New-York tribune., 1909-03-29

fooling about this
Tne Indians breath was coming in short gasps
now. stiu he struggled hand against the dls-
grace Of yielding 10 hempen torture bu' @'
last he dcspsiringly whispered.
Let down. tell all know" When the moose
was loosened he gave a complete list Of the
Indians who had taken part in the hght of the
previous night and confessed that his father.
instead % being in Washington as nad peeh
reported. was at the head Of the outlaw bands
scattered among the hills Of the former Creek
SaIion
Those were your fathers tracks II the yalu
this morning." asked Deputy Jones
..Tbose were his tracks" said the Indian.
The chiefs son then told his captors that
Charles Coker. known as dangerous Indian
outlaw. had fired the shots which killed Baum
and doom. The confession also revealed for the
FRS time some Of the real secrets Of the leader
ship Of the creeks He admitted that his father.
whose virtues have been praised. was actually
in command of the indians in the field.
Ny father is with the Indians, he said He
was with them in the house last night and he
left the house with them after the battle. 1t
u-as Charles Coker the Seminole. and I who
shadoNed the officers as they approached our
home yesterday evening. Coker crossed their
uafh and before they reached the house and as
the officers followed. he turned and fired. He Is
sn expert shot. and was fully three hundred
wards distant when he made fine targets Of the
bodies Of the officers He is Scouting now With
the band and VIII be hard TO catch
yo,,7g TIarios is = stalwart. intelligent youth
Fe is an athlete and has PLAYED football win
some Of the Eastern Indian schools Although
2 college graduate he retains all his native IN
stincts.
With the important facts dragged from Crazy
Snakes son. and Crazy Snakes whereabouts al
most definitely established. the officers set Wig
oro11slv 2 bout 10 nip the conspiracy just as 1t
stood and prepared. with the aid Of the soldiers
10 crush the Indians in the fight which was be
Heved to be imminent. The troops were forced
however. 10 wait two hours at Sapulpa for a
train.
INDIANS DIVIDE INTO SQUADS
While the officers were storming at the rail
road for the failure Of train service, and Henry
eta officers were chafng under the delay which
was frausht with such peril 20 the town. the
various Indian bands broke their front ana
scattered into squads They took M positions
OF vantage here and there, apparently gave over
for tbs moment their plans 20 take the offensive
and stationed themselves as in guerilla warfare
10 await the coming Of the soldiers Meantime,
the citizens Of Henryetta breathed more easily
They had feared an attack on the town in which
event disaster certainly would have overtaken
FIenrvettans as the warIike Indians far out
numbered the whites and had more arms.
The citizens organized themselves, however,
into companies. and prepared to repel any at
tack that might be made best they could.
Messengers were hurried 10 Muskogee for arms
and ammunition. Scouts were sent out to learn
the position Of the Indians. advance guards were
placed on all the roads entering the town,
women and children were placed in safe re-
treats. and complete military order prevailed.
militia finally arrived in Henryetta this
afternoon and all danger for that particular
town was over. The Creeks rapidly retreated
as The troops advanced. falling hack toward
Pierce. where their forces were gathered III
larger numbers The troops hurried on. after
(. sending detschments in pursuit ot-each band
and placing bloodhounds on the trail of some Of
! the Indian leaders one large hand of Indians
retreated toward Flat Rock and another to
Lenah The militia supplemented by numerous
hands of deputy sherifs and citizens. started out
70 complete = circuit that would surround Pierce
and drive the Indian bands together so that the
troops could either crush or capture the outlaws
INDIANS OPEN HOT FIRE.
- AC-er the posse Of deputies had surrounded
crazy Snakes house last night in their search
Tor the leaders of the band, they called on the
Indians within TO appear. They appeared all
right but with repeating rifles. and opened
hot fire on the deputies Crouching in the
bushes. the Indians had fatal advantage over
their adversaries. Charles Coker killed Baum
the first volley. moment later he shot
Odom through the heart. The other Indians
fred repeatedly but unavailingly, but Coker is
an expert marksman.
carr, Bateman and Jones. the other members
Of the posse returned the fire but could not
see the Indians who we're concealed in the
brush. Darkness fen. and it hard TO fight
the redskins. who familiar with the
country
After standing their ground few minutes the
deputies realized the hopelessness of their posi-
lion and they retreated- Deputy Jones tried 10
carry away BaUm's body. but the Indians fol
lowed him with such hot FIRE that he dropped
the body in a ravire and fed He went to Pierce
and tclephoned 10 Checotah for help The other
deputies. who had captured Indian before the
fight. hurried with their prisoner to Checotah.
A larger posse vas formed at Checotsh and il
arrived at Crazy Snakes home dawn under
the leadership Of Sheriff OdoIn. The posse skir-
naished through the woods and rsvines. captur-
ing Eve mounted Indians including young Harjo
These resisted savagely, firing on the posse until
overcome
When Sheriff ofom saw the body % his slain
son he broke down and wept bitterly He
directed that the body be placed in a wagon and
taken TO Checotah. and then grimly insisted on
retaining charge Of the chase, deferring further
display OF his grief
.Ill get them. though" ne said grimy.
Those red devils viii pay for this with big in
terest"
FIND EVIDENCE OF PLOT.
A posse from Muskogee reached Crazy Snakes
house al noon to-day and searched the place.
They found the records Of enrolment Of Indians
whom CTazy Snake has been organizing into a
hand TO fight for what he regards liberty and
10 attempt to carry out his wild dream Of over
throwing the government The documents fur