Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-19
THE SLAYER OF SACRA.
Milton 0vertOn Quietly Rides Into Potts
bOrO and Surrenders.
Further Light Thrown Upon the Latest Great
Tragedy in the Indian TerritOry-Wilson
Gives His Version.
MILTON ovERToN sURRENDERs.

PoTTsBoRo, TEX, Dec. lS.-To-day
at 10 o'clock three men came riding
quietly into town from the nation, and as
they were known personally, it was seen
they were Milton Overton, Charles Will
son and James Bounds. They went to
the telegraph office, and Overton dis
patched to Judge Parker at Fort Smith
that he was on his way there to surren-
der. He also dispatched to Sheriff May
at Sherman to meet him in Denison and
go with him to Fort Smith. They then
strolled around the town. OvertOn got 100
dollars from Reeves and Perkins and
gave his check on the bank for it. His
check book was bloody.
Your reporter interviewed them, but
found the facts as stated yesterday to be
true. Overton says Sacra rode up to
him and threw his arm around him and
tried to get his (Overton ,s) pistol and in
the scuffie for the pistol it went eff and
frightened the horses when both men
fell off to the ground, Sacra falling on
top. Overton in the struggle shot him
twice, once through the body and once
in the head. OvertOn IS Clothes and hat
were bloody. Charles Wilson was Il short
distance off and saw the difficulty. Hamp
Willis was helping to gather cattle but
was not in sight.
When the u O'Clock train arrived,
Bounds, Wilson and Overton got aboard,
accompanied by Constable W. c. Porter
of this place, who Will 90 with them to
Fort Smith.
Overton feels confident of being ac-
quilted as it was case of self defence,
but the courts may think otherwise.
ANXIOUS FOR JUSTICE.
Special to the Gazette.
SHERMAN, TEX. Dec. 1S.-Since the
news of the death of James Sacra ut Oak
land III the Indian Territory reached the
city and the return of his body to our city
for interment, all ears have been turned
in the direction of the scene of the trag-
edg, every one eager to learn that the
perpetrators of the deed had been cap
tured and brought to Justice. However
not Il ray of light was thrown on the sub
ject until to-day at noon when Holmes
Willis, well known and prominent citi-
zen of Willis ,Chickasaw nation arrived in
the city, coming by way of Gainesville.
MI. Willis states that he saw Milton
Overton and conversed with him at
Willis yesterday morning. Overton &C
krOwledges to the killing of Sacra, and
cIilulS lIldl Ht was JuSlllliDlt, WHICH, ItiSC
he can prove by the man Wilson, who
saw the killing, and the boy who is a
neighbor of Holmes Willis. Overton s
statement is that he and Wilson were out
hunting cattle and found two of his cat
tie i'll Sacra s pasture, and drove them
out into another enclosure. He and
Wilson then returned to make another
search in Sacra's pasture, and
were separated some distance, when
he met Sacra riding on horseback. The
latter rode up to him, cursing and swear
ing and asked him what he was doing
there. Overton explained to him about
the two cattle that he had found, and a
hot quarrel ensued. By this time Sacra,
who was unarmed, and had gotten i'll
reach OF OyertOn, made
A LUNGE AT OVERTON'S PISTOL,
which was in Il Scabbarn under his coat.
He gained a firm grip on the pistol, but
it caught in torn place i'll Over
toms coat lining ana discharged
once, but without doing any damage.
Overton caught the pistol with one hand :,
and wrenching it from Sacra' grasp fell
from his horse to the ground. As he fell
to the ground Sacra leaped from his
horse on TO him. 1t was then that Over
ton fired two or three well aimed shots at,
Sacar, each taking affect and killing him
Instantly. When Wilson heard the farst
shot he was near enough to see OvePton
fall from his horse, and thinking Jaat
Sacra had killed him started rapidly in
that direction, but before he eesffdi
reach the spot Overton had fired thaS
fatal shots and Sacra was dead. AS ~
fore stated Mr.. Willis says that sfis
nephew, the boy who was near by, sub
stimulates this statement.
After the killing Overton mounted his
horse and went home, a distance of eight
miles, and from there to Willis Postof-
fee, 4 distance of twenty miles, where
he arrived yesterday morning for the
purpose of consulting his friends as to
what course he should pursue. He wants
thorough investigation of the matter,
and will either come to Sherman and have
it done before United States Commits
,sipner Ricketts,, or Eill go to Fort Smith,