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The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03

the store Of Ne. Bolland. Our party
then visited the store of the grand
father, In South st. Louis, and recov
cred about four hack loads of goods
from that place. BY the time the las,
load had been hauled away 1t was
nearly daylight.
While this loot was being removed
was standing outside guarding the
hack into which the goods were be-
ing placed A police officer came
along. We knew each other, and he
was somewhat surprised to see me al
that time Of night in that locality
and asked me, in friendly manner
what 1 was doing there. I replied
that some stuff had been stolen from
a jewelry store, and that it had been
taken to the house, I added that
had thought it advisable to remove
the goods after night so as not to at
tract the attention of the neighbor
hood, as felt sure that the women OF
the family were not aware that the
property which had been placed in
their house was stolen.
The policeman later reported that
he had met me and detailed this con
versation to his captain. The report
of course, reached the chief of police
the following morning. The Chief
becoming exasperated, suspended the
policeman for not having arrested
both the hack driver and myself. He
also suspended one or two of the Of
ficers connected with the station who
were on duty that night.
The next morning a city detective
called at my Office.
II have been sent down here by
the chief to see you," he said. "Tke
chief understands that you arrested a
young fellow named Erfert last night
and that you recovered a lot of stolen
property. Is that report true?"
"Part of the report seems to be
true, while the remainder is not true,
l answered. "You know, and the
chief should know, that have no
legal right to make arrests, and there
fore I have made no arrests, nor have
I caused any to be made within the
city of st. Louis, but did recover a
large quantity of stolen goods last
night and early this morning, and I
have delivered them to their owner"
"Where is Erfert now?" asked the
detective.
81 don't know where he is at pres
ent. Why do you want to know this?'
Because the chief instructed me
to come down here and get him, and
bring him to headquarters at once"
replied the man.
Have you any charges against
him at headquarters" I inquired.
II don't know. All I know is that
the chief sent me down here to get
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
TREATMENT OF BALKY HORSE
Animal Is Not to Be Cured by Either
Beating or Abuse-Only Practi-
cal Method.

In an article in Our Dumb Animals,
Alfred II. Pope says that the balky
horse has the most sense and the con-
firmed runaway horse the least sense
of any horse. The balky horse is not
to be cured by beating and abuse. 1t
appears from his article that he makes
business of buying balky horses,
breaking them of the habit, and selling
them again. 1t is to be presumed,
therefore, that he knows whereof he
speaks. He makes no mention Of such
methods as that of building fire I'M
der q horse, as he condemns any kind
of abuse. When a horse makes up
his mind to balk, he has no room in
his mind for anything else. Whipping
only increases his stubbornness, but
there is a method which goes to the
cause of the trouble. With single
idea in his head, it was reasoned that
the best way to get the horse to move
was to give him another idea-some-
thing else to think about. The trainer
then remembered that horses and
mules resent interference with their
liberty to move their ears at Will. 1t
was noticed that horse never changes
his course of action without moving
his ears. It was then found that when
horse baked it annoyed him to have
one ear pushed under the crown of the
bride so that he could not move it.
And it was also found that if the
ear was left there for about 20 min
utes he was so annoyed that he forgot
about his determination to balk. He
shook his head. turned to one side
and then the other, and made every
effort to release the ear. This Oc-
cupied his mind until when the driver
ordered him to go, he went. After
a few minutes the ear was released
and he went on as if he had forgotten
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admitted everything: He said that he
had been stealing from the company
for the past two years, and had re
Gently been assisted by another Of the
employees. He added that his grand
father conducted q jewelry and nov
city store in South st. Louis, and that
nearly all the stock which he and his
confederate had stolen had gone into
the old mans stock. He also stated
that he had quantity of the stolen
| property concealed in the attic of his
mothers house, and agreed to go with
one Of my men and deliver the stolen
goods. This he subsequently did.
After Erfert had completed his con
fession l sent message to Mr.. Boil.
land, asking him to come to my office
at once, as I had succeeded in cap
turing the thief.
Mr.. Bolland arrived about ten in
the evening, accompanied by his wife
and Clarence White. I met them in
the front office.
THE messenger told me that you
had captured the party who has been
robbing u.s. said the owner.
eyes," I replied. THAT is why
sent for YOU ,..
Whom have you caught?"
Fired Erfert is the principal party
Mrs. Bo!land and White exclaimed
simultaneously: why, surely you
have made mistake!"
Il told you not to bother with Err
fert; that I believed he was all right"
said Mr.. Bolland angrily. '
"Why, Furlong, you have got your
foot in it," White continued. "Erfert
surely had nothing to do with these
thefts, and you have made a great
mistake by even accusing him. He
has been practically raised by Mr.. Boil.
land and in his service for many
years, and we have always had i'm
plicit confidence in his honesty"
yes l understand all that" I an
swered, "but Mr.. Bolland employed
me to apprehend the party, or parties,
who were robbing him, which I have
done. Erfert knows that he is guilty
and he has fully admitted his guilt,
and I am satisfied from the evidence
that I have found on his person that
he told the truth when he said he was
guilty. I, of course, realize Mr.. Boil
lands disappointment in finding that
Erfert was the guilty person, but I
cannot help his feelings. I have sim
ply done what was my duty in the
matter, and now it remains with Mr..
Bolland as to what shall be done with
Erfert"
where is Erfert?" Mr.. Bolland
asked.
"He is in there and waiting to see
you," I answered, pointing to the door
of my private Office. "He has prom
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03

