• An old man traveling by wagon disappeared near the Deep Fork bottoms after stopping at an abandoned house west of town. He had unhitched his team, unloaded a few household items and walked toward the river, but never returned. L.E. Tucker cared for the horses and reported the mat‑ter when the traveler failed to reappear. Nothing in the wagon showed who he was, and officers could only speculate whether he had fallen into the river, become ill or wandered off and lost his way in the thick bottomland.

• Sheriff John Russell of Okmulgee County shot and killed two prisoners in Texas after they tried to overpower him during the drive back to Oklahoma. He had arrested Ben Snakeya and Vernon Rosen‑krans at Pecos on larceny warrants and was bring‑ing them home in a small coupe when Rosenkrans slipped a handcuff, grabbed Russell around the neck and Snakeya steered the car into a ditch. When the car stopped and the door flew open, Russell man‑aged to reach his gun. Both men were killed, and an inquest at Stanton ruled the shootings were in self‑defense. Their bodies were sent back to Okla‑homa for burial.

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• The Okmulgee Tag Office assembled a near‑com‑plete collection of Oklahoma license plates from 1921 to 1976 as a Bicentennial project. Only three years were missing from the 55‑year span. A photo showed the tag office staff standing with the display, marking the community’s contribution to the anni‑versary