The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1906-07-05
THEIR DEATH STILL
REMAINS A MYSTERY
No Evidence Connecting Three WeIch
Young Men With Murder Of Ne
groes Monday Night. I

THE mystery Of the death q the
three negro boys found on Tie kasr
track near welch Tuesday morning
4 apparently as far from explanation
as ever TIE belief IS nov quite gen.
erai, both among railroad men and
Tie oflcers, that che BOYS were KILLED
and their bodies placed on the track
a hide tile murder but where they
were killed o. BY whom IS an lmpene'
trable mystery
The young men fron Weleh vito
were examined before Commissioners
Farrar Yesterday afternoon did Moth
ips towards clearing % the affair. II
they know anything about the death
of the boys they succeeded 10 conceal
Ing their knowledge Tive Of them,
Al A. Morgan and o. II. Coates, were
discharged after the investigation
there being no charge on which they
could be held VIII Leeki vho seems
=, have been Tire ringleadef, IS ~ laih
nnder ssa0 bond OH the charge q
introducing. Williams she meat
market man. Mho Leek said nlfed
him 20 burn his buIldlng Was alse
a .ehargsd. Il vas pretty conelas
iyelg prosed that he ala have an A..
rangement with Leek Coz he burn.
ms og the bgsgdlng hat as Leek did
not set afe 10 The place. There : w
der The Arkansas siatetes, ue crime
that can he made against Williams
Although there Is 30 tangible et.
denre connecting lanyone With the
crime still the haliei Is cults general
that the three boys we're Alllea either
ip Neich 81 not faf from There, and
that tlieig bodies sefe placed on the
track 10 ecnceal Use evlaence ot the
ne.me Ieek has admitted that hel
wcured some money from the boys hy
psetendiug 20 10 the night watch
man. and telling them that be would
nat arrest them # they would give
him shat mofss trey had From
eve well.known feeling q MeieH
aalnst ueerues. and from Tie further
fact thar there Is In that lesn ons q
the worst gangs of goane taagls ans
where in the cherokee nation. { s
surmlsed that IN attempting % fua
the negroes out Of town tire WEIGH
gang eommltisdfmuf5sT
The strongest os ldeuce IN favor e
the murder theory IS The fact that ne
blood Nas found on tie track Nhere
tie bodies we're run ever and cut I'll
pieces. and tie testimony q tie en-
elnesr ana aFemen and other mem.
beFs of the train crew that the bodies
were cold when taken oct from un-
der tie train. Of course 4 they r.
ally were cold andon this point TIE
testimony of the railroad men seems
70 T. positive that proves conclusive.
i that tie bots were not killed bf
the train
1t Is generally beloved. however
thar f murder was committed tie
fact cannot concealed long u q
was murder. there eefa evidently seg.
srai concerned Ia Il, aud sooner of lai.
or, unless the very unusual thing
happens something viii ffanspire
thai viii lead one Of tie RanE y
asqueal on MS partners 10 crime.
Meantime every clue g telnK FOL
lowed up. ard every eioFt is being
made 70 discover The facts y the
mysterious case.
Although Aastal Dafrough and
the Katy railroad both have men
working On tie mlst e r. Of The All
lnR of the lhFse negro boys Tuesday
nsaI wsleh. tie solution las net yet
hsen reached. 4 Katy detective vaS
elsssiea with Marshal nairough fof
5 ONE time thls morning, and he
agreed with the marshal thai the
bogs had been killed AID their bodies
plnesd on the track.