Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-03-13

There were three attendants and
one patient. They kept prying and
pushing on the door, and Butler. l
think. who was the head attendant,
kept holloring TO Pomeroy to move
his bed around. He told him that
If he did not move IL around. when
they got in there they would give
him a good beating. or work on
him. Then Alphine came running
back up the hall to a door that opens
on the parade ground from the north
and went out on the porth. It
sounded like he walked down the
porch TO Pomeroy's window on the
outside Of his room. Then began
to hear a lot of glass being broken.
! thought II was the windowpane
in Pomeroy's room. I thought they
were trying to draw Pomeroy's at
tention away from the door. 1
could not swear that It was not
Pomeroy breaking the window out.
Then saw Bert Alphine come back
on the ward again and about that
time they got his door open and a
big patient by the name of Andrews
went into the room and Pollard fol-
lowed right in afterwards. Then
heard Pomeroy say, IN give up
"a few minutes later / saw them
drag Pomeroy out into the hall. They
inst beat on him and jumped on him
and kicked him. Pollard could
see standing on top OF Pomeroy.
Every once in a while he would
jump up and down with all his
force on Pomeroy's stomach. But
ler was jumping on him and kicking
him and doing about the same Pol
lard was doing. I saw Pollard one
time when he jumped up and came
down his feet looked like they slip
ped, and lie fell off on the floor, and
they kept up, 1t seemed to me like
about fifteen minutes. During this
time Pomeroy was groaning and
saying, MY Cod He could not say
much, for he was too near gone.
after they got through beating
on him they started down the hall,
dragging him by the arms and legs
like he was a hog. They dragged
him out of sight from where was.
"a little while after that Tommy
Knight came running up the hall
to me and went into our room and
shut the door. He told me this
thing is liable to be reported We
sat there two or three minutes and
| opened the door, BY that time
Pollard came back into the room and
asked him where they put this fell
low He said we took him around
and threw him in the strong room.
Pollard did not have on an outside
shirt at that time. The sleeves of
his undershirt and up about his neck
was covered with blood. I asked
him where he got the blood and he
said L have always got that ask
ed him If he was the one who fell
down, and he said, Yes, always
fall down when / am whipping pa
tents
"All night long I heard moans
coming from the strong room where
Pomeroy was locked up. l heard
one of the attendants, think it wal
Pollard, tell him If he didn't shui
up he would come in and beat hin
again.
"This happened on Friday nigh
and Saturday night when wen
home | told my father what had tax
en- place. told my father at tha
time that II the man lived IL woul'
be a wonder to me. never saw I
dumb brute get such beating a
} that mall my life. went back t
: the institution Sunday night an
| again slept in ward one. l went t
work Monday morning along abou
{ noon this man Pollard came {
[ where was working and says, 'Tha
man Is QtdQs iAC oAANB A|O'i I %.
e. anything about IL or IL will send U
: to jail 1 turned around and wer
\ back to work. At diffenrent time
[, during the day l heard several
r. the employees of the institution sa
ID something about this man beir
'e dead Pollard came to me and sa
ID Z am going to get my money an
he leave
ie Tuesday night went home al
I'd told my father Pomeroy was dea
ie My father asked me what they we
a. going to do about it. said, Il dor
at know. 1t doesn't seem like tn
ID are going to do anything Then \
y. father notified the county attorn
II of Woodward and I gave him all t
information l had" flt