The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-28
Ponca City Men Recall
Vividly How They
Were "RazZed'
TAKEN FROM HOMES
Both Wearing Only Night
Gowns Bratt and Hutch
ms Taken to Blackwell. %
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PONCA CITY. Dec. 27-To b"
placed forclhly aboard n passenger
train. crowded with people, ana
taken to a ncighhurinR Clty Ia h'Ip
I'm n Fourth Of July celebration, ana
60 have ali Of this happen whom lheY
were dressed only in their hlfh'
shirt.. In an experience that george
Brctt and Jim llntchinS OF l"h,l
city had. back In 1893, during 'he
administration OF thHsluH NJ haT Nv
rs governor ot oklahoma i"frU"r',
Brett wns then aud sun H rr'ni-
dent OF the local board ~ education
having held that position approx
imatcly all the time since this cliy
was founded IN lN93 and lIutchinh
was then and stDl In, IA prominent
grain dealer. Brett WAS then, also,
a state senator.
The citizens OF blackwell were
planning to celebrate the Fourth Of
July on "A mammoth scale ana hhd
invited Governor Harness to mnk"
the principal address Of the hnS
barnes would roach nonca 'i'N lat"
in tho evening and tho train left
for Blackwell about midnight
blackwell had sent big reception
committee 10 POuca city To moet
tho governor and escort him to their
home town.
when the train arrived from
Guthrie, however. Gov, cash Rarnrs
was not among those present ana
the blackwell men wcrc greatly dis
appointed In those days puuca city
bonstcd 10 saloons and II was then
the popular thing to take few
drinks occasionally. especially ns
Ia 4 Ttt IA
importance,
Looked for Victims.
When Barnes fatfed To appear
and the train had disappeared over
the hill toward Kildare, the Black
we'll com:nittce hogan to look around
for something elise to do until mid
night. then about two hours distant
They finally decided they would
awaken Somo Of their closest friends
In roncn city and bc entertained by
thom. Consequently a grand march
was formed, which ended At tho
homes OF Brett ana HutchiW. on
South Fifth street where the two
mon have lived across the street
from each other for quarter OF a
century,
The committee divided. ana Ohiln
some OF the blackwell men were de-
manding ndmittance at Jim Hutch
ins' front door. The others were
across the street getting George
Brett out OF bed. Both men had
been In bed for some time and ap-
pcared al their respective front
doors In their night shirts only.
Eager hnndclasps grasped them i'm
mediately following tho opening Of
the doors and within very hrisf
time both tho roncans were In the
middle of the street surrounded by
the men from Blackwell
They Bought Many Rounds.
Jim Hutchins perhaps more
appropriately. James 4. Hutchins-
told the story recently at dinner,
given by tho Rotnrians at Blackwell
In honor of several visiting memhors
OF the Ponca city chamber OF com
merce, and II happened that Brett
was also In the party.
We didn't know Just what tho
Blackwell fellows we&cd with us.
said Hutchins, "hut II wouldn't have
done any good TO halk. they would
have taken US along any how. We
supposed the boys Just wanted .
few more drinks on runca city and
we stopped Mt practically every al
i''n ahN h'N 'lN w lfllHk INV 'hl
tenders to charge g. for having no
pants, We did not have any money
., leither.
"liy train. time We had reached
the Santa Fe station and thought
that would end our Jubilee. but
when tho train started we were
picked uit hpdby' sull In our night
shirts only. and placed aboard. OF
course our wives were AT home won
dering all the time what had hapre
nened to VS.. they didn't oven know
with whom We were but the next
morning from n room IN Black
well hotel We telcphoned 10 roncn
city to apprnisc them ~ our plight
Along about . o'clock that morn
ing 14raatssster and some OF the
other feSows cAfic 20 the hotel and
assisted us In getting down to Eos
tcr's store whore We were fitted out
TO an entire outfit uf clothing. now
suits and all, at the expense of tho
blackwell bunch That day IL still
recalled as the greatest Fourth OF
July celebration that KAY county
has over witnessed and Brett and
/ participated in It,"