Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-12-17
THE NEWS FROM TAHLRouAH
Council Doing Practically Moth
ing "A Few General Notes.
TAHLnquAn, |. r.. Dec. -, '0l.

TAHLrouAn, l. r.. Dec. ~, '9l.
But little has been done in
council this week as nearly every
body is sick. Grip struck the
town Saturday and Sunday with
force almost sufficient to break up
the council, Chiefs Mayes and
Chambers both being victims, 1t
also has its clutches upon Senators
Burlington, Of Delaware, Starr, Of
Sequoyah, and Cookson, besides
number Of the members of the
lower house. Both houses on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
worked on the school and general
appropriation bills, and on claims
to per capita. This Is all that has
been done. The chief and assis-
tant both being sick were not able
to send any special messages to
council. On Thursday both houses
adjourned on account Of the death
Of Hon. Henry Chambers, assistant
CHIEF,
Yesterday and to-day the senate
adjourned for the laek OF quo
rum. The council worked on the
school appropriation bill yesterday
but adjourned over to-day until
Monday.
THE CHEROKEE COMMISSION
has been in session off and on All
week except Thursday. No addi-
honal price has been offered by thr
U. S. The prevailing opinion
here is that no trade will be made.
Some say that it will be. Judge
McAtee, the attorney for the Strip
Association is staying with u.s.
why nobody knows. But they
conjecture that is to stand Of the
sale a year or two. The Chero-
kee side Of the commission ask
So. an acre and the U. 5. offer
S1.32 and a fraction.
TWO MARsHALs KILLED.
News reached here Wednesday
morning to the effect that two men
were lying dead in the road
in front Of Judge shirley's house
on Barren fork. That evening
they were hauled into town and
were identified as being Josiah
Poorboy, a Cherokee. and a man
named Whitehead who claimed
before leaving here to be detec-
tive. A report came here that a
wagon load Of whiskey was in the
peighhorhood of Judge Shirley's
and these men went out to capture
it They stayed that night at the
judges house and to-day that gen
tleman was interviewed by your
correspondent and obtained the
Information. The two
men stopped at his house to stay 1
over night, and they were |
to occupy the front room. About /
3 O'Clock, after the old gentleman !
and his wife, who were the only /
other persons at the house, had /
gone to bed in a back room, they /
heard 15 or 20 pistol shots in rapid +
succession just outside of the yard. /
After the shooting was over the
Judge said that he went out to the
yard fence and could see nothing
but what he took to be two dead
men lying in the road about 80
yards off. lie did not choose to 90
% them and went back in the house
md went to bed He did not
know that the men had gone out
IF the room until he heard the
One Of them had gone
,ut in his shirt sleeves and with
,ut his hat AID the other had slip
1ed on his boots without his socks.
Mr.. John Roach was also shot in
he arm but it is not known wheth-
r he was with the mob who did
he killing or happened to be pass
ng by and received the wound ac-
.identaily. A posse Of marshals
vent out and brought him in town
o-day.
Poorboy was well and favorably
Snown here here Ia Tahleqnah Itis
eported that Whitehead belonged
o a fraudulent detective ass0cia-
ion. His sister and her husband
to be passing through
lere from Sloan aud accidentally
leard Of him being dead. They
ook him back to Sloan for burial.