Some 1022 Obituaries - McIntosh County OK ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Ron & Elaine Long ronglong@chickasaw.com ==================================================================== 1922 Obituaries from the Eufaula Indian Journal OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES FROM THE EUFAULA INDIAN JOURNAL Thursday January 5, 1922 GEO. L SAMPSON FALLS FROM OIL DERRICK; IS KILLED IN TEXAS Well Known McIntosh County Man Meets Death at Mexia, Texas. George Sampson, 22 years old, born and reared a few miles northeast of Eufaula, was instantly killed when he fell from an oil derrick at Mexia, Texas Tuesday afternoon. News by telegraph of the young man's death reached Eufaula Wednesday afternoon. J. H. McKee, brother-in-law of deceased, caught the evening train for Mexia and is expected to arrive home with the body the latter part of this week. Young Sampson volunteered and was a soldier for Uncle Sam in the world war. Besides his brother and sister, Joe Sampson of Cathay, with whom deceased has made his home since returning from the war, and Mrs. J. H. McKee, he leaves an uncle, J. W. Sampson, deputy sheriff of the county, and a number of cousins, among whom is N. C. Sampson, proprietor of the Model Clothing company of this city. The body. . . will arrive in Eufaula this afternoon over the M. K. & T. railway and funeral services will be held Tomorrow (Friday afternoon) at 1;30 o'clock from the home of Joe Sampson near Cathay. Thursday January 12, 1922 O. L. CLARK DEAD Prominent Eufaula Banker buried here Monday. The funeral of Otis Leonard Clark, vice president of the Eufaula National bank who died Sunday morning at 6 o'clock in the Baptist hospital at Muskogee after an illness of several months, took place from the First Methodist church South, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial was in the city cemetery. Mr. Clark was removed to the hospital three weeks ago. He was taken ill last November. he was 28 years of age and leaves a widow, Mrs. Neva Clark, daughter of Judge and Mrs. John W. Robertson of this city, to whom he was married the 17th of may 1921. The deceased was born near Ft. Smith where his father, George W. Clark still resides. He leaves four brothers, L. C. Clark cashier of the Eufaula national bank, L. L. Clark of Tulsa, james L. Clark of Hackett, and George W. Clark of this city.. . The pall bearers were honorary: R. L. Simpson, W.G. Morhart, D. B. Whybark, Walter Fears, Pete Houston and Morris Fears; active E. F. Saltsman, Ray Jordan, Tom Young, Bert Ritter, J. J. Taylor and Mike Stepenheck. Thursday January 12, 1922 J. A. Greenhaw. Mellette, Okla. Our community is in mourning on account of having lost one of its best citizens, father and husband in the person of J. A. Greenhaw, who departed this life Dec 17, 1921. He leaves a wife and six children, brother, sister and a host of friends and relatives to mourn his loss. . . Thursday January 19, 1922 Mrs. Nannie Bailey Dead Mrs Nannie Bailey died at the Tully hotel of which her daughter, Miss may Bailey is the proprietress in this city Tuesday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock. Mrs Bailey came here with her daughter from Metropolis, Illinois something like two years ago and has made Eufaula her home since. She was taken ill almost ten days ago and a few days later developed pneumonia, gradually growing weaker until the end came Tuesday afternoon, and while living in Eufaula only a short while she had made a large number of friends who administered to her with loving care during her illness. Funeral services were held at the Plock Undertaking parlors Wednesday evening by the Rev. Haskell hammer and her remains were shipped to her old home in Metropolis, Illinois accompanied by her two children, Ramond and Miss May Bailey of this city. Thursday January 26, 1922 Mother of Charley Blackwell Dies in Vinita, Okla. The following account of the death of mrs. William Blackwell, mother of Charley Blackwell of this city, is taken from the Vinita Journal of Jan. 24th: OBITUARY Miss Emma Taylor was born in South Carolina, August 22nd, 1946(sic), moving with the family to St. Francis county, Mo., while a child, she was united in marriage to William M. Blackwell in 1867. To this union were born ten children, six boys and four girls, six of whom are living, five boys and one girl. Mrs. Belle Cutter of Joplin, Mo., who is sick with pneumonia and unable to attend the funeral and J. E. Blackwell, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, Al H. Blackwell of this city, C. L. Blackwell of Bixby, Okla., T. J. Blackwell of Bixby, Okla., all of whom are here for the funeral, also a brother, John H. Taylor of Afton, Okla., and Dr. C B. Taylor of Carthage, Mo., are left to mourn her loss, her husband having preceded her in death Feb 4, 1921. Mrs. Blackwell was a member of the Baptist church for many years. . . Death came in a moment, without pain or suffering, Sunday morning at 8 o'clock aged 75 years 5 months. Funeral from the home of Al Blackwell 321 West South Ave. at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, Rev. W. Howard