The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-09-05
A FIERCE BATTLE LASTING AL
MOST AN HOUR.
THREE BRAVE OFFICERS KILLED.
Two Bystanders KILLED and Two Others
Wounded--Two bandits Wopnded
But Get Away--The Prisoners
Arrested brought to Town.

ShdiN "o"h hlNOu, Jun MaSterSOn ana
possemen arrived from ingalls, Sunday
night bringing Nibbs alias Arkansas
Tom, " George Ransom, sherman SAN
ders and NJ. Nix, who were placed in
the Federal Jail charged with murder
Mr.. Hale was seen at the United
States marshal's office last night and
related in graphic manner the de-
tails of the terrible fight that occurred
between the deputies and outlaws last
Friday morning
The gang which the officers were at
ter-thc remnants OF the Dalton and
Starr bands of robbers have made
headquarters at Ingalls, all summer.
portion of the citizens are in full
sympathy with them, lending every
assistance in the way of information
whenever officers came into the neigh
borhoOd Others have been so terror
lied by the gang that they have kept
silent on the depredations committed,
giving the outlaws their own way
For the past four weeks Deputy
John lliXon has had party, composed
of himself, Masterson, Lafe Shadley
ii Thompson, W. C. Roberts and Ike
steel, the latter four possemen, after
the bands for several of whom there
are ltrGe rewards, but tould not catch
them outside of Ingalls,. = Becoming
t. patient, another party headed by
Deputy Huston and composed of Pos
semen Dick Speed, Janson, Cox, IA
brother of Huston and two others
were added to IIixon's force and raid
was determined upon.
Friday morning the two parties sep
arated so as to come Into Ingalls, from
different directions. They rode in
white topped covered wagons, similar
to those used by boomers, so as not to
attract attention. 1t seems, however
that the outlaws knew the plans of
the officers for when Ilustcn's
party drove into the town, the gang
which was in Bansom's saloon, opened
fire on them. Huston and his men re-
turned the shots, at the same time
seeking shelter behind other build
inFs
When the shooting begun Hixon's
party was more than a block away
They got ont of the wagon and opened
fire on the saloon, making it so hot the
robbers run to the stable, a block
away, where their horses were kept.
At this point the battle was renewed,
Deputy Shadley wounding one Of the
robbers and several horses, among
them two belonging to the robbers.
Finding that It was impossible to
stay at the stable the gang mounted
horses and made bold dash for lib
cry.
The lliXon party guarded the only
avenue of escape and as the outlaws
passed near them Bin Dalton was shot
off his horse. He remouuted the an
imal and was getting away when he
was shot the second t'me, he being
obliged 70 crawl on his hands and
knees over an embankment. 4 con-
paniou pulled Dalton up in front Of
him and carried him away New
comb, or Bitter Creek" as he is called,
was also wounded in tnu side but
managed to retain his seat in his SD
die and get away
While the fight was going on, w! a
lasted almost an hour, there was
deadly work being done from some
source, the officers could not tell
where. 1t afterwards developed that
one of the band-Arkansas Tom-was
in the second story of the hotel, where
he could get range upon the
officers without being discov-
cced. Pushing his Winchester
through the windows he shot Depu-
ties Dick Speed, Huston and Lafe
Shadley, mortally wounding them, and
also killing bystander named Sim
mons.
In addition to those mention ed, a
Mr.. Walker of Cushing was shot in the
lungs, from which he cannot recover:
Ransom barkeeper, named I Murry,
shot in the arm, breaking it; Ransom's S
father shot in the leg.
After the battle was over party
was made up to pursue the bandits,
but it was impossible to pursue them
but short distance At one creek
crossing bloody pool was found
where they had stopped to wash their
wounds, and another place was found
in a corn field'where they had stopped
90 rest, but the farmers in that coun.
try either through fear or sympathy,
would heep sending the officers in the
/ wrong direction from that taken by
/ the bandits. The general opinion
seemed to prevail that they had sought
/ refuge in the Greek nation. Nibbs
VINO did the killing, was arrested only
after every cartridge he had ia his
belt had been fired.
4 While the band has not been can
tured, their rendezvous has beer
broken up and they will be obliged tc
seek other quarters The officers hav,
determined this outfit shall be taken
and it is only a question of a few NOR,
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