The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-19
TRAIL OF AUTO
AND HORSES MAY
LEAD TO CAPTURE
Car Races Away From Scene
Of HoId-Up,
TWO STRANGERS MOUNTED


BLISS. Okla. Oct lQ-lspeeial =.
Three posses are still hunting this af- /.
tetnoon over the whole country along
the Arkansas river cast OF Bliss ior
the six men who last night held up
Santa Fc pasSangcr train No 4OS and
killed Percy \ Norman railway mail
clerk, OF Newton, Kan
Thc robbery. spok5p'acc atthc edge
OF tho l0l ranch where the would-bs
robbcr, blew the safe IN the express
car escaping without any loot. Nor>
man was killed when hr appeared in
the door OF the mail car and did moi
obey the order to Jump to the ground.
Trail Leads East.
The posses found the remains of thu
larat with which horses had been tied
IN the deep rayinc lust off the rail4oad,
and discovered some distinctive marks
from the shoes of two oi the horses
the trail leading east out of the valley
/ toward the Usage country The posses
are endeavoring TO pick mp the trail
where the bandits crossed the Arkansas
river
Several false lead, and clues had
been run down. but one is still being
followed This is that part OF the
men were in an automobile which wac
stationed at the crossing south OF the
Scene Of the holdup
Follow Automobile.
Deputy Sheriff George BaineS. Chiel
oi Police Emmett DELANEY Under.
SheriiiS b W Wyatt and John En-.
brcy and Fire Chief Ernest Cooper, all
OF Perry the county seat di Noble
county. formed a party which was fol,
lowing tho lead of the automobile trail
Joe Carson ranchman living norths
cast OF Bliss, said he had seen iout
men, two OF them in car and the
other two riding Sorrcl and bay horses,
loaiing in the valley above Bliss all
Wednesday afternoon The tracks IN
the valley where the robbers horses
were hidden matched those made by
the horses Carson described
Passed Over Bridge
The horse trail went east and thu
car trail into the main road, thence
west, where a bridge Is being repaired
ioR7 miles west OF Bliss.
. The bridge repaircrs are campcd bee
side II at the edge OF the stream These
men reported that car passed at
high speed thirty minutes after the tims
OF the robbery
, II is probable lha, the bandits were
safe IN the Usage country by daylight
The sheriff OF kay county was work.
ing southeast. the forces Of the sherifis
OF Noble and Logan counties were
working northwest and the Usage coun.
~ officers we're working southwest. in
E the hope OF cornerng the bandits Just
II east of the Arkansas river IN the Usage
country
Is Body Taken to Arkansas City.
e The body OF Norman. after being
viewed BY Justice oi the peace nj
, Bliss where it was taken immediately
y after the robbery, was taken by spec
:, c,al Santa fc train 'o Arkansas City,
where II was prepared Tor burial Nor
nmanS home was in Newton, Kan.
where he had family lie had been
> m the mail service several years and
~ was known throughout his territory
M Another Safe in Car
II is reported that there was an extra
safe in the express car IN which .
great quantity OF gold and silver coin
"a was being carried Only one safe was
d blown by the bandit, in their hurry Ia
c get through and get away. and II
X Glanced to he the service safe, which
was empty The other safe was hddesl
N IN the car i, is reported, because Of
III warning to the express company son,t
u time ago that this robbery would bs
pulled off Further strength was len,
60 this report by the fact that mar
now serving time in the peni,entiar,
n for connection with bank robbery IL
1 Kay county was supposed to have beer
i'll on the original plan
iii Frightened by Auto.
III The robbers worked me,hodicaIl,
throughout the whole maneuyef ant
seemed to have had their plans laid foi
the whole Job at the beginning Ru
l fm the FAC, tha, K Huston. TN
Bliss auto driver. wen, down 10 whefs
the train was stopped. thinking there
had been a wreck the roblTr> undowbt'
cdly would have carried the oriaiss|
plans TO completion hut Huston's ap'
pearanee on the scene. throwing NJ
automobile lights ON the train. anf
i walking boldly forward led the bandit