The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 19, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 13, 1911 Page: 2 of 4
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Home Capital Bank.-
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Interest Paid on Time and Sav-
ings Deposits.
Money to Loan on Real Estate.
A special room for women patrons.
A fire proof vault for the deposit
of your papers and other
valuables.
We cordially invite you to call anc
inspect our new banking room.
A Square Deal to All.
Security Building
B. C. MURRAY, Proprietor.
Sunday, August 13, 1811.
This paper goes
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to press Fri-
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G^ettker, 245.
B. C. Murray. Residence. 361.
I. C. FREEMAN MURDERED.
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W.H.Halton
Undertaker *
510 Main It.
G. C. Freeman, general secreta-
ry of the Y. M. C. A., was mur-
dered just north of Armstrong
in the woods and near the lgkes
where the young people go every
year to enjoy an outing. There
are two lakes, one east and the
other west of the Katy tracks a
short distance. There is ji chain
of lakes formed by the overflow of
the Blue. The writer has camped
there a number of times and it is
a beautiful and romantic section to
pass a few days. In previous
years the chain of lakes were the
home of the black bass, croppie
and other game fish. The woods
are dense and furnish fine shade
from the Caddo prairie to the bor-
der of the lakes. The distance
from Denison is about twenty-five
miles. The traius stop at Arm-
strong tank for water and some-
times people get off there to fish
and hunt. The place where Mr.
Freeman was murdered is about
three and a half miles north of
Durant. When the body was dis-
covered it was decomposed and in
such a frightful condition that it
was hardly recognizable.
There are a great many theories
as to the cause of the murder, but
they all agree that the incentive
was robbery.
Mr. Freeman left Denison last
Tuesday morning to attend the
funeral of his brother-in-law at
Coffeyville, Kan. He stopped off
at Armstrong to examine the
country around to locate a sum-
mer camp lor the iunior class o
the Y. M. C. A. His intention
was to resume his journey td
Coffeyville on the afternoon train
which passes Armstrong about 5
o’clock. When be left Denison he
had a sum of money believed to be
between $200 and $250 on his per-
son and when the undertaker ex-
amined the body there were fount
only 10 cents.
It is the opinion that the mur-
derer or murderers were passen-
gers on the train from Denison.
When Mr. Freeman alighted from
the train two men also got off.
One is described as thick set, anc
dark complexion, while the other
was very slim and dressed in a
light suit. Freeman proceeded up
the east side of the track and the
thick-set man followed the west
side. That is the statement o
some campers who were on the
west side of the Katy track. Free-
man left the track and hac
been gone only a few minutes
when two shots in rapid sucession
were heard. The campers paid-no
attention to the incident, thinking
it was a party of hunters who fre-
quent the woods quite often. An
other statement is that the portly
man was seen on the track walking
very rapidly in the direction
Durant. . Another statement is
that two young men who had been
camping in the woods near the
west lake had disappeared, but
this statement is denied by Mr.
Blain of Durant, who was here
Monday and was present on the
ground when the murder was
committed. He had hunted in
the woods at the lake and saw no
such camp.
1 The trainmen’s stories are con-
flicting, and they are not certain
as to whether one or two men got
off the train when Freeman did.
The Gazetteer has a theory
which is this : A great many
hard characters (strangers) fre-
qudht the reading rooms of the Y
M. C. A., as an officer declare*
Monday; they get out of box cars
and go there to clean up. Free-
man was so tender-hearted that he
would refuse no poor man or hobo
a bath. The going away of Mr.
Freeman was discussed, and some
person in the room overheard the
frequent conversation, and follow
ed and murdered him, knowing
that he was to get off at Arm
strong and that he had money on
his person. That is our theory.
Mr. Freeman was
out under the shoulder blade. The
other bullet entered the body juet
below the navel and traveled
straight through the body.
Sheriff Lee McAfee went to the
scene of the murder last Sunday.
In a case of this kind McAfee can-
not be surpassed, and we have
strong hopee at this writing that
the murderer or murderers will be
broaght to justice.
