Obit of Stewart, W.H. - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 6 Jan 2005 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Stewart Originally Posted At: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5850 Saturday anout 4 p.m. the body of W.H. Stewart was found hanging to a tree by Ben Moody about 7 miles northwest of Cheyenne. Word was brought in town at once and Justice Casady as corner and the sheriff and County Attorney went to the scene of the tragedy. A coroner's jury was summoned consisting D.A. Koontz, J.R. Butler, B. Turner, T.J. Smith, H.E. Burnet and J.E. Hooten, and witnesses were sworn and testified before them. It appears that the deceased was last seen early Saturday morning by George Parker, whose place he went to borrow a saddle. Mr. Parker was unable to lend him a saddle and he rode away bareback carrying a rope in front of him saying that he was going to town. About 4 p.m. Ben Moody found the body not far from the road running between section 28 and 33-14-24. Several other parties soon arrived. Upon examination the body was found to be cold and stiff. Underneath the body horse tracks were found and no other tracks of any kind. The rope was tied about the neck and to a limb of a tree, and the feet were up about a foot from the ground. From the apperance of the body and from the evidence it is supposed that he tied the rope about his neck and around the tree and drove the horse from under him about 9:00 Saturday morning. The horse with bridle on, was found a half mile away about 2:00 that afternoon. The jury found that he came to his death by hanging inflicted upon himself with suicide intent. No motive for suicide was shown except some petty finincial trouble. He was 56 years of age, and he leaves a wife and seven children, some of whom have families. He is buried in Cheyenne Cemetery. Sunbeam Star, Cheyenne, OK 6-Jun-1905 republished Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 6-Jan-2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html