Thomlinson conducting the services. Interment in Fairview cemetery. Thursday February 2, 1922 JOHN SELLERS KILLED SATURDAY Two Traveling Men Are Held in County jail Charged With Murder. John Sellers, 28 years of age, son of Alex Sellers, proprietor of the Sellers hotel in this city, was shot five times here Saturday afternoon after an argument with Walter and Charles Dodd, traveling men of Ada, Okla., who were stopping at the hotel at the time. Three of the 38 caliber bullets took effect in the abdomen and two in the arm. Sellers died Sunday morning about noon. The Dodd brothers, who are fruit tree salesmen, are now in the county jail here. Walter did the shooting, according to witnesses Walter attempted to escape after the shooting and was found under the counter in the Dunlap Brothers store by searching officers. His brother did not attempt to escape. The argument started Friday night, according to Alex Sellers, when the Dodd brothers imbibed freely of corn whisky and became disorderly. Young Sellers told them that they would have to be quiet or leave the hotel. Saturday the quarrel was re-opened when Charles Dodd and Sellers met in the hall of the hotel. Dodd became angry and Sellers told him to leave whereupon Walter Dodd came up with his revolver and the shooting followed. . . The funeral of John Sellers took place at the Methodist church here Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. J. D. Cunningham and the Rev. W. R. Smith being in charge of the service. he was buried in Greenhill cemetery beside his mother. . . Young Sellers leaves a wife and two small children to and three years old. In addition to his father and sister, Miss Mary, a second sister, Idell, attends school at Metropolis, Ill. Thursday February 2, 1922 LIVED IN EUFAULA 46 YEARS -- IS DEAD Abe Lambereton Kite, for 46 years a resident of Eufaula and the oldest white resident of this part of the country, died here early this morning. he was 66 years old. The funeral will take place tomorrow and interment will be in the family burying place near the town. Mr. Kite was born in Ohio. he has been for many years engaged in the cattle and hide business here. He is known mostly for his adherence to the principles of the democratic party, of which he has always been a strong advocate. The dead man leaves a wife and four children. His wife is a daughter of Losto Williams, Creek Baptist minister of Eufaula. He has one brother, Charlie Kite, living at Pueblo, Colo. The children are Edna, Lucy, Lee Cruce and Charley. Mr Kite died as a result of heart trouble. he was ill for a number of weeks. Thursday February 9, 1922 COL. W. A. COLLIER DIES OF APOPLEXY Veteran McIntosh County Attorney Expires Suddenly in Checotah. Colonel William A. Collier, county attorney of McIntosh county, died very suddenly in Checotah Wednesday evening about 9 o'clock while conversing with friends at the LaFayette hotel in that city. The Colonel had just completed a hard day's work in court and seemed to be in the best of health. It was while sitting in the lobby of the hotel and without warning he toppled over dead. Colonel Collier had made Eufaula his home since the beginning of statehood. He is survived by his wife and two children, a son, William A. Collier jr., and a daughter, Miss Ruth Collier, who is attending school in St. Louis. He is also survived by two children by a former wife at Clanton, Alabama. He had served on the supreme court bench of the state as judge in the court of appeals and as attorney for the state board of pardons and paroles and was a veteran of the late Civil and Spanish American wars. he was 78 years of age. As the Journal goes to press Thursday noon, funeral arrangements had not been made, but it is understood that he will be buried in Eufaula either Friday or Saturday. Thursday February 23, 1922 UNKNOWN NEGRO KILLED BY TRAIN Falls from Freight in Local Yards and Dies Without Regaining Consciousness. An unknown negro man who was beating his way on a freight train fell while the train was in motion here Friday about noon and had both of his legs cut off and received a severe wound to the head. He died late in the afternoon without ever regaining consciousness. Thursday March 2, 1922 F. F. SALTSMAN DEAD Father of E. F. Saltsman of Eufaula Dies in Birmingham. New of the death of F. F. Saltsman of Birmingham, Alabama was received in Eufaula Monday. Mr. Saltsman was the father of our fellow townsman E. F. Saltsman. Mr. Saltsman was 76 years of age, and had been in declining health for some time and his death was not altogether unexpected. E. F. Saltsman of this city visited his father in Birmingham in January and was informed at that time by the attending physician that his father would not live long. Mr. Saltsman had often visited in Eufaula and was well known here where he made a large circle of friends. Eufaula citizens sympathize with mr. Saltsman of this city and Frank Saltsman of Haileyville, to two surviving sons of the deceased in the death of their father. Thursday March 2, 1922 IN MEMORIUM Martha M. Hopkins, nee Roberts, was born Jan. 