Chronicles of Oklahoma
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| Muskogee Nation | ||
| vs. | } | Murder |
| Timmie Jack |
Charged with killing one Jas. Brown. This crime was committed on the night of January 1st, 1896 against the peace and dignity of the said nation.
| Witnesses for Prosecution. | Dft. Witnesses. |
| Jas. Brown | Sandy |
| Geo. Long | Alloe |
| Daniel Bigpond | John Stella |
| Andy Johnson | Stanwaitie Bighead |
| Lyra Brown | Candy Squire |
| Karthoney | James " |
| Thos. Brown | Kethe |
| Stanwaitie Bighead | Conge |
| John Stilla | William Littlehead |
| Pros. Atty. & Assistants: | Dft. Attorneys: |
| Thos Grayson | C. B. Perryman |
| Ben McIntosh | Lewis McGilbra |
| S. J. Haynes | George Tiger |
| Jeffry Smith | Alex Davis |
| R. R. Bruner |
| JURY | |
| Austin Anderson | Wash Adams |
| Woxey Harjo | Ben Porter |
| Keeper Johnson | Timmie Tiger |
| George West | Skianger |
| Isaac Manuel | Joseph Gibson |
| Pompey Phillips | E. E. Hardridge |
The jury in this case failed to agree on a verdict and turned the case back to the court Febry. 25th, 1896.
On a second trial the following proceedings are shown by the record:
| Muskogee Nation | ||
| vs. | } | Murder |
| Timmie Jack |
Charged with killing Jas. Brown. This crime was committed on the night of the 1st of January 1896, against the peace and dignity of the said Nation.
| Pros. Witnesses: | Dft. Witnesses |
| James Brown | Sandy |
| George Long | Ello |
| Daniel Bigpond | Candy Squire |
| Karthlona | Kittie |
| Thomas Brown | Wm. Littlehead |
| Stanwaitie Bighead | |
| John Stilla | |
| Pros. Atty and Assistants: | Dft. Attys: |
| Thomas Grayson | C. B. Perryman |
| Ben McIntosh | Lewis McGilbra |
| Sam J. Haynes | George W. Tiger |
| Jeffry Smith | Alex Davis |
| R. R. Bruner | O. A. Morton |
| Jim Haynes |
| JURY | |
| Lincoln Postoak | Pigeon Scott |
| Wm. Eufaula | Tulmarsey |
| Stanwaitie | Harris Berryhill |
| Martin Davis | Sandy Tobler |
| Marchie | David Barnwell |
| Pufney Tiger | Turner Bradley |
| VERDICT |
We the jury selected to decide the above case after a care-
ful investigation of all the evidence in the case find the defendant guilty of murder as charged in the indictment.
Lincoln Postoak
Foreman
Approved
J. F. Marshall
Judge, Okmulgee Dist.
J. H. Lynch, Clk.
Sentenced to be shot between the hours of 9 A. M. and 4 P. M. April 28th, 1896.
Reprieved 3 days by Isparhecher.
Executed in accordance with law.
After sentence he was brought to Okmulgee and confined under guard in the Council House. At his rquest he was permitted to go home in charge of a lighthorseman, returning to Okmulgee a day before he was to be executed. The lighthorseman who was to execute him not having been aligned with him as a friend, and desiring a friend to shoot him he requested the trial Judge to designate his friend Pleasant (Duke) Berryhill, the Sheriff of Okmulgee County, to execute him, which request the Judge granted.
1Whilst a carpenter and another party were making his coffin in a blacksmith shop in Okmulgee, Timmie Jack came by, his wife with him, looking at it and buttoning up his coat he laid down in it as if to see whether his body would fit into it, after which he accompanied his guard to the Council House.
The next day he was executed by Berryhill who considered it his duty to do so on the request of his friend, thereby preventing an enemy from carrying the execution into effect. Berryhill fastening a small piece of white paper over his heart, shot and killed him with only one fire.
Effort being made to have the Principal Chief Isparhecher to pardon him which being opposed2 by a counter petition on the part of the friends of deceased, consisting of Billy Brown, a brother, and others, the Principal Chief declined to interfere with the carrying into effect the sentence of the court, although he postponed the execution for three days.
R. L. Williams