The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-04-02
PCHIEF OF GREEKS
CAUGHT AT LAST
REBELLIOUS CRAZY SNAKE HAS
BEEN CAPTURED.
Five Prisoners Taken-Death List of
Uprising So Far Consists of
Only Three Men.

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Only Three Men.
> Guthrie, Okla, March 3l.-Crazy
Snake has been captured. He is held
under heavy guard at Thompson's 5
farm west of Checotah. This is con-
fir1ned by telephone message from
Muskogee at 1.30 this morning. He
will be taken to jail in Muskogee at
daybreak.
Fort Worth, Tex, March 3O.-A
dispatch to The Record from Musko-
gee, Okla, says:
/TS"P. E. Hickman, who arrived to-
night from Cheeotah, declared that
Crazy Snake, the leader of the band
Of Indians and negro outlaws, has
been taken into custody and that he
is being held at Thompson, a few
|Aniles from Cheeotah. The news Of
Fhis capture, he claims, was brought to
Cheeotah by a courier guide.
"According to the statement Of Mr..
Hickman, the old Indian surrendered
without a fight, although he is badly
wounded, suffering from a gunshot
wound in the hip, sustained in an en-
counter with an officers posse pre-
viously. Mr., Hickman declares that
an official statement as to his capture
bis being withheld because of the in
tense feeling prevalent. The Indian,
he declares, Will be taken to federal
prison at Muskogee+
"The statement Of Hickman, how
ever, has not been confirmed, although
communication has been had with
Checotah by telephone,
Hickory Stamping Ground, Okla,
March 80 (by courier to Henrietta,
Okla CRAZY Snake, leader of the
uprising Of his clan Of negroes, half
breeds and Indians of the Creek ma
tion, is reported still at large tonight,
although it is believed that he will be
captured soon.
He is likened by those who know
him to Sitting Bull in point Of intel
diligence and determination, and on his
death or capture the outcome Of the
present disturbance rests.
Que hundred men Of the First regi-
ment, Oklahoma National Guard, and
troops of deputy sheriffs are securing
the hills and river bottoms for scores
of miles in every direction.
COL Holman, who is in command Of
the troops, set out in heavy marching
order at daybreak, each man carrying
la hours rations and 40 rounds Of
unition. During the day five pris-
were brought back, but none
ed of Importance. Up to date,
-mc1uding II men captured last night,
\ more than 40 Indians and negroes
have been placed in jail. Many of
them, coming from a distance to at
tend a pow-wow called by Crazy
Snake to hear his. report Of his mis-
sion to Washington during the winter,
did not know there had been an upris-
ing. They were placed under re-
straint, however, for fear that they
might be just as willing to fight as to
listen to the harangue.
It is believed that there will be no
general encounter. Ambuscades are
not impossible, although Maj. Bar
rett and other officers left in charge
at Camp Hickory, as this hamlet has
been named, predict that there will
be little shooting from this time OH.
The list Of fatalities since the trou-
Bile began, reduced to basis of con-
firmed facts, is not large. consisting
of Deputies Odom and Baum, who
, were killed in the performance Of
their duties. and "Dick' Barnett, a
negro, said to have been the "inno-
cent by-stander'' of the uprising. De-
spite reports Of clashes in which
|, Crazy Snakes followers were laid low
Barnett's body is the only one which
1 has been found, and it is the belief
4 of Indian Agents Baker and Farrer
and of militia officers that his is the
only death loss suffered by Indians
3 thus far. His violent demise, however,
Yis the only basis discoverable for the
reports sent out that Is or 20 Creeks
We're killed by infuriated deputies. It
is probably true that some Creeks
! We're wounded, but they we're able to
escape.
4 SEMINOLE FREEDMEN
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