Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-12-17
THE NEWS FROM TAHLEoUAH
Council Doing Practically Moth
ing "A Few General Notes.
TAmLEquAn, /. r., Dec. 12,

TAHLEaUAH, /. T., Dec. ~, '0l.
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
Bufhn gton, of Delaware, Starr, of
Sequoyah, and Cookson, besides
a 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
couhcil. 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 lack of quo
rum. The council worked on the
school appropriation bill yesterday
but adjourned over Today until
Monday.
THE CHEROKEE COMMISSION
has been in session off and on all
week except Thursday. No addi-
tonal price has been offered by the
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 us
why nobody knows. But they
conjecture that it is to stand of the
sale year or two. The Chero-
kee side of the commission ask
SO. an acre aud the U. 5. offer
sl.32 aud 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 a detec-
tive. A report came here that a
wagon load Of whiskey was in the
neighborhood 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
following information. The two
men stopped at his house to stay
over night, and they were
to occupy the mont room. About
8 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 Is or 20 pistol shots in rapid
succession just outside Of the yard.
After the shooting was oyer the
judge said that he vent out to the
yard fence and could see nothing
out what he took to be two dead
men lying in the road about &c
yards of. He did not choose to %
to them and went back in the house
and went 10 bed. lie did moi
know that the men had gone out
of the room until he heard the
shooting One Of them had gone
out in his shirt sleeves and with
out his hat ahd the other had slip
ped on bis boots without his socks
Mr.. John Roach was also shot IL
the arm but it is not known wheth
er he was with the mob who die
the killing or happened to be pass
ing by and received the wound ac
cidentally. a posse Of maFshal'
vent out and brought him in town
to-day.
Poorboy was we'll and iayorably
known here In Tahlequab. 1t il
reported that Whitehead belonged
to fraudulent detective associa-
tion. His sister and her husband
happened 70 be passing through
here from Sloan and accidentally
heard Of bim being dead. They
took him back to siloam for burial,