McIntosh County OK -- 1925 Obituarie from the INDIAN JOURNAL

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OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES FROM THE EUFAULA INDIAN JOURNAL

Thursday January 1, 1925 J.L. ROGILLIO DEAD Prominent Merchant Here Died Friday, December 26. J. L. Rogillio, prominent Eufaula merchant, died at his home here Friday evening, Dec. 26th after an illness of ten days. 
Mr. Rogillio came from Mississippi to Eufaula in 1916, when he entered the mercantile business and soon became identified with the leading civic and commercial industries of the city. he was a member of the Masonic lodge and the Methodist church, a quiet, un-assuming man and a devoted christian. 
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church here Saturday afternoon by the Revs. Luther J. Waggoner and Will R. Smith. Burial was in the Eufaula cemetery. 
Besides his widow, deceased left one daughter and two grandchildren, Mrs. B. J. Mullins and children of this city to mourn his loss. 

Thursday January 8, 1925 N. C. WADDILL DEAD N. C. Waddill, for 20 years a resident of Eufaula, died at his home in the east part of the city Thursday afternoon after an illness extending over several years. Mr. Waddill was a printer by trade and for a number of years was an employee of the Indian Journal, but on account of failing health he gave up his position with the newspaper about ten years ago and spent the greater part of the remainder of his life soliciting for a Masonic newspaper and had just returned home a few days before the holidays to spend Christmas with his family when he was taken ill. 
He was well and favorably known throughout the state and a member of the Masonic lodge. 
Funeral arrangements have not been made at this writing. 
Besides his widow he leaves two children to mourn his going: Mrs. Virgil Winn of Morris and Albert Waddill of Springfield Illinois. 

Thursday January 8, 1925 NEGRO MAN KILLED IN FREE-FOR-ALL SUNDAY AFTERNOON Le Roy Kemp Makes Get Away Before Officers Are Notified of Trouble. In a free-fo-all fight among negroes in the southeast section of the city Sunday afternoon Le Roy Kemp shot and killed John Roberts and seriously wounded Sam Roberts, brother of the dead man. 
From the best information obtainable, a crowd had gathered at the home of Sam Kemp, a local police character, where there was much drinking taking place and a card and crap game was in progress, and in a dispute between Le Roy Kemp and the Roberts brothers over a card game, the racket started, and when the smoke of battle had cleared away one man was found to have been killed and another seriously wounded. 
Several hours elapsed between the hour of the killing and the time the matter was reported to the officers. In the meantime Kemp had made good his escape. The sheriff's force say they feel reasonably sure that they will be able to locate Kemp inside the next few days and bring him to justice. 

Thursday January 15, 1925 CHECOTAH WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH IN HER HOME TUESDAY Checotah, Jan 13 -- Mrs. Grace Griffith, 28 years old, was burned to death at her home four miles east of here at non today while preparing the noon meal. 
Mrs. Griffith ws pouring kerosene into the stove and her clothing became saturated with the oil because of a leak in the container.  
As she leaned over the stove to place a vessel above the fire, her clothing burst into flames, blinding her so that she was unable to escape. The house was ignited and in 15 minutes her body lay charred among the ashes of the home which was a total loss. 
Her three children ranging in age from 2 to 11 were playing in the yard at the time and were unable to assist their mother. Drew Griffith her husband was in Checotah at the time. 

Thursday January 22, 1925 GRANDMA MUSIC DEAD Grandma Music for more than 40 years a resident of this section of the state died at the ripe old age of 89 years at the home of her son-in-law, Will Coppic, about two miles northeast of the city, Monday and was buried in the city cemetery here Tuesday afternoon. Grandma, as she was known by all her friends, was a christian and spent the greater part of her life trying to make others happy and to make the community a better place to live by having come into it. The community sympathize with her loved ones in their hours of sorrow and sadness. 

Thursday February 5, 1925 JIM LONG KILLS EDGAR JAMES IN QUARREL OVER HORSE TRADE. Jim Long shot and killed Edgar James at Long's home about seven miles west of Eufaula early Friday night when the two entered into a pistol duel after quarreling over a horse trade. 
Long, who was placed in jail, said he shot and killed James after the latter had shot at him several times with a six shooter. There were no eyewitnesses to the fray. Neighbors say they heard several shots fired and that when they went to the Long home, James was found lying dead with his gun by his side with several loads having been fired out of the gun. Both parties to the affray are negroes. 

