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*--WALTON SUCCUMBS ' TO PISTOL WOUNDSU 8. Walton, a Rod .r*7. the prosperous farmer and merchant of Hulhert ] who was shot yesterday by Durkin 1 Hevenstar, declared to be his son-in-law, died at H: K» o'clock Saturday! morning at a local hospital. 1Wait on was shot in the stoma eh with a bullet from an automatic pist|. While his condition was known to be [] serious, it was hoped after he had passed night without excessiv' hem- H orrhage (hat he would recover. The f shook of the wound, however, had been c, greater than was believed and death { followed about twenty hours after he |, was wounded. An operation was per- \ formed Friday night. nThe altercation which resulted In the v shooting of Walton started in the First * National bank at Hulhert early Friday n morning. Wash on was in the bank and ^ his son-in-law came in and they shirt- ^ fid discussing a land deal .involving a r loan from Walton to Sevenstar. The {3 latter drew an automatic and fired, I running from the hank when ordered to leave by bank officials. He snr- ^ rendered to officers after a break for p liberty had failed. . 0Immediately after the death of Wnl- M Ion, relatives were summoned and the ^ body was taken to the Street - Hieholtz ,j parlors in Muskogee. He is survived (. by a widow and four children, two sons and two daughters. These are Claude and Doe Walton of Hulhert. Airs. R. ,, R. Stevens of Muskogee, and Mario t Walton of Hulbert. The Walton home y Is one niih* from that place. vThe Cherokee county authorities ^ were awaiUng news of Walton’s con- ^ dition before placing a charge against n Sevenstar. A charge of murder will in all probability In* lodged against ^ the Indian at once, according to a dis- .patch from Tahlequah. (•111 ■ ” ......
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Muskogee County Democrat
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Thu, May 27, 1915
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William B.
USA 21 Oct 2022
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