St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
About the Brief Career Of
the Desperate Young
Leader.
About the Caney Bank and
the Pryor Creek Train
RebberieS.
Murder Of Capt. Wills 1n- -Ho W
Outlaws Are Made in That
Country.

into great nOtoriety within the past six
months, has been the subject of many
sensational dispatches since he killed
Capt. Floyd Wilson last December, and
the "Starr gang" Is becoming as noted as
were the Daltons. says Fort Smith
(Ark) correspondent OF the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The history of Henry Starr can be
told in a few words. He is nearly a
half-breed Cherokee, about twenty-one
years of age. His mother resides at
Nowata, Cherokee Nation. and his
father, who was brother of Judge
Watt Starr. of Coo-wee-Scoowee dis
trict, Cherokee nation, has beon
dead some time. Henry's first Of
fense was introducing and selling
whisky in the Indian country, and for
this he was arrested at the Delaware
payment, in the spring of 1892. lie gave
bond, with his uncle, Watt Starr. as Sc
curity, and returned to his home. Some
time after this the express office at NO
Wata was robbed one night, and Henry
was charged with being one of the rob-
bers. This caused him to ''go on the
charge was forfeited.
The Murder of Wilson.
The express company sent out de-
tectiye named Dickey to capture him.
and Dickey came to this city and Sc
cured the services of Capt. Floyd Will
son, brave and fearless ex-deputy
marshal. to go with him in quest OF
Starr. While Dickey and Wilson were
taking dinner at farm house in the
vicinity of Starr's haunts, the young
man himself came riding by. Wilson
rushed out and mounted horse that
was standing hitched near by and gave
chase. The pony Starr was riding was
| inferior to the horse upon which Will
son waa mounted, and ne gained rapidly
upon the fleeing outlaw, who stopped in
| the prairie and made stand behind
| his pony.
Wilson also dsmounted, and quite a
parley ensued, Starr declaring that he
would not surrender and Wilson COM
manding him to do so. During this
| parloy OH the open prairie both men had
| their Winchesters down on each other.
| At last Wilson fired at Starr, and the
| fight was OH. A she'll hung in Wilson's
| gun, and lie was at the mercy OF his adj
versary, who was making every shot
| tell, while Wilson was endeayoring to
defend himself with his siX-sho0ter.
| The result was that the brave OH cer
| fell dead, pierced with five Winchester
| bullets, while Dickey failed by some
means to get within gunshot dis
| tance of Starr, who took the horse VIII
| son was riding and escaped.
Starr is also charged with having
robbed Carter's store at Sequayah, forty
miles west of Nowata, shortly after the
express robbery mentioned above. His
name next goes over the wires as lead,
ing the Starr gang, said to be composed
| of Ed NeWcOmbe, a young Delaware III
| dian: jesse jackson anu Charles Bruner
| both white men, and they were charged
with robbing train at Wharton, sta
ton on the Strip. This is all mistake,
so far as Starr is concerned, as Jack
| son was badly wounded and cap
tured by officers of the United
| States court at this place, and
| while in Jail here recovering from the
| effects of the amputation of his right
| arm, acknowledged that himself, Ed
| Newcombe and Bruner held up the train
| at Wharton on the night of the preSl-
| dental election, and that Starr was not
sin it," NewcOmbe and BrUner surren
| dered to officers of this court, and to-
gether with jackson were taken tC
| Guthrie on a writ of removal and have
since entered pleas of guilty, getting of
with two years each in the penitentlary
The Caney Bank Robbery.
Then came the bank robbery al
| Caney, Kan, which was at once laid tC
Starr and Newcombe. Newcome sur.
rendered here a few days after the
| Caney robbery, and it AT once developed
| that he was not in that, and the suppO-
| sition at present is that Starr and man
| known as Pickle SimOns were the guilty
parties, as they were seen together i'll
| the vicinity of Caney just before the
| robbery.
Next the wires were loaded for day
| or so with the news of the Pryor Greek
! train robbery OH the night of the 1St
| inst, and it is at once laid at the door OF
| the ''Starr gang" where it very likely
| belongs, though there is no pos tive
evidence of this being the case.
On the night following this robbery
| Marshal YoeS was notified that Starr
and five other men were at Nowata, and
as six men committed the Pryor Creek
outrage it was supposed to be the gang,
as they had ample time to ride from
| Pryor's Creek to Nowata, a distance OF
| perhaps fifty miles. Saturday, May 9,
Starr and two comrades took dinner at
| his mothers house in NoWata, and he
| got his horse Shod.
While there is no question as to
Starts development from young.
frolicsome lad of twenty summers into
dangerous and daring outlaw, whose
| identity can be easily established and al
| least some of his crimes easily proven,
| the question as to who the members ot
| his gang are, if lie has an organized
gang, is one that at this time cannot be
| answered, as no one seems to know who
| tliey are.
Ever since the killing of Wilson. Starr
| has been frequently heard of. fitting
here and there through the country,
| sometimes at one place and sometimes
| at another. He has often been seen Ill
| different towns, and is most generally
! alone. Coming from prominent fam
| ily Of CherokeeS, he has friends all
| through the section of country lie fire.
| qnents, and they keep him posted as to
| the movements of officers who may be
| in the country, which makes 1t an easy
! matter for him 20 elude them, even II
they were on his trail, though 1t Is no
! known that any of them have got i'll III:
way since the tragic death Of Fioyc
Wilson.
| There is scarcely doubt but wha
| Henry was one of the Pryor Greek rob
Ders. but who bis comrades were is no
known, though they were 10 doub
young fellows of reckless disposition
| who joined him for this special occasion
The names of his cousin, Jack Starr
| Bill Dalton and a young man namet
Wasson have baen named as probable
| participants.
The Pryor Creek robbery occurred OF
Monday night. On Saturday previous
at Bragg's, twenty-five miles this sld'
of Wagner. Jack Starr had shoOtinl
scrape with negro deputy marsha
named Ross, in which the latter seem:
to have been the aggreSsor, and If Jacl
was with Henry at the ROBBERY he mus
have joined him only Il short time befor'
it occurred. Yet there are men who sal
they saw the two together the day fol
lowing the hold-up.
How Outlaws Are Made.
The careers of such characters as th'