Thursday February 5, 1925 BOY, 6, KILLS DAD IN ACCIDENTAL SHOT Tragedy Enacted Here While Father and Neighbor Engaged in Swapping Guns. A towsled-headed boy of six years , lay sleeping peacefully on a divan at the Baptist hospital in Muskogee Friday night at 12:50 o'clock, while his father's spirit quietly slipped away. 
The little boy did not know that when he playfully pulled the trigger on his dad's pistol on the farm near Eufaula that he had fatally wounded his father. 
Ed Londigen, 35, the father, was attempting to trade guns with a neighbor, and had laid his weapon down on a dresser while both men examined the neighbor's gun. Young Ed picket it up and before the men realized what he was doing, pulled the trigger, the bullet taking effect in the father's abdomen. 
This happened abut 7 o'clock Friday night on the Londigen farm 5 miles west of Eufaula. Londigen writhed in agony for several minutes, begging to be killed to end the misery, before he was taken to Eufaula, where his wound was dressed and he was carried to Muskogee. 
Little Ed romped with his sister of 4 years for an hour or two and then both pulled up on divans in the waiting room at the hospital and slept, while Mrs. Londigen watched at the bedside of her husband until he passed away. 

Thursday April 9. 1925 FLAG COVERS BODY AND TAPS SOUNDED AS GUY HALL RESTS ...Lieutenant Guy B. Hall was laid in his last resting place in Greenhill cemetery Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock...Lieutenant Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hall, 802 Columbus avenue, was killed last Thursday at the Corry flying field at Pensacola, Fla., when his land plane fell 100 feet onto the landing field... 
Lieutenant Hall was well and favorably known in Eufaula, having lived here a short time a number of years ago. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Hall moved from this place to Muskogee last fall. he was a brother of Mrs. Ben F. Venator of this city. The citizens here extend sympathy to his heartbroken parents. 

Thursday April 16, 1925 SAM GRAYSON IS DEAD Widely Known Creek Died Monday at San Antonio - Was Brother of Former Chief. Sam Grayson 78 years old, who died Monday at his home in San Antonio Texas was buried in Eufaula Wednesday afternoon. Besides hundreds of life-long friends of this community who attended the funeral, there were over two hundred from Okmulgee, Muskogee and other points in Eastern Oklahoma, here for the burial ceremony. Rev. W. R. Smith conducted the funeral service at the home of the late Chief Washington Grayson Sr., brother of the deceased. The casket, with a large and beautiful assortment of flowers, the ceremonies by his old-time Indian friends, and the funeral services conducted by the Rev. Will R. Smith were very appropriate and beautiful indeed. 
Sam Grayson was a Creek Indian reared in this vicinity, and was one of the most widely and best known men of his race in Eastern Oklahoma. Highly educated and a splendid character, he was indeed a gentleman and a scholar. With his family he moved to San Antonio, Tex. some ten or Twelve years ago, and has made that city his home since. 
A few years back he suffered a stroke of paralysis and has been in poor health for the past several years. 
The survivors are: the widow, three daughters, Misses Jennie May and Myrtle and Mrs. Vinnie Hoppi, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Smith of Eufaula. 

Thursday May 14, 1925 MAN'S NECK BROKEN AS CAR OVERTURNS ON DIFFICULT CURVE Jim Voil, Former Stidham Man, Killed Instantly Saturday. Jim L. Voil, 35, garage owner at Cromwell, was instantly killed at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon when his automobile turned over on a sharp curve on the Jefferson highway near Checotah. 
Voil was speeding from Eufaula to Checotah to spent the night before returning to Cromwell Sunday. 
Witnesses estimated his car to be making 45 miles an hour as it rounded the first curve of the S-curve in the highway. One wheel slipped off the road, and the driver's efforts to steer back into the road caused the car to turn turtle four times. 
Voil's neck was broken, and when witnesses rushed to the car which had caught fire, he was dead. The car burned for an hour. The body was taken to Checotah and there was identified as that of Voil, well-known former Stidham man. 
Voil leaves a wife and four children, residing in Cromwell. When Voil's partner's wife telephoned the news to Mrs. Voil, she was almost prostrated, but said she would go to Checotah at once. 
The body was sent to Stidham for burial Sunday morning. Mr. Voil has some children buried there, and his wife said he told her to bury him there. 
Voil has been in the garage business for several years, and for some time worked in Muskogee as a mechanic, it is said. he and his partner established the Cromwell garage at the start of the oil boom there. 

