Lockhart’s right-hand man is bad
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
— Sequoyah County Democrat, June 29, 1923
From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times
25 Years Ago
(From the June 28, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Muldrow won a civil lawsuit June 12 in federal court in Muskogee. The lawsuit, filed by Sequoyah County Rural Water District No. 7, claimed Muldrow was selling water within the water association’s territory which violates a federal law protecting federally indebted water associations.
The court ruled the water district was ineligible for protection under the law because it failed to make service available to the disputed territories and customers. The court then dismissed the lawsuit.
50 Years Ago
(From the June 28, 1973, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Retail sales in Sallisaw for the month of April showed a 9.8 percent gain for the year over the same month last year, figures released by the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce indicate.
75 Years Ago
(From the July 2, 1948, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Donkey softball came to Sallisaw Wednesday night.
Three hectic, thrilling, amusing, spectacular innings, teams comprised of members of the Sallisaw Lions Club battled for supremacy.
When the game ended, one hour and forty five fleeting minutes after it had begun, the score read 3 to 0 in favor of the Chamberites, but that isn’t the important part of the story.
For the spectators, some 1,500 persons, the game was entertaining.
—Cpl. Earnest B. Prewett, son of Ocie Prewett, Nicut, who is stationed at Tinker Field, Okla., has completed a twelve-weeks course for Army cooks at Food Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, it was reported this week.
100 years ago
(From the June 29, 1923, issue of the Sequoyah County Democrat) —Kie Carlile who was arrested in Sallisaw several months ago at the time Night Officer Chuculate made the sensational capture of Ed Lockhart, notorious bank bandit, was arrested at Tahlequah this week charged with being a member of the gang that held up the Ocheleta bank in May.
The cashier of the robbed institution has identified Carlile as one of the bank bandits.
Carlile was arrested in Sallisaw several months ago with Ed and Sam Lockhart, who were found heavily armed in a garage while trying to steal a car. The three men were held in the county jail several weeks, until Ed Lockhart plead guilty of robbing the bank at Gore and received a twenty year sentence, Sam Lockhart was sent to Harrison, Ark., where he was convicted of stealing a car and is now serving a ten year sentence. Carlile served out his time in the county jail for carrying a concealed weapon, there being no other charges against him he was given his release, although local officers have always expressed an opinion that Carlile had been implicated in number of bank raids with Lockhart.
—John Sexton, age 22, was run over and instantly killed two miles west of Redland by the fast Kansas City Southern north bound mail train early Sunday morning.
Sexton was badly bruised about the head, one leg and his neck were broken. Death came instantly. He was noticed lying on the track by the engineer of the train, but on account of the speed of the train it was impossible to bring the roaring engine to a halt. This remains were brought to Sallisaw.
—Petitions were sent to Vian and Muldrow from Sallisaw this week seeking signers asking the district judge to call a grand jury. The petition was circulated in Sallisaw and the required number of names was obtained in a short while, it is said. The petition, it is said asks the district judge to call a grand jury at once and investigate the affairs of county commissioners.
In order to call a grand jury 100 tax payers must sign the petition and then it is filed with the district court, and the district judge must immediately issue an order for a grand jury. The grand jury consist of twelve or sixteen members and are obtained from the jury box. The affairs of the county commissioners and the conduct of other officials needs investigation the petition reads, according to information the Democrat received this week.
