Show indian fighter 1 ter dies ies at tulsa his age 05 TULSA OKLA during darlng his life six wars were fought he knew personally such historical characters as general custer geronemo mo the indian apache chief and jesse james the outlaw he recently died here at the age of william franklin knight who observed his birthday last february 17 was born on a steamboat at louisiana mo ile he went to texas in 1860 as an advance guard for stage coaches later he rode for the wells fargo express from st louis west he was wounded four times by bu bullets ellets and ones once when comanche indians pierced his neck with arrows in september S ep 1870 after the Co manches had burned telegraph wires between two awo cities knight rode from corf fort worth to el paso I 1 carrying govern government me nt messages messages he used 33 horses on the trip and slept only two hours during the five days istook in the early seventies when buffalo roamed the southwest plain country knight shipped as many as buffalo hides at one time to eastern markets knight moved to tulsa in 1918 and was employed by a local transfer company ile he worked until he was 99 years of age before retiring lie he kept kep house tor for himself until forced to enter a convalescent home because of infirmities no immediate relatives have been ted |