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* : 1 * | IATourfjft/olortdMtnTak«n4nCtti^:•** • ; L,V.v‘James Raymond; a young colored man, tfaa yesterday - brought before Commissioner Leekley,. charged with stealing a horse, - the property of Bob Rudders, a farmer living near Coweta. Raynivnd^woii working for Sndders,andclffipayment of wages due him for bis work.' A day or two^ago 8udders told Eay-mdncf td gd td Coweta and buy a sack offlour and bring it home. ; RaymondStarted to Coweta, taking the horse with him^wdjsaidi told hie employertbit he intended takjng the hor^^orjwhat was due him. ^ddei% forbade thiiy^iowa^er^iruuL^the young mW left with the horse: Instead of “going toCoweta and performing the errand in*trusted to him. he wcot in search of a* ■ -» '• « .buyer for the horse; He finally sold it to a tban living on Jim Bdbinett’s place,and then came on to Muskogee.Sudders started out' in Search of the1 i- » - *d ' • • man.and horse, finding the horse on theRobin at t farm whew Raymond had soldit. He then, in company with Bpbinett,came on to -Muskogee, where they found* ' * - ^ j . ■■ #* •[ the young, man for whom they were looking. , !As soon as Raymond discovered the• • • • '■ *meirwho were took 1 n g for start*ed to ran♦ Sudclers and Bobmetfcetart-! * • ♦ * *ed in pursuit and were soon joined by— ...... ^ - - .. . ^ -n . r , , ‘ ‘ “ ^ | ■ _ ■_others. The chase catne to a rfttWr ab* rupt termination by the fugitive runr mug up against tfie. muzzle of a revol-*Ver in the hands of City Officer Me** * •. ’Stravick. • ' ‘
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Muskogee Daily Phoenix
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Dec 25, 1902
Page 4
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Michael M.
USA 25 Mar 2023
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