The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-15

Citizens Of Mountain Township i. the north section of the county yes terday afternoon engaged in tW( pistol duels with three cattle thieves and after the second pistol battle the citizens followed t7ai, of blood through the mountainous sections which led them 10 horse tethered tC a tree. Nightiall brought the chase I'd and end last night with the whole country aroused to intense pitch ,yeI the incident. and a large posse of cit izens prepared to assemble tine tirt- thing this morning and engage in ar all day search Of that part Of the country for the men.
 Last night citizens of Mountain township slept on their arms prepa- ed al any minute to take action in the event the fugitive thieves came to their hcmes.
 At first news of the shooting came through rural calls to Deputy Sheriff Asbury Bradfield, who kept the te'a phone lines busy for an hour dstrt bdtius tire news to places where avenues of escape might be sought.
 Just after noon yesterday taree men stole some cattle which belonged to the Robbins place. The men were strangers. They were dressed in typical western fashion and each rode,a sleek bay horse. l. lt'deyeloped later they were all three armed to the teeth
 The men were seen driving cattle known to be the property of Mir Rob- bins, and at the Dozier place they were accosted about the cattle in their possession. Billy lpozier and Ashley Ritter, 1t seems from the report, were the first 10 accost the thieves, and after a short barley, the cattle theives abandoned the cattle and tried 10 make a getaway.
 DCzier and Ritter tried to stop the men, and some shots were fired blt these the thieves returned iI a fusi- Jade, as they whipped up and rode away
 Later Joe Muse j-ined in the chase foT the thieves, and t seems was able to head them off by a short cut, and when he tried to stop them another pistol fight followed
 Shortly after this fight the three men noted that their pursuit of the thieves was aided by drops of hloed here and there in the trail The 1en did not know whether any Of the men were wounded. or whether horst higlt have been struck by a bullet but later they found oI If the horses tethered to tho side of a mOuntaiJ and they were thea convinced thai one of the theiyes was so seriously wounded that he could not continue on his horse alone. and that Ae had been taken over by one of the other men, and the horse he had been riding haa pen let De4ad,
 N1s4 interesting Tn this connection is a report which came to Dave Young and Oscar Sullivan last Satur day These men had report thai there were three meI, strangers, Wn, had seemed to have taken D secession of farm house unoccupied before their arrival, just across the north cas- county line border, and in Salin' county along the line ol tine Alum Fork of the Saline river. The detee lives heard that the three men ha' been there some months now and th4 they always seemed to be CA thu wafchoGt. During the day the mel sta ed in their quarters. and when ever they left to go anywhere, one re ,na, med tbere as if on guard 1t seSm' they went to some community dance in that section, and one always re mained outside with their horses an arrareuty as if not to let the otAe tvo get eaueht off guard The me, had ecod horses, fine saddles WeF armed to the teeth all the time ah' .he,r action was such as to ar"' SC SUI nicion and also fear in the m'hI5 U .ho refehbors. The sheriff Saln county. in which the quarters were i'
 otod was brought here last SAnda and conference was held which Va ,o naya resulted in Young Sul.iVai and others. going in posse With tn caline county sheriff, and alrest'h sho men. Young and Sullivan felt ce' .air thev had been mixed up in som ns the oklahoma bank rohberies' Tn