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I had heard of this incident for years and my efforts to learn about it always hit a wall. He was not listed in the ranks of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in Oklahoma. My cousin, Danny Jack, said he had a newspaper article about the event and sent it to me. This happened a couple of years before ATF made the presentation.

I regred to say that it appears that justice may not have been served in this case. One man found guilty of manslaughter, one acquited and the other not charged because someone was already serving time for the crime. Reading between the lines that said ::"he was just an indian so we have done enough". For the first time my family is the victim in obviously racially motivated slight. "The only good indian is a dead indial". I was in law enforcement myself for nearly 20 years and am a strong supporter of the law and a strong supporter of equal application of the law. For years it has been rumored that members of my family may have sought more justice in this case and if they did I find myself in full support of their actions even thought it goes against my grain
RIP Great Unkle Lewis, you may have been avenged. I hope so.

Lloyd Pappan
Great Nephew
July 28, 2011

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