Thursday May 28, 1925 BAD LIQUOR KILLS INDIAN YOUTH AND FARMER ARRESTED McIntosh County Farmer Is Arrested After Indian College Student Dies and Three Companions Made Ill. 
Darsey Harjo, Creek Indian college student, was found dead of poison whisky Monday morning, sitting at the steering wheel of his large automobile parked in front of his home near Salem. 
F. M. Brison, farmer of Salem, is in the McIntosh county jail accused of selling Harjo the liquor, charge with  . 
Evidence against Brison was given by Charley McKnoght another Creek youth, who was discovered unconscious in his bed. McKnight, whose father, Peter McKnight, is a step-father of Harjo positively identified Brison as the man selling them the whisky. 
Two other Creek students, Robert Thompson and Caesar Green, are ill from the effects of the liquor, according to County Attorney King. They had been taken to their home by Harjo. 
Arriving at his own home, Harjo was unable to go into the house. He remained in the car, evidently dying soon afterwards. 
Harjo and McKnight had just returned from the Nuyaka academy at Okmulgee, and Indian school. They were expecting to attend a "stomp dance" nearby Tuesday, where the Creek Indians are holding a reunion. 
After McKnight had become conscious and could talk, he gave officers the name of Brison. Deputy Sheriffs Robert Russell and E. M. Palmer, of Checotah, and Prosecuting Attorney King raided the farmer's home and put him under arrest. They found a half gallon of Whiskey on his property, they said. 
Attorney King will file the murder charge against the farmer and expects to launch a drive against bootleggers of that section of the county. 

Thursday May 28, 1925 R. R. DUVAL DEAD R. R. Duval of the Red Hill community and one of the old timers of that section dropped dead at his home Sunday. He had been in bad health for some time. Mr. Duval was born in St. Louis Mo. 73 years ago and his father is buried in the 400 block of that city. He was highly educated in the schools of Springfield and St. Louis, graduating at the age of 14. He was a member of the Baptist faith and was an exemplary citizen, loved and respected by his neighbors. He leaves a wife and five children as well as a host o friends to mourn his departure. He was buried in the Red Hill cemetery. 

Thursday May 28, 1925 JUDGE HARVE L. MELTON'S MOTHER DIES IN ILLINOIS, McAlester, Okla., May 27 - The duty of a judge to the public was held paramount. District Judge Harve Melton declared in curt Tuesday afternoon when he declared his intention to go on with the murder case against "Bill" Maloon, miner charged with killing Alex Lout last November. 
Judge Melton had recessed court suddenly on receipt of a death message announcing the passing of his mother. Soon he continued the herring and held a session lasting to midnight in an effort to clear the case by Wednesday night. He then departed for Illinois to attend the burial. 

Thursday June 11, 1925 C. O. WHITE DEAD C. O. White, for the past six years court reporter in the district clerk's office here, died suddenly at his home on Forrest Ave. abut 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. 
Mr. White was taken ill Sunday night, but was up Monday morning and started to his post at the court house, but not feeling very well he returned home and took to his bed. The nature of his illness was not thought to be serious and the news of his death early Tuesday evening was a terrible shock to the entire citizenship of the town. 
He was a splendid citizen, a 32 degree Mason, a Shriner and a member of the Presbyterian church. 
He was buried here Thursday morning with the Masonic Judge in charge of the funeral services which were conducted by the Rev. Will R. Smith. 
Claude Oneil White was born in Mrietta, Georgia, December 22, 1879 and died at his resident on Forrest Ave., Tuesday evening June 9th, 1925, survived by his mother, Mrs. Avo O. White and his sister, Mrs. Lucille Kelley. 
The entire community ws shocked and grieved at his untimely death and extends to his bereaved and invalid mother and his sister its deepest and tenderest sympathies. 

Thursday, June 11, 1925 W. A. PLUMMER DIES ON HIS FARM NEAR CHECOTAH The uncertainty of life was portrayed last week and the entire citizenship of Checotah shocked beyond measure last Friday morning when the news was passed from mouth to mouth that W. A. Plummer had passed away during the night at his country home west of that city. On Tuesday Mr. Plummer had driven to Checotah and apparently seemed to be in the best of health. In fact Thursday he performed a fair day's work at his farm and retired feeling fine. During the early hours Mrs. Plumer heard him making a noise in his sleep as though talking in his sleep and tried to arouse him. Failing in this she arose and lighted the lamp. At first glance she saw he was dying and rushed to the nearest neighbor abut 100 yards distance for assistance. Upon her return Mr. Plummer had crossed the great divide. Medical attention was hurriedly summoned but to no avail. 

