In my hunt for an elusive ancestor, I scour archives using his surname in keyword searches. Interesting "hits" pop up. This Childers' story is from the front page of the Muskogee Phoenix, December 7, 1893:
Early Tulsa pioneer J.M. Hall provided a location for this shootout. It occurred near where I work in downtown Tulsa.
Hall wrote: "Sam caught "Yockey' one day while the latter was sitting on his horse in the middle of Main street between First and Second Street and shot him off. He lived for a short time but would not reveal his true name nor his home town."
http://www.tulsaokhistory.com/hall/pg055.html
http://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc99419/m1/1/?q=childers
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