The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 5, 1909
page 19

OBITUARY

DIED - At Enid, Oklahoma, Friday night, Dec. 3, 1909, George Schmidt, formerly proprietor of the Columbia hotel of this city. Funeral will be held Monday at Enid.

NEGRO KILLING ACCIDENT
A coroner's jury before W. H. Zwien, Saturday reached a verdict that Sam Kottler, negro, who was shot Friday in a pool hall at 116 West First Street, came to his death by a bullet wound, fired from a pistol in the hand of Benjamin Hayes. The shooting was accidental.

SHOWN TRIAL POSTPONED
The trial of "Curly" Shown, an Oklahoma City man, charged with being connected with a gang of horse thieves, has been postponed by the district judge at Enid until Dec. 13, owing to the sickness of Shown's wife. The man is out on bond.