Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-14
Alleged Murderer of Patrol
man Says He Robbed to
Get Money for Dope.
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TALKS FREELY OF BAN0ITRY
Struggle With Allison for Pos
sessGn of Pistol Is Vivid
ly Described.
"BLACK SHEEP" OF FAMILY
Holdup Considered Easy Way
to Make Living; Victims
Easily Frightened.
TALKS FREELY OF BAN0ITRY
BLACK SHEEP" OF FAMILY

1t wu AN intense craving for|
morphine that killed Glenn Allison
iuhn brennan alias Woody Rus
.eli. highwaymlu and gunfightet' nh
ipittcd Yesterday afternoon through
asre bars OF THE county Jail thal ne
htd to have the drug to live.
"Thnts why I robbed people h"
lI. Il had to have money TO bay
DUNK and / couldn't get work
haze been highiacNnE Tor more than
three months IT is an easy wuy to
Grt money"
Woody" "a young man, seemingly
Intelligent and with an abundance OF
nerve. spoke freely Of himself and M
unlawful operations lie apparently
fapardcd his occupation In the same
ueut that doctor or lawyer would
u.lrd his profession. There was no
ncsuancy In his answers to questions
u.aci him In fact. he seemed to
take a pride in talking for there WAS
nu audience.
While he described the Rilling OF
Glenn GAllison. aud told OF the fight
uljh officers In Joplin the young
hIgawuyman assumed the role of
hero. Perhaps II was unconscious on
his part but as other inmates OF the
.ourty jail gathered around him,
uTiuNS 10 near ms uhlIhllN' VIZ
crime. "Woodvs" air became some
what reckless and he laughed about
'hlngs that would make orclnarY folk
,hudder.
Talks Of Attack on Allison.
n seemed foolish to him that the
question was asked why did you
.'rifc Allison with the pump
1T wasn't a pump" he said. III
vas jack II was a chance to get
lwuy and why wouldn't I hit him?
Uis back was to me and the other
officers had gone.
when | hit him he groaned and
rau over In the seat Then | got
Under the wheel and drove away,
after taking his gun and putting II In
'bc seat lie came TO at the bridge
and reached for his gun. He saw II
was gone and didn't seem to know
wha; was the matter, He kept say
lnr what hit me2 Where am ~
And things like that He found his
run and put It on me and | grabbed
his hand ! couldn't get It away
from him and he showed the gun into
MY side got a hold on his fingers
and broke three OF them. You could
hear them crack His thumb was on
the trigger and the gun went off
didn't know he was shot. didn't
shoe, him %
"Did you know that II was the
blow In the head that killed Allison
ana not the gunshot Woody?
"Oh the tap on the head couldn't
have killed him" he said why he
was up and fighting before we had
gone two blocks and n dead man
couldn't have fought like he did
Russell was arriEned before JUS
ucc Warren yesterday afternoon. He
pleaded not guilty and was ordered
held without bail
That's al could do without
counsel he explained. The infor-
nation was fixed so you couldn't
plead guilty"
ENoncrntcs Craft Brothers.
Woody's chief concern yesterday
was not about himself His fate was
matter Of little moment He com
planned against the treatment aC-
corded G. Graft and E. Craft the
brotSers who are. held in connection
with the rObborics
81 don't care what they do to me.
hut ! hate to see these fellows held
here in jail They weren't with me
on any Jobs. / never saw them be-
fore that morning we were arrested
"Bill Dean and Audrey Riddle were
my partners We worked Tulsa and
Joplin When It got too hot for us in
one town We would go To- the other.
They've got Bili In Jail at Joplin. but
Audrey got away during the fRht At
SaFinaw No / don't know where ne Is,
Woody" laughed when he de
.rIihed the precautions that Sergeant
Shuc and Captain Wilkerson took be-
I're taking him from the jail In Jop-
i,n They had my hands aud feet
shackled and there were two shackles
on my right hand
They must nave thot | was bad
man, ne said
Tells of Auto Bandit Stunts.
Il read about this automobile bandit
stuff In a paper. II seemed like a
good idea, so ! told Ril and Audrey
mat we would try II. II worked fine.
The guys were Ictred TO death when
we got them In the car and hlindfolded
Them The night we got out in West
luisa with six men In the back seat
hill and Audrey were scared off They
ran ana left me alone with them |
never had gun and any one Of those
Fellows could have whipped me ensy,
but they didn't have the CUTS
Il had pocketknife and | kept
swapping the blade and they thot II
was gun. One OF the fellows started
10 take his blind off and | yelled at
MIN to put his hands up and keep
them up or | would blow his head off.
lie said please don't point that thing
ihis way-it might go OFF It's easy
20 rob people Most OF them haven
any uefve."
Black Sheep Of Family
Russell declares that he ia the black
Sheep OF family OF five children.
re- has two brothers In Johnston city,
H. pnd brother and sister in
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