Caddo- My Home Town: Trial

Attractions

The Caddo Cafe
Friday Night All-You-Can-Eat Catfish! Call 367-9800 for hours and details.
Rex II
Restored movie theater. Call 580-367-2000 for show times.
Indian Territory Museum and Library
A free look into Caddo's rich heritage. Open Tues.-Sat. from 10am to 3pm
Craighead's
This turn-of-the-century general store is a must see! Open: M-Th 'til 5:30 and F-Sat. 9:00-7:00.

Organizations

Caddo Alumni Association
The alumni association arranges a Caddo High School reunion every four years. Next one is 2012.
Caddo Educational Foundation
This group provides scholarships for community youth.
Caddo Civic and Cemetery Club
This group maintains and improves the cemetery and provides community service as needed.
Town Restoration Association of Caddo
The mission of TRAC is to provide visionary leadership, focus on historical preservation, and promote economic growth to enrich the quality of life in our community.
Caddo Community Association
The CCA holds the annual Heritage Day Celebration and participates in other community projects.

Caddo Herald, October 21, 1921

Golden-Williams Case Put off Till March

Tuesday afternoon in Durant in district court, when the case against Mordecai Golden and Sadie Golden was called, the defense made a motion to continue the case until the next term of court- alleging the physical condition of Mrs. Golden as the reason. (We will find out later that Sadie was pregnant.) With the consent of the State, the court allowed the motion, and the case was set for the next March term.

Judge March stated that he would not have granted the continuance except that the State seemed willing to this move.

Both sides apparently were ready for trail. More that a hundred witnesses were on hand from Caddo where the murder occurred.

The case against D. B. Williams, set for Thursday was postponed at the same time.

These parties are charged with the murder of Thomas J. Craghead, which occurred May 16^th last. The facts have been so thoroughly gone over by the people here that it is not necessary again to repeat them.

Caddo Herald, March 3, 1922

The Golden William Trial Set for April 5

The trial of M. E. Golden and Mrs. Golden and D.B. Williams is set for April 5^th. Witnesses summoned in the last call of the case are required to attend from time to time until discharge by the court.

There are many- perhaps sixty- witnesses in this case from Caddo, and every one of them must be on hand at the call of the case.

M. E. Golden and Sadie Golden are charge, by information, with the murder of Thos. J. Craghead, which occurred last Mary 16^th. D. B. Williams is charged with the same crime, being indicted by the grand jury last June.

At the time of the horrible murder The Herald published the main facts of the testimony as given by both the state and the defense. Four .25 caliber bullet holes were made by the automatic pistol in the breast of the deceased. The shooting occurred on the sidewalk in front of the Methodist church about ten o’clock in the evening.

Golden has been in the county jail since the evening of the murder. Mrs. Sadie Golden and D. B. Williams have been out on bond.

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