to arrest him, and that had said It
was optional with him whether he
return the stolen goods or not, but
that if he refused to do so it would
be my duty to turn him over to the
police.
The chief of police was greatly ex-
asperated to find that he could make
no case against me. At later time,
however, he himself made complaint
that was running private detective
agency without license from the
police board, and a warrant was is
sued for my arrest. Upon the wit
ness stand I was asked whether l
was doing detective business in st.
Louis, and I replied that was. Asked
whether I had license from the
board of police commissioners, I re-
piled that I had not. I was then
asked by what authority I was con-
Quoting my business, and answered
that it was by authority of state
charter. I produced the articles of
incorporation, which the Judge care
fully read, and he then dismissed the
case, assessing the court charges upon
| the police.
The chief of police insisted upon
the prosecution Of Erfert. He was re-
leased on bond, reappeared in due
| course, and pleaded guilty, receiving
a minimum sentence of two years in
the penitentiary, and being released,
as a model prisoner, under the two
third sentence rule.
The stolen property recovered
amounted to several thousand dollars
in value.
Erfert, it is pleasing to note, lived
an exemplary life after his release.
His confederate, who was a nero
youth, was not prosecuted.
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ised me that he will tell you what he
has already told my assistant and my
self, and that he will at once return
as much as possible of the stolen
property to you, which have advised
him to do"
then ushered them into the private
room in which Erfert was. The young
fellow repeated to them the statement
of guilt that he had already made to
me. Then, with some assistants, I
went in a hack to the house of Err.
fert's mother, where we found about
two hack loads Of stolen goods, con-
sisting of clocks, silver plate, fine UNI
brellas and various articles of bric-a-
brac, all valuable stuff.
These goods were taken direct to
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him and bring him to headquarters.
II do not know whether there will
be any charges preferred against Err
fert or not" 1 said. His employer
seems inclined to sympathize with
him, and especially with his family.
do not believe that he cares to have
him prosecuted for these thefts. I
expect Erfert to call at my office some
time during the forenoon, and l am
looking for Mr.. Bolland here at any
moment. When Erfert comes I will
tell him that the chief wants to see
him"
mo, you need not do that" an
swered the detective. 81 will wait
here, and when he comes will take
him UP with me-"
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03

all about baking. In conclusion, the
writer said: "This trick will not
break a horse Of baking, but it will
invariably start one that has baked
on the road, provided he hasn't al
ready been whipped and abused to
a point where nothing matters"
The Tomahawk., 1916-08-03
Conversational Disappointment.

81 understand that your new servant
is a disappointment"
EYES," replied Mrs. Gaddington Prye.
1.-THE last family she worked for does
MT seem to be at all interesting"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
DEATH ENTERS
ONSTOT HOME

The death OF Mrs G. w. onstot, 702
South Sth street, occurring at 2:30
this morning. brought sadness to the
homes Of her many friends and rela.
tives in Chickasha.
Rev. G. Lyle Smith will be in charge
OF the funeral service. which will be
conducted from the residence at $40
o'clock this afternoon. Messrs, Ben
Morgan. Billy Cloud. Win Driggers.
Ed Johns. Tom Hendricks and Charles
Bell will act as pail bearers.
Mrs. onstot is survived by her hus-
band two children. week old baby
and George Edwards, aged -; her
father. c. A. Edwards, four sisters.
Mrs J. L. Carter, Mrs. w. NJ Edwards.
Mrs. G. P. Dawson and Miss Carrie
Edwards. and two brothers, John and
Ernest Edwards. All are in the city
except Ernest. who lives in Bigsby
and was unable to come. An aunt.
Mrs. Young, and an uncle, w. 4.
Leach. hnth of Henrietta. Texas, ar
rived ia Chickasha this afternoon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
THOUGHT BLOWOUT WAS
SHOT FIRED AT DOG.

