Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-28
Party Lynched a Negro
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~ho are said fH have LEFT ON1hom1
[ city In automobiles.
Chatnn was s,Id up and robbed,
/ then, saot to death hy negro.
D.ckers0n was arrested as he was
attempting 10 pawn articles and
clothing stolen from Chafnn. The
negro was removed 20 Norman in an
other county, by sheriff Blnion and
later taken 70 Purcell 10 miles farthS
er from Oklahoma CITY
Governor Cruce said today that he
would not order any Investigation Of
the lynchiug OF the negro, Ben Dick
erson. II there was anything 10 be
/ gained by an investigation, the COVER
nor said the local authorities would
take charge Of H.
According TO information from sew
eral sources party Of six automo-
biles, containing about twenty-five or
thirty men, left oklahoma City al ] ]
O'Clock Monday night, one auto go
ing TO the outskirts OF the city at a
time, where they met No indenu-
fication Of the men has been estab-
lished.
AS the autos passed through Nor
man. It is said that the crowd was
enlarged and boy the time Purcell
where the negro was confined In jail
was reached the crowd numbered
about seventy men. Men with drawn
revolvers rushed on the McClaln
county Jail and commanded the jail
er 20 unlock the doors. %. ". Morgan
5ailer could DO nothing but unlock
the doors and allow the crowd TO
eater the Jail. The McCIaln county
sheriff is said to have been at home
asleep.
Dlckerson was dragged from his
cell and placed in an automobile. The
crowd then started towards a point
about one and one half miles south
east Of Noble where q rope was
thrown over the limb Of a tree. Dick
crson begging for his life, was jerk
ed from the ground by the neck by a
dozen strong arms and as his body
swung into the a tire orchdw
swung into the air the crowd back
away from the tree and about two
hundred shots were fired into his
writhlng body The mob then dis
pcrsed quietly leaving the body
swinging 90 the tree.
As the autos passed through Nor
man at about o'clock this morning
six Of them were counted They
passed through the town quietly with
lights exuuguished At o'clock, It
Is said, the cars reached the Jail at
Purcell and shortly afterward made
demands for the negro. News Of the
lynGhiRg reached oklahoma City
about 1880 o'clock. The crowd which
formed here evidently worked with
precision and quietudc. Police Chief
-. u. Jones heard rumors at 10
o'clock last night that lynchlng
party was being organized lie at
once secured his automobile and
secured tho city. He could find no in
dlcauons Of any such rumor.
Mrs Chaffin, bride Of but month
and widow Of the murdered man, said
She felt no regret over the lynching
OF her husbands assailant this morn
Ing when news of II reached her, a
general feeling Of satisfaction pre-
vailed among those who spoke Of the
lynching in every part of the city.
The crime was one Of the most
dastardly ever committed in this city
Chaffn's assailant met him on the
street block from the murdered
mans home and held him up with a
shotgun. lie robbed him Of his mon
ey watch and valuable Elk pin and
then ordered him TO remove his over
coat, coat and vest which he gather
up and started to carry away He
walked few PAGES and emptied the
contents Of the shotgun into Chaffin's
BODY Chaffin lived long enough 10
give an accurate description OF the
negro. He died at 1870 o'clock Mon
day morning.
Funeral services were held this af-
ternoon at the Chaffin residence. 1900
East Tenth street. The dead mans
parents, who live at Gallatin, Tenn,
will arrive here tonight. Mrs. Chat
fms parents came from their home In
Sulphur springsr-Tex.. and are here
now.
Rumors spread speedily this morn
ing that crowd had gone after the
body Of the negro and would bring Il
her 10 be burned on the spot where
Chaffin was murdered. The rumors