From the May 2, 1913, Ryan Leader
TOM FULLERTON Shot at Cushing
Word reached here last Sunday night that TOM FULLERTON had been shot at Cushing, Oklahoma. His son TOMMIE FULLERTON left on the midnight train to bring the body back to Sugden for burial beside his wife. Tom Fullerton was 67 years of age and had lived here for years, well-known, a nightwatchman at the oil mill for several years. He took a vacation April 20th, expecting to return within two weeks. He was in company with MRS. B M. LOYD, formerly of this town, now of Cushing.
From the May 1, 1913 Cushing Independent
TOM FULLERTON KILLS HIMSELF
Tom Fullerton, aged 62 years committed suicide in a tent near Cherry and Noble streets last sunday evening about 8:30. He placed the pistol near the back of his head before firing the fatal shot. The remains were shipped to Sugden, Oklahoma, Wednesday morning, after having been held in Walters undertaking rooms pending investigation by the authorities.
While there were some peculiar features of the case, which led some to think that perhaps it was not suicide, the investigation did not develop an evidence to the contrary. The son of the deceased came here and asked for an investigation and the result was that the county attorney did not deemed it necessary to hold an inquest.
The deceased had been working here for some time and had some money when found.
From the Cushing Citizen May 1, 1913:
On Sunday evening a little after nine o'clock the citizens in the south part of the city were aroused by the sound of a pistol shot. Upon investigation it was found to have come from a tent located in the vicinity of Cherry and Harrison and was supposed to have been fired by a man named Thomas Fullerton.
Fullerton was a man of between fifty and sixty years of age who had been working in this vicinity for sometime and stopped with the owners of the tent who were old aquaintences or friends. His own home is at Ryan, Oklahoma.
The shot, which is supposed to be fired by Fullerton himself entered the back and lower part of the head and lodged therein producing practically instant death. The weapon used was an Iver-Johnson, thirty-two. When found one chamber of the pistol was empty and another contained the exploded shell. Although fired at such close range as it seems to have been, there are no powder marks. This latter fact and the location of the wound being in a place where it seems almost impossible to have been made by the party himself, has created the idea in the minds of some that it was not suicide although the authorities are inclined to think that such was the case.
The woman in charge of the tent says that her husband had gone to Morris to look for work and that she and her children had gone to bed, while Fullerton was sleeping on a cot, when she heard the click of the pistol and then the shot. She also says that her husband and Fullerton had both been drinking quite heavily of late and that she had remonstrated with them concerning it. No further facts have yet been elicited. An inquest will be held, but at what time Justice Springer, who had not yet conferred with the County Attorney could not yet inform us.
The remains of the unfortunate man were taken to the Walters Undertaking room and the relatives at Ryan were notified. The son is expected to arrive this afternoon.
The body of Thomas Fullerton the man who shot himself on Sunday night, was sent to Sugden, Oklahoma on Wednesday, in charge of his son. No inquest was deemed necessary by the authorities.
TOM FULLERTON Shot at Cushing
Word reached here last Sunday night that TOM FULLERTON had been shot at Cushing, Oklahoma. His son TOMMIE FULLERTON left on the midnight train to bring the body back to Sugden for burial beside his wife. Tom Fullerton was 67 years of age and had lived here for years, well-known, a nightwatchman at the oil mill for several years. He took a vacation April 20th, expecting to return within two weeks. He was in company with MRS. B M. LOYD, formerly of this town, now of Cushing.
From the May 1, 1913 Cushing Independent
TOM FULLERTON KILLS HIMSELF
Tom Fullerton, aged 62 years committed suicide in a tent near Cherry and Noble streets last sunday evening about 8:30. He placed the pistol near the back of his head before firing the fatal shot. The remains were shipped to Sugden, Oklahoma, Wednesday morning, after having been held in Walters undertaking rooms pending investigation by the authorities.
