The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-30
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Especial Correspondence
Henryetta Okla. March 90 The
oid euis pna caves ii and about wild
cat srSea 81 what IS nos me most
sDulhagsierly portion Of Mcintosh
county once harbored The Widest.
most desperate and perhaps ille must
murdeleus band of outlaws known ID
the lnfllan land when onHnwry was
he rla8 not axe exception.
Wylls NcGlbbon ca McGllhra was
the leader III 9Rua NJ antlAws
dhlch 'nrganlzed during The cl sing
Gays - tie war. Rad The fGllowera
cared Dot d wli00p Whether they rode
and fodght With Confederate or Union
trUop, No long aR they might Forage
for lhe ine h1rses &nd tao rcoutre,
ments af the gar. valuable % the
troops IA action 10 those last days
ul awful carnage
How Many mea rode behind this
outlaw cnleitala al one Nll ever
know Many We're killed By officers
The milan police getting three at one
swoop but the chief with some four
on lyu fol wers ranged from the
4ed ID me .laW rlver end tacy made
such Inroads OF the stock oi horses
and cattle they wsre the objects OF
terror 20 waomsoe7er happened 10 BE-
their ylctlm on th5se raids
vhey nad z cave for rendezvous,
and tta locatl was Alowa 70 all
most ui OF ihc indian and Caucasian
residents, but so cruel and murder,
Gus were those riders OF the ur.gov
erned border few eTef visited me
spot, sad gold and silss- were nurief
mere mauy ailll belnF cs 5pirlon z
ven a9ye. Eli ,gsch 5Hi 81 lae cav,
when the last two broke across the
rrairles for the Indlnn lands of Idah
and Montana
Charles Gibson. who has written cor
siderable Of these stirring periods
ilar this 10 say o' tao anal alssolr
sich 81 lEe 0and
We often heard a. .haif eeturf
With silver. grepnbleta. GOLD znd Al
50 Other ealuables. also iiHe hesee
and uanE Greek Indians and 5now
iag them tu Be desperate men 10 ors
dared 10 tackle them. al that tlmt
everything was upside down and nt
iaw ii existence Tae1e Men were
lDNia ~ eii tae3 surveyed and no one
dared rnlse hand aeanat them uii
der penalty % being shot 70 death ~
Sight. Hfieh lesson several paid 10
aae0tai g fheis tongues 'he
HgaM cuma te sAe cave Nik faef
for week on ten dnQa 10 resi- up an
was gone aRain It was constantly
reported thal after 9 reid deposit
sore Haae ia lae cll1a of lhe noun
ist stlagaul a iae asfe o} tf snoll
agcee aesl, ee 1elf Halfs HH
hnG tae people 50 segfGfsst saau
tho neieh1arhana lhat eW Uenf 4eh
The cave 4 was natural little tort
4 Place Jhere lhpg could lena ihel
Hcfses "a wlthent sBnger FROM ~
epemFN beleis. 'ne 6eaEafa ioes hat
full aommnnd 81 the east horla an
souila while shelving eiiI prntaci
I'd tlem "a sie Eest
sompvhefe Ii these ell7s e M
away mlsed lot money uis gel
eGble Jewels secured an one of tHai
lasi raids II western yeHaas.
"vaAly ,here WIS G general rull
ine aal uHd Two 81 tie sellows wer
Killed on bird Creek aollm nea
shat ii u0w Ianryeila. Ckla wher.
thev brouled for awhile. There va
mahlina ana the great lpad
ef. Wyley MCtsilhra, and Two OF VI
men we're killed. The men wtre XII
ID fret aud thrown Into we'll al r
deserted place an ibe banks oi Woi
Greek There were but Two of lhrci
3f the aesperntuas lefl ore ,hey Afev
Of each other 9ae fala
night WyIeY was riding elnea ihs
eanhs 81 Wolf creek eaeet II NJ
aan 81 al ance there Fiars
fgc loud reports 0f firearms are
wiley reeled and fen from nis aersi
tad lbe frto ma.. dlHGouaies anf
iiiailv lifted him iown The hGa.is d
he river aud gave him a walery afavs
These Two young men lbltere1 nrounf
NaIf creek for several days, and ont
iHY eHhuHiiN foAH w tnf hlANe WhFFt
FyleY was buried m n pool u watef
md found him With his head and tee
tlcklnR up. aud decided Il would not |
10 e hava him erlanlng Al the peo
le thar way They eol dnWn. waded
ito lhe creek ripped WILEY open. an
i hin up with rocks and sunk hiu /
ihich was tho last seen o. tho r0bbeF
hle'
THE two remaining boys we're eous
ls went West and are supposed to
ave Joined a wild tribe of Indiaps
ia uever came hrck II Is thought
Iat there was hid away lots of huun
near The old cave, two miles south
Enfaula. and also lot hid on the
ounlaIns og Wolf Crack. but the
Ive being their headquarters 80 long
ere Is said 70 b. a rich deposit 10
AZ they never returned to carry
eay heir lllgollen gains
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