The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-11-01
HE TELLS 1T ALL.
NortIn, one Of the washIta Robbers, r
Iates Ills Criminal Record Intended
Rob the Ardmore Express office.

J. L. Martin one of the men who
plead guilty before Judge Bryant to
the robbery of the section house at
Washita last spring, before he was
taken to the penitentiary to begin
his service of twenty-five years,
wrote out a full statement OF his
criminal career, which the Paris Ad-
vocate of last Wednesday published
in full and from which the ARDMoRE-
ITE reproduces the following extract:
"The 1st of March | came back TO
John Selsoris and we started to Ard
more to rob the express. When we
got there it was closed up and John
said we had better not bother il then
because he was suspicioned as being
bad character and we were all
three right there together and they
would think we done it. He said he
knew where we could make a better
haul than that and told Charley Of
the section house at Washita station.
We were all drinking and went on
out to Scissors place that day. I
staid all night at a fellows by the
name of Skaggs about a mile above
Johns and Charley staid At Jones on
Johns place. The next evening We
went down on Caddo Greek and rob-
ed negro by the name of Henry, we
did not intend to do it until we got
there and | told Charley lets 60 in
haW h. Nws a
that night and the next evening we
went into Dick Deals on the Wash
ita and we staid there until Monday
when we went down and robbed the
Washita section house. After that
we took through the country, did
not 60 any road, just took across
the field, cut wire fences as we come
to them, and the next morning at 9
O'Clock we were at John Scissors u
distance of 50 miles from Washita
We divided up the money, S2s6 is
all that | seen of il. The next day
after we got to John Scissors John
and Charley went up on the Canadi-
an to look at some Of them stores at
the commissary; we were going TO rob
them just as soon as they got back.
| staid with John Scissors wife while
they were gone. The next day
went to Coalgate and got a paper.
saw how much money there was and
the watches, the paper stated it so
correctly that it led me to believe
they had made hold out on me,
got to talking to Johns wife about il
she told me the first hold-up l was in
if got any dollars in gold she want
ed them for earbobs, she laughed
when she said il, and | knew right
straight they had made hold out on
me. took up the money where
saw Charley bury it and saw Sl57 in
gold, that was S57 more than / got
there, and there was the two little
dollars in gold that she was talking
about. / took the money and kept
it. When they come back / sent
them word to come around | wanted
to have a settlement with them.
was a half mile from there. John
come, Charley would not come, but
said he did not want to see me that
he could not look at me. l told him
if he would show up all the money
would make an even divide with him,
if he did not / was going to keep the
Sl57. He said / could just keep it il
| wanted to. Right then / decided
never to make another robbery so
got my horses and started for Ar
kansas.
| got to my brother-in-law' in
Ark, l think the first of April, and
was arrested there. IL was for the
above crime that | got % years.
know l am guilty of the crime and
am sorry of it, but / think the Judge
oyiva ma too Ioucr bapausa IL have fo