Pioneer Genealogical Society - Ponca City, Oklahoma

 

 

 

The Blackwell Times Record
Blackwell, Oklahoma
September 24, 1903

Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

VICTIM IS DEAD

Ponca City, O. T., Sept. 22 – Silas Le Clair, who was shot from ambush three weeks ago, died last Saturday after making a desperate fight against his wounds, says the Courier. It has been very difficult matter to determine the cause of the shooting but some days ago one Lawson was jailed for the crime and later permitted to go on the merest technicality. In the death of Silas one of the best Indians on the reservation has been removed and the loss of a good man is felt by his family and friends.