The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1915-03-06
PUTS PRICE ON
HEAD Of STARR
GOV. williams OFFERS $1,000
DOLLARS REWARD FOR
CAPTURE.
IT IS PAYABLE DEAD OR ALIVE
Famous Bandit Believed To Have Com
mitted Long Series Of Oklahoma
Bank Robberies After He Re
formed" In Colorado Pen.

Oklahoma City.-A reward of $1,000
for Henry Starr and other bandits TAX
ing part in the daring raid on the state
Bank Of Carney December 29 is offered
by the state in a proclamation issued
by Governor Il. l.. Williams. A dead
or alive" clause is included in the proc.
lamation.
This is the first reward offered by
Governor Williams under the provh-
ions Of the recently passed bank rob
Der bill empowering the chief execu-
tive to place a price on the heads OF
bandits. enacted by the legislature att
er series of fragrant daylight rob
berries and successful safe-blowings
had left the state agape.
The price Of $1,000 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 29 and netted the
robbers nearly $4,000 in cash. Early
in January It was followed by several
equally braLen robberies in rapid sue
cession. The whole southwest was
shocked. and the Oklahoma Legislature
was moved quickly to pass the hur-
riedly drawn bin which carried a $l5-.
900 appropriation to be paid for tho
capture or death OF the highwayman
and safe.blowers. \ robbery at Teri
ton. in which Bob Moore, a deputy
sheriff, lost his life, was the fearful
climax to the series.
Many Banks Were Robbed.
During the interval between Sep.
tember 80 and January l3 thirteen
banks we're robbed and another. that
of the Oklahoma State Bank at Pres
ton was damaged to the extent of
about 81 200. though no money was Sc
cured
out of the number only in three
cases were any of the looters caught
Bob Moore. an officer, was killed while
trying to effect the capture of the rob
bers. Three were caught in this case
One afterwards pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to thirty years in the
penitentiary and another will be tried
| for the murder of the officer.
Two were caught in the robbery oi
the Farmers National Bank at TupelC
on October 6 when $500 was taken
and two were caught as being con
nected with the robbery OF the Garbel
State Bank on January 10. One o
these pleaded guilty and was given
sentence in the penitentiary.
Following is a list OF the bank
robbed since September to Januar!
l3: September s, Keystone State Bank
$4,000. September 80. Kiefer Centra
State Bank, $4,000; October 6, Farm
ers' National Of Tupelo, $500; Octc
ber IA. Pontotoc Bank of PontotoC
$1.1OO: October 20, Byars State Ban
OF Byars, 800; November 13, Farmers
State Bank of Glencoe, $4,000; Novem
ber 20. Citizens State Bank Of WARD
Vile, $500: December l6, Prue Stat
Bank of Prue. S1,400; December 2!
Carney State Bank of Carney, $2,S53
January 4, Oklahoma State Bank c
Preston, $1,000 damage, no none
taken; January 5. First National Ban
Of Owasso, S1,50O; January ~, Firs
National Bank OF Terlton. Sl,S00; JaI
uary l2, CARRIER State Bank OF Garbe
S2,5O0; January 13, Vera State Ban
of Vera, $1,000.
Starr Noted Character.
Henry Starr, the only man named
the proclamation. is a brother OF III
famous Pony Starr Of the Forum feu
. and is descended from Belle Starr. Ii
picturesque woman bandit whose nam
, is familiar to pioneers In Oklahom
, All his life is spotted with penitentiaI
intervals. lie was convicted OF murd'
In the Indian Territory many years az
, and went to the federal penitential
only to be pardoned by Presidel
Theodore Roosevelt.
!. lie was confined In the Oklahon
3 penitentiary for robbery when the /
. stitution was located at Lansing, Ka
: A parole signed by Governor C. n. Ha
n kell gave him liberty.
II He was doing time in the ColoraC
g prison for robbng a bank|at Amity
that state. Ills wife was formerly
y school teacher in the eastern part
. the state, and very estimable woma
= when Starr went to the penitentia
;. in Colorado he announced to the wor
"A that he had quit crime and decid
10 to try to redeem himself.
# Starr was finally paroled from L
IS penitentiary after serving sever
n. years Of his term. The next heard