The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-16
Negro Desperado Defies Officers 0KMULGEE SHERIFF
 IS AMONG THE DEAD
 -----~---- Body of Black Man Burns With His Home.
 ----e--- Governor Haskell Ru.her soldiers to sesne. Bpt FsellaE Bstwsss whisen ana Baseks Mas cooIea--Tsa Persons
 are wounded.

okmulgse. Ok. Nov. ls,--Five per, sons were killed and ten others wound ed this afternoon in a nght between Jim peckard. negro dssDeradc. and ofscers of the law.
 The dead;
 Edgar Robinson. sherir of okmulgee County.
 Henry Kiaber. Assistant Chief of Police of oimulEee.
 Two negroes named Chapman. broth CTS.
 Jim peckard. q negro.
 The wounded:
 Steve erayson. indian boy. fatally beaten.
 Vic Farr.> Chief of Police. shot through shoulder.
 Deputy sheriff. name not learned. arm broken.
 Seven others. slightly wounded.
 The disturbance began at the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Sta tion. where Jim Deckard engaged in light with an Indian boy. Steve Gray son. and beat him into insenaibility with a rock.
 Friends of Grayson notified the po- lice and when Policeman KIaber went to the station Deckard aed to his house nearby: barricaded himself in, and when KIaber approached. Deckard shot and instantly killed, him.
 Sheriff Robinson gathered posse in a few minutes and hurried to the { scene. Part of this posse was made up of group ef negroes. whom the sHerIn e0fnnaishlonsd as deputies As the posse approached ths house, Dock. ard opened ire with rine. hring as rapidly as he could load his weapon. The shertH fell nrst. instantly kilIeds Then the two Chapman brothers. negro deputies. were slain.
 peckard's house was soon surround ed.by . frenzieA mob of armed men Fire was set to a house just north of Deckard's. volleys were poured into Deekard's house and he was shot down. He was seen to roI over on the t1oor, strike match and set lire to his own house. which was soon a roaring fur mace in which his body was baked, Deckard evidently lad a large ouan- tity of ammunition stored in his house, for many cartridges exploded while the house was burning.
 Governor Haskell. at Guthrie was notified of the battle. and of the bad feeling between whites and negroes that had grown out of it, and which ! threatened q race riot. The Governor at once ordered the military company at Muskogee to prepare to go to Ok n1ulgee and special train was made ready to carry the troops. the Cover nor remaining at his office to keep in touch with the situation.
 News of the preparation to send mill itia here had a good effect on, the dis orderly element of both races and at o'clock tonight the crowd had dis- persed and further trouble was not expected
 When it became known that no oth- CT negro had assisted Deckard against the officers. the talk of reprisatS sub sided.
 ouaef at II O'clock.
 A telephone message from Governor Haskell at II o'clock tonight says that ,he will not order the Muskogee com pany to Okmulgee unless developments necessitate such action. The officials have advised him that the town is quiet. though there is still much feel ing over the events of this afternoon.
 The streets of okmulgee are being patrolIed by armed men, and it is thought morning will find the town restored to it's usual quiet
 During the past week district court has been in session at OiTmulgee, and there have been wholesale convictions of negro bootleggers.
 Yesterday there was a protest be- cause inc white jurors convicted the negroes as fast as they came up for trial.
 4. negro woman was to be tried Sat urday and Judge Alexander had a spe- ciaI jury composed of negroes to try her. She was acquitted. This action caused bitter race feeling and to- morrow an effort will be made to quash the panel of negro jurors.