SOX won, to 0.
The way some athletes regard their
work on the diamond this season is
illustrated by the trouble Manager
Herzog of the Reds is having with
his pitching staff. The pitchers, ac-
cording to Buck, refuse to take their
work seriously, being protected by
lOng-teTm contracts,
Matters have reached such a pass
that HerzOg was compelled to sus-
pend RUDE Benton and King Lear,
a pair of his stars, which leaves him
only four pitchers, including a recruit
just secured, to bear the burden. This
follows the experience of other pilots,
who have had similar trouble.
Until the players begin to take their
Jobs seriousIy-and fines and sUspen-
sions should bring them to time
there can be no good baseball over a
continuous period.
Sanford Bur<, pitcher for the In
dianapolis team of the American as
sociation, has jumped to the Pitts.
burgh Federals.
Brooklyn, by defeating the ST.
Louis Cards yesterday, completed one
of the best records a ball team ever
compiled. Twenty-eight games were
played on the home lot. Of this
number % were victories, one tie
and five defeats.
This remarkable squirt enabled the
Dodgers to leap from sixth place to
second and they are now seriously
threatening the lead of the Phillies.
Bancroft banged a homer with
two on and kept Pills in safe lead.
SIoufeds beat Tip Tops in game
featured by three home runs, one tTi-
pie and four doubles.
Arthur Vance, Tighf-handed pitcher
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

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This book explains the physical action Of
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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

lost can be regarded as nothing less
than an unfriendly act
The logic used in the American note
is based upon premises deduced from
the grounds taken by Germany in prev.
ious communications and it leads in
evtabW to the conclusion which the
American government has reached and
which is conveyed to Berlin in Ian
guage as courteous and friendly as it
is definite.
There can be no recession from the
position which the United States has
taken without compromising the high
humanitarian principle for which
America is contending and without
putting the nation into an attitude
whereby it would forfeit the respect
OF the world
Does II means war If Germany re-
fuses to take the American view? We
cannon think that 1t does but that it
win lead TO the rupture of the friendly
relations between the two countries
seems to be foregone conclusion.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
PREcAuTioN MORE EFFECTIVE
THAN PROBES.

Following the awful Eastland disas-
ter, history is again engaged in the
familiar operation OF repeating itself.
The horse being gone, everybody
bushes himself at the task of locking
the barn door
In the case Of the Eastland, num-
Der of men who were familiar with the
construction and history OF the treach-
erous craft must have known that it
was bad actor but, carelessly or will
fully, they left the door open, trusting
10 mere chance that the thief would
not come.
But chance is very uncertain
quantity and plays many tricks with
those who are too trustfuL. A thou
sand or more lives are snuffed out as
the penalty for negligence and then
come probes, probes. probes--all pow
erless to bring back one bit of the
vital spark or assuage the SORROW in a
single home
A big hotel, a theater or fac tory
burns Many lives are sacrificed.
Even before the bodies of the victims
are recovered, the inevitable investi-
cation begins Indifference to cond'-
tions that were a standing menace 10
life Is at once replaced with horror
and eager anxiety TO ferret out the
causes and reveal who is responsible.
Public officials show unusual activity
and every wiseacre recalls that he
told you so" Then when the shock
subsidies and the Investigations are
all ended. everybody goes ahead Sc
renely, unmindful OF other dangers
due to Indifference till another catas.
trophe comes.
Officials who are charged with the
preservation OF public peace. health
and safety" cannot be too diIigent in
seeing to the removal OF conditions
that breed these disasters and the peo-
pie themselves must recognize that
they share in the responsibility. To
take an illustration close to home,
there are the daily perils OF the street.
due to fast or careless driving. II is
easy to eliminate these dangers and
II is always done after some horrible
accident happens and stirs up the
community How much better and
wiser it would be for officials and the
people to resolve right now 10 reduce
to a minimum the chances FOR such a
disaster in Chickasha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
Use Of Mica In -,s industries.

