The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-29
WILL HENDRIX TO
ATLANTA PRISON
FAMOUS OUTLAW, WHO HAS
BEEN TERROR OF MANY, OFF
TO PENlTENTlARY

Hugo. Okla, March 26.-federal
Jurisdiction over crimes against The
state OF Oklahoma. the sole remain
ing reminder of territorial days, end
ed last week, when Will Hendrix,
Choctaw Indian, who slew his
father-in-law, Bob Voss, On Easter
Sunday, April 10, 1906, left here
under heavy guard for the federal
prison, at Atlanta, Ga, where he
will start serving life sentence.
Hendrix is, or rather has been, one
of the bad men" of the state. His
career as a prisoner tends to sho"
that he will hesitate at nothing,
and federal officials in Oklahoma,
particularly Deputy Marshal CrIs
Matson, who has taken keen in
terest in the case from the begin
ming, are chuokling over the fact
that Georgia officers now have 20
face the problem OF keeping Hen
dirk in Jail.
OF Deceptive Turn.
The thing about the character of
Hendrix which has been most feared
by the officers is his ability to de-
ceive, and that they are justified
in that fear is evidenced by the
fact that he has escaped from Jail
twice since he murdered his father
in-law because of the fact that he
was able to 'pul the wool over the
eyes" of jail officials.
His first escape from jail was at
Paris. Tex, where he was tried on
writ Of removal from Oklahoma.
While there he so ingratiated him
self with the jailer that he was
made turnkey, and w~~ trusted fur
ther, probably, than any other pr!s,
| oner facing life sentence ever has
been trusted, at least in this section
OF the country.
A short time before that, however.
Hendrix had a narrow escape from
death and he realized that as well
as anyone else. When a mob at
Ada lynched four men they believed
to be guilty of having killed Hen
ry Bobbitt, wish was expressed
by many of them that VIII Hendrix
might be there and get what was
coming to him" at the same time.
Caught Near Ada.
Hendrix was recaptured niLe
months after his escape from TIC
Paris, Texas, Jail, near Ada, and
told freely of the manner of his es-
cape.
Il broke out of Jail at II o'clock,
he said. Il left here alone and lid
not steal the gray horse from the
man on Main street, as / have been
accused of doing. The officers fol.
lowed the man on the gray horse.
and that is how they failed to catch
me.
Il then spent four days in the
Oklahoma bottoms, near the Red
River, but became so exhausted that
| was unable 10 walk down to the
river bank and get water For sey.
eral weeks ! stayed there, barely
rousing the energy to get enough
to eat and drink. Then began to
recover and went straight to Sui.
phur. Okla, where | met some of
my friends and stayed several weeks.
Then | went to Gray county, Tex,
with my wife, where both of us
worked on a ranch for some time.
Returning into Oklahoma later, I
was informed by my attorney that
he was still working for me, and
I agreed to meet him. with the firm
intention of giving myself up.
Hated His Pursuer.
Just about that time however,
/ heard that George Miller, the
man that killed my brother, had
been put on my trail, and swore
never would give myself up then.
Il got on the train. went to Kan.
sas City, and purchased a Winchest-
er and an automatic revolver. Then
| came back and went on the scout
for Miller.
THE Hendrix gang is broken for
good, and none of them will follow
any of the men who helped to cap
ture me incidentally the only rea-
son l was captured was because
heard George Miller was to be
in Ron that day, and | went there
to get him or be got