The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-03-03
GOVERNOR
PUTS PRICE
ON BANDITS
DEAD OR ALIVE" $1,000 FOR
HENRY STARR AND OTHERS
WHO RAlDED STATE BANK OF
CARNEY.

ward of $1,000 for Henry Starr and
other bandits taking part in the dar-
ing raid on the State Bank of Car
ney December 30 is offered by the
state in a proclamation issued Mon
day by Governor X. l.. Williams. a
dead or alive" clause is included in
the proclamation.
This is the first reward offered by
! Governor Williams under the pro-
visions of the recently passed bank
robber bill empowering the chief eX-
ecutiye to place price on the heads
of bandits, enacted by the legislature
after series of ilagrant daylight
robberies and successful safe-blow-
ings had left the state agape.
The price of 81 900 is the largest
the governor is permitted by the bill
to pay in a single case.
The holdup of the Carney bank
was staged December 30 and netted
the robbers nearly $4,000 in cash
Early in January it was followed by
several equally brazen robberies in
rapid succession. The whole south
west was shocked and the Oklahoma
legislature was moved quickly to pass
the hurriedly- drawn bill which car
ried a $4,000 appropriation to be
paid for the capture or death of the
| highwaymen and safeblowers. A rob-
berry at Terlton, in which Bob Moore,
a deputy sheriff, lost his life, was the
fearful climax to the series.
The following is the complete text
of Governor Williams proclamation:
The Proclamation.
Whereas, on or about the 29th
day of December, 1914, the Carney
State bank of Carney, Okla, was
robbed of the sum of $2,S53. and
Whereas. certain parties, one OF
whom is Henry Starr, are charged
with the commission of said crime
and are at large and have not been
arrested since the commission OF
said offense;
Now, therefore, |, r. E. Williams
governor of the state of Oklahoma
by virtue of the authority vested in
me by law, do hereby proclaim and
offer that the state of Oklahoma
will pay as reward the sum OF
$1,000 for the arrest and conviction
of said parties.
1T is further hereby proclaimed
that in the offering of this reward
= it is not contemplated that any life
shall be taken, but if the said Henry
Starr, or any other of said parties
! while resisting arrest, is killed, upor
: the furnishing of satisfactory proc
or any other of said parties, is guilty
of the crime for which this reward
is offered the reward will be due
and payable the same as if the sale
Starr or any other of said partie.
had been arrested tried and con-
victed.
"In witness whereof, | have here
unto set my hand and caused to b.
affixed the great seal of the state o
Oklahoma, at Oklahoma City, this The
first day of March, A. D., 101j,'
Starr Noted chara ter.
Henry Starr the only man name;
in the proclamation, is brother o
the famous Pony Starr Of the Porun
feud and is descended from Belle
Starr. the picturesque woman bandi
whose name is familiar to pioneers !:
Oklahoma. All his life is spotted
with penitentiary intervals. He wa:
convicted of murder in the lndiai
Territory many years ago and wen
to the federal penitentiary only t
be pardoned by President Theodore
Roosevelt
He was confined in the Oklahom;
r penitentiary for robbery when tn
institution was located at Lansing
Kan 4 parole signed by Governo
= c. y. Haskell gave him liberty
In Colorado he again went up 70
t bank robbery and served few year
! before another parole, this one by tn
/ Colorado chief executive. gave hir
e a chance to invade Oklahoma agair
T Disappearing in 1914. after violatin
d his parole. he has not been hear
: of officially, but officers who hav
e been busy investigating the series G
r Oklahoma bank robberies last mont
s connect his name with several c
q the list
Starr is thought to be hiding /
Q the Usage hills at present and