The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-24

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fenced for life ON a charge of CON
joint robbery for his part i'm holding
uu farmer snow FELTON, was dead and
: Oklahoma statute governing conioiat
robbery was drawn in the early days.
of the territory when it was necessary
to have stringent law with severe
penalties I'm order TO punish express
and bank robbers and other pioneer
outlaws and desperadoes Brady was
indicted under This statute, was con
victed under d.. and Judge McAtee.
who YVES presiding. could do nothing
else bot give him a life sentence as
the law direte A third member of
the gang was also in the penitentiary.
Perpetrator Disappears.
Following the disappearance OF
"Old Bob" from Elid. the body of Fel-
ton had been found During the night.
after FELTON, was killed. a snow had
fallen and The gon which carried
"Old Bob" and Brady TO jefferson,
was tracked that far by lie imprint
left iu The snow. u was al once sus-
pccttd that "Old Bob was the mur-
derer. but he could not he located
Some time afterward his morse and
wagon were found In Ponca City,
where he had left them before taking
train southward and am trace OF
him was lost entirely
A change in officers had occurred
ia Garfield county Charles Porter had
been elected sheriff and Judge w. o.
Cromwell. now attorney general OF
Oklahoma, was prosecuting attorney.
An ndictmeut had been returned
against Old Bob and these two or
icers made up their minds to get him
Porter found a clue finally down I'm
pottawatOmie county aud he was for-
tunate enough TO locate Old Bob i'm
Shawnee saloon Getting a local
lofdcer 10 accompany him. Porter ea-
tered the saloon quietly and apprOach-
ed the bar, where "Old Bob" was
standing with his back toward the
door Tie two officers quickly caught
i him. one hy each arm disarmed him,
and the two years chase was ended.
Having captured "Old Bob" how
ever. 10 was a different thing when
30 came TO convictug him. His first
trial was unsatisfactory aud he was
leranted new one hy The Oklahoma
supreme court and later he obtained
q caanee of yeu-c Go Perry I'm Noble
county. Judge Cromwell. in the mean
time had se ured valuable iniorma-
Iti0n An investigation brought 10 his
possession the names of am the men
who formed the parts in The Enid sa-
loon on thc night Ealt0n was killed.
Three OF the men We're in the peniten-
luary and ha visited ana talked with
them soon leaniug lhat they We're
willing TO make a clean breast of Tie
entire affair
Brady was IN for life and therefore
lcould not be removed from prison a.
DE used as witness This did not
balk Cromwell however he visited
/ Governor C.. ~ Barnes of Oklahoma
at Guthrie and after hearing The aa-
tire story Barnes commuted Bradys
4 life sentence no 80 years imprison-
mont kims placing &c in Cr0mweIs
power to use Brady as a witness.
IWiXou was Kansas prisoner ANA
could not Dee brought 10 Oklahoma as
a witness. SO Cromwell iourneyed 90
Topeka and conferred with Governor
stanley AS a result me pardoned
Wixon that De might accompany
Cromwell back 90 Enid
Motley Array Of Witnesses.
When old Bob>' second trial was
called at Perry Cromwell was present
with his motely array of Witnesses.
land he deGed the world 10 present "a
case where the list OF witnesses WAS
ever - motley This is what he had:
Ia Kansas eX-cOlvict. "a Texas eX-con-
.vIct two Oklahoma conyicts, one Ok
lahoma eXconvict and three women.
with whom these men were acuuaiut.
ed Every witness that Cromwell
placed 0n the stand was challenged
and tine private records of the eutne
bunch were laid bare but he was sslv-
Ing tbe case homeopathic treatment
determined 10 convict Old Bob" by
: the testimony of his own followers,
and he was successful.
lt was Brady Who told The conyinc
ing story The entire crime was told
mo- the jury and The brutal manner in
Q (which it was committed had such an
effect ou the jury that it remained
0nt but a short time before returning
; verdict OF guilty as charged Az
terward the iuwmen stated the Only
e thing they haa disagreed upon was
y whether or MOI Old Bob" should Do
3 hanged an were of the opinion thai
= he Was guly Of cold blooded muir
2 der bun uPde- die oklahoma statute
a liry may state What the punishment
shall be. and Old Bob got life im
( plisonment iie appealed through
a his attorneys 20 the supreme court o
Z the territory hui it did him mo- GOOD
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J. Az thc present time "Oii Bob" Mar