The Galveston Daily Gazette
Galveston Texas
Sunday, March 24, 1889
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A Negro Arrested
Muskogee, I. T. March 23 - On Wednesday evening, March 13, Wilson Coley, a Choctaw Indian, left McAllister, where he had been to receive his part of the Choctaw payment, to go to his home, some five miles distant. He did not reach his home, and after waiting some days, his family became alarmed and made inquiry concerning him, but could not hear nothing further than that he had left town late in the evening on the day named. On Tuesday last Aunt Saylia, an Indian woman, while fishing in Sandy creek, discovered a dead man lying with is head in the creek. The body was brought to town, and Judge Bond with other officials hastened to the scene of the murder, for such it proved to be. The body was identified to be that of the missing man and was taken to his home. He had been shot through the lungs, the throat had been cut from ear to ear, and the head had been mashed by some blunt instrument. A glove found near the body has fastened suspicion on a Negro named Sam Allen, and he was arrested today and will be held to answer the charge of murder.''



Dallas Morning News
April 7, 1889   

NEGRO CHARGED WITH MURDER.
In the Indian Territory - United States Jurors.

Paris, Tex., April 6. - Deputy United States Marshal Sam Williams came in from McAllister, I.T., with Sam Allen, colored, who is charged with the murder of Wilson Coley, a Choctaw, March 13.  Allen was lodged in jail and will have a hearing before United States Commissioner Kirkpatrick Wednesday.  This is the first case for the new federal court which meets here April 15.



The Galveston Daily Gazette
Galveston Texas
April 11, 1889 Thursday
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Paris Crime News
Paris, Tex. April 10. - Sam Allen, colored, charged with with the murder of Wilson Coley, a Choctaw; had an examining trial before United States Commissioner Kirkpatrick to-day, and was remanded to jail to await the action of the federal grand jury.



Austin American-Statesman
Tuesday, April 23, 1889
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Outlaws Arrested
Special to the Statesman
Paris, Tex., April 22, - The marshal brought in seven Negro outlaws from the Choctaw nation last night and lodged them in jail. Dave Bryan, alias Bill Green, was brought from McAllister, I.T., to-day charged with being one of the murderers of Wilson Coley. He is the third man who has been arrested for this offense. There are now fourteen prisoners in jail here, four of whom are for murder.



The Austin Weekly Statesman
Austin, Texas
April 25 1889 Thursday
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Charged with Murder
Special to the Statesman
Paris, April 18. - Mitchell Grayson was brought in to-day and lodged in jail for the murder of Wilson Coley, near McAllister, I. T. several weeks ago. Sam  Allen is already in jail, charged with the same offense. Coley had drawn a considerable sum of money from the government, and the motive of his murder was robbery. Both of the accused are Negroes.



The Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas
November 15, 1889
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POINTS FROM PARIS
In the federal court to-day Mitchell Grayson, Sam Allen and B. Green, all colored, charged with the murder of Wilson Coley, an Indian, were placed on trial. After the statement of the case by the attorneys it was dismissed as to Grayson and Allen. The prosecution introduced a number of witnesses in the case against Green, but the defense merely established the fact, which was admitted by the prosecution, that Green was born in the Creek nation and that his parents had been slaves to this tribe. The prosecuting attorney made no argument. The attorney for the defense, in his speech, admitted the guilt of his client, but claimed that this court has no jurisdiction in Green's case. The evidence is, Judge Boarman charged the jury to return a verdict of guilty, which they did. The attorney for the defense will file a motion for arrest of judgment, and the case shall be taken to the supreme court of the United States.