Thursday June 25, 1925 MRS. MARGARET LAUTH DEAD Mrs. Margaret Lauth, wife of Christian Lauth, died at her home in this city Tuesday, June 23 at 5:30 o'clock and was buried here the following day, funeral services were held at the Catholic church by the Rev. Thomas R. Gorman, Death was due from Asthma-pneumnia. Mrs. Lauth was in her 8th year at the time of her death. She came to Eufaula with her husband from Kentucky several years ago and has made this city her home since. Besides her husband she leaves a daughter, Mrs. W. C. Metcalfe of Eufaula, to mourn her death. The members of the P. E. O. of which Mrs. Metcalfe is a member attended the funeral in a body besides the hundreds of friends who crowded into the little church to pay their last respects to the memory of the ne they hd learned to love so well. 
There were many beautiful floral offerings as evidence of esteem. The Journal joins all Eufaula in extending sincere sympathy to the heartbroken husband and daughter. 

Thursday June 25, 1925 FATHER OF H. B. PARRIS DEAD News was received here Thursday afternoon for our fellow townsman H. B. Parris telling of the death of his father, which occurred at Moreland Thursday morning. H. B. was at his father's bedside when the end came. 

Thursday July 16, 1925 AUTO ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL TO ROBERT WILLIAMS Car Turns Over, Effect from Which Youth Dies. Young Lady is Seriously Injured. An auto accident a few miles out of Holdenville Sunday afternoon proved fatal to Robert Williams, son of R. L. Williams, merchant of Vivian, a small village 7 miles west of Eufaula. 
Williams, in company with Harold Robertson, driver of the car, a young man named Baker, and four young ladies, Misses Woods, Boston, Laster and Baker were driving along the highway when it is reported that one of the wheels became locked, turning the car over several times. The Williams boy's spinal column was fractured and Miss Woods was lacerated abut the head and face. Both the injured persons were rushed to the hospital in Holdenville where they received medical aid. The Williams boy lived until about four o'clock Tuesday afternoon when he passed away. Miss Woods is reported ut of danger and resting easy. 
The automobile, a Chevrolet touring car, belonging to County Commissioner Tom Ayers, was badly wrecked. 
Funeral services of Robert Williams were held at the Methodist church in this city Thursday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Hammer. 

Thursday July 30, 1925 Mrs. Anna Kermode died at her home in the west part of the city here early Saturday morning at the ripe old age of 82 years. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Baptist church by the Rev. McFatridge.  
Mrs. Kermode left three children, all of this city, to mourn her death. They are Mrs. J. H. Beekham, Mrs. Beldon Day and W. K. Kermode. Deceased was a splendid christian character and made this community better by having lived here. The Journal joins the family's many Eufaula friends in sympathy. 

Thursday August 27, 1925 MRS. AMANDA WILEY DEAD Mrs. Amanda Wiley died in Arizona the latter part of last week and was buried in this city Tuesday afternoon. 
Mrs. Wiley was born and reared in this city. She was the daughter of J. F. Barns a pioneer of this county, and was well and favorably known by the entire citizenship. 
Besides her husband, Larman Wiley, and her father J. F. Barnes, deceased left a number of brothers and sisters to mourn her death. 

Thursday September 3, 1925 JOHN T. MCKEE DIES AT HOME OF SON IN THIS CITY John T. McKee 70 years old father of J. H. McKee died at the latter's home in Eufaula Monday after a short illness, and was buried here Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. E. A. Spiller of Checotah officiating. The deceased leaves a number of children to mourn his death. 

Thursday September 10, 1925 BERT RITTER CALLED TO ILLINOIS ON ACCOUNT OF FATHER'S DEATH Bert Ritter left Monday for Illinois after receiving a message telling of the death of his father. Mrs. Plock daughter of deceased and who had recently returned from Illinois remained home to take care of the Plock Company business during Mr. Ritter's absence. 