While there were some peculiar features of the case, which led some to think that perhaps it was not suicide, the investigation did not develop an evidence to the contrary. The son of the deceased came here and asked for an investigation and the result was that the county attorney did not deemed it necessary to hold an inquest.
The deceased had been working here for some time and had some money when found.
From the Cushing Citizen May 1, 1913:
On Sunday evening a little after nine o'clock the citizens in the south part of the city were aroused by the sound of a pistol shot. Upon investigation it was found to have come from a tent located in the vicinity of Cherry and Harrison and was supposed to have been fired by a man named Thomas Fullerton.
Fullerton was a man of between fifty and sixty years of age who had been working in this vicinity for sometime and stopped with the owners of the tent who were old aquaintences or friends. His own home is at Ryan, Oklahoma.
The shot, which is supposed to be fired by Fullerton himself entered the back and lower part of the head and lodged therein producing practically instant death. The weapon used was an Iver-Johnson, thirty-two. When found one chamber of the pistol was empty and another contained the exploded shell. Although fired at such close range as it seems to have been, there are no powder marks. This latter fact and the location of the wound being in a place where it seems almost impossible to have been made by the party himself, has created the idea in the minds of some that it was not suicide although the authorities are inclined to think that such was the case.
The woman in charge of the tent says that her husband had gone to Morris to look for work and that she and her children had gone to bed, while Fullerton was sleeping on a cot, when she heard the click of the pistol and then the shot. She also says that her husband and Fullerton had both been drinking quite heavily of late and that she had remonstrated with them concerning it. No further facts have yet been elicited. An inquest will be held, but at what time Justice Springer, who had not yet conferred with the County Attorney could not yet inform us.
The remains of the unfortunate man were taken to the Walters Undertaking room and the relatives at Ryan were notified. The son is expected to arrive this afternoon.
The body of Thomas Fullerton the man who shot himself on Sunday night, was sent to Sugden, Oklahoma on Wednesday, in charge of his son. No inquest was deemed necessary by the authorities.
From the May 2, 1913, Ryan Leader
TOM FULLERTON Shot at Cushing
Word reached here last Sunday night that TOM FULLERTON had been shot at Cushing, Oklahoma. His son TOMMIE FULLERTON left on the midnight train to bring the body back to Sugden for burial beside his wife. Tom Fullerton was 67 years of age and had lived here for years, well-known, a nightwatchman at the oil mill for several years. He took a vacation April 20th, expecting to return within two weeks. He was in company with MRS. B M. LOYD, formerly of this town, now of Cushing.
From the May 1, 1913 Cushing Independent
TOM FULLERTON KILLS HIMSELF
Tom Fullerton, aged 62 years committed suicide in a tent near Cherry and Noble streets last sunday evening about 8:30. He placed the pistol near the back of his head before firing the fatal shot. The remains were shipped to Sugden, Oklahoma, Wednesday morning, after having been held in Walters undertaking rooms pending investigation by the authorities.
While there were some peculiar features of the case, which led some to think that perhaps it was not suicide, the investigation did not develop an evidence to the contrary. The son of the deceased came here and asked for an investigation and the result was that the county attorney did not deemed it necessary to hold an inquest.
The deceased had been working here for some time and had some money when found.
From the Cushing Citizen May 1, 1913:
On Sunday evening a little after nine o'clock the citizens in the south part of the city were aroused by the sound of a pistol shot. Upon investigation it was found to have come from a tent located in the vicinity of Cherry and Harrison and was supposed to have been fired by a man named Thomas Fullerton.
Fullerton was a man of between fifty and sixty years of age who had been working in this vicinity for sometime and stopped with the owners of the tent who were old aquaintences or friends. His own home is at Ryan, Oklahoma.
