Show indian 1 fighter fig 11 ater dies at tulsa his age TULSA OKLA during his hl vie life six wars were fought he knew personally such historical characters as general custer geronimo Geron the indian apache chief and jesse james the outlaw he recently died here at the ago age of william franklin knight who observed his birthday last february 17 was born on a steamboat at louisiana mo he went to texas in 1866 as an advance guard tor for stage coaches later he rode tor for the wells fargo express from st louis west he was wounded lour four times by bullets and on once ce when comanche indians pierced his neck with arrows in september 1870 alter after the Co manches had burned telegraph wires between two cities knight rode from fort worth to el paso faso carrying government messages he used 33 horses on the trip and slept only two hours during the five days it took in the early seventies when buffalo roamed the southwest plains country knight shipped as many as 10 buffalo hides at one time to eastern markets knight moved to tulsa in 1918 and was employed by a local transfer company he worked until he was 89 99 years of age before retiring he kept house for himself until forced to enter a convalescent home because of infirmities no immediate relatives have been located |