Show OFFICERS 1 four men killed by negro and ten others injured before black man is killed occurrence in oklahoma leads to be lief that race war is imminent and governor orders out the state mil tia okmulgee okia five persons were killed and ten others wounded sunday afternoon in a fight between jim deckard a negro desperado and local officers the disturbance began at the st louis san francisco railroad sta alon when jim deckard engaged in a fight with an ind an boy steve gray and beat him into insensibility with a rock friends of grayson notified the police and when policeman klaber went to the station deckard fled to his bouse nearby barricaded himself in and when klaber approached pro ached deckard shot and killed him sheriff robinson gathered a posse in a few minutes and hurried to the part of this posse was made up of a group of negroes tl e sheriff commissioned as deputies As the posse approached the house deck ard opened fire with a rifle firing as rapidly as he could load his weapon sheriff robinson fell first instantly killed then the two chapman brothers negro deputies were slain deckard s house was surrounded by a renzley renz led mob of armed men fire was set to a house just north of deckard s volleys were poured into deckard s house and he was shot down he was seen to roll over on the floor strike a match and set fire to his own house which vas soon a roaring furnace in which hs body was baked deckard evidently had a large quantity of ammunition stored in his house for many cartridges exploded while the hoise was burning governor haskell at guthrie was notified of the battle and ot the bad feeling beewen whites and aba had grown out of it and threat ened a race riot the governor at once ordera the militia company at muskogee to prepare to go to okmun gee and a special train was made read to carry the troops the gov arnor remaining at his office to keep in touch with the situation news of the preparation to send militia here had a good effect on the disorderly element of both races and at 7 clock sunday night the crowd had dispersed and further trouble is not expected |