The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-10-19
PERKINS
PUTTING
UP FIGHT
Arrested at Wichita Falls on the
Charge Of Being Implicated in
a Robbery on Frisco in
this County

A series Of situations emulating the
case OF Herry K Tnaw's fight for free
dam is now being staged in Texas
towns as result of the arrest of F. L.
Perkins in Wichita Fails, Texas, Satur-
day evening. on an order from the
Grady county authorities, the charge
duplicating Perkins in the alleged rob
berry of H. a. Aylor on Frisco tram
some days ago. and for which Ab
Jones is now also being held in Chick
asha
That Perkins is putting up hard
fight is evidenced by the methods he
Is employing. Following his arrest.
news vas flashed here from the sheriff
Of Wichita souaty, that he WAS asking
for extradition papers. Oscar Simp-
son, county attorney, Immediately went
to Oklahoma City in order to procure
the papers from Gov. Cruce, as soon
ar possible. ] A. Thompson, deputy
sheriff OF Grady county, left Saturday
night for Wichita Falls, to be there
to take charge of Perkins for the re-
turn to Chickasha as soon as the pa
pers were received. Meantime Perkins
employed a lawyer and started haheas
corpus proceedings, changing the
scene of the trial on the proceedings
to Archer City. Texas, county seat of
Archer county. The trial will be held
there this afternoon at o'clock.
II he is released on the grounds that
the prisoner was arrested without
warrant, Deputy Thompson, armed
with fugitive warrant, will be there
ready to serve it on Perkins In that
event, Perkins will be hustled from one
point in Texas TO another, not being
given time to resume his habeas cor
pus proceedings, until the extraditton
papers have been returned to Wichita
Falls from the Texas governor in Aus
tin.
Perkins was traced by grip that
was left on the train.
Aylor stated that the man who as
sisted in robbing him of 500 jumped
from the train at Amber. The Frisco
conductor stated the same. When the
train arrived in Lawton there was one
handbag left. 1t was taken back to Ok
lahoma City and turned over TO the
Frisco detective there. He communi-
Gated that fact to the sheriff's force
here and later the grip was turned
over to them. In il was card and a
letter addressed to Mrs. Katie Per-
kins, Shawnee. Okla. Neither had been
mailed Also in the bag were skeleton
keys, leather billy" a pack of playing
cards. a small pair of pliers, shoes,
collars and two shirts bearing the ini-
tial ~P" on the sleeves.
The sherifrs force here Immediately
communicated with the police in
Shawnee and had Mrs. Perkins watch
ed One day last week, word was
flashed to them that Mrs. Perkins had
purchased a ticket to Gainesville. Tex
as, and had checked big trunk foi
that place. The sheriff at Gainesville
was telephoned to meet the train ant
catch the man who met Mrs. Perkins
there. If she met a man there, sh
did it secretly, but the Gainesville OF
ficers learned that Perkins had gon
TO Wichita Falls.
Jess Williams, deputy of Ardmore
happened to spend the night in Chicl
} asha, enroute with man for Granite
When TOLD of the case he said he kne'
! Perkins, also that his brother. forme
, sheriff at Vernon, knew him. Throug
the Vernon men Perkins was arreste
at Wichita Falls.