Beckham County, OK - Obits: Hiram baxley, 1917
13 Aug 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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BAXLEY, HIRAM
(8 Mar 1917, The Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Infuriated Bull Attacks Man.
Hiram Baxley, of near Sweetwater, was attacked in his pasture last Friday
by a mad bull, and received wounds that caused his death Friday night. 
Being very weak from an operation of few days previous, Mr. Baxley could
offer little resistance and it is thought that the bull had butted and
trampled his prey for about two hours before he was discovered by Mrs.
Baxley.  Mrs. Baxley offered heroic defense, with both a shot gun and
pitch fork, but her efforts failed to drive away the bull.  She succeeded,
however, in calling a neighbor who moved Mr. Baxley out of reach of the
bull.  Expert surgeons were called, but upon examination, pronounced his
injuries fatal.
The funeral services were conducted by the Masonic fraternity of
Sweetwater, of which order the deceased was a member, last Sunday
afternoon.