The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-27


STROUD Okla. March q The"
wo bnuks boo this place we're held up
aud robbed al 10 O'Clock thi. morning
,y seven men Henry Starr. hpudit
'or whom reward nf $1,000 /. of
tered b, the state. WINS shot h, II hu,.
and captured
Six NJ the robbers escaped rlla.
mt uf town in bail of bulI,t. Or.
NJ them known a. BilI E,lr. was shot
ard fell from his horse nftrr riding a
mile. lIr hns been captured The
other five robbers we're surrounded iu
"a pasture two miles east Of Stroud
Several hundred men surrounded the
draw In which the robbers were hid
den aud hundreds of Shots nn,r brrn
fired.
When he was rnpurcd Henry Starr
had $1,000 iu hi, ppckrl, lie WAS
Identified by diamonds in his uo,srs
sion which hr WIS kuu,,u tp bsyp
When Estes fell from his hors. he bnd
S75 lu silver and Il was scattered on
the ground
The seven men rode uNo Strond
about 10 o'clock and tied their horses
M the stockyurd, Thav u,Ik.d ID,
the banks ami entered without e1cit
ing any suspicion They we're pnt
masked aud no arms were In sight. A
moment after they entered the bnpks
II became known that a holdup had
taken place.
4 Boy shoots Starr.
When the men came out Of the
banks the alarm was given aud men
were running into the streets armed
with shUlguns. Winchesters and re-
yolycrs. They began TO shoot at the
robbers and their fire was returned.
It was a typical battle with bank rob.
bers, such as have taken places I'm
many towns In the southwest.
Onc Of the first to come into the
street was Paul Curry. l5-year-old son
NJ Il grocer, who came out with "a win.
chester. The man nearest To him was
Henry Starr who was trying to mount
his horse The boy ran toward him
aud called 90 him to stop Starr
reached under his lett arm for his re.
yolyer
Drop that gun or IN shoot " the
boy called
Al the same Instant he fired and
Starr dropped the revolver to the
ground. The bullet fired by young
Curry struck Starr I'm the leg and he
fell 10 the ground When others ran
mp 10 complete the capture Young
Curry WIS with them
The other robbers were pursued as
they rode east aud telephone messages
were sent In every direction. In a
short time armed men were riding to-
ward STROUD from all directions Two
miles from town after Estes had
fallen from his horse and had been
lcft In the road the other robbers
turned into q pasture and took refuge
I'm the tree, iu draw. n Is believed
that they wee disconnected by tbc
loss ~ Starr their leader. and by the
loss of Estcs who was so badly hurt
that ne could not ride.
Escape From Pasture
After fight in the pasture the rub.
bers rode out i'm sight uf the uus,p. uL
lug n southea,trrN direction nnd
fighting as they rode They were
closely pursued by armed men nud
shots were fired at them whenever
they were In sight
An hour after leaving the pg,iurr
the bandits were forced 10 abandon
their horses and take 10 the hru-b
Their horses were captured and ar.
now IN possession of the posse. A rr.
port reached STROUD this afternoon
that the third rubber had been cpp.
Wrcd He was shot In the flight after
leaving the pasture and was unable ia
travel afoot The horses were abnn.
doncd by the bandits five miles south
east NJ stroud
A telephone message received here
this afternoon vcrifles the report that
another NJ the robbers was caught
after they had left the pasture aud
their horses His name Is
not known
Starr was positively identified here
this afternoon by several men who