George Merchant Shot Resisting Arrest

December 19, 1895-United States Marshal Hop Cloud, shot George Merchant, a resident of the Chickasaw country, at 8 o'clock Thursday night, while resisting arrest. The ball entered the right side through the ninth rib and will undoubtedly prove fatal. Merchant was drinking all day, and was becoming boisterous when Hop Cloud remonstrated with him about it. He pulled his gun and commenced shooting at Cloud. He shot three times without effect. Cloud then fired one shot, striking Merchant on the suspender buckle, the bullet carrying the buckle clear through his body.