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William Wilson of South McAlester, Oklahoma was shot and killed at Krebs baseball park in McAlester, Oklahoma

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William Wilson of South McAlester, Oklahoma was shot and killed at Krebs baseball park in McAlester, Oklahoma

Posted: 5 Jan 2008 10:35PM GMT
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Appears in "The Wapanucka Press" 16 July 1903, Wapanucka, Johnston County, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma

KILLED AT SOUTH McALESTER

One Man Shot to Death and Two Others Wounded

South McAlester: William Wilson of South McAlester was shot and killed and William Frazee of Coalgate and John McShane of McAlester were badly wounded by some unknown men at the Krebs baseball park.

McShane and Frazee stat that the trio were riding in a buggy when some persons drove up behind them and began shooting into the buggy without a word of altercation or any warning. Wilson was shot just below the heart and died instantly. The other two men received body wounds and one of Frazee's fingers was shot off. Wilson whose mother lives here, worked on the Katy railroad. The unknown men did not stop to see the result of their shots, but drove on. None of them were identified, but deputy marshals have gone in search of them.

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