Annie Fellows
Johnston Scrapbook
Newspaper
"Clippings" 1940
LAWTON CONSTITUTION
Article on Gen. H. W. Lawton for
Whom City Was Named Appears in Annapolis, Md., Paper February 5, 1940
Editor's Note: An item from the
Feb. 5 issue of the Annapolis Evening Capital, Annapolis, Md., concerning
General H. W. LAWTON, for whom the city of Lawton was named, will be of
interest to Lawton and Fort Sill residents. Its publication was prompted by
the showing of the picture "Geronimo," which relates to the
history of General LAWTON. We are indebted to Mrs. Charles E. Montgomery,
809 A. Avenue, whose home was in Annapolis for the clipping.
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The history of an Annapolis family
is brought to life by the showing of the current moving picture, "Geronimo,"
now on the screen at the Circle Theater.
The fierce Apache chieftain, whose
cruelty to his enemies was notorious, realizing that the United States
cavalry was closing in on him, sent word that he would surrender to no one
but Captain Henry LAWTON.
It was the same Captain LAWTON, who
as General LAWTON, was killed in action in the Philippine Insureciton in
1899. His widow came to Annapolis to live and her two daughters married in
the naval service.
Frances Lawton became the wife of
Roy Gayhart, now a commander in the Construction Corps, and at present
stationed in the Philippines.
Louise Lawton, the second daughter
of General LAWTON wedded Oliver Bagby, who was himself killed in the line of
duty at the proving grounds of the navy at Dahlgren, Va.
Mrs. Lawton and Mrs. Bagby lived
together at 36 Murray Avenue until the death of the former in January, 1934.
She was buried beside her husband in Arlington cemetery.
Mrs. Bagby still remains a resident
of Annapolis. One of her sons, Oliver Bagby, Jr., graduated from the Naval
academy, and is now an Ensign--with the fleet on the Pacific Coast. Another
son, Henry Lawton Bagby, of Annapolis, has been made heir to a valuable
watch and chain presented to General LAWTON as a result of the "Geronimo"
incident.
The solid gold watch and huge solid
gold chain were presented to Captain LAWTON in appreciation of his services
to the then Territory of New Mexico. The watch contains the following
inscription: "Presented to Captain H. W. LAWTON, 4th U.S. Cavalry, by
the Cattlemen of Central New Mexico as a token of their appreciation of his
gallant service in the capture of the Apache Indian Chief Geronimo and his
band, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sept. 17th, 1886." Inscribed on the
links of the chain were the names of the various pioneers presenting
the gift.
Some say the picture "Geronimo"
leaves the impression that the Apache chief was slain. In fact he was not
and years afterward at the St. Louis Exposition was Exhibit "A".
There the famed but once cruel Apache told of his admiration and respect for
Henry LAWTON.
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