The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-05
Bob Davis, Rock Island EmplOye, Shot
by Negro Saturday Night and is Dan
gerOusly Wounded; Jess
Smith is jailed
PRISONER SPEEDILY
TAKEN TO ANADARKO
Present Whereabouts Unknown; Party Of
Men Search City and County Bastiles;
More Officers Proposed for
Dark Section

Dr. Livermore. OF the Chickasha
hospital stated this afternoon that the
condition of Davis was serious and
might be said to be dangerous. The
doctor said that the pistol ball had
penetrated the left lung; that the
lung was badly congested with blood
and that the wounded man was expec-
torating blood 1t was also stated
that it would be almost impossible
and very dangerous to remove the ball,
or to attempt its removal at present.
Bob Davis, a Rock Island employee,
was shot and dangerously wounded
Sunday morning, at 1890 o'clock, by
a negro known to the police as Jess
Smith. Davis was returning to his
home on South Shepherd street from
his work at the Rock Island shops
He was accompanied by John Heath
erly. Avin Franklin and another young
man whose name is not known to the
police.
According to statements made by
Davis and corroboratcd by his COM
panions, the four young men were
walking along the street, making no
noise and misbehaving in no way,
when the negro crossed the street di-
agonally, and walked up to them and
commenced using abusive and inde.
cent languages
After saying few words the negro
slapped Heatherly knocking his hat
Off, turned to Franklin and told him
to 'beat it, AS Franklin beat it,
the negro, drew his gun and shot Da-
Wis.
The ball, from .3S caliber automat-
ic, passed through the muscle of the
left arm and penetrated the left side.
1t wss understood this morning that
it had lodged in the upper part Of the
left lung. However a phone call to
the Chickasha hospital failed to verify
this statement.
Sheriff Bailey and Deputy Castle
man were on the scene within few
minutes Of the shooting, An ambu-
lance was called and the wounded man
moved to the hospital. The compan-
ions of Davis had already telephoned
the police and police officers soon ar
rived ON the spot.
At 1890 Sunday afternoon Sheriff
Bailey located. the negro in house
on South Shepherd street and placed
him under arrest, transferred him to
the county Jail only to leave with him
in a short time, for Anadarko where
he was taken for safe keeping.
Scarcely had the negro, Smith,
been locked up in the county jail
when someone called the Jail and stat
ed that Smiths people had requested
the sheriff to convey to him the infor-
nation that "if he ever did any pray
ing now was sure the time to get busy
anu pray
A few rapid inquiries, short inyes-
tigation, and Sheriff Bailey satisfied
himself that if lynching we TO be
avoided it would be necessary to get
the negro out Of Chickasha at once
Calling a service car and telling his
deputies, I'm gone to Oklahoma City
Win the nigger' Sheriff Bailey load
ed his prisoner aboard and left Chick
asha. northward-bound. in cloud Of
dust However. the sheriff did not 80
to Oklahoma City with his prisoner
On the contrary he took him to Ana
darko and delivered him to the sheriff
of Caddo county. Telephone messag-
es received from .Anadarko' state that
the Caddo sheriff. soon became un-
easy and removed the negro to jail
in some other city. the place not
known.
That Sheriff Bailey made no mis-
take in figuring the possibility of
mob was shown yhen. within 30 min
utes OF the time he left the jail with
his prisoner the mob assembled az
that point
Calmly and quietly. without noise
Or demonstration, under an efficient