The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-07
r. Webb and E. D. Neff
Fight With Robbers
This Morning.
BOTH WILL RECOVER
Neff Seriously Wounded;
Neighborhood Joins in
Running Battle.
| THREE STORES ROBBED
| Night of Terror Prevails
When Bandits Gather
Much Loot.
BOTH WILL RECOVER
THREE STORES ROBBED

Tulsa's saturday night Of crime
ram, 10 "a climax M 1870 O'Clock
,his morning when two deputy
sheriff, were shot ana one OF them
perhaps fatally wounded. W. X
Wcbb and T.. ID. Ncr, deputies
nndcr Sheriff James WOolley were
shot when they refused 10 sur
render 10 "A pair OF holdup mun
NJ Madison and Brady.
Al The command Ia ss'stick 'cm
up." ,hc deputies pulled their guns
and opened fire. The hOIdup men
had die drop on the officers and
their fire proved more effective.
The holdups shot as they ran.
Deputy NcIf dropped out of the
battle viii, bullet wounds In, both
legs 4 few seconds laur webb
WIS forced Ia give up the pursuit
WHEN he was shot In the left wrist.
The woa dcd officers were taken
N a home on North Peoria where
the, received medical attention
Running Battle.
In the meantime city and county
officers responded to riot calls. The
bandits were located and running
gun battle In which more than SO
shots we're fired ensued. Citizens
chad In night clothes and armed with
| Winchester rifles and revolyers
poured yolley after volley In the d.
rection OF the fleeing men. With
| their ammunition exhausted the
bandits turned and ran. losing their
pursuers Detective Grace and Scr
Grants Edward Rice. and Bob Jones
we're the first OF tM police officers
10 reach the scene and within II few
minutes Sheriff Woolely arrived.
At $3.50 o'clock this morning
physicians did not know the exact
extent OF Neffs wounds. but a re-
port a, police headquarters said
that /, was not likely that he would
recover.
A horse belonging to Jim Shea was
killed when struck by a stray bullet
In the gun battle between the officers
and bandits after the deputy shefiffs
had been wounded.
Stores Robbcd.
The shooting OF the deputy sher-
Ills was climax OF night OF red
terror The l.. b, Willingham gro
eety store, 1908 East Admiral was
robbed al 1890 o'clock. A lone ban
tl, armed with n revolver. entered
The rsar door OF the store. Six Gus
louets and the owner were ordered
pnt up their hands. All but one
soman obeyed She remained
seated on soap box, but apparently
The bandit did not care. He looted
Ihs cash register OF s177li and left
None OF the customers were searched
By The bandit
The woman who remained seat
% had purse in her lap but the
foldup did not take 1t.
The Renshaw grocery store at
u! South Detroit was the next
pace robbed. A trio OF unmasked
bandits with revolvers entered the
iron; door Of the store, ordered the
occupants to raise their hands They
Npped the cash register and es-
Ia.ped with about $40 In cash. None
u ne occupants were robbed
when tho Washington grocery
t9fe 1884 East Hodge was entered
" TWO holdup men. neither OF whom
so'e masks new trick was pulled
instead OF first looking for money
men tore the telephone from the
w. IN order to make more certain
.aeI escape. They then robbed the
n register The amount Of the
70. was not known at midnight
me last h!-iaCk.ng OF the night,
eofdlng TO reports at police head
unsrs, occurred whan Jack Nc
chei In company with young
ny, vas held up and robt-H by
- boys on Terrace drive near
US avenue. The trio OF youth
bandits took i25 and a revolver
W. MeMarhel. police reports show
Al ] o'clock this morning the po-
were unable TO throw any light
Ae possible Identity OF the men
-, ~ contributed 10 the night OF ter
~. ~ The deputy sherIffs were un-
:, 70 give an accurate description
,,,' ne men Who shot them.
We have no clue As 10 the guilty
s,,l sums up the verdict OF police
'yoefs and detectives
,,.I az night and this morning fur
,utu ne climax for wave OF
~, ,,ms which has terrorlzed Tulsa for
~, At TWO weeks Holdups are
r'Hy occurrences and as the band
4 operate IN different sections OF
Cl'y each night police officers
y,. ueen completely hnffled I'm their
''np's TO apprehond them.