•Birth: 30 JAN 1886 in Camden Co., MO
•Death: 15 APR 1922 in Wetumka, OK
shot by KKK
Father: Edmund Thomas (Ed) WILKERSON b: 4 JUL 1852 in Camden Co., MO
Mother: Bernetta Isabella (Nettie) ROBERTSON b: 18 OCT 1857 in Missouri or, Illinois
Marriage 1 Pearl Bement RYAN b: 1894
Married: 27 Dec 1908 Hughes County, Oklahoma (Book 1 page 325)
Children
1. Melvin Gary (Gerrie) WILKERSON b: DEC 1909 in OK
2. Coss William WILKERSON b: 7 OCT 1917 in Wetumka, OK
3. Elmer Davis WILKERSON b: 1913 in Wetumka, OK
SHARP AND DARK ARE BOUND OVER
Wetumka Town Row to
Get Through Airing
in Coming Trial
Holdenville, May 4. - At their preliminary hearing today before Justice W. B. Poney of this city, Bert Sharp and Herbert H. Dark of Wetumka were placed under bonds of $1000 each for their appearance in district court sometime after July 1. They had no difficulty in making their bonds.
The state presented only enough evidence to make a case. Virtually all it attempted to prove was that the first shot fired in the fatal affair at Wetumka Saturday night, April 15, came from the car in which Sharp and Dark were riding. George Wilkerson, the third occupant of Dark’s car, was killed.
Greene Lewis, a deputy sheriff, was the only officer placed on the witness stand by the state. Two or three private citizens of Wetumka testified as eye witnesses to the shooting, but their testimony was vague and inconclusive. Lewis was with Hughie Rogers, town marshal of Wetumka, when the shooting occurred. Sharp and Dark both declared immediately after the affair that Rogers deliberately put his gun to the back of Wilkerson’s head and fired the shot that killed him.
What the defense’s evidence will be was not disclosed at the hearing today, as no witnesses in their behalf were placed on the stand. Sharp and Dark both were in the courtroom. Holdenville’s best legal talent is employed on both sides.
•Death: 15 APR 1922 in Wetumka, OK
shot by KKK
Father: Edmund Thomas (Ed) WILKERSON b: 4 JUL 1852 in Camden Co., MO
Mother: Bernetta Isabella (Nettie) ROBERTSON b: 18 OCT 1857 in Missouri or, Illinois
Marriage 1 Pearl Bement RYAN b: 1894
Married: 27 Dec 1908 Hughes County, Oklahoma (Book 1 page 325)
Children
1. Melvin Gary (Gerrie) WILKERSON b: DEC 1909 in OK
2. Coss William WILKERSON b: 7 OCT 1917 in Wetumka, OK
3. Elmer Davis WILKERSON b: 1913 in Wetumka, OK
SHARP AND DARK ARE BOUND OVER
Wetumka Town Row to
Get Through Airing
in Coming Trial
Holdenville, May 4. - At their preliminary hearing today before Justice W. B. Poney of this city, Bert Sharp and Herbert H. Dark of Wetumka were placed under bonds of $1000 each for their appearance in district court sometime after July 1. They had no difficulty in making their bonds.
The state presented only enough evidence to make a case. Virtually all it attempted to prove was that the first shot fired in the fatal affair at Wetumka Saturday night, April 15, came from the car in which Sharp and Dark were riding. George Wilkerson, the third occupant of Dark’s car, was killed.
Greene Lewis, a deputy sheriff, was the only officer placed on the witness stand by the state. Two or three private citizens of Wetumka testified as eye witnesses to the shooting, but their testimony was vague and inconclusive. Lewis was with Hughie Rogers, town marshal of Wetumka, when the shooting occurred. Sharp and Dark both declared immediately after the affair that Rogers deliberately put his gun to the back of Wilkerson’s head and fired the shot that killed him.
What the defense’s evidence will be was not disclosed at the hearing today, as no witnesses in their behalf were placed on the stand. Sharp and Dark both were in the courtroom. Holdenville’s best legal talent is employed on both sides.