Just because he thought the blow
out of an autp tire was a shot fired al
his dog, Grady Brooks wilf be tried
Monday, May 20, before Judge T. P.
Moore on charges of carrying pis,
toll According to the statement given
out at the office of the county attor-
ney, number of young people, out
auto driving, passed the home of
Brooks, who is young man, near
Amber, Sunday afternoon. Just after
the house was passed one of the auto
tires blew out, making report which
to the high tensioned and nervous
young man sounded like a revolver
shot.
The auto. following the blowout
proceeded down the road a short dis
tance where a stop was made in order
that the damaged tire might be repair
ed 1t was then, the county attorney
states, that Brooks is alleged to have
himself with his pistol and
gone down the road toward the Grip
pied auto where he took pot shot at
the machine and occupants. Brooks
is alleged to have said that he thought
the auto party was shooting at his
dog
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24

regular monthly dues. each membG
must cooperate in this respect. No
Requirement is made for attendance
but after a plate is reserved by the
committee it is expected that someone
viii appear 10 ocoupystheAplace or pes
the price This statement is made be-
cause last month seventeen reserva-
tions were made, which were not oc-
cupied, and only two of this seventeen
sent the Sac, and If it had not been
for extra visitors who came in at the
last hour. the committee would have
been burdened by having to pay for
the folks who promised to come and
did not, and who failed to pay. 1t is
hoped that the plan as originally made
can be carried out 50 that folks who
want to attend pay for what they get,
and no pay if not in attendance; this
inay be carried out If those attend or
pay who order plates.
1 nC DdhqucA VIII NC Oll llt tNtnluB
of Decoration Day.. and proper deco
rations will be carried out. and proper
music provided, if possible.
Remember, good time is promised,
a real banquet only 120 can be accom-
modated. and members come first, if
they reserve first; starting on the
minute Of 8 p. ,pl, to be through by
10 p. m; no long, but pithy and witty,
and even very logical and eloquent
speeches, and lots of fun and jokes.
If an earlier hour could have been ar
ranged it would have been. but it is
impossible this time Hold yom ap-
petite till 3 p. m, and you will not re-
gret the denial of usual early dinner
The Arrangement Committee, by d.
II. Roche, Chairman
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
BANQUET is
POSTPONED
TO TUESDAY

The entertainment committee of the
Mems Dinner club issues the following
announcement:
The Mems Dinner Club banquet is
unavoidably postponed from Thurs
day next as announced till next Tues
day evening. the 30th of May, at p.
M, at the Early hotel. Messrs. Birch
field & Remler, new owners of the Ear
ly, offer banquet menu that promises
to excel any heretofore provided for
the club. The seating capacity win be
100 persons. AS 90 were served in
April it is expected that the entire 120
plates viii be reserved early, so mem
bers are requested to reserve plates
for themselves and any friends whom
they may wish to entertain as guests,
before Monday next II is essential
that members who order plates be
present; send a substitute if absence
is necessary. or pay part of the cost
as though present. This Is the most
essential feature of these banquess
land il the club is to continue without
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
CHOC. BEER
IS SEIZED
BY SHERIFF

Sheriff Bailey together with Depu-
ties Castleman and Hogue and Police
men Boles and Tuck came down like
81 couple OF tons of brick on a resort
on Iowa avenue a night or so ago. AS
a result OF the raid car load of Choc
beer was taken out of circulation and
emptied into the sewer. From the
Iowa avenue house the officers repair
ed 10 house on Two" street where
they landed on a quart OF booze II
was stated that when the officers en-
tered the last named place there were
several parties making merry with the
quart; that they attempted to hide the
quart; and did hide 1t by stuffing it
into a stove pipe, that In stuffing It
into the stove pipe the cork was pull
ed out and just as the owner Of the
premises began to assure the officers
that she knew nothing OF any booze, a
gentle streamlet OF golden-hued liquor
poured from the open end of the stove
pipe upon her head
Before making the liquor taids the
officers descended upon a place upon
Chickasha avenue where the blind
goddess is supposed to be wooed with
straights, fulis, flushes, fours-of-a-kind
and aces up, but made water haul
In forcing an entrance into this place
Sheriff Bailey became the owner Of
a badly mashed finger when the look
out" slammed the door shut on him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24

