Obit of Beatty, Floyd - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell <wpurc25758@aol.com>   05 Aug 2007
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::White Rose Cemetery--Reydon OK

Surnames: Beatty

Originally posted at:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/7112

Floyd Beatty, 20 year old, who was shot Tuesday afternoon by Charlie 
Williams, 60 years old, in an argument over a cow near their homes in 
Capitol Hill died at the University hospital at 3 o'clock Sunday 
morning.  Beatty had signed his dying statement in the presence of 
Mont R. Powell, assistant county attorney, his sister-in-law and a 
newspaper man, in which he declared Williams shot him in the back 
after he started to run away from him.

The statement follows:

"I, Floyd Beatty, being of a clear mind and realizing that I am about 
to die and believing there is no hope of recovery wish to make the 
following voluntary statement.

"Mr. Williams was coming west on the street south of G street.  I was 
going north on Shartel.  He told me "I've got your cow, you've got to 
pay me a dollar to get her."  I told him he had enough already 
without charging me another dollar.  He called me a _____________and 
said. 'You better go home.'  I started on home, then he shot me in 
the back side I started to run then he said, ''I've got you now 

________run.'

"I had a small piece of two-by-four in my hand about as big as half a 
brick.  I picked it up before I saw Mr. Williams.  I had no reason to 
pick it up.  I did not know I was going to see Mr. Williams when I 
picked it up.  I didn't try to do any thing to Mr. Williams.  He 
didn't have any reason to shoot me."

Following the shooting Williams surrendered to officers.  A charge of 
assault with intent to kill was filed the day after the shooting in 
the court of Leo B. White, justice of the peace.  Williams was 
arraigned before White and entered a plea of not guilty and was 
released on $5,000. bond.

When Williams learned Sunday morning that the boy had died at the 
hospital he went voluntarily to the county jail and submitted to 
imprisonment.

Forrest L. Hughes, county attorney, when he filed the assault with 
intent to kill  charge in White's court, said that in case the boy 
died the charge would immediately be changed to one of murder.  The 
murder charge had not been filed by Hughes early Monday morning.

Little hope was held out for the recovery of Beatty after he was 
taken to the hospital authorities called the county attorney's office 
and told Mont R. Powell that the boy was dying.

The body was taken to Rankin, Oklahoma for burial in White Rose 
Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.

Elk City Daily News, Elk City, OK
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