The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-29
RESULTED IN BLOODSHED.
The Choctaw Feud Ends in a
Desperate Encounter.
\ BATTLE AT ANTLERs.
Doc LOcke's House Perforated with
Balls Like Sieve.
The Attack a Surprise to Everyone as All
Believed the Trouble Was
settled-The Killed and
Wounded.

PARIS, Texas, March 2S.-The Choctaw
feud has resulted in bloodshed. A
sharp and most desperate encounter took
place at Antlers at 2:30 this afternoon and
a thirty minutes storm of leaden hail fell
about the town. At that hour seventy
militianen suddenly deployed from the
woods and charged on the residence Of
Doc Locke, leader of the National party,
and opened fire. Locke saw them coming
and barely got into the when the fusilade
began. Locke with five men returned
the fire from the upper story.
Fully 1900 shots were fired, every window
was shot out and the walls were perfor-
ated like sieve. Stray bullets flew far
and wide. and terror and CONSERVATION
prevailed throughout the little town.
Everybody is uneasy and no one knew
who was safe, with four score and half
of drunken Indians armed to the teeth
and with the smell of blood in their nos
trils. The minutes seemed like hours,
and every heart went out to Locke, his
wife and little children in the house
which was being riddled by Winchester
balls
The attack was a surprise to everyone,
coming as it did, as all believed and hoped
the matter was settled or soon would be.
At daylight this morning the militia, I'M
der command of Captain Key Durant,
went to Locke's house and insisted upon
searching it. He was not at home, but
In the mountains in a camp about three
miles from town. After remaining in
town awhile they returned to their camp.
Word was conveyed to Locks, and in COM
pany with his son and eight others he
went home to see what had been done, as
H. ~,
He reached there about 10 CLOCK.
This morning United States Commits
soner Kirkpatrick, Assistant United
States Attorney Lee and Judge Durant
leading Jones man, went to the militia
camp at Davenport, three miles north of
Antlers, and had long consultation with
Captains Durant and Thompson and
Judge Dukes Jones leader. The gov
eminent officials explained to them the
position the United States occupied. If
Locke attacked Durant who was United
States deputy, Locke's entire party would
be held responsible in the United States
court for attacking him, and if they at
tackled Locke they would be held because
he had served the United States as
posse man and guard.
They wanted to know If they had a
process for any man Locke had. After
much dickering they said they had a
indicted for completely in killing Jones'
men at Wilburton last fall. They said they
wanted the others but had no papers for
them, and ii he was delivered to them it
would all be we'll. Everybody seemed
pleased and the militiamen were taking
! things easy and no one suspected any
spirit of war. The party returned to
| Antlers, arriving there at 2 o'clock. a
meeting was had with Locke at which the
United States commissioner at Antlers
was present. Locke prepared a written
proposition to Captain Durant, setting
forth the same facts in regard to the laws
| of the CboctaW nation as announced in his
ultimatum yesterday, and said in the in
terest OF all concerned and to prevent fur
| ther trouble, if the militia would have
the warrant legally issued by proper pro-
cess he would assist in every way in the
arrest of such offenders.
The party started for the militia camp
at D. M, accompanied by Judge Durant.
They had gone about 300 yards when they
met an advancing party of twenty, VINO
had picked up two of Locke
scouts and disarmed them. This
party was headed by Judge Duke s
Indians. Effort was made to talk with
him by United States Commissioner Glib
hear them. They asked him to wait for the
arrival of Captain Thompson who was
commanding the militia, Captain Durant
having been called away. Duke would
do nothing but dashed down the road al
the head of the militia, away they
went right up to Locke's house.
Locke asked them to allow his
wife and children and two men
in the Methodist parsonage time to
get out OF the way. The report OF Win
chesters was the only reply. Mrs. Locke
went out of her house into the street and
denounced Duke ana his followers as
cowardly, brutal murderers, and crossed
! to the parsonage to assure Mr.. Hall and
his wife that they (Lockes) would not
fire upon their house, behind which the
attacking party had taken refuge. Mean
while Captain Thompson came up and, in
company with Commissioner Gibbons,
went to his men and begged them to stop
| firing.
They went to Locke's house while twas
still receiving a leaden hail, and while
Gibbons stood outside and commanded
the peace, Thompson assured himself that
no man wanted by the militia was har-
bored by Locke. His men then ceased
firing. Kirkpatrick and Lee telegraphed
to Marshal DIckerson at Paris to send a
strong force, as they had warrants for the
militia. After a parley the militia left
town and went one mile north OF town
! into camp.
Many of the militiamen refused to par
ticipate in the attack, saying they did not
understand it to be their duty to make
war on women and children. Great IN
easiness prevails in Antlers tonight, and
serious trouble is feared. The savage
blood of the Indians is thoroughly
aroused, and years will not see the end OF
the bloody feud
A survey was then made of the field.
In Locke's house three men were found
wounded. Mack Hill was shot through
the shoulder, the wound is painful, but
not necessarily dangerous. John Worces-
ter and Solomon Homer shot in the head,
serious wounds. OF the militia Solomon
Baviste was shot through the arm and in
the side, and is mortally wounded. Three
Others had flesh wounds. Locke's little
daughter had her hair cut by a bullet as
she was going upstairs with a baby in her
arms. A ball passed through Locke hat
and his sons arm was grazed.
1t is said the children were shot at as
they endeavored to go from the residence
to the cabin in the yard. After looking
over the place it seems almost miracle
that one of the family came out alive.
Warrants were issued at once for large
number OF the militia and late in the
afternoon Gibbons, Kirkpatrick and
Judge Durant went to the militia camp
and arrested G. w. Duke and eighteen
others and brought them here tonight.
MODELLING YOUNG LADIES.