The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
January 24, 1904
page 11
Commissioner Was Acquitted
Muskogee, I. T., Jan 23 - ...United States vs. Clarence Leeds, United
States commissioner at Sapulpa, returned a verdict of acquittal tonight...
The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
February 19, 1904
page 1
Each Get Five Years In The Pen
Sapulpa, I.T, Feb. 18 - ...sentenced to the Kansa penitentiary for five
years, Dan Butler and W. P. Raymond for felonious assault and
burglary...of store, T. P. Platter & Son... Clarence Platter was sleeping in
the store at the time and when he interfered...they pounded upon him and pounded
him almost to death with brick bats. Young Platter lay at the point of death for
a number of days, but finally recovered.