31, 1836 and died at the home of her son, William Hopkins, Vivian, Okla., Feb. 15th, 1922, aged 86 years and 15 days. She was married to Edmond Hopkins in 1854 and was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal church South in 1857. She was the mother of twelve children, eleven of them living and she had 91 grandchildren and great grand children now living. . . She rests in our beautiful Greenhill cemetery and awaits the coming of her King. Thursday March 9, 1922 B. H. Singleton Dies in Missouri. B. H. Singleton, who with his wife spent the fall and winter in Eufaula the guests of their son, Dr. and Mrs. Singleton in the east part of the city, died at Shelbyville, Mo., Wednesday. Dr. Singleton caught the afternoon train for Shelbyville to be present at the funeral of his father. Dr. Singleton is expected home the first of next week. Thursday March 16, 1922 Little Billie Burl McKee Burned to Death. The hearts of the citizens of Eufaula were saddened here Friday when the news spread over the city that little Billie Burl McKee the two year old baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McKee, while playing around a fire under a wash pot on the place was burned to death. The family were at the dinner table when the little fellow slipped out of the house and went too near the fire that caused his death. Mr. McKee remarked that he smelled rags burring and left the table to investigate the matter, when to his great surprise in opening the door leading to the back of the house he found the child on the door steps with his clothes burned off of him. He died two hours later. Services were held at the home Saturday afternoon where the Rev. J. D. Cunningham of the Methodist church preached the funeral sermon, and the little body was laid to rest in the city cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. McKee have the heart-felt sympathy of the citizens throughout the county in their hour of sadness. Thursday March 30, 1922 GUN BATTLE IN ROAD IS FATAL FOR 'BAD MAN' Advances on Officer With Barking Pistol When Told to Surrender. In a pistol duel on a highway a mile south and three-quarters of a mile east of Hitchita Monday night, Jim Rose, a deputy sheriff, killed Roy McCullough, aged 28, of Richardville. the deputy was searching for McCullough on complaint of Eastman Richard, wealthy Creek Indian, who alleged that earlier in the evening and in the neighborhood where McCullough was shot dead, McCullough had fired on him without effect as Richard was being driven in a motor car. Rose started to search for McCullough in an automobile driven by Bill Sessions and accompanied by Carl Freeman. He says when they overtook McCullough the latter was about 30 yards from the car. Rose called to him and says he recognized McCullough's voice when the latter replied. McCullough inquired as to Rose's identity and when told, Rose says he started towards the automobile in which the officer was seated and threatened to kill him. As he started towards the car he began firing. One bullet went through a door of the car but missed the men. Rose got out of the car and opened fire on McCullough who kept advancing. He says he called upon him to surrender but McCullough refused. Rose estimates McCullough fired on him at least six times. Rose replied twice. A bullet, Rose believes it was the first he fired, struck McCullough under the collar bone. He died in the roadside seven minutes later. According to the local authorities McCullough had frequently been in trouble. At the time of his death a case was pending against him wherein he was charged with stealing and cashing a check for $153. He served several jail sentences, it is alleged. Rose has been a deputy sheriff for the past eight years. McCullough is the second man he has killed. Following the shooting Rose telephoned to Sheriff M. B. Moore at Eufaula who immediately preceded to the scene to make an investigation. The opinion prevails that Rose was justified in shooting and that nothing will be done about the case. Thursday April 13, 1922 ONAPA FARMER DIES FROM EXPOSURE John Brasher, will Known Farmer, Found Dying in a Field Saturday Morning. Checotah April 10 -- Early Saturday morning neighbors found the body of John Brasher apparently dead, lying in a field not 300 yards from his home. Medical attention was immediately summoned but within an hour he passed away. Mr. Brasher was a well known farmer residing two miles west of Onapa near Deep Fork. During Friday night according to reports, he in company with a couple of other men were enjoying the evening with a gallon of corn whisky. He is supposed to have started for home, but the effects of the liquor evidently got the best of him, falling in the field where he was found the next morning. A Coroner's inquest was held at the scene Saturday morning and their verdict was death from exposure. Deceased is survived by a wife and five children and several brothers. Funeral services were held Sunday interment following at Greenlawn cemetery. Thursday April 27, 1922 Bury Turley Baby in Eufaula The 10-months' old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Turley, formerly