Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Dewey Miles McMillan, 1922
22 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MC MILLAN, DEWEY MILES
(2 Mar 1922, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
TRAIN KILLED YOUNG MAN NEAR DOXEY
A young man, who was afterwards found to be Dewey Miles McMillan, of Fort
Worth, Texas, was killed about a mile east of Doxey by a Rock Island
freight train at 3 o'clock Friday morning.
The mutilated body was brought to Elk City to the undertaking parlors of
Grubitz & son.  The names "Dewey McMillan, Dennison, Texas" was found in a
note book in the young man's pocket, also an army identification tag
bearing the name "Chatwick", which was supposed to be the young man's
name.  A telegram was sent to Dewey McMillan, Dennison, Texas, but no such
person was found there; however a sister living there, learned of the
telegram and got into connection with the father at Fort Worth, Texas, who
wired for a description of the young man.  Confident that it was his son,
he in company with another son living at Paoli, Okla., came to Elk City
and identified the body as his son.
The body was sent to Paoli, Okla., Sunday for burial.
Young McMillan who was twenty-two years old had been working in the
elevator at Shamrock and presumably had started back home.  He leaves a
father, three brothers and a sister to mourn his untimely death.
(2 Mar 1922, Thursday, Erick Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Young Man Killed By Train
Word was received in Erick Monday, stating that a young man, by the name
of McMillan, was killed, Thursday night, by a Rock Island train, near
Doxey, Oklahoma.
It is reported that he was stealing a ride and how the accident happened
will never be known.  He wore an army badge which proved not to be his and
in his pockets a note book was found which contained three names and
addresses.  The authorities wired each of these and received a telegram,
Saturday, from his parents, of Ft. Worth, Texas, stating that they would
come after the body immediately.  They identified the body as that of
their son and same was shipped to Ft. Worth for burial.
This is a sad death and should be a warning to all our young boys who
desire to roam that the safest and sureist way is on the cushions.

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