Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Claude Wilson, 1920
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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WILSON, CLAUDE
(19 Aug 1920, Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Roger Mills Co, OK):
Claude Wilson, son of J. J. Wilson of near Crawford, died at the home of
his parents last Saturday morning probably as a result of injuries
received in a cutting affray at a ball game at Durham on the 12th day of
last June.  The news of Wilson's death came as a surprise to the people of
the county as news had been  (blurred line) the injuries, but those who
had a better right to know of his condition were not surprised to learn of
his demise.
It is said that Claude had been compelled to sleep in a sitting position
on account of strangling when he would attempt to recline.  Claude was
brought to Cheyenne on Friday before his death early Saturday morning, for
the purpose of having an examination made as to his physical condition. 
His condition provoked a great deal of sympathy in Cheyenne.  It was
indeed pitiful to see a young man with a seemingly strong body with his
chin drawn down on his chest, gasping and strangling for breath.
Lester Brannon who had been released on bond for his appearance in court
to answer to the charge of assault with a deadly weapon, was brought to
town Saturday and delivered over to the authorities who placed him in jail
without bond.  The information has been amended increasing the crime to
homicide.
The difficulty on June 12 occurred at a ball game at Durham, where Brannon
slashed the throat of Claude Wilson with a pocket knife which severed the
jugular vein.
The body of Wilson was examined by physicians after death but we are not
informed as to what their findings were.
Brannon will be arraigned in District Court, September 6, on a charge of
homicide.

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