The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-06-13

had tuggcd along without food half
the time, and slept IN the grass and
barns, but never vas In any danger
ct being caught He told me that
Wednesday morning he was so wo-n
out and out ~ spirits that he tried to
make up bis mind to jump IN the river
tut said he was game and would stick
3 outn
Burns declares that Hunter sold him
he was go weak from exposure aud
lack Of food tbat he YES forced
discard his Wlnchcsier and one SIX
lshccter tsialai . la'i AE11lsss
shrtly after he entered Burns
bone Thursday night Just about 100
yards west Of the American brick
plant he .emoyod his coat and showed
ithe negfo where he had been shot.
He also showed a pocket knife. the
andle II which was badly shattered
7nd whlch according TO Hunter was
struck by the bullet that glanced out.
lwsrdlv and wounded him IN the hip.
I Bunter remarked to Burns at the
time that he believed that this knife
Saved his life Contrary to earlier
reports. Hunter carries three wounds.
according TO Burns One IN the right
Iam cne in the abdomen and one in
( the right hin
/ Hunter told siis negroes in the hut
when they asked him about ammu
lnitlou tba he had fifteen cartridges
I left ani a handy gun and that was all
iso wanted. After finishing his meal
/ be left the house and the la.N eer
OF him was on the little bridge across
small stream about fifty yards east
of the Burns house
Hunter toie Burns that night, when
ldiscussing the shooting in which Sher
in Garrison was killed, that he knew
/ tbat be killed one. but that be ha,
heard later from the newspapers that
the other one was dead meaning. o
course Deputy Sanders.
When asked by Burns about his be
ling wanted IN Arkansas for killing twc
men, Hunter denied having killed tw,
men. but admitted that he had kille,
a white gambler in Arkansas
While Huntcc was yet in the Burnl
home Lonzo Rurns wife slipped on
without Hunters knowledge any
reaching the home OF Jesse Riley. an
other negro. three doors west tele
phoned tc the unty officials. apprais
ing them Of Hunters whereabouts.
After the woman had successful,
euded Hunter aud gained the outsid
she appeared to have lost her nerv,
and for fear Hunter wculd kill he
waited for more than an hour afte
Hunter left the mousse before she dare,
TO go to the house to telephone He
rason for doing this Is because shl
feared that he was on the look at 70
some one Of them spy on him an,
that he wuld kin her II he saw he
This is why the delay was made II
telling ihe officers of Huntecs where
aloutes
The negcoes in the vicinity are cor
fideut that Hunter came to Oklahom
City. for they say that he would no
turn around had 30 back the sam
road over which he had just travele
Besides the. say that after learnin
who Hunter was there was no MGR
sleeping N that neighborhood an
that all night people were up watel
ing and' had any o,,a passed down tn
road they would have seen him
Hunter tcld Burns that he wa
coming To- Oklahoma city to "squar
s.me old debts
The militia searched every house I
the vicinity OF the Burns home an
! an hur later the heavily armed poss
: Followed along with another equal
( vigilant search. but failed 10 find an
I trace of Hunter