The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-01
BANDITS ARE
SAFE ACROSS
STATE LINE
CHANDLER POSSES ARE CALLED
IN AND PURSUIT is ABANDON
ED BOY MAY NOT GET RE-
WARD.

Oklahoma state line and are headed
! for Joplin, Mo-; that Paul Curry, the
17-year-old boy who shot and cap
tured Henry Starr and Louis Estes,
! two of the men. may not receive
more than 500 for his work; that
Governor Robert l.. Williams is stand
| ing by the boy and endeavoring to
secure the 81 900 reward for him, and
that the governor has offered a re-
ward of 5000 for the capture of each
of the five escaped men, are the new
developments in the most daring of
all Oklahoma bank raids.
Two technicalities may deprive
young Curry of the rewards which
are out for Henry Starr Governor
Williams offered $1,000 reward two
weeks ago for the capture and con-
viction of the man who robbed the
bank at Carney, Okla" This man
was believed to have been Starr.
The noted bandit will probably be
sent to prison for the Stroud robbery,
in which event it will not have been
proved that he is the Carney man.
Il understand that | may not get
the rewards" young Curry said last
night. 81 have been told why may
not get the Starr reward and | have
also been told that there was never
$ 900 reward for Estes as | was
association offers 5000 reward for the
capture and conviction of bank rob-
bers. but | am informed that they
are going to cut it TO 500 in my
case because | didn't get man
while robhing a bank, but only while
escaping after having robbed one.
Il want the rewards because | am
a poor boy and feel that | have
! done what a good many men have
tried to do and failed. But I'm not
going to raise a fuss if | don't get
| any money. would do the same
thing again and would have done it
if there had not been a penny of
reward out for bank robbers. I'd
like to go into bus!.ess with my
father if I've got the money, but
if | don't I'm none the worse for
what I've done"
Governor Williams told the Phoenix
last night over long distance tele-
phone from Oklahoma City that the
boy would get the $1,000 reward
offered for Henry Starr if there was
any way to give it to him.
The reward is not exactly offered
for Starr" the governor said. "but
everybody thinks that he is the man
who robbed the Carney bank At
any rate, we know he is bank
robber and the king bee of the lot
| have asked the attorney general for
an opinion as to whether | can give
young Curry the 81 900 and I'm going
to do it if | can. The boy will find
that the governor of Oklahoma doesn't
believe in technicalities, and | think
he deserves this reward.
Il have decided to offer reward
of 5000 for each of the five men who
have escaped from the Stroud rob
berry. This reward will be paid
Immediately upon Identification
Sheriff George Arnold of Chandler
told the Phoenix last night that all
of his possemen had been withdrawn
and that he believed the bandits had
escaped into the Ozarks across the
Missouri line and were headed for
! Joplin. from where he believes the
men come.
There is scarcely a chance that
they are in Oklahoma" the sheriff
said They have been riding very
hard now since Saturday morning
and men in their business don't lose
any time if they can help il. | am
glad the governor has offered a re-
ward. for it will stimulate officers all
over the country to search for them"
Sheriff Arnold declared that Estes
and Starr were recovering, although
Estes is still very weak and is by
no means out of danger The men
have not yet employed attorneys, and
it is believed they may decide to
plead guilty Sentiment is strong
/ against them. but in Chandler there
| is little talk of lynching
Sheriff Lew Wilder of Sapulpa was
angered yesterday by reports that
the bandits had escaped through Sa-
/ pulpa
! 1T would have been impossible"
he declared. They are trying to
make a fall guy out of me by this
/ sort of talk. We had posses out
from Sapulpa, Kelleyville and Bris-
tow, and no set of men could have
gotten away with it. 1t is my belief
that tho men who esraned went into