The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-05-27
STORY or THE
BANK BURGLARY
WILLIAMS, ONE OF THE GANG
WHO ATTACKED WAPANUCNA
BANK coNFEssES.

contains the following narrative regard
ing the contemplated bank robbery a,
that place which was thwartcd by the
citizens
Ia Williams. member Of the gang
Of burglars that wrecked the safe OF
the Peoples National bank last Thurs
day morning. ana who the circumstan-
tial evidence points to- as the one who
fired the shot that wounded W. G..
Gibson, made complete confession
and told the whole story of the crime
Thursday evening before beng carried
to Jail Williams made the confcs.
sion to Judge J. r. Fowler i'm the pres
ence OF Dr. stamps. His story was
that ten days before the burglary the
leader came TO Wapanucka from Okla
hOma City, looked over the situation
and fixed the plans: that the gang
four In number met at Atoka and from
there came TO near Wapanucka the
Cay before and campcd in the woods
ont north OF town until the time TO"
the burglary; that in the work he was
standing guard n front of the bank on
outside but claims the other outside
man shot Mr.. Gibson: that after Mr..
Gibson had been shot. he Williams. told
them he was going to quit as II had
been agreed that there should be no
shooting and when he did this one of
the inside men became angry ana
threw bottle OF niuoglycerin
through the window which exploded
and wounded him. THIS part of the
story Is no doubt false and was told
I'm an attempt TO show that he was
not the man who shot Mr.. Gibson.
j. NJ. Shepperd, the night policeman,
/ who fought the gang single handed,
states that when the explosion occur
red he was at the rear of Hawkins
grocery store, and running arounc TO
The back OF the Bah company ware
/ house on Sixth street he was there
confronted by one OF the gang standing
guard who ordered him TO hold up his
hands. ana refusing, the burglar com.
/ mencC.' shooting. the first shot barely
I M ssing the officers head. Shepperd
then backed step and there he and
the burglar shot at each other until
/ Shepperu exhausted his ammunition
Shepperd then called Tor parties near.
by to bring him a gun, but receiving
no response he ran To the Arlington
hotel whore he secured pistol and
going back 10 the scene by way OF
Choctaw avenue upon reaching the
/ Walton store at the corner he saw a
man on the edge of the side walk in
front of the bank and Shepperd open
ed fire upon him when he began
shooting back. Then the last explo-
$ on occurred and the gang fled down
Sixth street to the Rock Island track
boarded hand car and proceeded
east
At this time large number of citi
zens commenced TO arrive upon tn,
scene Communication was openeo
with the Coal county sheriff by tap
ping the wire east of the place where
it had been cut. Sheriff Murphy and
force OF deputies, in order to head
off any possibility of escape over tho
O. C., at the junction west OF Coalgat,
proceeded at once for that place bu,
before they arrived the burglars hat
passed. going direct to North Coal
gate, leaving Williams, the wounded
man, at hotel, dumping the car JUS
beyond the depot and making their es
cape.
After the gang had left here Deputy
Sheriff Jackson, W. S. Wyrick, W. l.
Richards and X. r. Eall started in pur
suit Richards and Ball remaned a
Olney while Wyrick and Jackson pro
ceeded on to North Coaigate where
upon arriving there, they found vii
liams locked In room at a hotel
They arrested Williams, brought hin
back to Wapanucka on the 10 o'clocl
train and during the afternoon afte
surgeons had dressed his wounds h
made the confession. Williams lef
shoulder was horribly mangled an,
his body badly bruised in severa
places from glass cuts
The bank opened in the morning al
ter the burglary at the usual hour
There was in the safe $3.50. The ban
is a member OF the bankers associa
tion which has standing reward o
$500 for burglars ana in addition cal
ries burglary insurance to cover an
loss that may occur at any time. A
though the bank lost no money. tn
insurance adiuster came immediatel
to adjust any claim that may be made
> The damage to the safe and buildin