Friday, July 8, 2022

Murder of Harry Patterson

On July 8, 1914, a group of boys went to a swimming hole in Yeager, Oklahoma. A fight broke out between two close friends 13-year-old Nathan Halford and 12-year-old Harry Patterson. Nathan would then stab Harry in the chest with a knife. Harry would run and scream for help as he tugged at the knife. He would soon drop dead from it as the knife had hit his heart.

I could not find more information on the aftermath of this murder.

SOURCES:
The Oklahoma News July 8, 1914
The Witchita Beacon July 8, 1914
Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat July 9, 1914

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