Show WITH HAHO four men killed by negro and ten others injured before black man is killed occurrence in oklahoma lead leado to be lief fief that race war Is imminent and governor orders out the state militia okmulgee okia okla 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 tion when jim deckard engaged in a fight with an indian boy steve gray son and beat him into insensibility with a rock friends ot of grayson no rifled the police and when policeman hiaber went to the station deckard fled to his house 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 scene part of this posse was made up of a group of negroes whom the sheriff commissioned as deputies am A the posse approached the house deck ard opened fire with a rifle firing am a rapidly as he could load his weapon sheriff robinson fell first instantly killed then the two chapman brothers negro deputies were slain Deck deckard ards s house was surrounded by a frenzied mob of armed men fire was set to a house just north ot of Deck deckard ards s volleys were poured into Deck deckard ards 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 was soon a roaring furnace in which his body was baked deckard evidently had a large quantity of ammunition stored in his house tor for many cartridges exploded while the house was burning governor haskell at guthrie was notified of the battle and of the bad feeling beewen whites and negroes that had grown out of it and threat ened a race riot the governor at once drice ordera the militia company at muskogee to prepare to go to okmun gee and a special train was made ready to carry the troops the gov emor 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 0 clock sunday night the crowd had dispersed and further trouble is not expected |