F. M. Woods, Deputy Constable
City of Eufaula
The summer of 1908 was a summer of unrest in McIntosh County. A dispute between the town of Checotah and Eufaula over which would become the county seat turned into a deadly one. On Sunday, June 7, 1908, a dozen armed men from Checotah, including County Clerk, Ed Julian, got off a train in Eufaula. The men marched over to the County Courthouse to remove county records from the building intending to forcibly establish the county seat at Checotah. City officers arrived on the scene and tried to disarm the Checotah contingent and restore order. When Deputy Constable Woods tried to disarm Joe Parmenter, he shot Woods in the left chest. After Woods fell to the ground, Parmenter shot him twice more, hitting him once in the thigh, the slug traveling through his bowels and lodging in his backbone. Special Deputy Kilgore then shot Parmenter twice, wounding him in the hand and side. The remainder of the Checotah men then surrendered their weapons. Parmenter recovered from his wounds, but Constable Woods died the next evening on June 8th.