Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-05
Ben Cravens, Notorious Okla
homa Outlaw, Can Now
Laugh at His Pursuers
Is SECURE IN OLD MEXICO
crsvens, the Black Sheep of a Re
spectacle Family, Now Has Position
and Wealth at His Command, and
is Strong With the Administration
of That Republic - His Career.
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| Corydon, May Ben Crayens, th'
notorious Oklahoma outlaw, is tn,
black sheep OF a respectable famii,
living at Lineville. this county. Craven
| is one of the smoothest and most poi
/ ished of his kind and this polish anc
suavity has at last won him beauti-
| full Mexican senorita for bride anc
| a high social position in the land Of
the Macmillan.
The recent arrest in Oklahoma OF
the description of Cravens has set a..
ambitious sleuths to thinking In a vain
effort to devise a way TO locate ana
effect the recapture of the notorious
bandit king. And all the time the nols
pious Ben is basking serenely in tbs
protection OF grand Old Mexico, whers
his connection with a family OF wealth
and position affords him immunity
from the greedy laws of Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, and divers other
states and republics prominent on the
map.
Masquerading as the nephew Of a
prominent ex-official OF the state OF
Pennsylvania, Cravens is said to have
gained admission to the most exclu-
sive drawing rooms of the City of
Mexico, where he met and loved 4
young senorita OF wealth and beauty.
With an impoverished family, tree
dating back to when time began, the
bandit king of many states at once
dazzled the scheming mamma, which
resulted in a marriage with the rich
and beautiful senorita, who, the rum
ors add, has already borne him an
heir.
Strong with the administration of the
republic. with position and wealth at
his command, Cravens can now laugh
at the scores of officers who for years
logged his every step and followed him
thru states and territories, and have
plenty OF time to recall and mediate
over the downfall of a score or, more
officers of the law who, to use the
mighty Ben's own expression, are
roasting below
sensational escape from the Kansas
Os liSiSitiS lueS SuuTl
with a gun he had carved out of soft
pine and covered with tinfoil, with the
exception possibly OF a limited number
of stunts in imperial Missouri that have
been charged UP to him, Mr." Cravens
has sojourned in the southwest, con-
fining his operations principally to Ok
lahoma. since that territory has gained
the sobriSuet of THE haven for all
cut-throats who can no longer remain
in Kansas, Texas and Arkansas" Ia
a few localities in Oklahoma Cravens
is wanted" by the officers but every
town from the meanest hamlet to the
more metropolitan cities harbors hosts
OF his friends, who will spare no means
to insure his safety when he takes a.
jaunt thru the territory"
Despite the fact that Cravens is
wanted by the United States officers
on q charge of murder in the Ponca
Indian reservation, and every deputy
marshal in the territory has visions
OF sensational capture, his last stunt
in Oklahoma was to pay visit to
some of his friends in Governor Tom
Ferguson's home town, where, 1t IS
said, that getting sleepy, and not caring