Semi-weekly herald., 1908-11-19
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

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persons were killed and ten others
wounded yesterday afternoon in
fight between Jim Deckard. negro
desperate. and local officers
The dead are: Edgar Robinson.
sheriff of Okmulgee county; Henry
Klaber, assistant chief of police Ok
mulgee. Two negroes, brothers. nam
ed Chapman, and Jim Deckard, a ne
gro.
The wounded are: Steve Grayson.
an Indian boy. fatally; Vic Farr. chief
of police, shot through shoulder; a
deputy sheriff. whose name could not
be learned. arm broken. Seven others
were slightly wounded.
The disturbance started at the st
Louis and San Francisco railroad sta
tion, where Jim Deckard engaged In
a fight with the Indian boy, Steve
Grayson, and beat him into insensibil
ity with rock. Friends of Grayson
notified the police and when Police
man Klaber approached the notified
man Klaber went to the station Deck
ard fled to his house nearby, barri
| caded himself In and when Klaber ap
preached Deckard shot and killed him
Sheriff Robinson gathered posse
in few minutes. and hurried to the
scene. Part of this posse was made
up of group of negroes. whom the
sheriff commissioned as deputies. AS
the posse reached the house Deckard
opened fire with rifle, firing as rapid.
ly as he could reload his weapon.
Sheriff Robinson fell first, dying in.
stantly. Then the two Chapman broth
ers, negro deputies, were slain.
Deckard's house was surrounded by
the frenzied mob OF armed men. Fire
was set to the house just north of
Deckard's and volley's poured into
Deckard's house and he was brought
down. He was seen to roll over on
the. floor to strike match and set
fire to his own house, which soon was
roaring furnace In which his body
baked
Deckard evidently had large quan.
tity of ammunition stored in his house
for many cartridges exploded while
the house was burning.
DENVER, Nov. 16.-After a week
in organizing of both delegates and
forces, and during which, few. II any,
results have been accomplished, the
convention Of the American Federation
af Labor got down to business this
morning, established the custom that
conventions the first week be spent
In introduction OF resolutions and lay
ing out the work to be done during the
other week of the meeting.
1t is probable that addresses as to
the relative merits of various cities
seeking the 1909 convention will be
made Thursday and vote on the
| question taken the same day.
Election of officers will probably
be held Friday afternoon and Satur.
day morning.
Today the Federation took up the
fight OF the shop employees of the Den.
yer & Rio Grande. and It was expect.
ed that before the day is over It win
be charged that the road is delaying
mails. and is therefore subject to a
fine and callenation of it's mail con.
tract with the government.
NEW YORK. Nov. 16.-The sweep.
ing character of the rate decision of
the United States circuit court In de
claring the American Tobacco com
pany to be combination In restraint
OF trade. attracted wide spread atten.
ton in business circles. More partic-
ularly for Its scope and effect upon all
classes OF industrial combinations en-.
gagged In interstate traffic. An ap
peal OF this decision Of the United
States supreme court is now in active
process of preparation by counsel in
the case.
WASHINGTON. Nov, ,6.-That a
special session OF the sixty-first con.
sress will be called soon after the 4th
OF March TO take up the matter OF tar
TIL revision became known positively
today when William II. Taft. president.
elect. after spending the day at the
white Aosss - . guess q Prsstdsat