The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-08-01
SHOT BY
OFFICER BISHOP,
LOWE REsISTS ARREST.
And a Rough and Tumble Fight
Ensues Jeff Taylor Is Badly
Beaten by Friends OF
Negro Whom He Has IN
der Arrest Babe"
McNeal the Cause

About 1880 last night a negro named
Gus Lowe became too boisterous and
used improper language in the build
ing near che corner OF Second street
and oklahoma avenue where negro
church meeting and social was being
held.
jeff Taylor, the colored polieerza,
was sent for and placed Lowe under
arrest. Shortly after leaving the budd.
ing another negro. Babe" McNeai,
attempted to stick his oar in the pro.
ceediDgs by catching hold Of the
policeman aud was promptly knocked
in the head with the biiiy with enough
force to temporarily daze him and
make him lose his interest in the out
come
Lowe in the meantime had gotten
his lighting blood up and proved to be
more than Taylor could handle lie
caught hold OF the policeman's billy
with one hand and proceeded to do ex-
ecution with the other on the head
and face Of Taylor. By this time the
com batants were surrounded by
friends of Lowe ana we're assisting
him in reducing the features of Taylor
to pulp.
The colored guardian OF the peace
finding that he was getting decid-
edly the worst OF it, called for
help in no uncertain tones dis appeal
was heard and answered by Assistant
City Marshal Bishop who ran TO his
aid and commanded the crowd to stand
back. But the crowd was not there
for the purpose OF standing back and
the demohshing process OF Taylor's
features went merrilY on. Seeing
that some Of the contestants were be-
coming ugly, some OF them even
drawing their coats for the purpose OF
giving him him the same medicine as
his colored assistant was getting,
Bishop drew his revolver and charged
the com batants Reaching the midst of
the struggling mass Of humanity Bishop
brought his revolver down upon the
head OF Lowe, who dropped like a shot
and laid still feigning unconsciousness.
The concussion of the revolver upon
the head Of Lowe, however, discharged
the weapon and the bullet entered
the head of Cute" Ellis Brown,
fatally wounding him.
The crowd then scattered and Lowe,
seeing as he thought favorable op.
portunity TO escape, picked up his hat
and started to run. He was told TO
halt by Bishop but he only ran the
faster lie was captured about two
hours later however and taken to the
city hall by Taylor who had followed
him Ike a sleuth.hound.
The wounded man was picked up
and placed upon a cot on the porch of
the United States land Office and med.
ical attendance summoned. Dr. IL. l..
Smith was soon on the scene, but a
short examination convinced him that
the wounded man was beyond the
reach OF medical skill. The bullet
entered just above the temple on the
left side OF the head aud striking the
frontal bones Of the skull rebounded
back into the brain.
The wounded man fingered in
state OF uneonsciousness for some
time, but at 2:30 this morning was
dying, with no chance OF recovery
Jeif Taylor the colored policeman,
is badly bruised about the face and
head and shows the marks OF brass
knueks and hard fists plainly
it was but a short time after the
shooting until the city was a scene OF
excitement and the streets near whore
it occurred a surgiug mass Of angry
blacks, some OF whom were making
all kinds Of angry threats. They had
gained the impression that Brown had
been shot simply because he vas a
negro, and some Of them were ready
to wreak vengeance OF the direst
kind. Marshal Baxter ordered the