The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-01-26

! officers. killing Deputy Sheriff Ton
! Johnson of Pawnee and escaped.
Scheme Fails
l. Aprii |, l9Ol-Attempt made I,
catch Cravens al Catoosa. Okla witt
decoy letters from his sweetheart
When Crayens asked for his mail M
J officer was present, intending &
shake hands with him ana then gral
him Crayens welded the handshake
and darted from The door. leaving the
thoroughly alarmed officer open
monthed Cravens, hcwcver. dropped
the letter which fell into the officers
hands
AS Travelling Salesman
1904 tlate- Reported in Oklahoma
salesman and went a.. over the
Southwest with his grips frequei., "
visiting saloons, and was often undel
the eyes Of Officers who were looking
Tor him This lie he kept MP. of
and on. for several years
1902 .sepJrtoi 1T the head of gane
of highwaymcn who held M .... .v
or wealthy oil men in >sage country.
getting all their yaluables
l902 l. GA ID ON ranch in Woods
county, woman telcphtled Deputy
Sherih Phlh Nyno AZ Perry that
/ trafens ami her husband were then
on certain ran ~ sheriff GeOr ~
roster, OF Perry, and Shcrim Pat oats
OF Alva investigated Cravcns got
next and Led; later the woman )
story was verified
Heard If in Mexico
100, tearly Rcpcrted in Gupdula-
jara, Mexico posing as son of + nm.
slyvania governor and about to we'd i
millionaire miners daughter; Okla
homa authorities investigated the re-
port
1870 (.dtel l- Reported in oklahoma
City: he was seen by a territorial
official who recognized him; thu OIL
Ger gave mci-ay to another man for
the purpose o. getting Cravens drunk
and then capturing him; the other frt
low got drunk instead, and Crayens
escaped
August, l905--Roo. in wagon witt
two travelling men George ". Fan.
ming and Ed w. Northington. between
Glencoe ana Morrison, Oklg. the drW
er knew C,avens and talked with him
but both rave.ing men wore to
afraid TO act: he exhibited an nA,y
wound through his body. which h.
had recently received an | said il vas
cured by an aged Cherokee lnditn
woman; he seemed tired AMI exhaust
ed and while riding in the wagon lel
his horse beinnd.
December. 1905-Loca visiting
Ihis aunt in the Seminole Indian coun-
try, near WewOka, Sheriff w A
Grace and posse Of PcttaWatomie
county. attempted his capture, but he
failed
March 23 1906 Reported captured
in Nebraska; investigation made by
Sheriff McGehee, OF Perry.
September, 1e06--Reported in Grip
pie Creek, Colo. whe he was joined
by his cousin, Norris Watkins of the
Gsage country: Watkins was under
federal Indictment for murder and
was ont en- bond.
reported Taken Again
October. l906-Reported captured
in Guthrie by Sheriff Bart Murphy;
Sheriff Foster, OF Perry. failed u
IDENTITY him and he was released
August. s. l907-Reported captured f,
at Osceola. Neb., identified as GRAY !
ons by Chaplain ]. D. McBrain OF
Lansing prison, who as prosecuting
atl.mey in ChautauQua county, had
sent Cravens to the prison. was shack
led and taken to Lansing. where the /
prisoner proved to be only a wander ,
ing Jew jewelry pedd.er, named AZ |
bert Scettlcr
October 4. 1907 Reported visiting
his parents and brother near Prii ce--
ton Mo, made himself known to some
old acquaintances plan ~ capture i
him failed
June, 19oS-Reported living as
Mexican on Navajo Indian reserva-
ton in New Mexico, deputy sheriit
there Identified him
Arrested in Missouri
1908 Cater AIRES ed in Missouri
later attempted a ia' break; a lette :,
was sent to Kansas prison authorities
regarding him; hand writing recog
nized as Crayens; then Charles NJ; ST
who has been identified by many as
Cravens; went to the jefferson City
to serve four year
term
March 19l0-On tip given by pris-
on barber that Maust was C"avens.
whom had shaved in the nansas
prison, an Identification followed by
William Duckett record man at the
Lansing prison.
March 81 19ll-Maust identified as
Crayens by William McClaughry OF
the fede.al pententiary at Leaven
worth.
April /, 19ll-Cravens identified b'
A. o. Lund, of Blackwell
Identified by Wounds
August b 19Il-LUnd again Visite,i
Jefferson City and identified Maust as
Cravens by wound marks on shoulder
and through body. near Kidneys, re
ceived in fght with Lund Also iien
tilted by j. II. Livingston. Bertilion
expert at Jefferson Zty.
September 4. 191l-Witnesses sub
poenaed in Oklahoma for re-indict-
ment of Crayens at Enid for Bateman
murder
Septemberm Is, 19l1-Crayens rein
dicted at Enid by federal grand jury
case presented by John Embry Unit
ed states attorney.
October 10, 19l1-Crayens indict
ment papers forwarded to United
States Attorney Lyon at Kansas Citj
for use in transferring Maust as GRAY
ems to federal Jail in Guthrie.
October q. 191l-Congressman Nc
CURE gave out. statement including
~ t..+s oil