The record-union., 1898-01-12
Are AVenging the Work Of the Mob
of White Men
Who on Friday Last Burned Two of Their
TrIbeSmen at the Stake.
Reported to Have Already Massa-
cred Twenty-Five Men, Women
and ChiIdren-Special Trains
Bearing Armed Volunteers and
Deputy Marshals En- Route to
the Scene.

SOUTH McALESTER q. ID, Jan.
ia telegram received here at GAO
o'clock this evening by the train dis
patcher of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and
Gulf Railroad, states that a band Of
$50 Seminole Indians are on the war
path, and are leaving behind them
trail of blood.
The telegram was sent by the railroad
station agent at Eastboro. The brief
information conveyed was that the
Seminoles were avenging. the work Of
the mob of white men that burned two
Seminole Indians at the stake on Fri
day last, and that the Infatuated Semi
noles had already nassacred twenty
five men, women and children.
The station agent gave the additional
information that sthe bands started
from a point six miles south of Earl
boro, with the avowed intention of set
ting fire to Trumseys and killing all
whom they met, and the Indians were
reported to have changed their course,
and were at the time of the sending of
the message going toward Earlboro.
The receipt of this startling Informal
ton has created intense excitement in
South McAlester. Federal Judges
Springer, Thomas and Townsend, who
are in the city, are anxiously awaiting
further news. Scores of people here
who have relatives and friends at Earl
boro are besieging the telegraph office
for news, but the agent has either left
Earlboro station to gather further m
formation, or perhaps has been slam
or driven to seek shelter If the Earl
boro agent cannot be soon reached by
IL 4nF,o fpnFg
here at midnight bound for the scene
OF. the reported massacre, under orders
from Judge Springer. and having on
board all the available Deputy Mar
shals under command Of Captain
Grady. while the Secretary of War will
De asked to order troops from Fort
Reno.
The general offices OF the Choctaw,
Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad have or
dered out a special train from Shaw
nee bearing volunteers armed with
Winchesters 10 intercept the Indians at
Earlboro and prevent further blood
shed.
THE REPORT CONFIRMED.
WICHITA CKan), Jan. ia special
to the Eagle from Shawnee, o. T.,
says:
The train from the east tonight
brought to this city a cargo containing
every woman and child of Erlboro. The
passengers confirm previous reports.
and say a pitched battle between the
Indians and settlers took place this
afternoon near Maud Postoffice. result
ing in the wiping out of several fami-
lies.
A later dispatch from Shawnee says:
A message calling for men and arms
has just been received from Earlbcro,
a town of about 100 inhabitants nine
miles east Of here, saying that nearly
500 Indians have declared vengeance
on the town. and are moving toward
that place, declaring they will burn the
place.
Grave fears are entertained for the
safety of the settlers on the border.
special train was made up here, and
100 men well armed left for the scene
The trouble was caused by the farmers
for burning two Indians who ravished
and murdered Mrs. Leard last week.
The whole country is aroused.
A REIGN OF TERROR.
GUTHRIE 20. To. Jan. n-Deputy
Narshals arriving here from Maud re-
port reign of terror in that section Of
the Territory. following the recent
lynching of two Seminole Indians
which has provoked the Seminoles to
threaten vengeance. A dozen families
are reported TO have left their farms
in the vicinity of Maud. One Deputy
brings a report that two white men
were captured by Seminole bucks yes
terday and put to the thumb torture.
United States Marshal Thompson re-
ceived Instructions to-day to send
the border Of Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory to cooperate with the Indian
Territory officials in quelling their
threatened outbreak.
BY way of El Reno, T. r. additional
particulars have been received of the
first outbreak. The refugees from the
disturbed region reported in earlier dis
patches from Shawnee had that place
in panic stricken condition. and were
unable to give names Of any coherent
story OF the uprising, but ii is gathered
. that the first attack came Indian fash
ion in the night. when the houses of four
or five families were stealthily sur
rounded and fired into until their occu-
pants were all killed. after which the
dwellings, were fired and left TO burn TO
the ground, with all the dead inside. 1t
does not. as yet. appear that the IN
dams used the scalping knife upon their
victims
The fugitives were in a truly pitiaoie
condition. half frantic or half dazed, so
much so that it has so far been impos-
sible to get a connected narrative of the
bloody tragedy from which they have
fed
EIGHT FAMILIES KILLED.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. ia special 70
4he sTimes' from Shawnee. .. T., says:
The westbound train on the Choctaw
branch Of the Frisco Railroad to-day
brought TO this city every woman ana
child from Earlboro. a town of 200 peo-
ME. near the border Of the Seminole Ma
fion. The burning at the stake Of the
two Seminole half breeds for the muir
der Of Mrs Leard and the violence OF
tho mob in an attempt to secure others
implicated. has so enraged the indians
+rat they have banded together and are
.Sa;nq over the country between Maud
and Wewoka in a wild rage. killing the
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