Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1908 — Desperate Negro Kills Eight [ARTICLE]

Desperate Negro Kills Eight

A desperado negro at Okmulgee. Ok’a., Sunday afternoon killed tte sheriff, two deputies, the a’s stant chief of police of Okmulgee, three negroes and an Indian boy. He barricaded blmrelf in bis hcusa and as the officers and posse approached the house he shot them down with a rifle. Finally the otfleers and assistants succeed d in. killing him by firing through the sides of the house and as er he was mortally wounded he set fl-e to the house and his body was burnei. The Muskogee militia company was ca’led out and a race riot aver ed.