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[Photograph 2012.201.B0311.0281]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lee Olen Downey, Claremore sodding contractor, tells congressmen he lied to a Tulsa grand jury because a highway commissioner threatened his life."
Date: May 5, 1960
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1060.0398]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Officers steal caustiously toward the five room house where a Claremore school teacher held a nieghborhhod at bay for 2 1/2 hours Monday firing seven bullets at passers by and officers. The officers are Kent Frieden, brand inspector from Nowata, running, and Deputy Sheriff J. B. Hamby, flattended against the corner of the house."
Date: May 25, 1965
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1060.0397]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Claremore teacher Betty Jo Potts is circled by officers after she was brought unconscious from her house. Lawmen hurled tear gas bombs into her home following the teacher's shooting spree. Left to right are policemen Peta Wilcox, Deputy Sheriff J. B. Hamby, Police Chief Buck Johnson (back to camera) and Sheriff Amos G. Ward."
Date: May 25, 1965
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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