of this city but now living at Warner, was buried here Friday afternoon. The Child died at the home of it's grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Turley of this place, having been brought here from Warner to receive medical attention. The parents have the sympathy of the community. Thursday April 27, 1922 Walter Brashears died her Tuesday Night. Walter Brashears, oldest son of Mrs. Nellie Benson, died at the home of his mother in this city Tuesday night, and was buried the following day in the Eufaula cemetery. Brashears, who was between 35 and 40 years of age, had been in failing health for some time, but Thursday of last week he had a very sever hemorrhage that sent him t bed, of which he was never able to leave. he was born and reared in and around this city and had a host of friends who extend sympathy to his mother and other relatives here. Thursday June 1, 1922 Edna May Boone Dead Edna May Boone, daughter of Imy R. Bone and Isa Belle Boone, died at their home a few miles east of Hanna Saturday night at 9"30. The body was interred at the Hillabee Cemetery monday may 29th. She is survived by her father, mother and three sisters and a host of friends and relatives who mown her loss. She had been in failing health for several months, but was a patient sufferer. Her cheerful disposition and great love of home peculiarly endeared her to the entire household. She was held in high esteem by the entire community. . . Thursday June 22, 1922 Hanna Lady Dies in Muskogee Hospital. mrs. B. F. Rushing, wife of Dr. Rushing of Hanna, died in a hospital in Muskogee Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Rushing had been in bad health for some time. Besides her husband, the deceased leaves six children to mourn her death. She was buried at Hanna Wednesday. Thursday July 27, 1922 PIONEER DOCTOR IS CALLED HOME Dr. Vance, Former Head of State medical Association Dies Here. After nearly a half-century of usefulness in the practice of medicine, twenty years of which he spent in Checotah. Dr. Bascum james Vance died a the p. and S. Hospital, Muskogee, at 2 o'clock Thursday morning. Pneumonia, developing out of an old illness of a year's standing, resulted in the death of the pioneer physician. Dr. Vance was at one time president of the Oklahoma Medical Sociey and was given active work in this association and in medical affairs in McIntosh county. Born in Boone county Ark., 69 years ago, Dr. Vance received his medical education in Vandrbilt University and Chicago Polyclinic. he practiced in Arkansas for many years, but removed to Checotah twenty years ago. he at one assumed a position of prominence in the north McIntosh county town, and was widely known in masonic circles as well as in civic matters. Dr. Vance is survived by Mrs. Vance and seven children, who re: H. M. Vance, Tahlequah, Okla.; Mrs. Lee Kirby, Harrison Ark.; J. M. Vance, Muskogee; Mrs. Walter Hensley, Mrs Waldo mcIntosh and mrs. Hugh Gladden, Checotah; mrs. Tom Reed, Austin, Texas. The body of Dr Vance was carried to Checotah Friday afternoon and was accompanied by those of his children who wee with him in Muskogee when death came. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon in Checotah under the auspices of the masonic lodge. Thursday August 10, 1922 PAY TRIBUTE TO DEPARTED ONES. Federal Court Bar Holds Memorial Services for Jackson and Collier. Muskogee, Aug. 7 -- Members of the bar of eastern Oklahoma in federal Judge R. L. Williams' court today paid tribute to the memory of the late Clifford L. Jackson, general attorney for the Katy railroad in Oklahoma and Judge W. A. Collier of Eufaula who have passed away the past year or so. . . Jackson, who was born at Dayton O., November 28, 1857 and who died at his home in this city on April 14, 1921 . . . Judge Collier was born at Hampton, Va., August 18, 1838, and died at Checotah, February 8, 1922. . . Collier was a Confederate naval officer during the Civil war, and accepted a commission from President McKinley as a naval officer during the Spanish-American war. He came from Alabama to Indian Territory in 1906. In 1915 he was appointed by Governor Williams, now Judge Williams, as a member of the supreme court commission. He was afterwards county attorney of mcIntosh county and a delegate to the Baltimore convention in 1912 which nominated Woodrow Wilson. . . Judge Collier was past 70 when he pulled up stakes in Alabama and came to Indian Territory. . . Thursday August 24, 1922 Mrs. Nellie Benson Dead. Mrs. Nellie Benson, a pioneer resident of Eufaula, died a her home in the west part of the city Wednesday night, of heart failure. Mrs. Benson had been failing in health the past year or so, principally due to her advanced age, and had only last week gotten up from a week or more confinement to her bed. Last week she made two or three visits to friends in the country and spent last Sunday at the big Indian association meeting out at West Eufaula Indian church. She seemed to be greatly refreshed and improved by these visits, and on Wednesday was feeling perfectly well