The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-17
DETAILS OF THE OUTLAW FIGHT
In Wh'e ell J. l. Pool Was Killed and
the Outlaws Caught


Guthrie Q. T, July I6.-The only au
thentic account Of the fight with outlaws
in the Usage nation IS given by the Paw
hVska Journal. which. says: Word was
received here last Saturday OF a fight
with outlaws at the home Of John Har-
low, twelve miles east Of Hominy. The
fight took place Saturday evening and re-
suited in the wiilful murder % J. l.
Pool. highly respected farmer living in
the neizhborhood Of Vinita. The story
OF the hght and what led up to IT, as
near as possible. is as follows:
On the night o fthe 9Th thieves entered
the house o. J. ]. Poo. and stole several
blankets and a quantity OF clothing. Lat
er in the evening they stole a saddle be-
longing to Arthur Wharton, and along
the road they stole 4 horse or two help
them along Early the next morning
the Anti-Horse Thief association was
notified and Pool and a posse consisting
OF J. a. Spencer. A. Dunlap and J. *.
Clay. took the tran. They followed the
trail until they reached John Harlow $
where they stayed at night the evening
Of the It'll. The next morning three men.
who were the ones they were trailing.
rode up TO the house and asked for
breakfast. Pool recognized the blankets
and some Of the rest Of the party the
saddle. and so 1t vas determined 10 ar
rest them. Pool ordered them 10 throw
up their hands as they as they sat down
at the breakfast table. Two Of the men
compiled with the request, but one Of
them reached for his gun. When Pool
saw the movement he closed in on him
and dubbed him over the head with
winchester. The fellow rose fighting and
Pool clinched him.
While thi swas going on one OF the
men, who afterward proved to he Geo.
Barclay, escaped and ran around the
smoke house. He soon afterwards came
hack and deliberately shot and killed
Pool while the latter was In the sl5irmish
with the other outlaw After this the
three men surrendered and begged for
mercy.
The corpse Vas brought to Pawhuska
Sunday evening late and the next day
made ready for burial Dunlap started
overland with the remains for his home.
The outlaws were brought TO Pawhuska
the same time and mad their prelim-
mary hearing before United States Com
missioner z. n. Yates Tuesday after
noon.
The charge flied against George Bar
clay was murder and the testimony II
two of the men who witnessed the fight
was heard. II proved conelusively that
II was a coid-blooded SIlrder. wilfully
planned and committed without the
slightest provocation. Barclay was bound
over to the Pawnee district court with
out bail and ordered committed 10 the
Guthrie jail until tried. Barclay Is known
70 be q bad man and has confessed TO
the killing Of two other men, and Is ac-
cused Of another There was a warrant
already out for him here. charged with
larceny and he was supposed 20 have
had a hand IN the robbery OF the Hill
side postofice.
The other two men are unknown 70 the
criminal history OF the reservation. One
OF them gave his name ~ Charles Bur
nett. but that is supposed 70 pc an as
sumed name. he was the man who made
the fight and has all the looks Of bad
man. He was killed on the charge % at
tempt 10 Kill and under that charge was
bound over TO the Pawnee court in the
sum Of 5000. The other man gave his
name as T. L. Kennedy ard X ESQ un-
known.
The trio had preliminary hearing up
on the charge % larceny and we're hound
over TO the district court al Vlnlta 81
the sum Of 5000 each. United states
Deputy Marshal Bennett started with he
men FOR Guthrie wednesday morning gith
a good strong posse