The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-12
SUPERINTENDENT OF RINGLING ROAD
RELATES STORY OF HOLD-UP HE, AND
HIS FAMILY, EXPERIENCED RECENTLY

A thrilling tale of the holdup which
occurred on The state highway near
Guthrie about two weeks ago is re-
lated by G. II. Lewis, Of this city, su.
perintendent Of the Ringing railroad
who participated i'm the episode as one
Of the victims Mr. Lewis recently re-
turned to this city with his family
after weeks motor tour to Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, whore relatives were Wis.
tied.
1t was while on the tour that the
Lewis party was held up. 1t was
late az night, while the party was
motoring along the road, that one Of
three outlaws who were staging the
affair jumped on the running board
Of the car, and pointing a revolver
at Lewis ordered him TO stop. Lewis
complied with the order Drive down
this way" commanded the outlaw,
pointing to what appeared to be a
ditch at the side Of the road. At first
Lewis hcsitated remarking that he
did not care to wreck the machine,
bu. when the robber made threats
10 NblIIll'h WIN lll' 'l'lllbllbN 'lilh
driving down the side of the road
found that after travcrsing steep
embankment, the car coasted onto d
small strip Of level land. The head
lights revealed that there were about
Il dozen other autos parked there,
ana lined up on one side We're the
/ former occupants of the machine
with their arms raised above their
| heads and with the other two hi
jackers guarding them.
/ Lewis was searched as was also
/ Mrs. Lewis and they We're then or
dered to join the crowd Of victims and
| fall I'm lire.
/ \ few seconds later two shots rang
out in the dark. One Of the two men
guarding the tourists left for the
scene where the shooting had occur.
red and discovered that a Ford road
ster, containing a man who was evi-
IDENTIFY familiar with the activities Of
/ 'he trio, had slowly driven TO the
scene. and AT first sight OF the bandit
who was apprehcndng the ears fired
and struck The outlaw over the right
,ye, killing him instantly He imme.
diately turned and motored out of
sight
The death Of .one Of their compan.
ions broke up the h-jacking party,
and the two remaining hiEhwaymen
Immediately took one Of the cars and
. packing the dead man into IT, drove
Off The car containing the body Of
the dead man was found later in the
night but the other two outlaws We're
never caught.
Mr. Lewis was robbed Of but 81
I during the exciting venture. The fact
that he lost such comparatively
small sum may be- attributed TO his
foresight He had been warned in one
of the towns en- route that there were
outlaws in the neighborhood. After
receiving the warning he divided his
money among the members Of his
family who hid it safely among their
clothes. ana also traded his watch with
that Of his son who Wore a small
radcliffe.
one phase Of the holdup Of tn,
Lewis party which might have termi
mated seriously was the fact that Mrs
Lewis had lcvelled a revolver at tn,
bandit which held them up at tn,
same time that the outlaw had lev
clled his. Just why neither enc shot
ON the impulse OF the moment IS an
an unexplained psychological question
but Lewis had reached back and TAX
cn the gun out OF his wifes hands
before many seconds had passed, EN-