Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-08-27
Oklahoma Horse Thieves
are caught In fhis
County.

known in this section had occurred
at their place. Albert Edwards al
so came in from the southeast and
told of the holdup which had occur
ed. By this time excitement was
aroused and Garden City was call
ed up and the news telegraphed to
points up and down the Santa Fe to
officers to watch for the thieves and
parties started from here to hunt for
the desperadoes.
A little later in the afternoon
word came that our sheriff had taken
the men and about 6 O'Clock the
party arrived in town, were lined up
in front of the court house and a
snap shot taken of officers and the
two men who had done the stealing
and the prisoners lodged in Jail.
The men, Fleetwood and Cooper,
had broke Jail at Beaver City, Okla
homa, at 9 p. m. August T8. Fleet
wood had gotten the guards gun,
made the guard open the cell and
let Cooper out and handcuffed the
guard, put him in the cell, locked
the door and escaped with the keys.
They had broken jail before and
knew how. At Beaver they took a
couple of horses, came north into
Kansas, stole horse from Will
Mohler, of Meade county. At Mar
shall's, miles south of Meade they
got fresh horses, got over into the
old Bob Harper ranch and were
making good time when Sheriff S.
B. Givler and J. A. Jones, of Meade
chased them out of there. They
then came northwest to Callahan's,
horses gave out, stole two of Uncle
Jimmy Graham's, came northwest
to Wards ranch, one held up the
ranch while the other one got fresh
horses and borrowed(?) saddles, as
they were. tired of riding without,
came on into Haskell, took a horse
from Edwards and made him hurry
at point of gun and rode off rapidly
up the road. Sheriff Trahern was
at the school house and seeing the
men go by, concluded that some
thing was wrong and left his dinner
and started home for his horse but
lost some tins and the thieves got
quite distance ahead. Mr.. Trah-
ern and Love Graham followed up
the trail and let the men run their
horses down which they did at the
old McMahan place and stopped fol-
water, dismountlng and leaving
theirhorses and going into the house.
Graham hurried to Henry John
sons for help and Trahern stood
guard. One of the men went to the
well, having gun in his hand, and
the sheriff told him to surrender but
he refused and Trahern fired, just
missing the fellows ear, and he rush
ed back to the house. They ther
stole out Ike eping the house between
them and the sheriff and made fol
the prairie. where they sat down tc
rest. Trahern came up with his gur
and made them come to him will
hands up and kept them there til
Sheriff Givler and his party ar
rived. The gun belonging to the
men was found in the grass near tht
place where they rested. The party
then brought their prisoners to tow
and put them in Jail, they being
the first culprits in the Jail TO
fifteen years. One of the prisoner
is young fellow-a mere boy, whc
is the most daring of the two ant
generally manages the hold ups.
Early Thursday morning, the 20
the prisoners were taken out of jai
and given their horses and unde
Sheriff Givler, taken to Meade, wher
a complaint for high way robber,
will be filed against them. 1t is t.
be hopad that they will be kept a
Meade so that they won't get GU
again, for Fleetwood, the boy, is
pretty slick fellow.
This should make the cattle thieve
look little out for. no more monke
business will be tolerated hereafte
as the officers are on the combination
and no quarters will be allowed. !
word to the wise is sufficient and !
it is not the Jail is re ady and the pc
for good long time will be the pen
atty. Cattle stealing must stop.
1 R. w. Griggs, of Meade, struc
the thieves 8 miles southeast of Ca
lehan's and kept in sight of ther
nearly all the way and came prett
near getting them.-Haskell Count
Republican.
! R. w. Campbell's volunteer whes
cropis bringing him a7 bushels t
the acre. He has 40 acres.
The Central office and F. N
Davis & Co will have hyirk r,y.