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FATAL SHOOTMB AT SALUSAW.t*v-—;_ «• . * , , (At the Taad y Adair .residence inASallisaw last Sunday evening. Job Adair was shot and distantly killedby George W. Bethell, a . member. - * ^ «)of Sheriff Johnston’s force for sev-♦eral months past. The shooting occurred about eight o’clock. The* ; *two men had always been goodfrjehds, and when.the news of the' ' ‘ ' v ' ' 1k illing flashed “ over the wires throughout the qounty, their com-moo acquaintnaces could hardlybring themselves to believe that it/ 1 ■ ■ ■ -was true.An adcount of the affair as related bv one,of several eye-witnesses to it is as follows:^ *George Bethell in company with%' 4several other men was sitting ou the. porch of the Tandy Adair boarding house, when John Adair and threeor four Other parties drove up in a hack, John and a man by the name of MeCrady got out, Adair bad ^een drinking rather freely and seemed to be in a quarrelsome mood. He attacked Claud Ford, a carpenter, kicking and pumeiing him about the yard until George Bethell interfered and told Adair that he wouldhave to arrest him if be did not go behave himself. Adair then drew bis knife and chrsed Bethell aroundawhile, but was at leugth persuaded.....to go away. He went over to the Kansas City Southern depot and several times asserted that he intended to go back to Tandy’s house and kill George Bethell. Mr. Bethell. telephoned to City Tiarshal Curtis m come up and arrest John, but be-fore the marshal could get to the Adair place, John had returned and renewed his attack on Bethell. Thelatter retreated, to the porch, with Jobu striking at him with # knife. At the door Bethell stopped and told Adair he would have to shoothim if fcuj did not desist. Adair kept advancing and Bethel! shot,thebullet taking effect in Adair’s*shoulder. Instead of frightening or stopping him, this seemed to enrage him all the more and he continued to use his knife mostvioious-ly. Bethell tired twice more, one bullet making a scalp wound and the other entering Adaif’s head kill-r’J ■ing him instantly.After the shooting Bethell surrendered to the officers. Monday♦morning he gave a five thousand dollar bond for his appearance at the September term of court, and was released.The consensus of qpiuion among the eye-witnesses to the tragedy ^|eems to be that the killing was unavoidable on Bethell’s part.k
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Muldrow Press
Muldrow, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Jun 12, 1908
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