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June 29, 1905 Battice Harris 1845 ~ June 24, 1905 Battice Harris Takes Life To Beat Arrest Battice Harris, Payne county Indian whose escapades sent him to Granite reformatory three times, took his life by swallowing poison southeast of Cushing Monday Night rather than face arrest for assaulting a woman near Stroud Sunday. Harris, who was 24 years old, died in the yard of Jess Carter a short time after swallowing the contents of a small bottle labeled cocaine hydrochloride. Inside the bottle was found the following note, addressed to Harris’ wife. "This is to my wife who may get this. I still love her. I was drunk that night. I hope she has a good time and for me. So long honey, from your loving Daddy. Be good and come and see me some time." According to the story told county officers by Alice Nulicke, 25-year-old Indian girl who lives near the Carter home, Harris came to her home and told her he had taken poison. "He said he had some groceries and we should come out and get them. He gave me a bottle that had a note in it and told me to give it to his wife. He walked up to the Carter home and he talked funny and started cussing. He said 'I am going to die. I took poison.'' He said he had broken a woman’s jaw at the old Indian agency near Stroud on Sunday and that the law was after him and he did not want to go back to Granite." "When we got to the Carter house he started staggering, crawling and cussing. We got scared and ran away."" The Indian girl related. Harris had been released from the reformatory only a few weeks. His first conviction was for forgery. His second for assault with a deadly weapon and his last term was for assaulting with intent to kill, the sentence being for two years. Harris according to officers, becomes violent while under the influence of liquor. There were no indications however that he had been drinking when he met death Monday night. Harris is survived by his widow and several children |
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