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Newspaper
Oklahoma Ada News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
8
Federal jail in Chickasha saw five prisoners escape. Two returned, but Booth Sargent and Hurley fled and are at large after overpowering Jailer Simpson during meal service. They faced grand jury on bunco charge involving a $500 scam. One is a noted shell game expert roaming nationwide.
A prison mutiny at the Oregon Penitentiary results in the deaths of three guards. Two escapees, Harry Tracey and David Merrill, armed, flee into the woods after a melee that began at 7 am in the foundry. Citizens aid authorities as a posse pursues the escapees, who carried two rifles and two revolvers.
Consoli dated Oil and Gas company drill near Laxton Lawton penetrated oil rock at 41 feet and released a strong gas flow. A lit match at the well mouth kept the gas burning to fifteen feet high. Driller A W Kearns predicts a large strike before 100 feet. The gas, termed oil gas, resembles PennsylvanIa fields. The well lies three miles east of town.
Fragmented OCR notes reference the United States court for the Northern District of Geta with a case date around July 1. It mentions clerks, a judge, and proceedings involving a breach of duty and appeals process in a late stage of filing and preparation.
A remarkable cave found near Leavenworth Kansas on a bluff above Oak Mills along the Missouri Pacific railroad is small at the entrance but opens to a twenty foot wide interior. Observers think it was human made and may hold treasure. A ten man expedition plans to thoroughly explore it.
Ella F Stater files in district court a 22000 damage suit against the Gulf Railway and the Oklahoma Railway over injuries June 6 1901 in Oklahoma City. While aboard a passenger coach she was jolted by a freight train collision in the yards and suffered back and spine injuries impeding household duties.
Merrick a daring man in Paris faces danger from Count Leon Villebois and Stromboloff while protecting a woman during a hotel fire. He toils through smoke rescuing a woman and escapes with her as fire engulfs the corridor, earning the crowd’s wary praise and awaiting the next move in a web of danger and intrigue.
Readable fragments show garbled names and stray phrases. The text appears as a damaged historical clipping with partial words and no clear event or attribution. No coherent names, dates, or places emerge to establish a lead.
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