Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-02-06
The Struggle


"IH 'lNf FNlhINM anu IlfhutlS
vas tpIug 90 pun her husband or
| the fhl,ru stranger
Pleas. help turl' Mrs Fem
cried ns John Forrol ran to them
I licli XII hiu.
4 with Johns he,p s'r managed 20
tear uu her husbands grlp ON tho
strangers throat Tho stranger
4 himself escaped Fem hold with u
sudden tnuvu's.Nr effufi lie was a
: fitshily dressed. undcIVyrd man.
with something sinister In Ma ace
suppose you know what thai
/ means he shouted when he had
escaped 10 the road The wrl,hlng
lcNn vas stfaiuiug after him. but
could not loosen John ForropS pow
"rttl hold I'm going Ia let every
body in tn" plnc" know that Tex
'laiN ana Martha HnrirN are IN
their midst Won see what a vel
come You Two win Yet IN your nov
home
"tU tel ,hrm myself" Fem cried
i IN fiUnN 'lll tell every one my.
ser Nou dog lll turn the tables on
YOU From now on u Wll, hc , who
Viii hunt YOU And II ever get nay
clutches ON your throat
lie struggled desperately ~ free
himself Hut l"rtul was stronger
than he ana the stranger escaped
dpwn the road when he Was out ~
sight John let Fem go
Fem booked like a Wild creature
who had been rendered almost Tn
sane through torment. lir faced the
f"trols ana poured out a passionate
HUlf tenuuclutlon'
u am an cN.gnmhlor | stole n
mans wife and killed the man
am Tex iinlly Nv wife here 4. the
woman | stole Now N you want 10
clear ont and tell ever, body 10 ana
dp a. have atoned fpr all' Even
IN" law acknowledges e. iut You re.
rpcctnhlcs ~ the world Will Kick us
ont Just the Hame and leave my NJ.
tie son with not a child 10 play with,
my ~ife without IA soul TO talk tO but
myself"
Tex, dearest, come In nnd lot me-
qulct you" his wife pleaded, her
eyes streaming
NO, I'm going to tell these good
people why they should draw their
skirts away from M and take away
their little boy from being contami-
mated by Danny Fem cried Its
ten Ten years ago vas a gambler
Hut ! swear tu YOU I never willingly
injured any one until met the man
whom she had married
"llo used to beat her " Whru ne was
drunk and when ha Wa. sober I
loved her before she married him. }
loved her after she became his wife.
III love her tlll die Sh" chose him
llu' when sh" found nu' hv the blows
on her hody what sort he WAS she
tried to kll, herself pleaded with
her To- civ. nie her lifn tn run away
with me. lie suspected me aud
charged her with Vlicucys ard beat
her into iusrushllit, came into
the room Just In time 20 save her lie
H.. turned on me with a gun !
rea chci him first with a chair
KILLED him NoW, ro ana draw your
skirts away from Ms. good people"
The Ferro,s stepped back from the
shouting man. They remembered
tn" tragic story clearly /, hni been
the sensation ~ the day 30 years
before John Fcrrul turned to 70
home hut EdIth stopped him. Fem
clearly wanted to tell them more In
his self. f.dcfense hut had stopped AZ
IN. first movement Ferrol had made /
10 get away
The jury found mo not guilty
self defense" Fem went on rapidly /
TO get IN his Justification before
Fdith should leave, - cut my life NJ
pRrasitlHm out worked like a
madmnn. have worked up an hon
est respected large.-calc manufsc-
turing business Martha married
me dcurer, more faithful wife !
and mother never lived" he shouted |
nut wherever We tried to- settle !
down and hide our past, this this I
vulture wanted 10 XIII. the dcnd /
mans brother, would come and |
harhs4 MS n We did not pay him /
money he exposed Va Ia the neigh /
horhcod n We dii pay him money
he exposed us We werc driven from /
one community to another our 1T /
tie hoy could never keep playmate |
because his parents we're notorious /