Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — BATTLE WITH 100 NEGROES [ARTICLE]

BATTLE WITH 100 NEGROES

Three Blacks Die From Bullets Fired by Party of Deputies. Guthrie, Okla., March 26. —Three negroes were killed, many wqunded and forty captured in a battle with twenty deputy sheriffs at Hickory settlement One hundred blacks opposed the officers. Five deputies sought to arrest cattle thieves . They were met at the outer edge of the camp by a party of armed negroes, who refused to allow them to enter. The deputies were fired upon. A few hours after the first clash, a larger posse, heavily armed, reached the settlement. Some one fired a shot and the rioting was on. About 300 shots were fired in a final encounter, when the two negroes were killed and Pastor Timothy Fowler hurt. This onslaught dislodged the negroes from barricaded houses.