The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-27

them coming some four or five hun
drcd yards | was paying attention
/ to Mr.. Morrisons daughter thos"
DAYS, and in her presence I couldn't
think OF running from two uigger
marshals perish the thought for
everi
There were five women present.
None tainted but they cntreatcd me
not to XIII the officers. made
short little speech which In sub
stance was,
Could Have Killed tho NlggCrs"
Ladies, the question is not shall
I XIII two niggcrs. but to keep the
niggcrs from Killing me The pair Of
valiant man hunters came to the
house. stayed several hours. eat after
the other people had ate. knowing !
was in the house, for my horse was
well known 60 them and was stand
ing in the barn saddlcd.
II was sitting at the head of the
stairs ready. II was well FOR them
10 stay down, FOR ! had all tho ad-
vantage. Toward evening they pre-
paHcd 10 go. could hear every
word spoken as they passed out to
the stable. I stepped TO the window
to watch them.
Rogers hat blew Off and passed
by the window. As he stepped to
pick 1t up he turned toward the
window and ! leveled on him not
over 10 feet away. lie opened hts
mouth but didn't utter n sound
Jerked his hat over his eyes and
walked on. In talking 20 Cannon
aherward. he said Rogers did not
mention he saw me.
1. Il could have shot them down
with ease and without danger TO
| mYsef as they went to the barn.
ana would have fixed Rogers had
/ II not been al Mr.. MOrrisun's house
and liable TO give him trouble. Not
/ because he was an officer. but for
| vile names he had called me with
/ out any cause. They rode away.
/ remaincd until Slndown. Rode
west four or five miles and at dark
headed south, The following week
/ ! went in the Usage and down as
Tar as the Oklahoma line"
/ The next section OF STAIRS narra-
/ tive is headed The shooting and
capture OF Jesse Jackson" II reads.
Jesse jackson ana Newcomb
J made their winter quarters in the
/ Usage. I considered this bad iudg-
ment, and ranged myself in Okla
/ homa, in the ChiCkasaw, Seminole.
/ Creek and Cherokee nations. and
occasionally visited the boys In the
/ Usage Newcomb himself did not
stay so close.
Some time in the latter part OF
/ February horde OF United states
/ marshals. so or more. Osage In
/ d!anA altogether over one hundred.
came down 10 do the gang. lmag-
/ inauve people had caused the posse
! TO believe that at least 10 or Il
/ men were always At the place ready
/ To give battle. The Osages made n
/ teint, and Jackson ran from the
/ house toward timber and was fired
| on from every side and dangerously
wounded, necessitating the amputa-
! tion OF his arm.
"Ominous Militia" Gives Chase.
| United States chief Marshal
/ Cores no doubt felt puzzled because
/ the boys refused To allow his depu-
| ties to give them free transporta-
| tion Ia Fort Smith, and organized
/ the August previous a body Of Is
to 20 five Of his fiercest deputies
/ under the ominous title Of the mill
/ ia.
White. n man Of dangerous rnion
and an Alkali Ike mustachc. was
designated captain. Now ! do not
attempt to ridtCule the militia be-
cause many Of them were brave of
ficers. But their method Of opera
ton was ridiculous. This squad
made four or five drives for mo dur
/ ing the winter much tho same as
the cowboys make a drive for
I coyotes.
with n swift horse and thorough
knowledge Of the country this
formidable body OF horsemen where
rendered harmless by the fuss and
excitement they created. As for
myself. | usually kept something
Ike a han a day behind them in
their circuit. Everybody had seen
the militia. No trouble 10 get in
formation when the enemy was In
country. My aim was to move in a
region whore | couldn't be sur