No man who has ever lived in
lenison was more highly esteem-
ed than G. C. Freeman. For the
past twenty years his life has been
spent in doing good. He has
leen the- directing factor of the
Y. M. C. A. fora number of years,
ie came here about twenty-five
years ago; for eighteen years be
tad been associated with the Y.
d. C. A. As in life the people
oved him because he was loving
and true, they now cherish his
memory because he maintained
unbroken every thread in the line
of doing good. His career illus-
traies that he was always faithful
to every Christian duty. Thou-
sands will mourn his sad death
and pay tribute to his memory.
At the time of death he was 59
years of age and unmarried.
Since the above was written ad-
ditional facts have come to light.
There were a party of campers
from Tishontingo in camp near
where Freeman was killed, ant
they complained of the bad srnel
that pervaded the woods. The
campers are relatives of Mr. Swan
of the firm of Boldrick A Swan.
After the killing the body had evi-
dently been dragged a short dis-
tance. A very singular thing
is the fact that a gold watch ant
chain and umbrella were not dis-
turbed, and his eye glasses were
on his face. The attaches of the
Y. M. C. A. do not know how
much money he had on his per-
son.
The sheriff holds to the Gazet-
teer theory that he was raurderet
by some person who was a visitor
to the Y. M. C. A. rooms. The
object was purely robbery and ttie
murderer had sense enough to
leave the watch and chain which
might have resulted in his cap-
ture.
Mr. Freeman had one brother
and several married sisters. O
G. Ferguson of Coffeeville, Kan
a nephew of the dead man, ar-
rived m Denison Sunday after-
noon and accompanied the
mains north. He was appomte>
temporary administrator by Coun-
ty Judge J. Q. Adamson at Sher-
man and has taken change of the
estate, which is rather extensive,
consisting of several liundre<
acres of land in Red River and
Bowie counties.
At one time Mr. Freeman was
engaged in the photograph busi
nere, the firm name being Free
man & Swartz. Before Denison
was on the map he was engager
in missionary work among the In-
dians. The funeral took place
from the Presbyterian church
which the deceased was a member.
He was very prominent in the re-
cent controversy in regard to the
retention or dismissal of the pas-
tor. He told the writer that the
ambition of his life was to see the
erection of a new Y. M. C. A. edi-
fice on the property acquired on
Mam street. When the funeral
was in progress the business
houses on Main street closed.
Mayor Acheson thinks nobody
went from Denison and killed
Freeman. It lias since developed
that the dense woods is frequented
by bootleggers who visit Arm-
strong and receive their goods
from Denison. It was probably
one of that class that murdered
him. Denison hunters have fre-
quently met strange men in these
woods. Another supposition is
that some bootleggers thought
Freeman a spy.
Uttto Stories of tm Put
(Continued.)
We cannot recollect a more de-
igbtful night than the one passed
on the shore of the beautiful lake.
At night the wolves howled dread-
ully. It was so dark that we
could not see them, but from the
din they must have been very
close to camp, and we saw their
tracks the next morning in the
soft mud at the lake. We also
discovered many deer tracks, and
the signs of coons and o’possum.
We agreed to remain in camp at
the lake for two days. Thinking
the matter over in our present
frame of mind, we could now
make those virgin woods ami the
beautiful lake our stopping place
for weeks. There was prot>ably
not a human habitation within a
day’s travel of the lake. The
game was very tame, which con
firms the lielief that uo hunters
had ever been in the country, and
the roads, or more properly, the
trails, had not tieen traveled in
many months. No wagon or
horse tracks, or any signs of a
camp were discernable. In trav-
eling we had no objective point
and were lost most of the time.
We had no compass to direct our
course. The truth is, thut is the
the proper way, or was the
proper way at that period to enjoy
an outing.
We were early risers and the
sun never caught us in bed. At
early morn is the proper time to
hunt and see game which is al-
ways on the move. But the hun-
ter must not move around. The
still hunter goes to an old log,
takes a seat and waits. If he is a
good hunter he is patient aud will
sometimes tarry at one sj>ot for
hours. His patience is usually re-
warded. The novice is always on
the move, and steals through the
woods like a shadow, but in near-
ly every instance the game sees
|*he lifted hit brown muzzle and
blew a blast from bis resounding
nostrils that tore fiercely through
the air and made the forest behind,
him ring again, while the moun-
tains across the lake received the
wrathful sound and passed it back.