AT STOCK
SALE $500
Total Proceeds $l5,545; Many Grady
County Buyers Invest in ShOrthorns;
Purchasers WellPleased with
Animals offered

The registered shorthorn sale yes
terday amounted 10 sl5.545. an aver
age of approximately s205 per head
taken all around. bulls, cows and
calves.
The highest price paid for any one
animal was 500. paid by II. F. Tolli-
yer of Cordell, Okla.
T.. w. Diiiing, OF the Fletcher State
bank. Fletcher, Okla, paid the top
price. s3O5. for COW.
Only one animal was sold out OF
Oklahoma. bull which went to the
owners Of the Hillcrest stock farm. in
Kansas, selling for s4OO.
Twenty-Five buyers from Fletcher
we're on the grounds, each investing
in one or more head of the registered
shorthorns.
Among the buyers from Grady coun-
ty were c. A. Reynolds Chickasha,
bull. price paid. 5000; jeff Jones, of
Blanchard. bull, price paid, s240; R. s.
Doss. Cement, price paid. $500;
l.. S. Logsdon, verden, bull. price
paid. $3.50; Ulysses Kilgore. Chicka-
sha. bull price paid Sll5; ]. S. Brown,
Alex. two cows. price paid for the two,
S295; j. c. Ambrister. Chickasha. bull,
price paid. S275; A. Schuler. Chicka-
sha. two COWS. price paid for the two,
S945; John Driggers. Chickasha, COW,
price paid, s625; V. B. Brown, May,
Beaver county. Okla, bought one bull.
A number of buyers were here from
Temple. each buying a choice animal.
Elgin. Lindsay and Lawton stock
stock breeders were also present.
The average price paid for bulls
was S22S per head; the average price
paid for cows was S1S5 per head.
w. H. Donahue. of the Oklahoma Ma
tional bank, who acted as clerk of the
sale, stated this morning that every
one who attended the sale was well
pleased and all spoke highly of the
splendid grade of the shorthorns of
fered for sale.
Arrangements will be made. Mr.
Donahue said. for holding an annual
sale OF registered shorthorns in Chick
asha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
PAYING LAST OF cHicKASHA
AVENUE PAVING TAX

City Treasurer Clark today remit
ted TO the Providence Savings bank.
of Cincinnati, Ohio, q check for $1S5,
payment of chickasha avenue paving
tax This reduces the Chickasha ave
nue. paving taxes to minimum which
two or three more payments will mark
off the slate. Treasurer Clark also
remitted TO Spitzer-Rorick company OF
Toledo. Ohio. check for $1,000 rep
resenting interest and taxes due that
company on other Chickasha avenue
paying tax matters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
Diplomatic Change.


by United Press
London, May 24.-Prince Won Bue-
low. former German chancellor, viii
become German ambassador to Wash
ington and the German diplomatic
corps will be re.arranged, according
to the Exchange Telegraph company.
which claims to have good authority
for the statement
The dispatch was not eorroborated
Recently ii was rumored that Count
Bernstorff would be recalled from
Washington for an important post
The mention of Won Buelow is deemed
significant with reference to peace de-
velopments as the prince has frequent
~ figured in peace talk.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
by United Press


Paris May 2f-The bloodiest en-
gagement OF the three months fight
ing around Verdun, which has al
ready claimed tens OF thousands Of
men in the most savage battling in
any theater OF war. continued today
with unabated fury.
From Deadmans Hin to Fort Doua.
mont the Germans last night rolled
eighty thousand men against the hill
positions and two brigades crashed
against Fort Douamont
The Germans yesterday emerged
from their trenches and made run
through the intervening space while
shells screamed about them, kicking
mp curtain OF dust as they clashed
with the French forces In hand to hand
fighting.
On the western edges OF Douamont
the French held their positions in
spite OF the furious onslaughts OF the
enemy. The German ranks suffered
heavily but they pushed on in their
desperate charge, the gaps in the bill
lowing gray line being INSTANTLY closed
as they rushed forward
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
"HELP, HO
HORATIO"
HAIR GONE
Gallant Chief Hastens to Heed Call Of
Deeply Distressed Damsel; Cruel
Crime is Charged to Play
full Breezes

