MANKILLER, Smoker
Mankiller, a full-blooded Cherokee Indian who resided in what is now
Adair Coe, Okla., had a deep and ingrained hatred of all white men,
At noon one day, he APPRELISAKA approached a white neighbor, William
Short, who was eating lunch underneath a tree on a creek bank with his
rifle standing against the trunk of the tree. Short asked Mankiller
to. join him for lunch and after the two men had finished eating, the
Indian asked Ri# his host if he might inspect the rifle. When he had
the weapon in his hands, he turned it on Short and killed him instant~
lye Short's body was found later that same day By friends and Man=
killer was suspected from the beginning because he had been seen
walking down the same creek bank earlier. As he did not steal the
rifle or rob Short in any way, it is believed that his motive was one”
of pure prejudice and he was convicted at Fort Smith, Ark., and sen-=
tenced to hang by Judge Isaac C, Parker, Mankiller and five other
condemned prisoners were hanged from the same gallows at fort Smith
on September 3, 1875.
HE HANGED THEM HIGH BY HERBERT CROY “
OUTLAWS ON HQRSEBACK BY HARRY SINCLAIR DRAGO
MANKILLER, Smoker
Mankiller, a full-blooded Cherokee Indian who resided in what is now
Adair Coe, Okla., had a deep and ingrained hatred of all white men.
At noon one-day» he XS$#EXSSIXX approached-a white neighbor, William
Short, who was eating lunch underneath a tree on a creek bank with his
rifle standing against the trunk of the tree. Short asked Mankiller
to join him for lunch and-after the two-men had finished eating, the
Indian asked RAM his host if he might inspect the rifle. When he had
the weapon in his hands, he turned it on Short and killed him instant-
lye Short's body was found later that same day By friends and Man-=
killer was suspected from the beginning because he had been seen
walking down the same creek bank earlier. As he did not steal the
rifle or rob Short in any way, it is believed that his motive was one
of pure prejudice and he was convicted at Fort Smith, Ark., and sen-
tenced to hang by Judge Isaac C, Parker, Mankiller and five other
condemned prisoners were hanged from the same gallows at fort Smith
on September 3, 1875. :
HE HANGED THEM HIGH BY HERBERT CROY
OUTLAWS ON HQ SEBACK BY HARRY SINCLAIR DRAGO
MANKILLER, Smoker
Mankiller, a full-blooded Cherokee Indian who resided in what is now
Adair Co., Okla., had a deep and ingrained hatred of all white men,
At noon one day, he X$$K8KSWOK approached a white neighbor, William
Short, who was eating lunch underneath a tree on a creek bank with his|
rifle standing against the trunk of the tree. Short asked Mankiller
to join him for lunch and-after-the-two-men-had finished eating, the
Indian asked KKM his host if he might inspect the rifle. When he had
the weapon in his hands, he turned it on Short and killed him instant-|
ly. Short's-body-was found later that sane day By friends and Man=
killer was suspected from the beginning because he had been seen
walking down the same creek bank earlier. As he did not steal the
ieee eee ty any way, itis believed that his motive was one
of pure prejudice and he was convicted at Fort Smith, (is Bi 2a
tenced to hang by Judge Isaac C, Parker, Mankiller and
condemned prisoners were hanged from the same gallows at Fort Sth
on September 3, 1875,
HE HANGED THEM HIGH BY HERBERT -CROY
OUTLAWS ON HORSEBACK BY HARRY SINCLAIR DRAGO
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