The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-06-11
YOUNG NEGRO
IS UNDER
ADnECT
HnNLJl
Crime Committed IA Miles West Of
MincO Farmers Daughter is
Dragged from Horse COun-
try is Deeply Aroused
Special 10 the Daily Express.

Special 10 the Daily Express.
Mineo, Okla June fi.-6rutally
murdered, her throat cut, the body Of
Miss Susie Church, aged about IS
years. daughter Of Fred Church, a
farmer living about "a miles west Of
Minco, was found IN the bushes near
the roads de BY her mother between
and 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Before S o'clock, Denny Simmons,
negro. aged 49, was arrested by a
posse and after being guarded tn .
o'clock was turned over to the sheriff
Of caddo county who in the mean
time had been summoned. and shortly
after midnight was taken to the jail
at Anadarko.
Strong evidence pO nting to the ne
gro as the perpetrator Of the foulest
crime in the history Of caddo county
was found and the entire country Was
aroused But for the critical condi-
ton Of the girls mother, who was
prostrated by her awful d'scovery, the
infuriatsd feeling Of the people might
have found expression in mob vio-
ienes
The scene OF the tragedy Is near
Cogar. a hamlet Ia the northern part
Of caddo county Miss Church leu
home on horseback soon after dinner,
going to The store 10 do some trading
The store Is about a mile and a haf
from the Church home
Sometime between 8 and = o'clock
Mrs, Church says she heard a scream
and other people living near by also
heard e a little later the horse
which me girl had ridden came up to
the Church home riderless Mrs
Church. now deeply alarmed for the
fate OF hen daughter mounted the
horse and rode al once 10 the store,
where She was informed that the girl
had started home short time before
Mrs Church then started hone a
man from the store accompanying her
On lAe road Iheg found j spot where
struggle had evidently occurred,
blood bcine discovered on the ground.
Tracks lead TO the bushes nearby and
SO steps from the road. they found the
girls body There we're evidences Of
desperate struggle showing that the
girl had been dragged from her horse
TO the lonely spot by the roadside.
The distracted mother vas taken to
her home and The alarm was immedi-
ately given. Soon a number Of farm.
ers had gathered and the posse grew
as Tie search for the murderer was
proseeuteF Taking up the tracks at
tho scene Of ihr crime, the trail lead
TO The home 81 a negro q few miles
away where some kind Of gathering
was being held Simmons had been
seen going down the road travelled by
the girl only a short Time before the
cutlery was heard and as soon as he
was seen IN the crowd, he was COY
cred BY gums
The negro wss placed III hacl
and was taken 70 the home Of w .
Needham, where he was guarded TIL
the sheriff came. blood was found OF
his arm and leg aud a bloody knife
was taken from his pocket 1t wal
also discovered that his shoes fit th'
tracks ia the sand at the scene Of tbl
murder simmons absolutely refusei
to talk
While the murderer was beinl
hunted, women and children to th
number Of 1850 had gathered at th
Church home the news Of the TRACED
having spread like wildfire. arousin
the entire country Lynching wa
talked but in view Of the condition Q
a.
Mrs. Church, cooler counsel final
prevailed.
Simmons lives with his father, VIII
farms on the r B. Forgey place, an
he has been in the community abou
Two years Ialor in the evening %