The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-04
Systematic Search Of Every
Cabin in -Four Counties
Started After Posses Gather
at Rock Crossing,
SASAKWA TROUBLE CENTER
Entire District Under Armsi
indians, Negroes and Ten
ant Farmers United,
By Staff Correspondent.

ROCK CROSSING, Okla, Aug. ~
(By Courier TO Sasakwa THE gigan.
tic man-hyn, by more than 1000 posse
men for nearly as many draft resistefs,
who for two days have ,crrorised tcus
Oklahoma counties, was resolving ,it,
self today into . slow, painful ssaseh
for individual msmbers ~ the bands
Of insnrrectionists who. after burning
bridges and twice attacking small
posses, have scattered into the hills and
black Jack" districts Of east central
Oklahoma
Backbone Of Movement Broken.
The first move OF half dozen
posses TO organize and give hattie In
force to the mob. OF IrW w, Working
Class union and Jones family mem.
bcrs appears 10 have broken the back.
bone OF the movement to start 4 re-
bellion agains, the nation within the
confines OF this state, 81
Wives to Poison Man Hunters.
In addition TO the danger of ueacher.
Gus shots from ambush, however, On
additional danger thrust itself upon puf.
sucrs OF the craycd tenant farmers, In.
dlans and negroes who arc defying the
government, OF the United States. whsa
1t became known that wives OF the fugi..
tiveS had been instructed to put poison
in the food OF any pursuefs who came
TO their cabins Only pre-arranged sig
nails from fugitives hiding in the neigh.
borhoods OF these bill cabins will pre-.
ven, the women from killing any posse
members who seeks food at their doors.
Struggling squads of possemen from
Hughes, Seminole and Pontotoc coun.S
ties at dawn today were concentrating
at Rock Springs crossing on the Little
river six miles north OF Sasakwa Tor .
final council before proceeding on the
biggest drive Of the campaign agsiAet
the tetrorists When the plan OF can.
paign had been outlined, detachmsnss
ol the posses scattered according II
plans, over hills and in gullies, r.
cooked, alert and viglant for the lean
stir in the brush with which the hlilo
OF this section are covered.
Battle Last Night. va
Following the battle last night Be.
tween posse led by Sheriff Bob Dan.
can of Ada and group Of sixty.tivl
ressters who had gathered near Roct
Springs crossing to cook beef they
had slaughtered, the terrorists neat
Sasakwa appeared to have scattered
singly and in pairs through the hills
II is believed that their organization al
least in this vicinity has been broken up
Ten prisoners were taken from Thu
mob and the remainder escaped. Thir,,
shots were fired by another posse near
Stoncwall in northern Pon,otpc county
and second group OF resisters. None
was hurt on either side and the terror
lists ESCAPED to man. Two men, Jabe
Benefited and J ID. McNealey were
placed in jail at Sasakwa today
Every Road Filled.
When the sun rose this morning
every road leading into Sasakwa was
filled with men, armed with every con-
ccivable weapon from Shotguns to re-
volyers of small caliber. Sasakwa mas
been settled upon definitely as the cen
ter of the trouble, and the posses 'o'-
lowing their meeting at Rock SPf,ns'
crossing, decided to beat the brush ~.
,ematically in all directions from w"
little Seminole county town,
All cabins are searched as the posses
,,oer,ss in their seapch A, the homo
NJ e + Powell, who was captured oy
lone ,carchsr last night a young man
who said he was i'll was examined BY =
physician possemen on the suspieieaf
,ba, the man was a malingeref. IL
posses are taking no chances. tA
Startesy Of Terrorism 9sl
The strategy Of the teryoslsts NJ
NOW ON. IL is believed. will b q IVY