Beckham County, OK - Deaths: George W. Teel, 1910
Friday, 30 January 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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TEEL, GEORGE W.
(3 Nov 1910, Thursday, Elk City Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
GEO. W. TEEL SHOT TO DEATH
A great many people here will remember a character who formerly lived in
Elk City named Geo. W. Teel.  He was familiarly known as "Mex."  His
principal avocation while in this city was gambling and bootlegging.
On Friday last Teel was shot to death by the Marshal of Cordell.  As near
as the Democrat can get at the facts, the marshal attempted to search
"Mex" for a bottle of whisky.  Teel went for his gun, but the marshal was
the quickest and reached his gun first and killed Teel.
It is reported to the Democrat that the killing has created some
excitement at Cordell, and that the marshal is in jail.
Teel is supposed to be a Mexican and passed as such while here but those
who profess to know say that he was a mixture of Negro, Indian and
Mexican.
(Nov 1910, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
G. W. "MACK" TEAL KILLED.
Conflicting Reports Regarding the Details of the Affair.
Last Saturday G. W. Teal was shot and instantly killed by Page Nelson,
city marshall at Cordell.  There are many conflicting reports regarding
the killing but the most reliable of these is to the effect that while
returning with a bunch of horses from a convict camp near Cordell where
Teal had been acting as overseer (himself a convict) was requested by
Nelson to undergo a search.  Mack at once pulled back his coat to show
that he had "nothing on him," and Nelson shot him through.
Nelson was immediately arrested by the sheriff of Washita county, who was
a witness.

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