Thursday September 24, 1925 THE DEATH OF MR. ANDERSON JORDAN Anderson Jordon was born at McMinville, Tenn. August 4, 1866 and died September 15, 1925. He was 59 years, one month and 11 days of age. 
Mr. Jordon was united in marriage October 25, 1891 to Margaret Elizabeth Mullendore at Renfroe, Ala. To this union three children were born, two daughters and one son, son having died in infancy. Margaret Elizabeth Jordon died July 8, 1895. 
Mr. Jordon was united in mariage to Annie Hester Poe of Ragland, Ala. January 21, 1900. To this union 5 children were born, all of whom are living.  
Mr. Jordon came to Texas in 1901, first living at Alvarado, later moving to Venus, coming to Midlothian in 1905, living here up until the time of his death. 
Mr. Jordon joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in early manhood at Anniston, Ala. 
Mr. Jordon is survived by his wife and seven children: Gertrude, Charles, Jewel and J. B., all of Midlothian. Mrs. T. W. Cavender of Dallas, Mrs. W. A. Hussey and Mrs. Edmund E. Wells of Tulsa, Okla., his mother, Mrs. J. A. Jordon, and five sisters, Mrs. C. H. Glazner, Mrs. J. O. Davis, Mrs. M. E. McGuire, and Miss Ira Jordon, all of Eufaula, Okla., Mrs. A. N. Maumenee of Mobile Ala., and two brothers, J. B. Jordon of Eufaula and M. G. Jordon of Athens Texas and four grandchildren. - Midlethian News 

Thursday October 1, 1925 FREEMAN BURRELL ARRESTED CHARGED WITH KILLING MAN Freeman Burrell negro living Northeast of Rentiesville was arrested by County officers and placed in jail here this week charged with killing Judge Johnson another negro in a cotton patch near his home last week.... 

Thursday October 1, 1925 DEATH OF INEZ MELINDER At 2 a. m. on Tuesday September 28th, Royal Inez Melinder was called by the Grim Reaper. She had shortly returned from a party and after sitting on her mothers bed and relating the details of the little affair she bid her family good night and started for bed. She stopped at the bath to get a drink, and in the dark filled a glass containing formaldehyde which had been used as a disinfectant. She called her mother and said "Mother I have taken a drink and I'm burning up." Her mother rushed to her but she went into convulsions and died within twenty minutes in spite of the efforts of three doctors and a pull motor. Inez Melinder was a child of fifteen, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Melinder of Okemah but who formerly lived here. She was noted for her sweet disposition and amiable ways. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Father Morris of McAlester at the Catholic Church here on Thursday morning October 1st, and interment was made at the Catholic cemetery. The funeral was well attended and there were many beautiful floral tributes. Pall bearers were: Tom Porter, Ray Jordan, Marshall Foley, Arthur Foley, D. C. Whitaker and Max Rountree. A group of ten of Inez's little school mates were honorary pall bearers. The many friends of the surviving family who sonsits of a mother, father and brother are grief stricken over the terrible and sudden misfortune and have extended all their efforts to make the trials of her loved ones more bearable. 

Thursday October 22, 1925 CHECOTAH FARMER KILLS NEW COMER. Checotah, Oct. 17. - Steve Guinn is in the McIntosh county jail at Eufaula and Garfield Youngblood, a recent newcomer to Checotah from Arkansas lies dead in Checotah undertaking parlor following a drunken brawl at Guinn's home nine miles west of here last night..... 

Thursday October 29, 1925 MRS. R. B. BUFORD'S MOTHER DIES IN SHEFFIELD ALABAMA.  .A message was received here Thursday morning announcing the death of Mrs. T. L. Fossick, mother of Mrs. R. B. Buford of this city at her home in Sheffield Alabama.  Mrs. Fossick had often visited Eufaula and had many friends here.  Mrs. Buford left immediately for Sheffield to attend the funeral. 

Thursday November 5, 1925 CHURCH IS SCENE OF UNUSUAL CASE THAT COSTS LIFE McIntosh Count Man Misses Youth He Intended to Shoot; Bullet Kills Worshipper and Badly Injures Choir Singer; Caught After Thrilling Chase. 
Four men are held in the McIntosh county jail today charged with murder and with being accessories to murder as a result of one of the most exciting manhunts in the history of this section of the sate. 
Irving Tomlinson, 21 married, is dead, victim of a bullet intended for another, and Marie Foster, 18, is in serious condition, having been wounded by the same bullet that killed Tomlinson. 
The shot was fired by Dewey Borden, 22, who is said to have attempted to kill Paul Hamilton, 18 at a church at Oak Hill, four miles south of Hanna. It missed Hamilton struck Tomlison as he was seated by the side of his infant child in the church and after passing through his body it struck Miss Foster in the side of the head and then crashed into a window casing. Her condition was reported by physicians today as serious. 
Tom Austin, farmer living three miles south of Dustin with whom Borden left his horse on which he fled is in jail charged with being an accessory. "Shorty" Jones a negro, who is alleged to have delivered a note to Borden while he was fleeing, and William Leslie, a young Indian who drove Borden to the home of a relative six miles south west of Weletka also are held...... 

