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Show DUHANT, Oldn., Sept. 3. Horace Grlbble, a while farmer, was killed In a fight hetweeon Ave white men and five nogroes near Caddo last night. Tho white men declare they wore fired upon while passing tho homo of: u negro named Daniels, while tho negroes ne-groes say the whites throw a stick of dynamite at ttfc hut and thou commenced com-menced firing Feeling against tho negroes is bitter and further raca trouble is feared. A stick of dynamite with the fuse partly burned was found near the hut. After tho oncountor the white men fled to Caddo nnd told of tho fight Officers Of-ficers hastened to the scene and found Gribble's body. Tho negroes did not know they had klllod tho man until Informed by tho authorities. Tho negroes here, fqaring rctoJla-tion rctoJla-tion by tho whites, aro sacrificing their crops and proporty In order to get away. DURANT, Okla., Sept. 3. Two brothers named Daniels and Will Ste-veiiB, Ste-veiiB, nogroes, were arrested Sunday morning by Sheriff Hamilton at the, homo of tho Daniels, charged with tho murder of Horace Grlbble They were spirited out of tho county to prevent a lynching by a mob, which soon collected col-lected at Caddo, and it Is though they were taken to McAlester. None of the negroes attempted to leave the hoiiBP whero the shootln occurred oc-curred and they still claim they wero attacked by the wblte men. George AVhito and Jim Bradlck, white men who wore with Grlbble when he was shot, say that he was Instantly killed Both factions fought with rifles. Fueling Fuel-ing was high at Caddo and all of the negro residents of that town left carls Sunday morning, about fifty sceklnp safety In other scctlona of tho coun' tj' Quiet reigned at Caddp by nlghtfal' and there Avas no further talk of vlo leuce. |