The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-22
PRU|1T.PA|NE
FEUD RENEWED
LUTHER PAINE SHOT, NOT FATAL
LY BY CARL PRUITT ON BER-
WYN ROAD.
COINS SAVED HIM.
Dollar In Vest Pocket Believed to Have
Stopped Bullet-Three Pruitts Re
leased on BOnd-Carl, Admitting
Shooting, Claims Self.Defense.

Claude Pruitt, NJ. E. Pruitt and Carl
Pruitt were released from the county
jail this forenoon on bonds of S2,5OO
each, following their arrest Yesterday
afternoon charged with the shooting of
Luther Paine. The shooting occurred
at about four o'clock yesterday after.
noon about seven miles northeast of
Ardmore on the Ardmore and Berwyn
road. Paine is at his home, between
here and Berwyn, seriously, although
not fatally injured. That he was not
killed is probably due to the fact that
silver dollar and other coins in his
vest pocket stopped the bullet. A. j.
hardy, county attorney, said that ac-
cording to his information the Pruitt
brothers were returning from Berwyn
or were on the Berwyn road returning
to Ardmore when they met the Paine
boy, who was going north presumably
to his home which is on Caddo creek.
The prosecutions statement is to the
effect that the Pruitts, in an automo.
bile, opened fire on Paine, who either
jumped or fell from his horse and ran.
Ills horse was shot down ana Paine
was shot at several times. one shot
took effect in the left leg. Paine did
not return fire, according to the prose.
cution information, as his pistol was
wrapped up in a rain coat and tied to
the saddle. Immediately upon hearing
OF the affair Mr. Hardy and Jim Car
ter, deputy sheriff, and j. y. Champion.
went to the scene of the shooting.
Carl Pruitfs Statement.
Carl Pruitt, the youngest of the three
brothers made this statement:
Il was out riding yesterday afternoon
with my brothers, Bay IN e. and
Claude in my car We were on the
Berwyn and Ardmore road. northeast.
about seven miles. coming south when
we met Luther Paine riding a horse
and going north Ny Oldest brother
was driving and Claude and myself were
In the back seat When we were with.
IN about twenty-five feet of Paine. he
began cursing and saying something.
l couldn't understand and swung off
the left side Of his horse and shot at
me. When he shot / shot back at him
and must have hit his horse. The
brakes haven't been working good on
my car and my brother couldn't stop
the car at once. Paine kept shooting
at me. shot something like six times.
from behind his horse / think | must
have shot nine or ten times. After ne
emptied his six shooter at me. he pull.
ed another gun, but dropped il and |
did not shoot any more, as he went
staggering off north toward his home.
l guess. | think | hit him in the leg.
/ came right on into town and hunted
Tor Sheriff Buck Garrett but couldn't
flnd him. so ! come up here to the jail
and told them what had done.
i could have killed him. but did not
want TO. Neither OF my brothers had a
gun and did not shoot at all, l was the
only one who did any Of the shooting"
Mr.. Prultt then recalled the Incidents
which he supposed led up to the shoot.
ing yesterday.
About two years ago, our families
were on the best OF terms and were
good friends" he said. MY Oldest broth.
er and Jim Stripping, Luther Paine's
orotherin'law. had a slight misunder.
standing about something. we didn't
think much about 1t until Stribling shot
my father through the shoulder. Later
was charged with shooting the Paine
family from ambush. The case was
never tried. have been told a mum.
Der Of times that Luther Paine was 20.
ing to kill me so when he made the
first break yesterday l shot him"