and cheerful. Some time after midnight Wednesday night her son, Andrew got up to get a drink of water, and called to his mother thinking she might also want a drink, but got no answer and he then lighted a lamp and found her dead. Death came during her sleep. Mrs. Benson had lived in Eufaula for probably a third of a century and was loved by her many friends for her kind and sympathizing heart to all whom she could be of help in sickness or health. . . a large family of children by two marriages, nearly all of whom reside in Eufaula. . . Mrs Benson was preceded in death by her eldest son, Walter Brashears early this spring. Funeral services were conducted at the family home Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by Rev. W. R. Smith and Rev. J. C. Cunningham, attended by a large crowd of loving friends. Interment was in Eufaula cemetery. . . . Thursday August 31, 1922 NEGRO SHOOTING ENDS IN DEATH OF JESSIE JACKSON Turner Payne, Now In jail Says He Shot in Self-Defense. In a Shooting scrape among negroes here early Sunday morning Jessie Jackson, was shot through the body, receiving wounds from which he died the following morning. Turner Payne, another negro was arrested at his home a few hours later by Chief of Police Jim Rushing and Night Policeman J. H. Waddle. Payne admitted shooting Jackson, but says he did so in self-defense. According to the officers who made the arrest, Jackson has been out of the city for the past week, and when he returned home early Sunday morning unexpectedly and knocked on his door for admittance by his mistress, a negro woman who goes by the name of Fannie Jackson, and not receiving a response to his knocking, Jackson went to the back door. At the same time he met Payne coming out of the house in his night clothes. Payne fired one shot from a 5 caliber revolver, the bullet taking effect in Jackson's body. A 38 automatic gun was found on Jackson after he fell. Payne who is now confined in the county jail claims that the dead man fired at him first and that he shot in self-defense. Payne's preliminary trial will come up before Justice of the peace Chapman Saturday. Thursday September 7, 1922 HITCHITA MAN IS KILLED IN FAMILY ROW HERE SATURDAY Henry Marsh Out on Parole for Murder, Is Killed By Son-in-Law. Henry Marsh, who killed his sister-in-law several years ago, and who was out of the penitentiary on parole, was himself shot and killed by his son-in-law, Jessie Wright, a mere youth in his twenties, at the home of Marsh's near Hitchita in this county Saturday afternoon. Marsh is said to have been drinking heavily and was attempting to strike Mrs. marsh and Mrs. Wright, wife and daughter of deceased, with a two by four scantling when young Wright attempted to stop him. Wright was chased into the house by marsh who turned on the defendant. Wright seized a gun and warned the man no to come nearer. Failing to stop marsh by warning, Wright says he fired in self-defense and in the defense of his wife and mother-in-law. Marsh expired in a few minutes after being fired upon. Young Wright's preliminary hearing will come up before Justice of the Peace A. E. Chapman in this city Friday afternoon. He is represented by Jno. W. Robertson and E. E. Ammons. Thursday September 14, 1922 BILL SCHOLL SHOT TO DEATH IN FIGHT OVER WATER HOLE Farmer's bullet Severs Spinal Cord of Cattleman -- Gun User is Lodged in Jail. Bill Scholl wanted to use the water hole for his cattle. Bert Best wanted to use it for domestic purposes. They quarreled Thursday. The quarrel was renewed on Friday. Best shot Scholl to death, the pistol bullet severing Scholl's spinal cord. The tragedy occurred 18 miles west of Eufaula in the Red Hill district. Best, arrested by Deputy Sheriff Arthur Kirkpatrick was lodged in jail here Friday. The water hole was located on a section line and Best and his son were placing a fence around it when the fatal argument ensued with Scholl, a cattleman. Best is a farmer. Thursday September 21, 1922 THEY PLAY INDIAN AND BOY, 7, KILLS AN ELDER BROTHER 12-Year-Old Checotah Lad Dies in Hospital After Afternoon's Sport. Alfred and Coy Combs were playing Indian at their Checotah home Saturday afternoon. Alfred was only seven and the smaller so he was given the gun. But alfred took the game too seriously, however, and pressed upon the trigger, blowing a large hole in the abdomen of his brother. Coy died in the Muskogee general hospital Saturday night. Coy who was 12 years old, was rushed to Muskogee in an ambulance. The boys are the sons of Charles Combs a mechanic. They had been going to school all week, and were celebrating the Saturday holiday with a few extra frills on their sports when the accident occurred. The gun had been left loaded in the house, and the smaller boy found it. The shell contained fine bird shot, but they took effect from such a short distance that a gaping hole was blown in the boy's body. He died shortly after Dr. Pat Fite had operated upon him. Thursday September 28, 1922 TURLEY SURRENDERS AFTER DEATH OF FRANK GOODSON Eufaula Citizen Held on Charge of Killing Garage Keeper in Dispute Over