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CHARLES R. AUSTIN: Born: October 1893 in Arkansas Died: 25 April 1915 in Lone Grove, Carter Co., OK. On Saturday April 24, 1915, there was a dance at the home of one of the local residents a few miles south of Lone Grove, Oklahoma. John Louis Graham had forbidden his daughter, Pearl Lee, to attend this dance. But later that evening, Charles, Lucy's brother, came by on his way to the dance. With the help of Lucy, Pearl's mother, they got Pearl out through a window, so that she could go along with Charles to the dance. Later that night when the dance was breaking up, Pearl left the dance with a couple of her girlfriends and they started walking back toward home. Suddenly, a man caught up with them, he told Pearl that she needed to hurry back to the dance, that her uncle Charles had just been shot. After returning to the dance, Pearl learned that after she had left the dance, Charles had tried to talk one of the girls out of leaving the dance with a man who was part negro, named Warner Temple. A heated argument and fight ensued, Warner pulled out a gun and shot Charles through the neck. Charles bled to death where he fell and another man named John Doyle was hit by the same shot. This story was told to Hazel Peters by her mother Pearl Graham. Hazel, my mother, related the story to me. by Sharon Marie Rowan ====================================================================== ==== THE DAILY ARDMORETTE Monday, April 26, 1915 KILLING NEAR LONE GROVE YESTERDAY - - - - - - - - - - - - Result Of Old Feud---One Dead And Another Badly Wounded And May Die---Slayer Is In Jail - - - - - - - - - - - - Early Sunday morning, after a dance at a farm house a few miles south of Lone Grove, a shooting took place, in which one man lost his life, another was seriously wounded and is now at the Hardy Sanitarium, where he is hovering between life an death, and the young man who did the shooting is in the county jail to await the result of the wounded man's injuries, before he is given a preliminary hearing, and another man said to be mixed up in the affair is also being held by the authorities. It is reported that there has been bad feelings between the parties involved for some time, and Saturday night at the dance Warner Temple, the boy who did the shooting, states that he stood his abuse for some time and told him that he was not going to stand for it any longer. Austin took refuge behind John Doyle just as Temple fired, and the bullet from his pistol completely penetrated the body of Doyle, passing through the abdomen and lodged in the neck of Austin, severing the jugular vein. Austin ran a few steps and fell dead. Doyle was taken to his home and immediately brought to this city for treatment. Sheriff (Pat, the famous sheriff) Garrett was summoned, and after reaching the scene, placed Temple and Jess McCann, said to be implicated, under arrest. They are now in the country jail awaiting preliminary hearing. Sheriff Garrett states that there is a bad nest of these characters in the locality, and they have caused considerable trouble for the authorities in the past. Doyle issued a signed statement to the county attorney and sheriff this morning. Dr. Hardy states that, while he is in a dangerous condition, he believes he will recover. As soon as Doyle's condition is determined, a preliminary hearing will be given the defendant. The remains of Austin will be interred at Lone Grove this afternoon.