Once he started, as if some sus-
picion bad lor an instant broken I Some of tbs finest grapes in tbs
over the rsmparts of his courage country come from Almeria, 8pain,
and stormed into the very pavii- This year’s crop is estimated at
ion of his kingly spirit; hot it wss 2.000,000 barrels
only » passing weakness. He Under s new state law in Ohio,
gave one jump, then stopped, several scores of old ramshackle
planted himself as if incapable of buildings will be torn down, con-
fear, lifting his nose high up end I detuned as fire traps,
blew again a wrathful challenge to An w goo ton ^ tannch.
the rude intruders while the hair U in EnrUlld ^ w#ek which ia
^■^^^•^Jleqdipped with snti-rolbng tank.
which are designed to keep ships
on the line of
wrath and his feet smote the beech
like hammers. Collett lifted his
Winchester and fired. The buck
bad never beard a sound like that
liefore. Collett fired again, and
made a clean miss. The buck
turned leisurely around and dis-
appeared in the forest.
The first day we were sufeited
with fish. They would jump atl
the shadow of the bait as it dan-
gled over the water. They carried
away two Jfies. We lam led sever-
al bass that weighed several
pounds. Tlie fish were very par-
tial to artificial flies, and other
bait was not much ot a tempta-
tion. A simple brown hackle
was seized with tremenduous En-
ergy when it touched the water!
on an even keel in varying condi-
tions of weather.
Edison says that a sheet of
nickel one-thou sandth of an inch
thick can be used as paper to
print on and would be superior to
paper. A book of 40,000 pages
would only be two inches in thick
ness.
Governor Cruce of Oklahoma
declares he will deputise 100,000
persons if necessary to enforce the
liquor laws of that state.
Three Liberal leaden of Nicara-
gua have been exiled, according to
a dispatch to the State depart-
ment.
The Valvona Marchiony Com
and the fish put Uo a terrific fight P*ny of Brooklyn has broaght suit
before he was exhausted and coukl I against the Star Wafer Company
of Pittsburgh, manufacturers of
millions of ice cream cone* for in-
fringement on the patent rights of
the former.
1,491 miles of railroad are under
construction in Chili and 700 miles
under consideration.
more are
resist no more. .
. That night the wolves were so
l>ad that we feared an attack, and
made a great campfire, leaving the
tent and making our bed in
the wagon. The mules were se-
cured with double ropes and we
made a sort of a corral by pass-1 Concessions have been granted for
ing behind them a large rope U*5 private railways in the coun
which was run from the front to I tr7. Chili has splendid prospects,
the hind wheels. If the mules I A way off in Madagascar rail
had broken loose the wolf pack roads are being built and Um>
would have run them down and country is being opened up. and
killed them. Now and then the the people are being taught to
pack would break into the light, scientifically cultivate
the land.
him first, and the novice is always They were very large, the fierce There are hot sulphur springs in
a disappointed hunter. In the I loper, that will attack men when that country that would be worth
fortunes if thev were here.
The Trans-Siberian railway
brings Vladivostock within 7,443
miles of London.
Ad oil well has been bored at
Bakersfield, Cal., which yields
1,000 barrels of oil a day.
10,000 men have been gatliered
together to build 551 miles a
Canadian Pacific road.
The Pennsylvania railway com
pany wants Ure valuation of its
property in the State of Pennsyl-
vania reduced for taxation pur-
poses from $200,000,000 to $163
000,000.
Uoited States trans-coutinenta
railway managers are organizing
to direct some of the rash of immi-
gration over Canadian lines to the
United States lines.
open woods of a pine forest, still hungry. We did not dare tire a The Santa Fe will build short
hunting is the only remedy. The gun as the mules might stampede, lines in the southwest in order tn
country around can be seen for a There wus one big wolf, more bold reduce the rail distance between
long distance, and if you are walk-‘ than the others, that seemed bent Galveston and San Francisco.
Mrs. Taft laterested ia Texas.