Bill. Following the death late Thursday night of Frank Goodson aged 37, of this city, Walter Turley, a resident here, surrendered to Sheriff M. B. Moore and is being held here on a charge of murder. Goodson died in the Oklahoma Baptist hospital a few hours after he was carried there Thursday night for an operation. He was found in his garage on main street in Eufaula on last Tuesday afternoon in an unconscious condition. He never regained consciousness to tell how he was injured. According to information the Eufaula officers profess to have, Turley and Goodson became engaged in an argument over repair charges Goodson held against Turley's automobile which was in Goodson's garage. G oodson claimed $35 charges and is said to have told Turley he could not have the car until he paid the claim. A fight followed and Goodson is reported to have been knocked down. Turley drove off with his car, according to reports. Goodson was buried here Friday afternoon. He leaves a wife and two small children. . . As we go to press Thursday noon. Walter Turley has been held for murder at his preliminary trial before Justice of the Peace A. E. Chapman. Thursday September 28, 1922 Louis Deere Dead Louis Deere, a prominent and well-known Indian, died at his home about four miles west of Eufaula on Tuesday morning, Sept. 26th at three o’clock. Mr Deere was born in McIntosh county and has spent all of his 46 years of life in and around Eufaula. He has been ill for several months, since the death of his wife in the early spring. He never had any children of his own but reared and educated four orphans. Thursday October 19, 1922 OBITUARY On the first day of October, 1922 our hearts were made sad by the death of our beloved friend and sister in Christ, Mrs. Eva Reaves, wife of Joe Reaves, daughter of mr. and Mrs. H. G. Williams. She was born August 24, 1898. She professed faith in Christ eight years ago, united with the Baptist church at Deere's Chapel and lived a devout christian life unit her death. she leaves at her death to mourn her departure a companion, Joe Reaves, a Babe one year old, a father and mother, several sisters and brothers, and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were conducted by her pastor Rev. J. H. Hammer of Eufaula. The deceased was laid to rest in the Lenna cemetery October 2, 1922. . . Thursday October 19, 1922 LITTLE GIRL MEETS DEATH BY PLAYMATE Maggie Izella Collins, 7 Years Old Victim of Dickie Garrison's Desire to "Play Soldier". Checotah Okla., October, 19 -- Death again spread its blanket of horror over a group of Checotah families early last night when little Maggie Izella Collins 7 years old was shot to death by Dickie Garrison, her baby playmate. The tragedy was the second of its kind within a month here, and the little girl was the third child to be accidentally shot to death in less than a year. The little girl died almost instantly when the full charge from a shotgun struck fair in the face, entirely tearing away a side of her head. One hand -- thrown up in a futile attempt to protect her face -- also was blown away. Details of the shooting still were vague today as parents of the children and police officers investigated. Other children, however agreed that Dickie Garrison 7-year-old son of a neighbor held the gun when the fatal shot was fired. Maggie Izella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Collins was playing with her small brother and sister, Dickie Garrison, and other children, when she was fatally shot. For an hour she had romped about the home of her parents in the east side of Checotah when one of the children discoed the shot gun. "Let's play soldier or robber or something' -- " one of the children was said to have shouted. The group made a rush toward the shot gun. According to the playmates, Dickie secured the gun and aimed it at the little girl. "I am going to shoot --" he laughed according to reports. As he spoke, leveled the gun -- believed to be empty -- and tugged at the trigger. . . The Collins family had lived in Checotah less than a week when the tragedy occurred. They came here from Brush Hill, and Will Collins, the father, was away from home when the shooting occurred. Collins is employed by a pipe line company and was stationed at Quinton. The body was taken in charge by J. P. Powers, undertaker, and was removed from the house before the mother regained consciousness. Funeral services were held this afternoon. Thursday October 26, 1922 SECOND DEATH IN GUN BATTLE Father of Man Held in Jail for Killing Checotah Man, Dies of Wound. J. S. Rose, victim of the triangular gun battle staged 10 miles east of checotah Monday afternoon, died Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock at a Muskogee hospital after a futile attempt to save his life by operation. Rose and his son, J. S. jr., in a row with Henry Largent, a Checotah garage owner, over the ownership of a hog, opened fire on the latter, according to reports and Largent was killed by a revolver bullet. The senior Rose was carried to Muskogee Monday night with a bullet lodged in his abdomen. An operation was