Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-16
OUTLAWS WIPED OUT
Hard Fight With Robbers In
Indian Territory.
ROBBED A BANK AND HELD UP A TRAIN
Gagged TeIesrnpher, Who, Freed by
His Wife, Wired For Assistance.
Police on the Train XIII Three
Robbers and Capture Others.

WICHITA, Kan, Nov 16.-Three dead
and four wounded Indian outlaws are in
the back room Of the Chelsea National
bank at Chelsea, I. T.. the victims Of a
hsht in the streets Of that town early
yesterday morning with deputy mar
shals.
Two deputy marshals and one citizen
are seriously injured The dead are:
Zip Williams, ]. Harry Williams and
John Gourd, all outlaws. The wounded
are: Cook Still, oNlaw. shot through
the right shoulder; Sam Sixkiller. out
law, shot in leg: Harry King. outlaw,
both arms shot through; Red Bird, Null
blood Creek Indian, shot in breast, will
die. Deputy Marshals Hendrix and
James were both shot in the breast. and
VIII Parker, citizen, was hit in the
arm by stray bullet.
The battle began at daylight, when
the train came in, and waged for half
an hour. The outlaws came into Chel-
sea about o'clock In the morning, in
tending to rob the bank before any one
was awake and then hold up the pas
senger train, which arrives at Chelsea
about daylight. Their plan to rob the
bank succeeded, but when they rode
over to stop the passenger train the
outlaws were met by a heavy fire from
the police aboard the train.
About a. m. the night operator at
the depot was startled by some one
thrusting a gun in at the window and
commanding him to hold up his hands.
He was looking into q rife barrel In the
hands of SiXlxiller.
The Indian crawled in the window
and, assisted by the two others, tied
the operators hands and feet. They
then left, telling him not to attempt 60
move If he valued his life. AS soon as
the outlaws left the operators wife,
Mrs. Gibbs, heard the noise and came
down and released him long enough To
send a message to Vinita, notifying the
police TO come on the next train. His
wife then tied him and went back VI
stairs.
Chelsea is a town of about 1000 in
habitants. The bank is about a block
from the depot. The outlaws proceed
ed to the bank, blew open the safe ant
secured nearly $4,000 in cash. They
mufiied the safe and windows, and NJ
one heard the explosion.
The williams gang were all wei
known in Chelsea, and the inhabitantl
knew it meant death to attempt TO stOI
depot. saw that Operator Gibbs wal
still bound and then sat down on tn
platform to wait for the passenge
train. Their ponies We're turned loos
on the vacant lot before the depot
When the train came in, the two VIII
liams boys and John Gourd jumped OF
the first passenger coach and starte,
through, while the others tackled tn
express car.
A deputy marshal and a posse o
eight men were in the smoker an
opened fire, killing the three outlaw
who came into the coach before tn
outlaws had a chance to fire a shot
The others started toward their pc
MES. All the marshals remained O
the coach except Hendrix and james
who jumped out and started to follow.
The four outlaws took refuge benin
their ponies, and the battle waged 70
half an hour. Finally all the outlaw
were so badly injured that they wer
forced 20 surrender. Parker, a passen
ger on the train, was shot in the arm
He was hiding under a seat and raise
his arm above the window when a bul
let crashed through the glass, hittin
him. Nearly every glass in the ca
windows was shattered.