The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-12-10
AN OUTLAW KILLED.
Bill RAIDER, Alias Dynamite Dick
Bites the Dust
WOULD ROB THE BLACKWELL BiNk.
Fight Follows aud Dynamite Fails at First
EusiiAde 90 Craven Receives Three
Wousds-- Con piete Details
The Latest.

Wichita. Kan. Dec. 5.-(STeciaD-
Abau; two weeks ago Deputy Sheriff
J. r. Cox of Kay county was given
tip that Dynamite Dick and his party
had contemplated robbing the Bank OF
Blackwell. He spoke to the bank Off
GERS about H. with the result that the
back door Of the building was closed and
also the bank vault. and had not been
opened since. This would compel the
robbers 10 enter the bank from the main
street. With this precaution taken, Dep
uty Sheriff Cox organized a posse OF
seven good men in Blackwell. all Of
whom were splendidly equipped with
arms, ammunition and nerve. They
kept themselves in readiness.
At O'Clock yesterday morning Dep
uty Sheriff Cox got another tip that
Dynamite Dick had planned to make
raid on the bank at 9 o'clock in the morn
Ing, and was then at the home OF a man
named Hosteter, two miles northeast OF
Blackwell. He hastily gathered his posse
together and decided to make the fight
with the outlaws at Hosteter's, in prefer
ence 10 fighting them In the busy streets
or blackwell, where there was danger Of
innocent people being killed. He and his
posse drove out to the home Of Hosteter
who lives close to the creek, and arriving
there they waited for the outlaws to
come out where they could have a fair
fight. They did not have to wait long,
for at daylight they saw the two men
come out of Hosteter's house and walk
down to the creek where, presumably,
their horses were in waiting for them.
"nen they got pretty well away from
the house deputy Sheriff Cox chaiieng-
ed them and ordered them to halt The
response was a volley from the two out
laws. The posse then opened fire and at
the first round Dynamite Dick fell before
the bullet of livery stable keeper NAM
ed Lang, Of Blackwell who used a 56-
callbre Winchester rife ball. The bullet
passed through his intestlnes and, 1t is
said, killed heifer several yards be-
yond. 1t Is also said that when the bull
let was found in the heifer a part Of
Dicks coat was still cl!nging to 1t. This
part OF the story. however, is merely un-
authentic street report al Blackwell
Craven was shot three times. One shot
penetrated his shoulder, another his lung
and the third got him in the leg. Thus
Crippled and badly wounded, he was ta-
ken without further resistance 1t was
given out before Mr.. jackson left tha.
Cravel could not recover, and the re-
pert wss also out that in his rawlings he
spoke about having killed a man near
Elgin q week ago.
Craven Acknowledged his identity and
requested the officer TO wire for his faith
er, who lives at Lyonville, Iowa. Cra-
ven broke jail at Newkirk a year ago.
afterwards broke jail at Tecumseh, and
is wanted at several places in Oklahoma
and Kansas for burglary, grand larceny
and highway robbery.
Dynamite Dick has been positively
Identified by those who knew him. hav-
ing three fingers off the right hand an I
one finger off the left hand. His name is
Bill RAIDER. although some people say
that his real name is Richard Clifton
and that he belongs to respectable fam
ily OF Newton, Kansas. RAIDER escaped
last summer from the Guthrie jail with
Bill Doolin and a dozen other prisoners.
At the cororer's inquest the jury re-
turned a verdict az follows: He came
to his death at the hands OF officers
while resisting arrest"