performed Monday night. He never rallied. Several perforations were made in his abdomen by the bullets according to hospital authorities. Rose's body was sent by Street Eicholtz Undertaking Company to Checotah for burial. The younger Rose who is held in McIntosh county jail, contends that he used a shotgun in the battle. Largent was killed from the bullet from a revolver. Thursday November 2, 1922 ONAPA FARMER RUNS FOR HORSES AND IS KILLED BY TRUCK Grant Mullins, Onapa Farmer, Dashes in Front of Motor After Team. Grant Mullins, a farmer, 37 years old, was instantly killed by a two ton truck as he dashed from the store of J. A. Cannon at Onapa, near Checotah, in an effort to stop his runaway team at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning. The truck which was driven by Guy Shockley of Eufaula passed over Mullins' head and body, fracturing practically every bone from his waist up. The driver stopped the truck within a space of 20 feet, according to witnesses, and was the first to reach the lifeless form of Mullins. He notified his employer, E. W. Lyman, of Eufaula, who operates a daily freight motor line from Eufaula to Muskogee, and an ambulance was sent from Eufaula for the body. Mullins, who lives near Rock Ford, on the North Canadian river, about ten miles from Onapa, is survived by a wife and two small children. "He had just stopped his team across the road and came in the store to make a purchase," said Cannon, the storekeeper. "He took a quarter from his pocketbook and started to hand it to me when he heard the truck coming and saw his team start to run. "He dashed from the store, and knowing the truck was so near, in an effort to stop his team and stepped from the porch directly in the path of the truck." The store at Onapa having been built long before the present highway, is close to the road; the narrow porch extending into the edge of the gravel. . . Funeral services were held in Eufaula Wednesday and the body was buried at Onapa. Lyman it is said, is paying all funeral expenses. . . . Thursday November 16, 1922 AGED FARMER IS BLINDED, MANGLED BY AN EXPLOSION P. White, 70 Year-Old Farmer, Living Near Hanna, is Seriously Injured. P. White, aged 70, a farmer living near Hanna, was seriously injured by the premature explosion of a stick of dynamite with which he was removing a stump Monday. His right arm was so badly shattered that amputation was necessary, his eyesight was destroyed, and his body was lacerated. he is in a critical condition, and on account of his advanced age his recovery is doubtful. Thursday November 23, 1922 FORMER McINTOSH COUNT LAWYER DEAD AT OKEMAH James A. Morris, Well Known in Eufaula, Commits Suicide. Okemah, Nov. 21 -- The story of a pistol duel fought at Wicheville, Ark., nearly 50 years ago, was told here today for the first time after the body of James A. Morris, 72-year-old attorney, was found on the floor of his office with a bullet through the heart. Morris, who had practiced law in Kingfisher, Hanna and other places in Oklahoma, had made careful preparation for his own death. A handkerchief was bound around his eyes, a cloth was tied under his chin and the clothing in which he asked to be was laid out on a table. On his desk had been laid a copy of his will in which he provided that all his personal property should be left to the masonic lodge in Okemah. In his will, dated November 19, Morris asked that his body be buried near the center of a lot owned by him in the local cemetery, "in a plain box made of dressed, hard pine lumber without paint, varnish or cloth covering, and I do not wish any funeral services nor other ceremonies." Although friends declare that Morris' funds were at low ebb they can only assign one motive for his suicide. They tell how many years ago, Morris shot and killed a man at Wicherville. The victim, they said, was known as the "town tough" and their pistol duel was fought in the presence of a large number of witnesses. Morris was never prosecuted, for it was established that he had shot in self defense. But the thought that he had killed a man preyed unceasingly on his mind. Morris was well known in Eufaula, having made hanna, in this county, his home for a number of years, up to a short time ago when he moved to Okemah. December 14, 1922 GHOULS LEAVE CORPSE AFTER GRUESOME ACT Apparently Searching for Wealth Reported Buried With Remains. Hanna Okla., Dec. 12 -- There was no peace in death for R. E. Barehead, wealthy Indian whose soul ascended to the bosom of the Great Father three months ago. The body was lowered to rest in a small private burial plot two miles east of hanna. All the simple rites and observations of an aboriginal but Godfearing people were carried out, including the placing of a few coins of small denomination in the casket, along with such personal trinkets as were most dear to the heart of the dead man. . . . over the countryside in the loafing places of the small communities, spread the tale of the burial of the Indian whose worldly wealth was a by-word in the community. . .Wednesday night of this week came. The sentinel elms and oaks