The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-20

waiting room Johnson came ove0 to
me and said the man had run Oft
with the money. called the
police"
Policeman Tells Of Crime.
Rice, the plainclothcsman. who
was in the white waiting room at the
time of the robbery, declared that
he did not know anything about 1t.
until after 1t was over. II was at
the news stand about the time the
robbery happened" Rice said. "and
the first intimation | had Of any
trouble was when | noticed five or
Blk men running towards the other
end OF the depot. Figuring that a
suitcase had been snatched ran
onto the platform and arted to-
wards the door. about so feet from
me. Just as passed the door,
Johnson. the ticket seller, ran out
and told me about the hold up. I
started in search Of the robber when
several other officers came up in
answer to one OF the ticket sellers
call. We searched for the bandit,
but failed to find any trace Of
him"
This is the first depot hold up
that has occurred In Tulsa for some
line Several sears ago, n wave
OF depot robbcries swept the city.
Tho Katy depot was held up on
three consecutive mornings, each
time the robbery occurring about q
O'Clock, and all the money was
taken. Not long after the Katy rob
heries the Frisco was stuck UP by
men answering the description OF
the Katy robbers. The Brady hotel
was also stuck up during the same
period. Old officers on the police
force, say that the Katy robberies
happened the day before Chris,mas,
Christmas day and the day after.
The Frisco and Brady holdups were
the next week.
Besides the Frisco robbery. two
filling stations were held up Just a
few minutes before the depot hold.
up. and the descriptions of the high.
waymen were practically the same
The Ideal gasoline station at Sew
enth and Boulder was robbed about
$3.50 o'clock by n lone, unmasked
bandit. Walking In the door, he or
dercd Il. Austin, the attendant. to
hold up his hands, and then rifled
the cash register, getting about $50,
the days receipts. This man, who
was described az wearing black
cap and light overcoat. went north
on Boulder.
A few minutes after the Ideal rob-
berry, the Harvey-price filling sta
ion at Second and Cheyenne, was
stuckup by two unmasked men. Ono
Of the men, described as being tall
wearing a dark cap and light over
coat. walked into the station. whilo
his pal, who was shorter. and wear
ing a cap, stood outside. The tall
one entered the office, ordered the
attendant. Lon sites, to keep quiet
and hand over the cash. He gave
the robber all in the register, $40.
"One OF the men went north on
Cheyenne to First, then turned east
and the other one went east on Sec
ond. l didn't see how far he went,
az I went Back into the office and
called the police"
WOman's Wit Saved Her.
Quick thinking by woman, Mrs.
Flossie Bayes 1891 South Cincin-
natl, prevented two stickups from
getting anything but her purse. Mrs.
Bayes told the police that while
walking between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth on Boston she noticed two
rough looking men standing on the
corner OF Thirteenth and Boston.
'Suspecting their purpose, took my
money, SIS. II bills and a small
amount of change out OF my purse
and put 1t in my mouth" she sail
"and when got to the corner one
OF the men ordered me to stick EN-
up. did. The other man grabbed
my purse, which contained nothing
and then both OF them ran west. My
money was saved"