It is probably not generally
known that Mrs. C. P. Taft, wife
of the brother of the President, is
preparing to make extensive im-
provements on her land in South-
west Texas. Mrs. Taft is one of
the largest single land holders in
Texas and has over a quarter of a
million acres of land in Dim-
mit, La Salle, and Webb counties.
ing it is almost impossible to get a on entering the corral and seiz-
shot. The man who seats the log ing a mule. A portion of the
and hardly blinks his eye. is the campfire was moved behind the|
man who brings in the game. We corral and the leader of the Dack
can tell you another fact, the most was seen no more. Pine knots
successful wild turkey hunter goes were plentiful and would burn a
to a large tree and sits in front of long time. We snatched up
it in the open. He is immovable ; brands of tire and buried them at|
there is not the slightest motion, the wolf pack. Just at the break
Gangs of wild turkeys will very of day we left the wagon and went
frequently feed up to within a few
feet of the-still hunter. Old man
Bozart, a great hunter that lived
in the territory woods, hunted tur-
keys in front and not behind a
tree. The tree must, however, be
sufficient large to cover the entire
body. Still hunting for deer is
carried on in the same manner.
The man who sticks to his log,
and the wind is in the right direc-
tion for the .quarrv, is sure to get
a shot if there is any deer in that
section.
As we stepped out of the camp,
we said to Collett, “Old man this
is lovely, but what shall we call
the lake?” “The Unknown,” he
answered.
While proceeding to the lake to
wash our face, we saw at the other
end a dim object. It was hardly
light and ponderous shadows were
stretched across the water. The
object moved, and, looking more
Mrs. Taft has great faith in the
future of Texas aud is preparing intently, we made out the outlines
to have over one hundred thous-
and acres of this land brought
under cultivation in the near fu-
ture.
WALET’S. Ill Mail $4.
of the biggest buck that we ever
saw in the Choctaw woods. He
was as big as the biggest steer
that we have ever seen. He had
caught a glimpse of our tent. In
A Texas city claims the distinc- a few minutes the sun had crested
tion of being the wealthies in the1 the tree tops, and the big buck
United (States in proportion to its! wa8 >n plain view ; his feet
population. The city boasting, deep in the brown sands, and
this honor is Victoria, in Victoria,^8 antlered head lifted as if in
county, and out oj a population of proud challenge into the air. His
only 4,000 there are 8 millionaires! Position was one of haughty inter-
and 100 men worth a quarter of a rogation as to what the dim object
million dollars. The wealth of Vic-'at the upper end of the lake was,
shot twice, toria and snrronnding country was and, as if in superb defiance, lie
each shot being deadly. At Du-J acquired largely through the cattle twice lifted a foreleg and drove his
**■ ‘ isiness. pointed hoof into the sand, dis-
......... playing lordly impatience- at the
The total apple crop of the Uni- ignorance or audacity of those
•f near the right nipple, the bullet ted States is estimated at 28,825,-j who dared to disturb by their bold
’ ranging downward and coming 000 barrels. presence, his royal privacy. Twice
to sleep in the tent, and the sun
was near the meridian before we
left our couch. We had slept none
duriug the night.
We never saw so many deer
During the first half of this
year 140,000 tons of zinc was pro-
duced in the United States which
is the largest prod action ever
known in such a period.
A new hosiery mill will soon be
in operation in Topeka, Kansas,
which will turn out 100 dozen
union suite a day.
The steel mills are getting more
business. Railroad bridge build
era in Canada have just ordered
20,000 tons of steel from American
mills. The Georgia Central has
ordered 11,000 tons steel rails and
tracks the shores of the lake be- Uie CttDadi^ Pacific wanU> 30i000
mg hterallv tramped up, and we ton8| which win ^ made b the
noticed what was either a bear or
panther’s track. A lively discus-
Illinois Steel Rail Mill. After
long delay 8,000 tons have been
sion took place, the writer stuck orfewd ^ ^ Kansas City Ter*
to the bear sign. When we got
into the foothills an Indian told us
that bear and panther were quite
plentiful.
In spite of wolves, bears and
panthers, we decided to remain
minal.
So far this year the shipments o
coffee from New York to Europe
have been 1.000 tons a day.
