The Oklahoman
07-10-1906
Tuesday
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TRIPLE MURDER

A FEUD AT CHRISTIE BRINGS ABOUT A HORRIBLE SHOOTING SCRAPE

BROTHERS DIED TOGETHER

One Man Lives With His Body Carrying Two Bullets - Neighborhood is Armed for Further Trouble

Special to The Oklahoman.

Welling, I.T., July 9 - Reuben Kirby is dying, with two bullet
wounds through his body, at his home near CHRISTIE in the
Cherokee nation, and brothers, Pleasant Hubbard and Ernest
Hubbard, are dead as the result of a feud that has existed
for some time.

The killing took place at the home of Kirby Saturday afternoon.

This is about four miles from CHRISTIE and 25 miles from a
telephone or a telegraph station.

Last Thursday Will Reaves and Frank Kirby, a brother of
Reuben Kirby, got into an altercation and there was a
shooting bee, but no one was killed, though it is
understood that Reaves was badly hurt.

The Hubbard boys took up the quarrel for Reaves.

Saturday afternoon they rode to Kirby's place and opened
fire on Reuben Kirby, probably thinking he was Frank. Kirby
darted into the house as soon as they commenced to shoot
and grabbed his Winchester. Two bullets had already gone
through him. He came out of the door and dropped Pleasant
Hubbard from his horse. Henry slid off on the opposite side
of his horse and Kirby shot through the horse and killed
his man on the other side. There are several families
involved in the feud and it is feared that there will be
more bloodshed.

The fight took place near the famous Rabbit Trap section
where four men were wounded in another shooting scrape ten
days ago and where Ned CHRISTIE made his famous stand
against United States officers when he was an outlaw and
his cabin had to be dynamited before he could be gotten out
or killed. There have been many shooting scrapes in that
section of the country.



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