The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-30
MANY DIE WITH
THEIR BOOTS ON
Violent Ends of Several
Men Who Helped to
Give State Bad Name.
GANGS EXTERMINATED
Drunken Convict Issues Def
to the Whole World Stand
ing on His Scaffold.

..... 90 Tho W1-Id
TAULEQUAU. OKLA. Apru eg.-
Iow people, comparatively realize
how many outlaws were wiped out
~ Indian territory days and by c.ti-
aeus Of tho territory While the fol-
lowing is hy 30 means complete
HH Do will show that the number OF
bad men slain iu what ls now eastern
Oklahoma was numerous
one OF the first 3s We'll as the
worst gangs of outlaws wa. what
Va. known As the Barker and Trip
',I' gang. the headquarters Of This
aggregation OF thieNc, ana m.rdor-
.r- having been az tho mouth Of the
..mIrr0n Among those killed by
lgarg was "Old Man Scrrist and
fVo coWuJuious who We're shot
down "a. no great die JUra from
Tulsa, 40 years ago. The gang was
,N'prmIuatcd by Jc-sr Cochran. shur-
.If uJ The CuowccsDuuwyc district.
uul q posse composed ot Cherokee
citizens.
jhrro VAS Dick Glass. one OF
..n most notorious outlaws uI tue
period. Glass was negro whose
home was N tho Greek nation. Ills
very name according Co Old citizens.
created terror The specially Of this
Dad niggcI was cattle stealing,
though he had no hositaucy about
H.lIu- any one who might incur his
,umi,N For long while he terror.
.Eud t0c country but eventually Dep
MY Jmted states Marshals Charles
Mcclellan and Samuel SiXkillcr took
the trail and followed the negro 10
near the Arbucklo mountains and in
lhe fight which followed the outlaw
Was shot TO death. Roth Mcclellan
and SiXkillcr were Cherokee citizens.
The KEEP Queen gang" which
robbed the Cisco, Texas, bank and
committed numerous crimes In the
territory, was finally rounded up"
~ Sheriff I'd sanders and posse OF
iho old Cooweescoowee district and
literally wiped off the face Of the
earth Despite the fact that SAN
ders had rid the people and COM
munity OF the reckless and desperate
gang the sheriff was arrested by an |
officer Of the United States court at |
Fort Smith, Ark, and was placed on |
trial for his life before Judge Isaac |
{. Parker. but was acquitted. Queen |
and his companions in outlawry are |
buried in corner of the Ninita Gem |
etery, and with that strange 2d'uira- |
tlon for lawlcss characters "hich i.r |
Dues some citizens, Queen has been |
referred to as a fine man"
wesley Barnett, Creek citizen.
and his notorious band of cutthroats
created a reign of terror for some
time in their section of the territory.
but posse OF Creek and Euchee In
dams, led by the noted Wallace Me-
Mack. came upon the gang at a house
in Okmulgee. In the battle which |
ensued the outlaws were extermi-
mated, but the reward of s40O offered
for the capture or death of each OF
the outlaws was never paid.
Rogers, leader of an outlaw band,
gave his men away" they being
captured or killed by Fort Smith
leputles, and he himself received n
commission as deputy marshal, but
was soon after shot and killed by a
citizen while attempting a robbery.
The Dalton brothers were at one
lime deputy marshals Of the United
states court for the western district
ot Arkansas. with headquarters at
Fort Smith. They were often in the
indian territory but were wiped out
oy citizens at Coffeyvillc, Kan, with
ne exception Of Ban Dalton, who
|
1rs who located him in a lonely
fuse in the hills.
Lon Gordon and Henry Munson, |.
members of the Cook gang. were
vertaken and slain by Hcc Robbins.
csse Allen and some other Indians.
While James French and Jesse Coch-
an, also members of the band, were
lIled at Caloosa while robbing a
tore.
The notorious mulatto known by
ne name OF Cherokee Bin" al
hough he was a native Of Texas,
vas captured alive by two negroes,
saac Rogers and Clint Scales. after
ne outlaw had been watched nearly
u night so that he could be caught
n his guard. Isaac Rogers was
lterward killed at Fort Gibson as he
topped off a train. by brother of
,rawford Goldsby, alias Cherokee
inl"
buz Lucky and one Reed, notori-
us robbers and murderers OF Dep
" Newton Laforce, were finally run
own and captured by Creek negro.
nd Frog" Davis. a Cherokee, who
,as eventually hanged in the yard
I the old Cherokee national prison
: Tahlequah for the murder OF
herif James huSgrove of the
ooweescoowce district, was cap
ired by william and John Wilson.
hese men turned their prisoner
yer TO a deputy marshal named
min and the latter received tho
ipstantial reward offered for the
lp'ure OF Davis. The latter, when