Obit of Scribner, Montie - McCurtain County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandie Welch  <sandiewe@verizon.net>    14 Sep 2008
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McCurtain County Local Newspaper: 1925

MONTIE SCRIBNER KILLED AT GLOVER BY WESLEY LUSTER

LAST SATURDAY -- FIGHT BEGAN OVER HORSE SHOE PITCHING GAME.

Montie Scribner was killed near Glover, Saturday, May 30, by Wesley 
Luster, 17-year-old boy, over a game of horse shoe pitching.  Luster 
was running from Scribner and shot back over his shoulder.  The ball 
entered Scribner's neck, severing the jugular vein and breaking his 
neck.

Luster was placed in jail, the preliminary trial was held at Idabel, 
Wednesday, with Paul C. Thorn, of this city, representing Luster.  He 
was acquitted.

Scribner, at one time, served a term in the penitentiary for robbing 
a store at Wright City.
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