What will be the largest radiator
rant, Ok., where the coroner’s in-'business,
quest was held, two bullet holes! *
were discovered. One hole waaj
another day. The fishing was su- in workl *» now m*1® »
purb. We have never enjoyed Dresden, Germay, tor the motor
such sport since. Toward even-I an air ship of 300 bone power,
ing a large flock of wild turkeys, U is entirely of aluminum
numbering at least fifty, appeared. an<^ weighs 145 pounds empty.
Thev were in a joyful mood and The 8t. Louis Gas Company
chased each other along the banks. Rets rid of electrolysis in its pipes
All at once they looked In the di- by covering it with layers of pitch
rection of the camp and some flew and paper. The pipe is first cov
and others ran into the woods, ered with a mixture of tar am
We saw several deer that came to pitch over which paper ribbon ia
quench their thirst as night was spirally wrapped, then tar painter
descending on the wilderness. Col- until four successive coats of tar
lett saw a black stomp and said it and paper have been applied. This
was a bear. We were all Wrought »■ a matter that ought to be known
uo over the night’s experience and to gas companies generally,
were in a frame of mind to magni- All ocean-going vessels carrying
fy a stump into a bear. I looked more than 50 passengers are
at the mountains in the gloaming I obliged to be equipped' with the
and saw a line all around the hori- wireless.
son; the rosy tint in the west One of the least known regions
made a broad band of pink along 0n the face of the earth ia Ker-
the sky above the tree tope, and I man, a country as large as France,
the evening star was a perfect cir- LtmUed jn p,^ north ol the
cle of light—a hoop of gold in the quu q| Oman. It has one dty a
heavens. 1 said to Collett: "It 80,000, 260 milee from the coast,
is time to go to camp, reel in our between which points r
lines, and go home.” bands live by Wondering the cara-
I vatts which transport the fine
Hammocks and croquet seta at I oriental carpets and shawls made
Puckett’s. I by the 1,500,000 ol the pnpnklinw.
Tbe National Bank of Denison
Summer Dreams
Today one thinks of a Woe summer sea. £f spray wet
t*>ett with snowy sails—of a green cool ptne-erenfed
thicket in the northern forest, where a speckled trout
is sputtering and frying over a glowing camp fire.
If you cannot make one of these hep;-* yours
this year, a little care—a little forethought, provides
them fur tbe summer to come.
4 Far Caaf as
Cipitel, $100,000.00
Surplus, $100,000.00
V^.-i
The Biggest Caa
of tbe
BEST LYE
f,r the
Least Money
Good Buggies, Harness
Wagons and Implements
REPAIRING
MOSSE & CO.
424*426 W. Main Street
The State National Bank
Denison, Texas
FaM Us Capital S1M.9M.il Serptes set FrafHs S1M.IM.il
OFFICERS :
G. L. Blackford, A. F. Platter, W. G. Meginnt*.
President. Vice-President. Crndner
Geo. Rue, Ass’nt Cashier. T. F. Foley, Ace'nt Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
A. W. Acheson, J. W. Madden. A. F. Platter.
Jas. Boyd. J. B. McDougall. P. H. Tobin,
E. H. Lingo, G. L. Blackford, J. T. Suggs,
L. B. Moore.
ME 99LICIT fill IIIIIEII
Light with Gas
and Cook with Gas
There is nothing like gas lor cooking, ior deanli-
* ness, lor economy, or lor saving labor. In hot
weather it is indispensable for comport. Try cook*
ing with gas, if you have never had the pleasure,
and you will never use any other fuel for kitchen or
house purposes.
Denison Liglrt&PowerCo.
307 WoMird Strut
California Strained Honey
A natural bee product. So different you know from
the compound* put up in a laboratory and nicknamed
honey. We just received a carload of tbe genuine
kind. It's all ready for delivery.
DENISON GROCER CO.
W. E. Knaur.
H. G. Howe.
KNAUR a HOWE
Proprietor*
BEIIMI FHI1IT All iAIIIIE SNIP
Execute ail work pertaining to tbe business.
413-4111-417 W. Chestnut Street
THE
Denison Bank and Trust Co*
•f Denison
A GOOD DANK in a Good Town
Open an account with us to-day.
We pay 4% compound
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