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Itlillau Way .Qius evening ta»t we»*W, jiul about ftondowu. Tom ChicUnaaw, a fnllhlood I ml.an. condemned to din for lint Criit'e of larceny, according to the tribal law%, wim placed in a wa^u a. d driven to the graveyard joai caat of Okmulgee. II u walked up and looked Into Ida grave and than knelt down and prayed with lie# John Mclntuah. lie wm then vhown a ling* atone at the beat I of hi* giavo hy a JittW* tree, where ho aal down, feting death bravely. lie ad t wed all young tnwn to bo liorW'ftt With their fellowrtton and to not follow lot • tarn pin. After be bid huiahrd hlaapeecb bi «« b]ioa foMr4 and ahot to death by the l.ghtborae-won of the Okmulgee dlatrlci. Tue crime fur vvhh h ('hii'ktwn wah ecuted wm larceny Ho had U*«« con-vie ted for the third time for the aaiun crime and the i hief, who al.mu cniild aa«e him, refuted to grant a parduh.
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Guthrie Daily Leader
Guthrie, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Jun 27, 1897
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