The following story was forwarded to me by Brad Harris.
Carl, this is a story from Stoy, Illinois back during the first oil boom. During the oil boom days at Stoy.
Shooting At Stoy Claud Boyd Fatally Shot Early Monday Morning
In a game of cards at Stoy, at about 12:00 Monday morning Claude Boyd received what may prove a death wound from a shot by Frank Myers. The particulars are difficult to learn, and there are different stories afloat.
Sheriff Coulter received a telephone message at about one o’clock that a shooting had taken place that the shooter had escaped, coming toward Robinson. After being on the lookout for a time he got a rig and drove to Stoy, getting there just at daylight.
The man had been located, where he was sleeping on some straw in the timber nearby, and the arrest was made without difficulty, the man was brought to town, and placed in jail.
He refused to give his name, but had some letters addressed to Frank Myers.
Boyd is a young man about twenty years old, whose home is at Willow Hill, and is said to be a sober and industrious young man. He was at work in a livery stable at Stoy.
Myers had been about there but a short time and is thought to be a professional gambler. The two men were in an upper room in the Boa building and is said were playing only a social game to determine which of the two should go get some hop ale. Other reports are that they were paying poker for stakes.
At any rate a dispute arose, Myers drew his gun, Boyd threw up his left arm for protection, and was shot through the wrist, the ball then striking him just above the left lung, lodged just beneath the skin in the back from whence it was extracted. Dr. H. N. Rafferty was called to attend the young man and thought there might be a possibility of his recovery.