•Birth: 30 JAN 1886 in Camden Co., MO
•Death: 15 APR 1922 in Wetumka, OK
shot by KKK
Father: Edmund Thomas (Ed) WILKERSON b: 4 JUL 1852 in Camden Co., MO
Mother: Bernetta Isabella (Nettie) ROBERTSON b: 18 OCT 1857 in Missouri or, Illinois
Marriage 1 Pearl Bement RYAN b: 1894
Married: 27 Dec 1908 Hughes County, Oklahoma (Book 1 page 325)
Children
1. Melvin Gary (Gerrie) WILKERSON b: DEC 1909 in OK
2. Coss William WILKERSON b: 7 OCT 1917 in Wetumka, OK
3. Elmer Davis WILKERSON b: 1913 in Wetumka, OK
SHARP AND DARK ARE BOUND OVER
Wetumka Town Row to
Get Through Airing
in Coming Trial
Holdenville, May 4. - At their preliminary hearing today before Justice W. B. Poney of this city, Bert Sharp and Herbert H. Dark of Wetumka were placed under bonds of $1000 each for their appearance in district court sometime after July 1. They had no difficulty in making their bonds.
The state presented only enough evidence to make a case. Virtually all it attempted to prove was that the first shot fired in the fatal affair at Wetumka Saturday night, April 15, came from the car in which Sharp and Dark were riding. George Wilkerson, the third occupant of Dark’s car, was killed.
Greene Lewis, a deputy sheriff, was the only officer placed on the witness stand by the state. Two or three private citizens of Wetumka testified as eye witnesses to the shooting, but their testimony was vague and inconclusive. Lewis was with Hughie Rogers, town marshal of Wetumka, when the shooting occurred. Sharp and Dark both declared immediately after the affair that Rogers deliberately put his gun to the back of Wilkerson’s head and fired the shot that killed him.
What the defense’s evidence will be was not disclosed at the hearing today, as no witnesses in their behalf were placed on the stand. Sharp and Dark both were in the courtroom. Holdenville’s best legal talent is employed on both sides.
•Death: 15 APR 1922 in Wetumka, OK
shot by KKK
Father: Edmund Thomas (Ed) WILKERSON b: 4 JUL 1852 in Camden Co., MO
Mother: Bernetta Isabella (Nettie) ROBERTSON b: 18 OCT 1857 in Missouri or, Illinois
Marriage 1 Pearl Bement RYAN b: 1894
Married: 27 Dec 1908 Hughes County, Oklahoma (Book 1 page 325)
Children
1. Melvin Gary (Gerrie) WILKERSON b: DEC 1909 in OK
2. Coss William WILKERSON b: 7 OCT 1917 in Wetumka, OK
3. Elmer Davis WILKERSON b: 1913 in Wetumka, OK
SHARP AND DARK ARE BOUND OVER
Wetumka Town Row to
Get Through Airing
in Coming Trial
Holdenville, May 4. - At their preliminary hearing today before Justice W. B. Poney of this city, Bert Sharp and Herbert H. Dark of Wetumka were placed under bonds of $1000 each for their appearance in district court sometime after July 1. They had no difficulty in making their bonds.
The state presented only enough evidence to make a case. Virtually all it attempted to prove was that the first shot fired in the fatal affair at Wetumka Saturday night, April 15, came from the car in which Sharp and Dark were riding. George Wilkerson, the third occupant of Dark’s car, was killed.
Greene Lewis, a deputy sheriff, was the only officer placed on the witness stand by the state. Two or three private citizens of Wetumka testified as eye witnesses to the shooting, but their testimony was vague and inconclusive. Lewis was with Hughie Rogers, town marshal of Wetumka, when the shooting occurred. Sharp and Dark both declared immediately after the affair that Rogers deliberately put his gun to the back of Wilkerson’s head and fired the shot that killed him.
What the defense’s evidence will be was not disclosed at the hearing today, as no witnesses in their behalf were placed on the stand. Sharp and Dark both were in the courtroom. Holdenville’s best legal talent is employed on both sides.
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