above the grave of R. E. Barehead wee the only witnesses, but when the morning sun cast its cheery rays over the earth next morning, the handiwork of man's passion was apparent. The grave had been opened, the body, grotesque in its drapery of loose garments, lay exposed amid the debris of the shattered casket. And the small coins -- the pitiable little tokens of the Indian's indifference to wealth -- were gone! There is no clue to the ghouls who invaded the sacred precincts of the dead. . . . Thursday December 21, 1922 GAMBLER GOES TO DEATH, WINS BET AGAINST REAPER Dying Gambler in Final Game Plays Alone with Mystic Ghost and Wins Wager That He Will Die as He had Lived. From a lone farm home in the Canadian bottom several miles east of Hanna comes a dramatic story of how "Big Jack" Walker bet with Death, and Death lost. It was there on Tuesday night that Jackson Walker, a bachelor of three score years and seven who came west from Kentucky in the wild years log before statehood, died "as he had lived." Always a unique character, he mingled freely in the stormy society of an epic age, but with the exception of an inordinate lure that gambling held for him, his faults were few and he was a generous friend. As he lay with the icy dew of death upon his brow he piteously entreated the assembled friends who had gathered with him around many a midnight gambling table in the past for a last game together. but, hardened gamblers though some of them had been in their by-gone years, they tearfully hesitated in the solemnity of the fatal hour. "Then, " exclaimed the dying man, "Death and I shall play to the end." The ruling passion of a lifetime still held undisputed dominion. They gave him his well-worn deck of cards. "I'll wager you, Death, ten dollars that you take me this time." I'll make it twenty dollars that you escape me." Death was talking. Walker explained in delirium. Outside the wintry wind moaned through the cedars, but only the ticking of a clock, tolling the last fleeting seconds of an ebbing life, stirred the sepulchral silence within. Soon the silence was broken by an almost inarticulate whisper -- "Death does take me and I win!" The clock struck the midnight hour just as the veteran gambler lifted the mystic curtain and peered through the pale portal of shades, his last great gamble done. Thursday December 21, 1922 TOM GRAY PHONES FOR OFFICERS AND IS PLACED IN JAIL Fight Among Indians at Richardville May Prove Fatal to Tyola McIntosh. In a fight at Richardville, an Indian village about 15 miles northwest of Eufaula in this county, Tuesday night, between Tyola McIntosh and Tom Gray, both Indians, mcIntosh received wounds about the head from a six shooter in the hands of Gray that will probably prove fatal. Gray claims that McIntosh entered the house in which he was staying with a 38 caliber gun in his hand, and with the words "I am going to kill you, " fired two shots point blank at him, and in the struggle that followed Gray managed to get control of the gun, beating the other man into unconsciousness. McIntosh's skull is said to have been fractured in several places and Dr. Watkins of Checotah who rushed the wounded man to the hospital in Muskogee, holds out little hope for his recovery. After the trouble Gray immediately phoned Sheriff Moore of Eufaula and told him to come and get him. Deputy Bob Russell of Checotah went out to Richardville and brought Fray to this city where he we placed in the county jail. Thursday December 28, 1922 YOUTH SLAYS MAN IN FIGHT OVER DAUGHTER Parent Charged Girl Had Been Enticed from Home Into Bad Company. Two killings marked the holiday season in McIntosh county. Dude Duncan, aged 23, is in jail charged with killing John Day, aged 66, while Duncan's companion Clarence Doyle, is held in jail pending an investigation. Hart Orton, a constable, is in jail charged with killing George Archer, a neighbor. Day was killed at the Canadian river bridge near Stidham Sunday afternoon. Archer was killed Saturday night at Orton's home four miles east of Cathay. According to Sheriff M. B. Moore, Earl Turner, a friend of Duncan and Doyle, took three girls, including Day's 18-year-old daughter, Myrtle, on an outing. Duncan and Doyle later joined them. The Day girl's father took exceptions to his daughter's company and trailed the party. Upon finding them he remonstrated with her, and alleged the boys had enticed her from home into evil. A quarrel with the boys followed. Friends of Duncan allege that Day drew a revolver on Doyle, charging Doyle enticed his daughter from home. Duncan alleges he fired in defense of Doyle. Duncan surrendered and Doyle was later taken into custody by Sheriff Moore. The difficulty between Orton and Archer is said to have had its inception at a neighborhood Christmas tree celebration on Friday night when Orton is alleged to have drawn a pistol on Archer's brother-in-law. Sheriff Moore is authority for the statement that the evidence appears to indicate that Archer was decoped to Orton's home and shot four times with a 32 caliber pistol. Orton came to Eufaula and surrendered. [Top of Page]