The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-09
GOT A NICE NEST EGG
Deputy TiIigman of Guthrie Gets Reward
for Bill Raider


for Bill Raider
Guthrie, o. T., Nay S-Deputy United
States Marshal Tilghman yesterday re-
ceived one thousand dollars in cold
cash as a reward for capturing Bill
Raider, the outlaw. VINO was sentenced
to ten years in the penitentiary at King
fisher week ago for train robbery.
OF the five men who took part in the
noted Dover train robbery Raider was
the only one taken alive and he was
shot all to pieces and thought he was
dying when NE gave up, Deputy
TilsSman having batatled with him for
hours, seventy-siX shots having been
fired The ROBBERY took place at Dover
a small station on tlle Rock Island rail-
wbay, six miles north of kingfisher on
the night of April 3, 1885, the express
car being robbed, the mail car entered
and many of the passengers held up by
several of the gang who went through
the train. The robbery was so bold
that il created a great commotion and
many OF the passengers were scared,
crawling under seats, getting behind
the stove, etc. One incident or the
night was laughable and afforded much
amusement to even those who had been
robbed. After the bandits had left
and the train had again been under
way for ten minutes or more, while there
was a hull in the car an old German
from FL Reno seemed to have at last
realized what had happened and re-
marked TO himself in A voice heard all
over the car. Mine Gott, I'm robbed"
The train ROBBERS rode out Of Dover
going west al midnight, but before
daylight the Rock Island company had
offered 1000 reward for each one OF
the gang dead or alive, and a large
posse of deputies were on the trail of
the fleeing outlaws. Before night a
battle took place and Tulsa Jack was
killed and several depties were
slightly wounded. In the night Raid
Ter had one finger shattered with a ball
and as he was Kidding away he took oat
his pocket knife, cut off the injured
member and threw IL away.
Deputies Prather and Banks were
paid 81. goo for the killing Of Tulsa Jack
The four remaining members OF the
gang committed many depredations in
the Cheyenne and Arapohoe country,
their most develish act being the killing
Of an aged minister
In q few days they disappeared and
nothing more was heard OF them until
May ;, when the dead bodies Of Bitter
Greek and Charles Pierce were brought
into Guthrie having been shot to death
in Payne county by deputies who were
promptly paid 1900 by the railway
company. on September 5. Raider
was captured near Pawhuska by Dep
uty TTIghman who was paid the re-
ward as soon as the company was noti-
fed OF the conviction.
The last one Of the gang. Red Buck
alias Buck Whitman. was killed by
posse OF citizens near Arapahoe OF
March 1. 1Sss. and as soon as his iden-
tity is fully established the reward
viii be paii for him In less than
year has one OF the worst gangs in the
southwest been wiped out Of existence
q result largely due TO the liberal -
ward offered by the Rock Island con-
pany coupled with the fact that they
always pay their rewards when they
are carmel. II other railroads would
act as promptly and "a literally an
end would 5000 be put 70 train roo
berry. in T1e southwest for men wiII not
risk their lives n golng after such 5es-
perste characters for q mere plttsnce.
which even then Is sometimes with
held on a techntcSllty when honestly
earned
Deputy TIighmaa. who - one OF the
5rsvsst officers III the south west IS re-
ceiving TIE congratulations OF MS
friends a. the receipt o. 50 neat a nest
egg FOR q rainy dsy-a thousand dol-
lars cash