"Hellol Is this the chief of police? :?
1t is? Well say. chief, for the love Of
Pete come to blank hundred and blank
Blank strea just as quick as your
auto will carry you Come right now
What's the matter? Don't waste time
asking, but come. Someone has stolen
my hair!"
Such was the message which drib
bled into the sars of the Big Chief, in
excitedly broken accents over the tel
ephone this morning
With visions of the Rape of the
Lock" and OF bold, bad men with keen
bladed shears "berefting" a fair dam
sells head of its flowing curls of sun
kissed waves of glory, the Big Chief
climbed aboard his wheeling car. set
tied his 275 pounds of avoirdupois be-
hind the wheel, honked a couple of
times and gave the machine the gas
Down one street and up another;
turning corners, perilously. on two
wheels; utterly disregarding all speed
ordinances. the bold chief dashed on
ward until he arrived in front of the
designated number. And there he
found the fair damsel in distress. The
damsel was waving her arms about
her head and shouting and weeping
wailing and gnashing her teeth and
refusing to be comforted.
| There, there" said the chief in
soothing accents. there, there. Cheer
up. The worst may yet come. Tel
us all about it,"
And-t the damseI told him. She stat
ed that the evening before she had
washed her hair and hung it on the
clothes line in the back yard to dry
and this morning when she went out
in the yard to secure her dried crown
ing glory the whole battlesbip. more
properly speaking the whole scalp
lock. had disappeared.
The premises were searched by the
Big Chief for discriminating foot
prints; no such prints were. however
found. Then the Big Chief called tn,
station and told the desk sergeant t.
send out a still alar1n instructing al
patrolmen and plain clothes men t,
keep sharp lookout for a nine iollai
bunch of peroxide golden locks. An,
then, just as the chief began turnin,
over his engine in the vain effort t,
start his snorting machine withou
swearing, a bad little boy. who ha,
constituted himself member of tn,
searching party, shouted and dance,
in an unholy glee as he pointed to tn
roof of nearby coal she'd Following
with their eyes, the direction indicates
by the young Americans grimy finger
| the Big Chief and the damsel fair sa,
the lost locks fluttering breezily upo
/ 1.-THE apex of the coal shed roof an
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
Bandits Conscripi Natives in Wake Of
Americans; Pershing Sends Detach-
ments to Watch Movements;
Villa Reported al Parral
UPRISING AGAINST U.S..
TROOPS THREATENS
Carranza Sending New Note TO Wash
ington; Texas Militia May Escape
Court Martial by Responding
10 New Call
By United Press.

BY United Press.
Columbus. n NJ, May 24-The rem
nants of the Villa bands that are fol
lowing in the wake Of the withdrawal
of the American troops are conscript-
ing poems under threats of death, in
forming them that villa is coming
back to command and promising rich
loot left by the Americans in their
flight northward
< Cen Pershing has sent several de-
tachments south and has advised Off
GERS in charge at the American base
TO watch the movements Of the ban
dts. A report was received at head
quarters to the effect that villa is now
near Parral
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-05-24
Bloodiest Battling Yet in Progress onVerdun
Front; German HOrdes Roll Against
French Positions; Dash
from Trenches
VIOLENT TEUTONIC
ATTACKS REPULSED
Kaiser's Forces Capture Village and Gain
Foothold East Of DOuamOlt Conflict
Steadily Increases in Intensity;
Heavy Losses

by United Press.
Paris, May 24.-The Germans pene-
trated the village Of Cumieres, nine
miles northwest OF verdm and with
terrific onslaughts also captured a
Goothold IN the trenches east Of Doua-
mont.
Other violent attacks on both banks
OF the Meuse and in the Champagne
region we're repulsed by the French.
according TO reports received today
1t is stated that over sixty thousand
Germans have been engaged in the at
tack ON the front northwest Of Yer
dun since Sunday and the battle has
ragged with increasing fury on the
Meuse. The Germans sustained heavy
losses last night