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Show BATTLE WITH NEGROES. Men in Search of Alleged Cattle Thieves Given Warm Reception. Guthrie, Okla. On the scene of the famous Creek Indian uprising of last year at Hickory settlement, three negroes were killed, many wounded and forty negroes captured in a battle bat-tle between twenty deputy sheriffs and j 00 negroes. The fighting began late Wednesday afternoon and continued con-tinued with interruptions untSl 1 o'clock Thursday. A posse of five deputies went from Henrietta, eighteen miles to the negro ne-gro settlement to arrest cattle thieves thought to be concealed in a negro's house. The deputies were' met at he outer edge of the camp by a party of armed negroes who refused to allow al-low them to enter. The deputies persisted per-sisted and were fired upon. Outnumbered, Out-numbered, the five men fled for reinforcements, rein-forcements, when fighting continued throughout the night. At daybreak firing ceased and neither party made another move until 10 o'clock, when the deputy sheriffs -renewed their attack. at-tack. About 300 shots were fired in the last encounter, when the neeroes were dislodged and fled. The posse pursued and captured forty. |