Hide Article Text (OCR)
The Death of Mrs. WilsonWe regret to ntinouin 0 thi* death 01 Mro Wood row Wlliiuo. wif»* of the President of the t tilted SihU«, 11»«- Hilad* of tin lu ml, tnlstrwn* of the Whits H After a tutppy Installation into th* •-«*« ..»J duties of the WhiteHi' .-»• ..!;«! Hi- ! 1 • ! 1 : ; • ft f til# !'»• fcld. Ittal home, the moth, r and the vu tr*» • suddenly called uwn In giving expression for our |H*0|dt * the American Negro we. the UUintdest of the American people feel the d..p.»» Burrow that 'out president ti the mid»t of tt trying ordeal, in the time of great effort for the good of irttr country should have taken from hitu th* companion of hit? life iht mother of his household The whole nation mourns with himThe nu »-tins of the NaMounl N.*gro Mutdne^s Men * ta n cm? at Muskogee, pronilneg to be ,i mounter meeting Kioto nil » of the country re.port come in that preparation** are helm; made for Uirge representation of profess It h. - • . •!. ...the state to attend thl* great meeting t the representative men and woman Of thO r.e • Who Will *' kogee h dl • ISC • fid dcViKl plan-foi the g* n» r.‘‘I • • ' • ' f the rnc* nil I'll* 1 et themnow 1* an opportunity which .nut not coir,. icn*n n.We must Itnpr'tMi our ’is it or* with tin* gr» it opportunity wit hnve In the growing new -tatf. lo make h«.tn«. wtpfre end .while land is cheap andwithin their reach \\V tnuM meet tl • -Iton* and maklt; Uieli stapleasant and havlt; Iheti meg with good imireports Of the good people they tuet in Oklahoma We must make an effort to have them *»'•- a* mm l» of Okl.ihotim .«•lt; jO'*dide. during their short stay. We muM niuke the M»tako«ee meeting a succcsk a grand *ucc**w# a howling miiTfn- It will require ho little upon the pun of each of 11 • to do thin if we do our part.During to week .1 murder w«; committed at Sapulpa in which a Negro woman and two Negro uu-n are accused r.r committing the crime. The cir rti instances surrounding the affair are .itch that can only regret that tin* criminal* nr*- Negro., and will hu* to -offer the punishment for a crime which might hnve hoop avoided. If tlo* officer- of the law of Sapulpit had In en careful of their duty It is to bo hoped that this will he a lesson and that a re|*etltlon of this affair will not occur again.11*.- unfortunate man, who !«,#4t hi? life m thin affair a^tnr «lt;» lutvi mada a hahlt of associating with jew'd Negro women and Negro men of the round-erf type He bought whiskey for them and loved lo he with them The real trtli of his murder may never bo known, hut the fact Hindi, at. that hi* Negro comrade* rohbed him and in order to accomplish their pamum took hi* life.Lynching of the Negroes was avert**! til' because the lietler peoide or Sapulpa positively refused to encourage anything less than a trial for the reason that he kept company with them and thereby lost live protection of his own pet*pie.
Newspaper Details
The Tulsa Star
Tulsa, Oklahoma, US
Wed, Aug 19, 1914
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 28 Jan 2023
Other Publications Near Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Tulsa Star
Tulsa Daily World
The Morning Tulsa Daily World
