The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-10
MAD AS WET HENS
WHO Is ENTITLED TO THE REWARD
FOB CAPTURING ZIP WYATT.

There IL . Conflict and . Big One Betwee
the Farmers of Blaine and Kingishe
Both Claiming to have Effected tn
Capture-Meanwhile it is Extremei
Doubtful II There is Any Reward-An
other Thrilling Story of the Chase an
Capture.
Guthrie, o. T., Aug. 9.-(Special)-
While Zip Wyatt the outlaw, is lylns
in a very dangerous condition IN th'
iau at Enid, the several posses tina
were after him are liable to fall to ant
have a general scrap over the reward
it is supposed was offered for his cap
ture by the railroads. After Ieagel
was hotly pursued and pushed east
ward the sheriff and a posse from Emo
ran out and got possession OF the Wouf
ded outlaw. They took him to Emo
This has made the farmers OF Blame
and Kingfisher counties who were cnas
ing Wyatt for days, mighty hot undel
the collar If there is anyone at all en-.
titled to a reward, the farmers OF
Blaine and KingfSher counties are go.
ing to see that they get it and sherifi
at Enid is going to see that they don
Now the question as to a reward hap
pens to be a very indefinite one III ZAP
can be proved to have taken part IN
the Dover train robbery or the corey
vile bank robbery, Come reward VIII
be Forthcoming. But John I. wyatt
the bandits father, says that Zip can
prove an alibi and the chances are that
he can.
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attorney of Indianapolis and an uncle
of the bandit is coming west TO take
care of the legal difficulties Of his neph
ew.
The Enid people who think they are
entitled to a reward have told their
story of the capture in the dispatches
TO the Eagle and it does not agree ma
terially with the story that the deputy
marshals and the Blaine county farm
e srand Kingfisher county farmers tell.
In this connection full account or
the pursuit as given by William Eos
sett to the KingfiSher Free Press IS
interesting. Fossett says:
"Mr William Banks, the deputy Uni
ted States marshal who led the posse
that killed Tulsa Jack after the Dover
train robbery, and 1 had conversation
some time ago, and agreed, as soon as
Banks could find time, to start out and
try and run down Dick Yeager and Ike
Black. In the meanwhile, Mr., Banks
and Mr.. Prater, also deputy United
States marshals, got hold of some par
ties who stood in with Yeager, and got
notice that Yeager and Black were go
ing 10 try and get Blacks wife and
Mrs. Freeman out of the Guthrie jail.
Mrs Freeman is the woman whom Yea
ger had stolen from her husband and
had in the Glass mountains. and who
took an active part in the fight that
the citizens had with him in Steer can
yon some time ago. They got notice
that Yeager and Black would be in
Guthrie on the 18th day of July nf this
year to try to make jail delivery.
The women had written them the way
to get into the Jail, telling them where
the two telephone wires were on the
outside, and to cut them, then come
to the door, call the turnkey by name
give their names as some marShalS
and state that they had a prisoner
that they wanted to put in Jail. When
the turnkey should come to open the
door they were to hold him up, and
take the keys away from him, which
they thought would be an easy matter
as they believed him to be a coward.
The jail delivery could then be made
without fear Of detection. Yeager and
Black proceeded so far in their plans
as to go to Guthrie, and into the edge
Of the town on the 18th Of July. They
became frightened and went away.
Banks and Prater did not get the mes
sage, however, in time to catch them.
They put up another job to catch him
as they, Banks and Prater, got notice
that Yeager and Black and their gang
would attempt to rob the store at Col
umbia on the 23d of July. I met Mr..
Banks on Uncle Johns creek on Sun
day, the 21st of July, northeast of town
and had a. talk with him. Banks went
directly to Columbia on horseback, to
meet a party who was keeping him pos
tedMr. Prater and another gentleman
went around with a team to Columbia
and had sent shot guns ahead loaded
with buckShot. Banks borrowed a key
to the school house, which stands in a
good position from the postoffice, to lay
In wait for the outlaws when the attack
was made. But the citizens got out and
killed one of the Willett boys, wounded
Bill Willett and Henderson" and Yea
ger and Black fled without making
the proposed attack on the store.
Mr.. Banks then came TO me and told
me that he was ready to start on the
hunt and show no quarter. / then tele
graphed to the railroad officials asking
permission to so into the Glass noun
tains with Banks. and try and capture
them as we had heard from a reliable
oobANC tLal NiCs a
raid on the Rock Island passenger
train, and also hold up some of the
banks. / received a tele-
gram from the superintendent on Mon
Gay, July 18th. granting permission to
go, stating that he had telegraphed
Mr. Flynn, of Chicago, that he was SEN
ding me on this mission. I then board
ed freight train, went to FL Reno and
met Banks, who came back with me.
II j on Ia trli Drs@
to this Judge McAtee. who has at all
times proven a most willing aid in the
suppression of crime, and the appre-
hension of criminals. went to Banks
and asked him to do all within his
bower 10 apprehend Yeager and Black.
Meeting the judge that day on the train
Banks and l. had a converse ton With
lim We told him that we were then
IN the way to the Glass mountains to
ry and capture the outlaws. We got |
III at kinSfisher. and proceeded 10 |
ret ready to start There were some |
sther parties whose names will not b., |
mentioned in this narrative, who had /
Promised to go with us, but when the !
start was made, refused TO go. on the I
ground that they We're sick in body /
md mind. Lew Fossett insisted on !
olning in the expedition and was final |
y allowed 10 go. The start was made /
Monday night about O'clock We rode 4
I'll night and reached the Glass noun |
ans about noon the next day. The |
rail was then taken up and the out /
avs followed through the Glass noun |
aims in southwesterly direction. We
hen followed the outlaws. zigzagg
n every direction. 10 a point north of
ne canadian river near Amos Chan
mans ranch. There the outlaws fo,Ind
nat Banks and a crowd were after
hem. and told a ranchman that they
would plant themselves on a sand Hill
no XII their purSuerS as they came.
me ranchman was told TO give ont |
nat information The outlaws fhen |