The herald., 1898-01-12

Simpson, two Indians of the Seminole
| tribe who were accused Of numbering
and outraging Mrs. Leard of Maud post
office. A special train load of armed
citizens has gone to Earlboro, ten miles
from Maud, and excitement is higher
than ever before known in the Indian
territory.
A PLAIN DENIAL
Another special to the News from We
woka, l. T.. says: Today United States
Commissioner w. r. Fears and Mr. F.
f. Wisdom, chief clerk to Indian Agent
Wisdom, accompanied by o. p Linn, the
national physician OF the Seminole ma
ton, went to the farm of Henry Taylor,
Seminole Indian, where the bodies of
Lincoln McGeisey and Palmer Simpson.
the two Seminole Indian boys who were
burned at the stake by mob, are buried
and opened the temporary grave where
the charred bodies were resting Only
the trunks of the bodies remained. The
legs and arms were entirely burned off
and their bodies were unrecognizable. A
common trace chain was around the
neck of each and secured by paddock
The chain was removed and brought
back to Wewoka. 1t Will be used as evi-
QSHCC III lIic lNcSllSdllbIl. SOII11nlS-
sioner Fears is thoroughly investigating
the matter. Mr.. Wisdom is here to re-
port what takes place to the interior de-
partment The report that the Indian,
are rising is wholly false and without
foundation.
ONE FAMILY DEAD
KANSAS CITY, Jan. ia special
to the Times from Shawnee, o. T., says:
The westbound train on the Choctaw
branch of the Frisco railroad today
brought to this city every woman and
child from Earlboro, town of 200 peo-
pie near the border Of the Seminole ma
ton. The burning at the stake of the
two Seminole half breeds for the murder
Of Mrs. Leard, and the violence Of the
mob in an attempt to secure others i'm
plicated, has so enraged the Indians that
they have banded together and are rid
ing over the country between Maud and
Wewoka in a wild rage, killing the
stock.
This morning between 2 and party
Of about twenty savages. half-breeds
and thugs, rode into neighborhood
eighteen miles southeast Of Earlboro
and began shooting through the doors
WlluOWS Va LAC llOu5c Va u Ifdn WIN
had recently come from Ohio.
Every person in the house Is reported
to have been killed. The people who
have come in on the train from Earlboro
say that about 10 o'clock a regular
pitched battle occurred and that three
families were killed. There is a general
uprising. Messengers have been sent
to the military station demanding imme
diate protection and aid. The people at
Maud have arranged wagons to take ths
women and children out of the country
under guard Of armed horsemen.
No names of the killed could be
learned and no particulars except as
gathered from the frightened people who
were running away. The train officials
say that there Is serious trouble and
some whites have been killed, but that
the stories of the people who are leav-
ing are probably exaggerated.
A DEPUTY'S REPORT
MUSKOGEE. 1T. Jan. 11.-United
States. Marshal Bennett received tel
egram tonight from one of his deputies
at Maud, Ok, in which the deputy gives
a report in circulation there that the
Seminole Indians are on the warpath
and that band of some 200 Indians has
massacred twenty five persons. Marshal
Bennett has made arrangements to de-
part in the morning for the scene Of the
reported uprising. He is very popular
with the Seminoles and hopes to be able
to quiet them.
NO TRUSTWORTHY NEWS
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Jan. 11-Gen-
eral alarm exists throughout the south
west tonight on account of the rumors
of a Seminole Indian outbreak which
have poured in from various parts of the
country since nightfall. The stories
vary from threatening war dances to
massacres in which score or more of
settlers are said to have lost their lives,
and it is not probable that the real state
of affairs will be known before tomor-
row. Since the burning Of the two In
dian murderers near Maud, Ok, last Fri
day the Seminoles have been greatly ex-
cited and trouble has been feared for
several days.