The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-15
WAS BOLD BAD RosBERY
And OFFICERS are on Trail of the Bold,
Bad Man.

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OF the Oklahoma police force as well as
the county authorities are on the lookout
for the robbers who held up several We
hicles near Chickasha Saturday evening
and secured considerable booty.
Eight or ten vehicles. containing from
one 10 six persons each, were held up.
robbed and rounded UP in the road about
tro miles west Of ChicAasha. Four high
wayrnen did the Job TO perfection and es-
capped with three or four hundred dollars
in cash besides several watches and other
ornaments.
Several of the victims were men Of
prominence in Chickasha each of whom
lost all they had. excepting a well known
physician who. after losing nearly 800
in cash asked the highwayman to re-
turn a magnificent gold watch, which they
did.
The experience of one of the victims,
l. ]. Adamsm. a well known printer. is
as follows:
Two friends and were driving to the
line House 10 get a cold bottle. after
weelSk's work in the heat and dust Of
Chickasha. Just before we got to the
line we noticed number of buggies and
wagons blocking the road. The dim moon
light prevented a clear sight, even at a
distance of ten steps. The men ran out
from the bunch of vehicles and came TO
meet us. When at the horses heads they
threw up rife and pistols and ordered
hands Up. The hands went up, six of
them, until they scraped the stars One
robber kept his gun play, while the other
" ent through our pockets. My two COM
panions were relieved of a watch and
every cent they had. I begged on telling
them L was tourist printer. They said I
looked Ike one and they did not go
through me. After robbing us they
ordered us to get into our buggy and
Grive up TO the crowd We did
There were eight or ten vehicles
punched together in the road. We tried
to find out who some of our fellow mis-
cradles were, and also tried to see who
and how many robbers were in the gang
One man sat upon horse and kept the
crowd in order. However, the robbers
allowed some of their victims to walk
around and We were unable to tell how
many were in the gang Two or three
teams we're held up after we were, and
at the close of the performance our buggy
occupied q central position in the corral
Between acts the highway men visited
the surrey of a we'll known woman of the
town and drank their beer TO their health
They circulated freely, were very kindly
in their talk and said that no woman
would be searched. After holding the
crowd for about an hour and until the
read looked like a moonlight picnic. the
gallant road agents mounted their ponies
and speeded toward the west
I'VE were thte first to follow them
and when we arrived at the Oklahoma
line a man on a white hosse rode up,
made an artistic gun play, told us we
were crowding them too closely and
ordered us to stay where we were until
we saw them go by the Line House. we
we're perfectly willing, but We kept
close watch and no one went by the
house. 1t is my belief that the robbers
turned south at the line. or hid in the
ravine until the road was clear so they
could get back to Chickasha.
The most disgusting feature of the
hold-up was the foul language used by
some OF the women in the hearing Of
other women who We're decent also the
statement in another paper that the
victims of the hold-up were coming from
the Line House. There were number
OF prominent Chickasha people who were
out driving and had not been to the Line
House, but were driving during the early
evening hours and happened along just
in time. Il is my belief that all four high
waymen live in or near Chickasha. and
that they can be caught if diligent search
is made. The people at the Line House
said they neither saw or heard anyone
go by although I was there within ten
minutes after the robbers completed their
work.
The United States marshals are after
the gang. which they are inclined to be-
lieve is headed by the famous Casey.