State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1912 Page: 7 of 8
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STATE SKNTIXKt,, STIfJI.I Il. HASKKIJ, COL'NTV, OKLAHOMA, SEPTEMBER la, 1912.
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Call on
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Phone 105 stigler, Oklahoma
JURY SAYS
HE STOLE HOGS
Monday a'oeruooa, the jury in
the district court, fouaC Ed Dansby
guilty of ster.lng 'aofF 'r;.m A. E.
Honeycutt, on Au^us; 26, 1911.
T'.:o punishment w;-s '.o° to the dis-
cvetion of the ct-uit.
>1AIU:1A«E LICENSES.
The following i .ar.'iage licenses
were issued in c'.:o past v;eak:
Jos. W. Carlton, H~yi, Okla., age 20
Jliss Ruth KiiT-.bro, Whitefield, Okla.
age 17
Albert Ita<ran, Keota, Olcla., age 19
Miss My-tie Fir.ch, Kiota, Okia., 19
Cleveland Tatum, Whitefield, Okla.,
age 19
iMUs Oline Si,3p'.ien3, Stigler, Okta.,
age 20
0. Ij. Jchnsoti, Sallisaw, Okla.,
ag: 23
Miss L. G. H;rrell, Stigle. Okla.,
r ge 18
Abe Jobc, Lequire, Ohtey sge...25
Miss i.izzie I'oal, McCurtain, Okla..
SAM NEELY GETS
15 YEARS IN PEN
(Continued trom page one.)
sisted by Attorney Henderson, of
PPnul's Valley, defended N'dy. The
state was represented by John W.
Frederick, assisted by A. C. King.
The case was very ably represented
or. both sides, and it 'vrs only after
the hardest kind of figiitlns on the
part of both sides to the case that it
was finally gotten to the jury, at
10:00 o'clock Saturday night.
As poon as the jury retired for
their deliberation, thoy went into
prayer, for this was or.e cf the most
baffling cases that has ccme before a
jury in this county, and to go wrong
would mean the needless taking of a
man's life. It was a long fight for
the jury and much balloting was
done before finally a decision was
reached.
Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock
the jury reported that they had
found Neeley guilty of mansluaght-
er, and set this penalty at fifteen
years in the penitentiary at McAl-
lster.
Following is the verdict of the
jury:
"We, the jury, drawn, empanelled
and sworn in the above entitled
cause, do upon our oath, find the
defendant Sam Neely guilty of
manslaughter in the first degree as
charged in the information, and we
assess his punishment at imprison-
ment in the state prison for a term
of fifteen years.
R. S. ALEXANDER, Foreman."
About the 15tii of Februayr,
last, word was received at Stigler
that Sam Neely, living near lC^ota, j
had shot and killed Ed Gatlin of the
same neighborhood. The men it
seemed had teen drinking and Gat-
lln while in a political argument
r/ith Neely took exception to some-
thing he had said and called him a
"hickory-headed Socialist." Neely
then drew his gun and fired, killing
Gatlin.
Neely was brought to Stigler the
Friday following and lodged in jail.
The following Tuesday he was tried
befo"c a Justice cf the pc. ie at Keo-
ta. The state was represented by
Attorneys Frederick and Fannin, and
the defense by Mitshei'i & Forrester
of Stigler and A. R. Davis of Keota.
How Gatlin and Nee'.y got togeth-
er was brought out at the prelimin-
ry hearing at Keota. Walter Bncon,
a young man at that time v,-crking
for Neely, met Gatlin at the heme of
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Beginning September the 6th and ending
October the 12th, every person buyirg ten
cents worth of merchandise in our store
will be entitled to a guess at the number of
Rexall School Tablets
in our south window. The person guessiug
nearest to the correct number will be pre-
sented free of cost one Rexall School tablet
for each school week of the year.
Stigler Drug
Company
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Nodley Clark. They were talking
about some mules that Clark had lost
when Neely accompanied by three
other men come up ar.d joined in the
conversation. Neely and Gatlin got
off by themselves and started talk-
ing privately. Mrs. Neely being
present, remarked to the witness.
Bacon, that her husband and Gatlin
were about to "get into it", and sug-
gested that they go aroud to where
the two men were talking. As they
got to within 75 or 80 fest of where
they were, but around tho corner of
the barn from them, they heard two j
shots fired in quick succesicn,. Wit- j
ness then forgot what became of Mrs. I
Neely, but went to look at what had I
taken place.
Neely was standing there, with a |
revolver held down by his side, and j
John Harris waa standng about four
feet away from the body. The
body was searhed by Mr. Harris, I
and no weapons but a pocket knife
found.
F. M. Smnions, city marshal of j
Keota, arrested Neely cn the same j
evening and brought him to Stigler.
John Harrris, who '•milled at i
tho preliminary herring, was a'
very unwilling wit-ies for the state, j
in the final trial. His story was
straight-fcrwa:-d and to the point.
Harris testified that h? was
standing almost between the men
when the shooting oceurre.1 When
they got to quarellng, he stepepd
between them end held them off at
a-rn's length, fi-.-sias Neely. He
was in the act of turning t> look
at Gatlin, when Noely tir d across
ir. front cf him. Ik did n:t see
whether Gatlin had -auie a d-aw
for a gun or not. He said that
then Neoly hnnied him .lie gun.
This part cf the tesfclr.ioay, how-
ever, was not c:rr >br-a'a', by other
witnesses. Ti e etaterrent by Har-
ris that ho tcok N-ely ;'o".vn to the
home of Joe Nesly and Sam Neely,
came back to where thr r'.eai man
was, and th n w nt wit!. Mm to
his (Hartis') home, was not cor-
roborated in full by other wit-
nesses.
It is thoua'it that the testimony
of Walter Bacon, to the effect that
ne was so badly scared immediately
after the kill'.at, he coull say ncth-
ing to Nee y exoepi. "Come on, Sam,
let's go to supper," may have been
instrumental in taking at least five
years off his sentence.
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Offices:
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Haskell Count? Abstract Co., St infer,
Okla.
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Milam, C. D. State Sentinel (Stigler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, September 13, 1912, newspaper, September 13, 1912; Stigler, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc99224/m1/7/: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.