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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1926
Page
11
Be Sation, an official Choctaw executioner under Tecumec Moore, recounts the last execution under Choctaw law before white courts superseded native rules. The tale, told by Pusley, links the era of retribution to expanding pioneer encroachment on Choctaw lands.
A Cincinnati businessman credits Sloan's Liniment with ending his neuritis pain after influenza and urges its use. The article then recounts a Native American factional feud culminating in a 1804 shooting when Lewis faced execution near Wilburton, selected by Pusley as the markman. Lewis was to be shot with a rifle to end the conflict.
Reports from Paris and New York mix political caution, personal drama, and unlikely tales. A pastor warns against flags changing to dollars as Ambassador Herrick attends a relief service, while Winifred Hudnat discusses astral messages from her ex-husband. In Oklahoma, the last Chau Taw execution ends with smothering after a botched shot, witnessed by locals including R Fouthen who photographed the event.
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