Mica mining In the United States
started early in the nineteenth CEN
tury in New Hampshire. which state
supplied all the domestic production
until about 1868. when mining was
started In North Carolina and sub
seQuently In other states. At present
the greater part OF the sheet mica is
used in the electrical industry, and
most OF the scrap mica is ground for
use in the decorative trade. especially
n wallpaper.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

Railroad improvement is at last uD.
der way in Grady county. Talk has
been supplanted by putting teams,
plows. graders and big tractor
on the job. For the first time the state,
thanks to the last legislature, has a
workable road law, and both the offic-
ials and the people are showing dis
position to realize all the benefits pos
sibIe under it, II present plans are
carried out, Grady county should soon
take high rank among the communities
that pride themselves on having first
class highways
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

Caull. patent; n " NE SW; NE SE
SW 2s; S " NV. section 1866.
Same to same, patent; f " NV 2S,
NE NE NE 1866.
c. Schlotterbeck to c. L. Kelly, 500;
lots 1924, block 2, Pocasset
VIM. C. Thompson to Stephen Tay
lor, $780, e " NE IL lots 5, G, z
section 1888.
F. w Keeney to Lettie B. Keeney
800; lots 29-3O, block 3, verden.
c. and C. Nations to VIM. Arthu.
scoby. patent. NE NV Sw las.
Same to same, patent; w x SW
NV; Sc SW NV 1-4-5.
A. " Chalfant to W. s. Corbin, 800;
f Is feet lot s, block 5. Hampton add.
tion, Chickasha.
Chas. A. Mccartney to F. NJ. Nor
row, 81; w 20.36 acres lot 4, NV SW
NV: N "a sW sW NV; Sc sw NV
3-6-6
Jessie Reed to c. W. Harper. s450o;
e Y Sc NE 31-4-7
w. w. Cook TO VIM. Boltz. $500.
w u NV 11-3-S.
John Dixon to A. Zeigel, 1924; NE
NE; N V NV NE; Sc NV NE; N 4
SW NE NV; Sc NE 1886.
Rex Campbell TO F. M. Morrow, SIS:
lots /, 2, s; N " Sc NE: SW Sc NE:
N " Sc NV, section 4-6-6.
VIM. H. Bailey TO e. l.. Taylor,
$4,000; " SW Me-; NE SW NE; Sc
NV Sc; n 1891 acres lot 2; N 1885
acres lot 3, section 4-3-7.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
AMERICAN POSITION PLAIN.

II is idle to gainsay the fact that
the latest language Of the latest Ameri
can note to Germany is perfectly plain
and there need be no speculation as
to its implications. There is no mis-
taking its meaning
The administration has put the case
squarely up to Germany. stating with
all possible clearness that another
transaction like the sinking OF the Lus
itania in which American lives are
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
JUST A THOUGHT
ERE THE DAY is GONE.
Out Of Doors.

Out Of Doors.
Just to be out of doorsl So still Sc
green,
With unbreathed air, ilimitable, clean
With soft, sweet scent of happy
growing things.
The leaves soft flutter, sound OF sud
den wings,
The far faint hills, the water wide be
tween
Breath OF the great earth motherl
Here we lean
With no conventions hard to inter.
vene,
Content with the contentment ma
ture brings
Just to be out Of doors.
-Charlotte A. Gilman.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

While the German controversy
looms up large in the public mind, it
should not be forgotten that Uncle
Sam has a crow TO pick with John
Bull, too. The United States strongly
objects to the British order-in-council
and has registered its objection in Wig
orous terms. Thus far England has not
seen fit to modify the order and an
Uher protest is in process of prepare
ton. Now just suppose that the Brit
ish government continues to disregard
our wishes in this matter. Are we
going to sail and use the mailed fist
on her and at the same time fight Ger
many on account OF her submarine
doin's? Even II Uncle Sam were as
great a scrapper as the jingoes would
have him to be. it is hardly likely that
he would take on pair of foes like
that at the same time. In other words,
the probabilities are that your Uncle
Samuel will find better way of han
ding these vexatious questions than
going to war.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
HUNDREDS OF WOMEN

