The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-01-27
Negro Arrested for Murder Of Ok
lahoma City Man is Taken
from Purcell Jail and
Hanged
FORCE The JAILER TO
DELIVER his KEYS
Victim Taken to Point Near Noble
and Suspended from Telegraph
Pole Crime Was Bru-
tai One
Telegram BY United Press.

Telegram by United Press.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 27.-This morn
ing about o'clock Jim Dicksrson, the
negro who was arrested for the muir
der Of ". A. Chaffin in Oklahoma
City, and who had been taken to the
Mcclain county jail for safe keeping,
was taken by force from the jail at
Purcell, rushed to a point just across
the county line near Noble. and hang
ed to telephone pole As he swung
from the pole his body was riddled
by bullets.
Three automobiles carrying about 80
men quietly entered Purcell and
stepped at the Jail The men, with
drawn revolyers. entered the office
and demanded the keys from the jail
er. He delivered them as ordered and
Dickerson was taken from the jail
placed in an auto. and without fur.
ther ceremony, the party left Purcell
as quietly as they had come. They
were joined by three more cars just
outside OF Purcell and the entire party
proceeded to a point just across the
McClain county line into Cleveland
county, near Noble. Okla, where they
hanged him to telephone pole
The negro was arrested BY Detec
tlyes Webb Jones and John Cassidy
Monday morning as he was attempting
TO pawn the victims clothing which
had been taken from him just before
the fatal shot was fired
Clad in clothing that corresponded
to the brief description given by Chat
fin a few minutes after he had been
shot as that Of his assailant's Dicker-
son was carrying a suitcase contain
ing the murdered mans overcoat. lB
the negros pocket was found da
mond set lodge pin identified by the
historical widow as belonging TO Chat
fin.
The arrest was made at the end Of
search that had been made by every
man Of the police force available for
duty All Sunday night the officers
had dragged the negro sections Of the
city and gatehered in suspects.
While the search was made Dicker-
son was lying asleep in the house of
his brother-in-aw. James Henderson,
negro preacher just two blocks from
the scene Of the murder At o'clock
Monday morning Dickerson arose, and
left the house taking with him a suit
case he had borrowed from the Hen
dersons.
Later Dickerson entered the pawn
shop OF ''Slim" Basin. 10 South Broad
way. and told the proprietor he had
an overcoat TO pawn. Slim had
just read an account Of the hold-up
and shooting Of sunday night and be-
came suspicious OF the negro
Playing for time he asked Dickerson
to wait moment and stepped TO a
telephone and called for the police.
Detectives Webb Jones and John
Cassidy had made the rounds of the
pawn shops and were waiting Tor a
report They Immediately went to
Sims" place but found Dickerson
had left. going across the street to-
another pawn shop.
The two officers walked in and
seized the surprised negro He was
Immediately taken to the police sta
ton where he was searched and Jail
ed. He gave his name as Allen
Mosely.
The clothing in the suit case was
taken by Chief Of Police j. d. Jones
and Detective Webb Jones to Chat
fins home for identification.
"Oh. where did you find his
clothes?H screamed Mrs Chaffin, VINO,
the bride OF just a month, has become
widow through TIE unprovoked
action Of the murderous negro.
She seized the garments, and. hug
ging them, refused to return them to
the officers Only on their promise
to return them later could the officers
take them back to be used as evi-