The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-30

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o. 1eT enemies. SIC sss laughed z
and tod ina; -thInds- and lightniu
) co4.da'; s.il her With : par Of scl-
I so-s s1e cot = large silk handkerca!@
n TAO. and gave half Of 4, TO the farm
tenants zife fof Z keepsake, and zs.
e I4zt her cloak. for which she ia
paid so. be kept uutl her return
. Z sne ever cane bacE
Stopped for Pone Of cornbreso.
/ she started for hOmeabDlt ! o'cloca
, i the afternoon and on her way. be-
+ fore reaching the river, Stopped At tae
house Of man named Barnes. whe.
she remained talking 70 the womel
until about O'Clock 4 home,y rea e
, on Tor her stopping Ha a. 10 get Z pone
o. sour corn bread from Mrs. Barnes
When she reached me Barnes place,
Watson vas Standing in the gard vi-h
dou5le5a-rel shotgun He let. q,
once. waking in The direction II
Eh.cH Belle vas trzyei-nz
Filo C~Fra Hoyl. : .zrner. had
been on the north side Of Tie river
and was On his way hone when he
rod of the ferry boat about / o-cl0c =
il tle afternoon. Hearing the sound
o. a rapidly running horse. ae ,o9ed
up JUS, il time 70 see Belle Starr :
mare, riderless. leap non 81 em5znk-
ment into the liver and swim across.
He gal.oped in me direction from
which The mare had come. A. q sud
den turn his horse snOTtsd and sprang
aside {. al O5iec; lying in ne road
the body Of Belle Starr. She had
been sao, from oehind with Two load
Of mixed shot. Her assassin had chos-
n this abrupt turn n the road a.
point OF vantage and had concealed
himself behind large tree about thir-
~ steps distant. The tracks from the
tree led close 20 the home OF Watson.
The day OF the funeral Jul, caused
Watson 20 ~ arrested for murder and
taken 10 For, Smith. Merchants who
vent from the neiZhDorhOOd told
Judge Parker OF Wstsons good !epu.
ta;ion and Watson vas discharged.
Later he vas sen, TO The peniren-iary
in Arkansas :or horse stealing and
was killed by guards while trying 70
escape from the coal mines.
The bod yoi Belle starr, into which
more than sixty shot had been fired.
vas dressed for burial By women in
the neighborhood, many OF whom she
had 5efriended. She had much sympa-
thy for persons in want, and there
vas scarcely a home within miles OF
where she lived into which she had
not gone and remained night and day
doing al that was possible 20 alleyi-
ate sickness and suffering. She liked
70 tell stories 70 children and would
sit hour after hour singing old-tash-
ioaed religious songs 10 the accom-
paniment Of her guitar. Her grave
vas dug in the dooryard and the clods
heaped over her without prayer.
4 Visit 20 Her Home.
No; long ago man with an Indian
driver tha. knew the country who as
a boy had sat On Belle Stars knee,
drove 70 the old Belle Starr home. .
The country is stil th!nly settled. .
There are dim outlines Of the almost .
forgotten Briartown-Eutaula trail TO
be seen at intervals in the timber.
Belle Starr followed this trail in go
ing 10 and from her outlaw den. This /
traveller had long pictured TO himself
the appearance OF this region. after
listening 10 descriptions Of /, by dep
uty United States marshals. He found
that his imagination had fallen short
Of the reality The country vas savage
and forbidding; the silence, op-
gTessiye At the stream crossings the
indian driver shifted his automatic
urther in front on his belt and looked
nquisi lively al places where men
.oud have been in hiding.
This is Belle Starr creek" he said
II las,, as the horses splashed through
he water 1t comes from the Belle
starr Canyon. which is about three
niles in length. with walls so high
nd steep that man may not ride
p or down them. The entrance is up
he creek a short distance. Once in
ide you will find meadow land where
here is good grazing. In that canyon
;as once a grapevine corral, in which
tolen horses were kept"
Up from Belle Starr Creek was
evel bench Of land on which stood
gaunt dead tree. beside what ap-
cared to be a grave, inclosed with
icket fence.
There is the old Belle Starr
pring, IS aid the driver. 1t is only