In the autumn of 1908, a dispute over a day's catch of fish in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, escalated into a tragic series of events that would claim the life of Assistant Chief of Police Henry Klaber and several others. The 39-year-old male lawman was drawn into the conflict on Sunday, November 15, after a man named Jimmy Grayson filed a complaint against a local gunsmith, Newt Decker. Accompanied by Grayson, Assistant Chief Klaber went to Decker's residence located at Second and Creek Street to address
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