Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-13
Letter to World Tells Of Al
legged Robbers
Plans.
TRIO TREACHEROUS
Says Spess Brothers and IN
hoff Are Jealous Of
Starr.

Jim and Walter Specs and Bul -
| hoff are all "snitches,' according 10
a communication printed herewith
| from Is. Davis who claims 10 be on
the inside OF all the activities OF
the gang OF bank robbers that has
been successfully operating in east
ern Oklahoma for the last two months
In letter to The World he claims
| that there Is a deep conspiracy
among the Spess brothers and lnhof
! to kin Henry Starr He says that the
Spcss boys give as their reasons for
seeking to kill starr because ne killed
| their brother. This is not true ac-
| cordtng to Davis statement
| Walter Spess planned both the
! Terlton and the Owdsso bank rob-
| berries, according TO Davis. He brands
the trio as treacherous and unloyal TO
their outlaw friends.
| The communication follows:
Tulsa World Tulsa, Okla. Feb. 6,
1916 write this 10 let public know
that the Spess boys and Bill Inhoff
are traitors and double crossers, not
only to their former pals, but to the
officers.
And II Henry Starr has any friends
| that know where he is / hope they
Twin let him know and warn him to
| be careful
/ AlANt bttl lNdhlllk III llt HtNN-
| papers about the Spess boys hunting
Henry starr to kill him for murder
| ing their brother Henry did not Kill
| Fred Specs, because he is not dead at
/ all, but that was a frame-up between
the brothers TO stop the search for
| Fred and give Walter and jim Spess
an excuse to murder Starr and get
the money the Burns Detective agency
| promised them.
| ~.
! brothers home. Their reputation was
well known as thieves and outlaws
They knew Henry's stopping places in
| the Usage and Creek country
! "In August Walter Spess turned
/ traitor and went TO see a detective he
| knew In Tulsa This detective con-
nected him with the Burns Detective
agency, who promised Walter so
much money II he would kill Henry
or manage IT so they could
THE first OF october Jim Spess and
! Bill Inhoff under the direction OF
! Walter Spess and the Burns detectives,
| visited the Usage, near Bartlesvilie, to
! try and locate Henry which they
did, for Henry stin thought them his
| friends. They came back to Bartles-
vile and the next day Walter and
Jim Spess, Bill Inhon,, Ed Young,
city marshal Of COpan. and with an
automobile to where Henry was the
day before. They stopped their auto
mobile some distance from the house
and sent Jim Spess and Bill lnhoff
to the house to decOy Henry out TO the
barn, while Walter and the officers
waited at the edge OF the brush to
shoot him. But Henry was gone.
! This was long before the Spess
boys knew that any man had been
/ 4 InI Ia I.T las La af
erwards identified as their brother.
Ask Ed Young Of Copan If the fore
going Is not true.
1T leaked out among Henry's
| friends that the Spess boys were
traitors. Then they started the story
that Henry had killed their brother.
The Spess boys know that Henry
Starr has not been south OF Muskogee
since last August. They know he was
in the Usage all the time. They had
another man arrested for killing their
brother to make the fake stall strong,
but neither would go and swear that
| the man was their brother. for it
would be a lie. They also had this
man arrested for two bank robberies
| He was innocent and proved it, But
that's more than the Spess boys can
do IL the officers care TO look the
matter up. Where did Walter Spess
| BtI All AHt kblu AAb was oHAubAilt
I Walter Spess planned the OwassO
bank robbery and got part OF the
money. He planned the Terlton bank
robbery for his brother Jim and pals
| and went to Muskogee TO get his sal-
ary so he could be In the clear and
at the same time keep his brother
and pals posted about the officers
movements.
"Bill Inhoff Is snitch for the po-
| lice He knows too much on them. TX
not, why did he get 80 years when
| he pleaded guilty Of killing an officer
land numerous other highway rob
berries that the authorities know
about.
"If the officers want Starr, why
don't they 90 out and get him or
/ kill him and not hire bunch OF
Ioutlaws and murderers like Walter
and Jim Spess and Bin lnhoft 10 do
| the dirty work2
"B. DAVIS"