The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-19
OSCAR PAYNE SURRENDEREO-To
OFFICERS HERE TODAY, WILL
WYONT HIS VICTIM.
WOUNDED MAN MAY DIE
Trouble Said to Have Grown Out Of
Attentions of Two Young Men To-
ward Same Girl-Others Are Ar
rested as Accomplices.

As the result Of a quarrel over a
girl last night, Immediately follow
ing the breaking up of church sery.
ices at a pavilion near Deese, eight
miles northwest of Ardmore, Will
Wyont is in a precarious condition
with two bullet wounds in his body,
and Oscar and Edward Payne, broth
ers, and Floyd Tindle, are in the
county Jail. No charge has been
filed against the incarcerated boys,
as the extent of the wounded mans
| injuries have not been determined.
Three shots were fired, accord
ing to information gathered at the
sheriff's office, tYo of which took
effect The first entered the left
shoulder. shattering the arm, and
the second entered the shoulder from
the back. The third shot missed
its mark.
Oscar Payne is said to have done
the shooting.
The trouble is said to have arisen
between Edward Payne and neigh
Dor boy named Cheney, and to have
been the result of a dispute as to
which of these would accompany
Miss Austin home.
According to information in the
hands of the officers, Cheney was
sitting by the side of the your;
lady in church. The Payne boys
Tindle, Wyont and Others were
standing directly behind them.
Edward Wyont is said to have
asked Cheney if he was going to ac-
company the young lady home, TO
v hich Cheney replied that he want
ed to. Their talk ended in dispute
and Edward Payne is said to have
invited Cheney out to fight. At
this stage of the game Oscar Payne |
is said to have suggested leaving |
the church to pull off the fight, and |
The boys started to walk a distance |
from the pavilion. Wyont. who was
in the crowd, is alleged to have |
said, IF more than one of you |
Jump on him, am going to pull |
you off" At this, Edward Payne is
said to have said, Shoot the d
s. - b, Oscar he has a knife !
in his hand" At this Oscar, it is
claimed, pulled a gun and fired .
over the head of a boy standing
near hitting Wyont. When the first
ball struck him, Wyont, was either
turned around by the force of the
bullet or wheeled, as the second .
shot struck him in the back. An
other shot missed.
Immediately following the shooting .
which occurred about 1890 O'Clock
Oscar Payne walked into Ardmore. /
reaching here just after daybreak /
this morning. He went Immediately .
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torney and it was there that Sher-
iff Akers found him. He had come
in to give up, he said, but wanted .
TO see a lawyer first
The sherff's office had been no /
tifiea of the shooting about mid |
night last night and Deputies Fred .
Williams and John CHM and County .
Attorney James II. Mathers left i'm .
mediately for the scene. They return .
ed this morning, having in custody .
Edward Payne and Floyd Tindle
The wounded man and the pris-
oners are all young men. Wyont is .
only Is years of age and is the son .
OF a farmer living near Deese and .
a nephew of Capt. John Wyont Of
this city Oscar Payne is "a years
of age. He was a candidate for the
legislature two years ago, was
former student in the schools OF /
this city and generally well known
here. He bears a good reputation,
as does Wyont. Edward Payne is
23 years of age and was at one time
ticket agent at Provence Tindle is
only 10 years old Oscar Payne re-
fused to talk to anyone today, tell.