Guard Gives Up His Gun In Jail Delivery Attempt
A Saturday night jail escape bid in the county jail involved Frank Scribner, a double murderer, and night guard Lowery Lee. Scribner used a improvised pole and a hidden gun to threaten Lee. the guard escaped through a corridor door as other officers moved in.
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Frank Scribner
Franker
Putnam
Lowery Lee
Lee
Scribner
Ani Lee
Frank
J. W. Brooks
Sherman
Tex
Brooks
Mfe
Liberty Lee
Court House
Lem Mitchell
Joe Foster
Tom Burden
Foster
Miles
Judge Terrell Voices Carelessness At Jail In City
County Judge Terrell tells The Evening News that on Saturday afternoon he found the sheriff’s office unguarded with no officers present. A stranger spoke with prisoners through a rear window while melons were delivered to inmates. He warned a yard guard and urged strict jail discipline amid recent serious events.
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Terrell
Sheriff's Office
Daring bank robbery at Kiefer ends in deaths and escape
In Kiefer Oklahoma on August 18 two masked men tried to rob the Kiefer State bank. Marshal Inford was shot and died. cashier Calmer Webling died later. Webling was 25 and from Whiteville Kentucky. Robbers fled and were not found.
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Kiefer, Okla
Kiefer State Bank
Yeggmen
Marshal Inford
Calmer Webling
Webling
Whiteville
Oklahoma
Terrific heat wave sweeps across the nation
A severe heat wave covered the country Monday and Tuesday, with record temperatures from Saint Louis to Chicago. Deaths and cases of insanity and crime were reported in urban areas as crops suffered nationwide. Temperatures topped 110 in several cities while relief was forecast within a day.
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America
St. Louis
Chicago
Missouri
Contiguous Territory
South
Government Weather Bureau
Pan
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Language in police court case ends with lecture
W R Royal sued Jim Eldridge and his wife for using profane and abusive language in the presence of women. Testimony was involved and the judge discharged the defendants after delivering a warning about the use of bad language.
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W. R. Royal
Jim Eldridge
Constable Kills Man in Church Disturbance
In a hand to hand fight at a church six miles south of Henryetta Oklahoma Constable Jesse Merrill shot and killed Steve Clancey. Clancey was said to have disturbed religious worship when Merrill was summoned and a struggle followed during which Clancey nearly choked the officer. The officer fired his gun in self defense. public sympathy backs the constable.
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Muskogee
Okla
Henryetta
Jesse Merrill
Steve Clancey
Clancey
Merrill
Clancy
Eternal Vigilance Demanded At The Jail
Public complaint accuses the county jail of lax guarding after a Saturday night attempt by Frank Scribner to deliver weapons to prisoners. Criticism cites open access corridors, unlocked doors, trustee absences, and insufficient funded guards. Eleven prisoners remain, including five charged with murder and one under death sentence, prompting calls for stricter patrols and clearer jail spending oversight.
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Frank Scribner
Evening News
Dan Scribner
Supreme Court of Criminal Appeals
Scribner
Yoakum Favors Repeal of Constitutional Rail Clause
Oklahoma City Aug. 18. B. P. F. Yoakum president of the Frisco railway arrived from Shawnee where he spoke to farmers at a state convention. He will mobilize support for a referendum in the legislature to repeal Section 9 of Article 9 governing railroad construction sale and operation. He vowed the company will build more lines in Oklahoma if the clause is removed.
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Oklahoma City
B. PF. Yoakum
Frisco Railway
Shawnee
Farmers’ State Convention
Yoakum
fHhe
Oklahoma
Governors join Taft party for Mississippi river trip
Sixteen governors have accepted invitations to travel with President Taft down the Mississippi to New Orleans for the annual convention. The delegation will include several cabinet members about forty congressmen and delegates from river towns with Governor Haskell of Oklahoma among the members.
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St. Louis
Taft
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Haskell
Oklahoma
Charters Granted to Oklahoma Firms and Fort Worth Agent
Guthrie Oklahoma August 18 The Chickasha United Charities trustees Effie S Wooter Mary A Colley G W Bond N R Coryell C L Dyer receive a charter The Commonwealth Mining Company of Miami capital 40000 incorporators M L Price Walter Beck and George W Beck Jr are named The American Manufacturing Company of Fort Worth Texas designates Gustave Erixon of Guthrie as state agent.
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Guthrie
Chickasha United Charities of
Chickasha
Mesdames
Effie S. Wooter
Mary A. Colley
G. W. Bond
N. R. Coryell
C. L. Dyer
Commonwealth Mining Company of
Miami
Capital
M. L. Price
Walter Beck
George W. Beck, Jr
American Manufacturing ‘Pany
Fort Worth
Tex
Gustave Erixon
County Commissioners Propose 19000 Bond Issue
The county commissioners in session propose a 19000 bond issue to cover floating indebtedness and place county business on a cash basis. Approval by the district court is required. a vote of the people is not necessary. This move aims to reduce county expenses and simplify warrants outstanding.
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District Court
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McAlester
Vinita
Ardmore
Tulsa
Ada
Pontotoc County
Kerr
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