Thursday November 5, 1925 MILTON W. BROWN DEAD Milton W. Brown was born on December 10, 1848 at Newport, Pa. he departed this life on November 3, 1925 at Eufaula, Oklahoma aged 76 years 10 months and 24 days. 
He was married August 12, 1874 in Carlinville, Illinois to Miss Sue Uhl who survives him. Three children all living came to bless this union they are R. Uhl Brown, Eufaula, Okla., Mrs. Mabel Brodie, Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Leah C Hoke, Stilwater, Oklahoma. One grandson Ralph Edward Hoke also survives. 
Mr. Brown was of true pioneer spirit. He left his native state of Pennsylvania soon after the close of the Civil War and went to Kansas, the latter state then being in its earlier stages of development. he was a firm believer in law and order in his adopted state. The family lived in Kansas until 1891 when the move was made to the newly opened Oklahoma Territory, where they took up their residence on a claim near Oklahoma City. Another move was made to Eufaula in the fall of 1907, Mr. Brown's place of residence at the time of his death. 
Mr. Brown was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business while in Kansas, but followed the family profession after coming to Oklahoma. He took a great pride in his farm and farm operations and was also greatly interested i the agricultural development of both his immediate community and the entire state. The Brown farm two miles north of Eufaula on the Jefferson Highway is well known to all residents of this vicinity. 
A stroke of paralysis about a year ago stopped a vigorous and active life, but his spirit unconquerable, even unto the day of his death. 

Thursday, November 5, 1925 IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH R. PHILLIPS ....Joseph Ross Phillips was in his 51st year, having been born in Stonewall Indian Territory, October 21, 1874 and left this mundane shore Oct. 12, 1925. The greater part of his life was spent in the Indian Service the last nine years having been U.S. Field Clerk in various counties, with Atoka, Okmulgee and McAlester as residences...The out-of-town relatives and friends who attended the funeral were: harry H. Phillips, Tampa, Fla.. Tom Phillips Oklahoma City, Okla., John Phillips Chickasha, Geo. Phillips, Huntsville texas, Lehman B. Wilson, Harrison, Ark., Roland Bailey, Mr. Farver, Mr. Brney Muskogee, Harry Pollock, Louie Ann, Talihina Mrs. S. N. Terry, Shamrock, Okla., Mr. and Mrs. Gale Statelier, Ad., Mr. and Mrs. Cob and Mrs. Reynolds, Atoka, Mr. Dennison, Mr. Facial, Only, Okla., Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, Morris; Mr. and Mrs. Salesman, Mrs. W. L. Belt, Mrs. Smock Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Young, Mrs. Rennin, Mrs. R. L. Symposia, Mrs. McKinley, Mrs. H. B. Earnest Mrs. Harold Barnes, Mrs. Lee Stidham and Mike Stepcheck, of Eufaula. 

Thursday, November 12, 1925 SHOT TO DEATH, HUNT IS ON FOR COMPANION The third killing in this county in three weeks occurred Friday night when Joseph Anderson, negro was shot to death. Emmett Hood police character, better known as "Mountain Red" is being sought as the slayer....... 

Thursday December 3, 1925 CUTTING SCRAPE PROVES FATAL TO LEON KELLAM HERE Joe Whisenhunt Cherokee Indian Gives Self up to Officers and is Placed in Jail. In a fight a few miles east of Eufaula Saturday night Leon Kellam fisher and trapper who makes his home near the North Canadian river was stabbed in the right kidney the effects form which he died Tuesday night. Joe Whisenhunt Cherokee Indian gave himself up to the officers Wednesday and was placed in the county jail. From the best information the Journal was able to obtain Kellam, Whisenhunt, and several other parties engaged in a card game Saturday night, a dispute arose between the two men and a fist fight followed. Whisenhunt it is said claims that after the fist fight that he started for his home and was followed by Kellam who carried a club in his hand and in the second scrap he used his knife. Kellam was buried in Eufaula Wednesday. Whisenhunt will have his preliminary hearing here some time the coming week. 

Thursday December 17, 1925 MISS MAXINE WINSTON, S. M. U. FRESHMAN, DIES (Dallas News) Miss Maxine Winston, 17 years old, of Hanna, Okla., freshman at Southern Methodist University, died at 4:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at a local hospital, following an operation. 
She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Winston of hanna, and a sister, Mrs. C. R. Williams of Wetumka, Okla. The body was sent Thursday night to Wetumka, where burial will take place. 


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