Nowadays are entering the professions
or business world and go to work dag
after day in bad health, afflicted with
some female ailment. dragging one
foot wearily after the other, working
with an eye on the clock. and wishing
for closing time to come.
Women in this condition should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. made from roots anu
herbs. It has brought health and hap
piness to more women in America
than any other remedy. Give it a
trial
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

COLLEGE
Adv. FUND

Work of collecting the subscription
for the advertising fund of the Okla.
hona College for Women is to begin
at once, according to w. w. Clark, in
whose hands the lists have now been
placed and who is to be custodian OF
the funds until all is collected and
turned over to President G. w. Austin.
The amount subscribed amounts 10
1891. Other subscriptions are now
coming which are expected to raise
the total to $500 or $3.50.
The list OF contributions with the
amount each has agreed to give to the
advertising fund, follows:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

v
fant. <And for this
reason every one
should remember that
whatever Is done to
aid the mother. TO re-
lieve her OF distresses
during her trying
months. will surely be
Of marked benefit To
the child.
Among the sterling
aids Is a splendid ex-
ternal remedy known
as Mothers Friend"
II Is what Is called an
.rhrocafton II IL an
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

Bob Richards. mogul of the +. II.
& c. L. outfit, is home for two
weeks vacation. but there are so many
cases of misconduct pending on the
docket of the club court that he says
he's going to have his hands full
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
fessed that they caught nary" one.

The Oilers got theirs at Tuttle Sun
day. However large our grudge
against them may be ON account Of the
way they treat the Typos, we don't like
to see foreign foe triumph over
them
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

For the preservation of the public
peace, health and safety" was the Ian
guage in the emergency clause of the
ordinance reducing the circus license.
Probably the emphasis should be pIac-
ed on peace" for how could we enjoy
real peace without having circus?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
Emancipated.

Il have just been reading the con
stitution OF the United States"
"Well?"
And | was surprised to find out
how many rights fellow really has.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
Read It Again.

Eugene Clough of Ellsworth Falls
has a calf. born Tuesday, which has
three perfectly formed hind legs. One
of the hind legs is grown where fore
leg should be.--Rockland (Me.) Cour-
ier-Gazette
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

About two years after marriage
Friend Wife sizes up Friend Husband
and wonders what she was smoking
when she imagined that he was an
Ideal Man.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
A STOLEN sMILE'R TWO.
Only He Didn't.

Most of the worlds real literature
was written by poor authors in their
garrets."
Quite So Homer. for example.
wrote in the Attic. BOSTON Tran
script.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
FEMlToNE

or woman's relief is a strength
ening tonic for weak, thin, ner-
vons women. 1t is especially
recommended for all menstrual
Irregularities, ovarian troubles
and the many weaknesses and
complaints peculiar to females,
FEMITONE is a tonic and rem
ovator, relieves pain and re-
stores the entire system to n
healthy and normal condition.
Ask your druggist for it, and /
accept no substitute. Price 81.
s for $500.
7-22-1mo
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
All Babies Destined
to Great Achievement

To be born Is TO be great. For there
are possibilities ia every tinv human In
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

Subscribe Tor the Daily Express.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27
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REALEsTATE TRANSFERS. .

= Compiled by the Grady County =
= Abstract Company, Tye Build =
= ing, North Fourth Street. =
4 + = = = = = y = = = = = = = = .
Tom King to B. B. McBurnett, SlO0:
lots Z, s, ., block 4, Steels' addition.
Chickasha.
Maggie s. Love to James L. Smith,
s6250; N " Sc S-7-S
G. and c. Nations to Margaret L. Nc
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

Come to think Of it, Frank Bradley
and Jim Robinson really broke the
record when they came home from
weeks fishing trip and candidly con-.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-07-27

"a Moonlight School in Every Dis
srict' was heading in the Express.
Some son OF Satan cut it out and mail
ed it to us marked like this "A Moon
shine School" etc.