Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-28
TRUCK DEALER FALLS
IN BANDITS. HANDS
Captured While on Desert. Thrown
In Water Tnnk and Deserted.
~ Experience of Driver.

Drivers delivering new trucks un.
der their 'own power usua,ly have
troubles enough In coaxlng their
charges 10 destination, especially In
regions where rpads exist more n
name than IN fact. and Sn long trips
over country with which they are
unaoqualnted,. but Il ia doub,ful n
any other driver has ever expert
egged the thruls ana dangers report
ed. by Lawrence liroylos. truck
dealer Of ~ Paso In an attempted
deliy4y from that city to Maria,
Texas. 70
BrSylos recently lctt IN paso IN
an Indiana truck, equipped Wl,h
Goodyear solid tires. which he IN
tended 10 drive TO Maria. about $50
miles disiant After having cov-
cred ia5 lonely miles he was sud
denly set upon by a band of four
5uaskHd bandits who searched him
Thoroughly. but returned roll OF
money 90 him when satisfied that
CIV v tAN ANNN lNl'N = Ivy lNiNl lliIIN. Y
him TO alter his course and head
toward the RIO Grandc, the object
Of tho bandits evidently being tu iako
Tho TRUCK over at some convenient
point
Hcieots offer.
From their converse ton among
themselves. Hroylcs wa convinced
that they wished 90 use his truck in
"a
,vUr. They were layishly supplied
with money ana offered 1900 tor
the truck, with liberal sum for his
services as Itg driver teulptiugiy
shaking On" money before his eyes,
but Rroylcs. fearing foul play when
once Hcro38 The river, REJECTED their
offers
After driving about forty miles he
made tho decision that N he whs liy-
'uE his laat day he would end II IN
the good cid United States and de
tormined 10 ditch the truck AT the
firHl opportunity This soon came,
and seeing sn arroyo. or "a depression
ahead. with "a pi' uf sand At its bot
tom. he plunged thc truck into Il.
the Impact deeply lmbedding ii IN
the ssand
The bandits. in n rage at being
outwitted by the driver beat and
kicked him so numerically chat no
legged them 20 shoot him and end
HIS misery we have no bullet 20
waste on 0rlngos," was the tauuting
reply. They compelled him Co walk
back TO a windmill and climb 10 the
top uf'd largo galvanized water ,apk
about twenty feet high when he
reached tie top, one OF tho bandits.
who had followed him up The had
dor pushed him leadl0ug int0 Tho
tank with The derisiye reUark "That
Will settle you. guess.
Finally Gains Top
Then began "A battle In Ten fcat
~ water 90 reach t feed uIpc ahrlt
i've feet above tho wIf.T NtDr
seNcral futile attempts ,o grasp b.
during which hH s'rtuFh was lsI
elDiug away. the lesl hurtlc of which
he Cclt himself cupahlg resulted iu
victory After dragging himself up
TO a horizontal section ot ths plyc
he was Able 20 poor oul over Che
top, and satisfying himself that hIs
a ssallRnta had rrtrented cIiWhni Z.
down over the brIm and headed for
the north
After revcra, days of wandering
during which bc several times 'rU|
unconGriuus. with the blazing sun /.
beating down on hls bruised body. /
le came 90 milruad Fortunate y 7
Z station was not far away and .h. .
first train Was boarded for EI paao
% 4 tow days later no left for M
,reue OF hi5 narrowing Experience
and found that tho bandits hnd been
unable 90 rvlrIrnts rho truck from
ir bed ~ sand RrnvloV. however
With Several mon whom hg tooN wsth
1lm ralyaEed % and completed its