The shot, which is supposed to be fired by Fullerton himself entered the back and lower part of the head and lodged therein producing practically instant death. The weapon used was an Iver-Johnson, thirty-two. When found one chamber of the pistol was empty and another contained the exploded shell. Although fired at such close range as it seems to have been, there are no powder marks. This latter fact and the location of the wound being in a place where it seems almost impossible to have been made by the party himself, has created the idea in the minds of some that it was not suicide although the authorities are inclined to think that such was the case.
The woman in charge of the tent says that her husband had gone to Morris to look for work and that she and her children had gone to bed, while Fullerton was sleeping on a cot, when she heard the click of the pistol and then the shot. She also says that her husband and Fullerton had both been drinking quite heavily of late and that she had remonstrated with them concerning it. No further facts have yet been elicited. An inquest will be held, but at what time Justice Springer, who had not yet conferred with the County Attorney could not yet inform us.
The remains of the unfortunate man were taken to the Walters Undertaking room and the relatives at Ryan were notified. The son is expected to arrive this afternoon.
The body of Thomas Fullerton the man who shot himself on Sunday night, was sent to Sugden, Oklahoma on Wednesday, in charge of his son. No inquest was deemed necessary by the authorities.
TOM FULLERTON Shot at Cushing
Word reached here last Sunday night that TOM FULLERTON had been shot at Cushing, Oklahoma. His son TOMMIE FULLERTON left on the midnight train to bring the body back to Sugden for burial beside his wife. Tom Fullerton was 67 years of age and had lived here for years, well-known, a nightwatchman at the oil mill for several years. He took a vacation April 20th, expecting to return within two weeks. He was in company with MRS. B M. LOYD, formerly of this town, now of Cushing.
From the May 1, 1913 Cushing Independent
TOM FULLERTON KILLS HIMSELF
Tom Fullerton, aged 62 years committed suicide in a tent near Cherry and Noble streets last sunday evening about 8:30. He placed the pistol near the back of his head before firing the fatal shot. The remains were shipped to Sugden, Oklahoma, Wednesday morning, after having been held in Walters undertaking rooms pending investigation by the authorities.
While there were some peculiar features of the case, which led some to think that perhaps it was not suicide, the investigation did not develop an evidence to the contrary. The son of the deceased came here and asked for an investigation and the result was that the county attorney did not deemed it necessary to hold an inquest.
The deceased had been working here for some time and had some money when found.
From the Cushing Citizen May 1, 1913:
On Sunday evening a little after nine o'clock the citizens in the south part of the city were aroused by the sound of a pistol shot. Upon investigation it was found to have come from a tent located in the vicinity of Cherry and Harrison and was supposed to have been fired by a man named Thomas Fullerton.
Fullerton was a man of between fifty and sixty years of age who had been working in this vicinity for sometime and stopped with the owners of the tent who were old aquaintences or friends. His own home is at Ryan, Oklahoma.
The shot, which is supposed to be fired by Fullerton himself entered the back and lower part of the head and lodged therein producing practically instant death. The weapon used was an Iver-Johnson, thirty-two. When found one chamber of the pistol was empty and another contained the exploded shell. Although fired at such close range as it seems to have been, there are no powder marks. This latter fact and the location of the wound being in a place where it seems almost impossible to have been made by the party himself, has created the idea in the minds of some that it was not suicide although the authorities are inclined to think that such was the case.
The woman in charge of the tent says that her husband had gone to Morris to look for work and that she and her children had gone to bed, while Fullerton was sleeping on a cot, when she heard the click of the pistol and then the shot. She also says that her husband and Fullerton had both been drinking quite heavily of late and that she had remonstrated with them concerning it. No further facts have yet been elicited. An inquest will be held, but at what time Justice Springer, who had not yet conferred with the County Attorney could not yet inform us.
The remains of the unfortunate man were taken to the Walters Undertaking room and the relatives at Ryan were notified. The son is expected to arrive this afternoon.
The body of Thomas Fullerton the man who shot himself on Sunday night, was sent to Sugden, Oklahoma on Wednesday, in charge of his son. No inquest was deemed necessary by the authorities.
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