The Depew Independent November 26, 1920 Held Up and Robbed James Higginbotham was coming from the east Monday night when about a quarter of a mile east of the depot, a negro fired a pistol and demanded him to stop, which he says was not hard for him to do, so carelessly did the negro handle his sidearms. He was gone over by the lone highwayman and relieved of $2.90 and told to get in his car and drive back down the road. He stayed the balance of the night with George Martin, coming to town early Tuesday morning. Jim says he did not get excited but says the fellow made him nervous by the way he handled his shooting irons. ----- Arrested For Holdup Yesterday a woman by the name of Little and a young woman that was staying with her, along with Mr. Little were arrested and taken to the Jail at Sapulpa by R. L. Pilkinton, charged with holding up Ben McDaniel, of Shamrock. From what we can gather Ben McDaniel went to the home of the Little’s to foreclose or collect an account for the First State Bank at Shamrock. They drew a gun on him and took some $48.00 off of him and also about $400.00 worth of mortgages and notes. Mr. Pilkinton tells the Independent that Mrs. Little partly acknowledged her guilt to him. The people implicated are ignorant poor people and probably did not realize what they were getting into when they committed this crime. ----- Went Through Both Banks Some fellow or fellows went through both Depew’s banks last Friday night. Entrance was gained by prying up a window in each place. Nothing was missed from either place. The discovery that they had been entered was not made until after 7 o’clock Saturday morning. ----- We see by the Tulsa’s Sunday World that Mr. Walter Warner and Miss Minnie Wilcoxson were married. Both are well known young folks residing out north of town.

Obituary Died at his home in Perkins, Nov. 13, 1920, Henderson Frame, aged 76 years and 9 days. He was born in Montgomery county, Illinois, where he grew to manhood. At the age of 18 he answered his country’s call enlisting in Co. H. 143 Illinois. At the expiration of his term he re-enlisted in Co. G. 3rd Illinois Calvary, where he served until the end of the war. After this he was called to service and helped put down the Souix Indian uprising in the northwest with headquarters at Ft. Snelling. April 1, 1868, he married Mildred Robertson, and moved to Kansas in 1871. To this union was born 10 children, two dying in infancy, the others live in Oklahoma and were present at the funeral. This wife and mother died July 13, 1890. He resided in Sumner county Kansas until 1886, when at the opening he came to Oklahoma. Starting at the northern boundary line, he made the race, driving four horses to a wagon. He secured a fine farm and resided on it until moving to Perkins, where he was a successful business man until stricken with paralysis four years ago. In 1895 he was married to Mrs. Mary Dickey. To this union one child was born, Mrs. Blanche Reynolds, who, with the widow, two stepsons, Wallace and Ralph, 3 brothers and four sisters, twenty-four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, are left to mourn his loss. He was a member of the Christian church. His funeral was preached by Rev. J. W. Garner and his mortal remains were laid to rest in the Perkins cemetery. ----- Gas Blew Up Saturday morning early when George Crosswhite, our baker, went to light his gas oven preparatory to doing his morning baking the gas was thought to have been lighted, but later he discovered that it had not caught. After leaving the oven open for some time he went to light it again when the accumulated gas exploded, burning him quite severely. The air being heavy that morning the gas did not vanish as quickly as it would ordinarily. ----- Dr. J. P. Neal and family of El Reno spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Lee. Mrs. Neal and Mrs. Lee are sisters.