Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-11-20
BOY BANDIT Is
FOILED By LAW
OKLAHOMA YOUTH FAILED no
"BLlCk HAND" PONCA IIANkLii
WANTED TO GO TO NORTH
Fired Or Flowing, ilc Nahtcd 10 Get
hWay-IInd Read Jesse
JuiuCS

eppgu no thu World
Puuca CITY, OKLA, Nov H. "lIur}
tmrty thousand dollars near the rail
road track or you win Dee killed, AZ
ter the Slu,o lc night train crosse.
the Salt Fork River bridge, count
suvcn posts uloug the rightof-Wol
fence, pnd there bury the money
Don't have any splCs ulvns, for ",
viii not attempt 10 Gsi The money un-
M we know there g. no dpnEpr"
Tho above was thu socpud lo.tcr
recently received hy Jlm MoGraw,
president Of thp raTmers Nauontl
Blnk Of Ponca tity CORNER Kansas
hcnd OF the knight of Columbus or
Plantation m Oklahoma and we'll
known Republican politician, The
Ulst letter which arrived just ~ week
before. also demanded thirty hous.
ana dollars. but McGraW was told TO
drop a package containing thal sum
or the back end OF the Sma Ne
hlgu train Wsi after the passenger
crossed the salt rors hridgo ana at
such time as two shotg would lc lirod
In quick succession
McGmw determined to comply
With the first demand, anj accom-.
panied by George Foster or Perry,
iormcr deputy United states marshai
and col George Miller he took hls
stand ON The rear end of the pUsson-
ser train ana awaited results. Bach
OF the trio had we'll filled slN-shooters,
and IN the baggage coach ahead there
wore also several loadod Winchester
r,tlc-. They were determined 10
curty their slNshootcrs IN the dlrec.
,ion from which the ,wo signal shots
would be fired. The rifles were TO
hc used " the robbers proved to be
q suro-enough outlaw gang. The
trldse was crossed and no kiots
fired and everybody on the train
rested easier,
McGraw had about forgotten the In
cldcnt when the second demand for
money arrived. The two Letters
wore undoubtedly written by the same
person, each letter being enclosed IN
stamped envelope such as are sold
Graw started on the triM OF The
writor, lie was again accompanied
by Col George Miller, but cN-Shorifi
llan Balm OF Ncwkrk had taken
Fcstor's place., and In an automobile
the men went TO Bliss where the
crc-kocper- postmaster remembered
selling two stamped letters to jim
mle McGInnls /, year old boy who
lived with his aged parent near
Whlteaglc,
McCnniss was found ana after con-
siderable sweating. he confessed the
authorship OF the iotterS. denying
that he had any actomplltes and DC.
claring he wanted the money IN ordei
ic travel 10 milwaukee, where he hau
a brother living, lie saiu he was
tIred of oklahoma heat cl having
to pillow and toll all day and he want,
60 20 leave, lie was taken In the
automobile TO Nowllrk and placed ir
the county Jail, the men returning
by way of WhucaSlc 60 talh To hi,
parents
The father James McGlunisS, Was
etcauy surprised 20 learn Of his sons
es,apadc, snd recalled the tact that
several days before while the family
was az supper, ho read an account In
@ Ponca city papcr of the first at
tempt 0t unknown persons "a get
money crom Jim McOmW. his sbu
was at the table while the father read
the acccun, aloud, bat gave no evil
ucuvc whatever that he was the "un,
known persons, told about In th,
paper
10 developed that auo.hcr son o
James McGiuuisS Is az the present
time q cadet AT Annapolis. IN IA,
United states naval academy socur
inc the appointment through the IN
0Neuce of Archbishop Ireland and
senator Robert NJ. LaTolcNe. jaime,
McGmnl is now past a years o.
age and served IN The Onion armS
durng hu CNi War p tAc regimen
ot which Ireland was chaplain, an,
the two men became fast friends
When the son expressed desire {,
attend Annapolis, MeGmRiS called ot
ho Archbishop, who in turn con
tcrr,d with senator IaEolctte an,
,hc appointment was made,
jimmie McGRns had admiue,
o. NcGraW that he heard his mothe
roed from a 81 Louis newspaper re
coutly OF plsU hatvhed by hold.ul
mon, who demanded OF wealth
banker chat hc throw n package con
Aining several thousand dollar
from a car window McGiBnis bcNrV
cd it would be better plan TO hav
the mouey dropped from The rca
end ot The train aud 20 fire two slS
nal shots instead of one as the 81
Louis robbers had planned
At the McGihns home, ho agy
mother recalled the fact That sh
had read such an article To the as
somhlcd fgmily while at supper an
that her son Evidenced sreat pioro,
in the account II also develops tina
the boy was a constant reader d
lcsse James ana Younger Brother
stories
Whom asked why hc had sclcctc
the Farmers National ot Pouca Cit
as his victim, the boy Said II, irs
happened, I accompanied papa {
nonca city ono day not long ago. an
I saw the name ot Your bank ON IN
windows and just made up my min
that d, would Toe the right one {
work. had no paper I'm my pocke
So | picked up "a piece OF Shinglc am
wrote the name out IN full, 50 voul