The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-23
FIFTY SHOTS FIRED
IN HOTEL HALL FIGHT

and r,turned the fire. At this time
Mea,hlm was compelled to stand
without protection. while Norris.
with his body hidden behind the
door casing, occasionally put his
head out % the door and shot at
the officer. Detective /. X. Granger.
who camc'to the rooming house on
second police call, went up the front
steps and was met by shots from
Norris lie stepped behind protect
Ing corner and fired several shots
IL Norris. The latter was able to
protect himself by the door easing.
However. 1t was not until ne at
tempted to run from the room, firing
at Mcdcham. that the latter succeed
ed u wounding the robbcr.
Rolls Down the Stairs.
The two shots which struck Nor
VI, did not prevent him from walk
ing part way down the stairs but
be weakened and rolled to the foot
~ the stairs. There he regained his
feet, and ran west when ne went
out the lower hall door Detectives
Langley and Duncan, standing at
the entrance were also fired upon
by the fleeing man and Langley reg
turned the fire but without results
as he believes,
Norris, wounded I'm the neck and
abdomen, still carrying the two now
empty weapons, walked and Crawled
west To a space between two build
ings where he dropped the wee pons
and surrendered 20 Langley and
Duncan. Shortly before the ann
tulancc called by the police arrived
the laudlady of the rooming house
came down the stairs and walking
over 90 the wounded man, lifted his
head and then remarked IT'S
Charley" Norris was taken To the
hospital shortly after, whore he died
within an hour.
Winn Captures Othcr Bandit.
As Norris was leaving his last
refuge and before he had been
wounded, Winn was walking
through the hall from the rear OF
the building. having previously been
prevented from coming through the
hall because OF the shots fired by
MeaCham at Norris. when the Sec
ond man. Shaw. who officers say
took no part i'm the gun battle ran
out OF room No. Q into the han. he
was stopped by Winn who was pre-
Vim decided not to shoot and Shaw
stopped and offered no resistance,
.Winn rCCided not to shoot and shaw
was made prisoner. He was taken
20 the police station and held for ac-
ton by county authorities.
Wlnn and Meacham stated after
the affair that they located the pair
through the rattling>of money which
the men had taken from their three
victims and were dividing in the
room They could hear the men
talking about division OF the
money but believing their capture
would be more easily accomplished
10y the aid of the landiady they
called her and said they wanted 10
talk TO the men in the room. While
the woman told the police she did
not know either Of the robbers,
Meachan and Winn say she went TO
the door OF the room and called for
Charley" and that one OF the men
Immediately appeared at the door.
Instead OF putting up his hands az
the command of the officer, Meach-
am and Wnn say, Norris seized the
mu1zie Of the formers revolver and
by suddenly slamming the door pre-
vented Meacham from firing shot
The officers said they believed
Norris, after closing the door, stood
on tho inside OF tho room with his
foot against tho bottom of the door
and his body protected by the cas-
ing thus protecting himself from
shots fired through the panels. THIS
accounts for the failure Of Meacham
10 wound Norris when the shots
we're fired through the door which
the robber was holding in closed
position with his foot. Norris moved
his foot sufficiently to allow the
door TO open slightly after Meacham
had fired two shots and by twisting
the weapon through this narrow
opening brought 1t To bear on both
officers. His shots failed 20 strike
either Of the latter, however and IN
tlrihor resist. neiter officer made
70 the time when Norris was fatally
Wounded as he ran from his hiding
place in an attempt TO escape by way
or the front stairs.
Officers Langley and Duncan, at
The bottom Of the front stairs saw
Norris fall to the bottom landing
nut believing he was not able 90
hrmlttont firing was continued up
iurthor effort to shoot him, But the
Iohbcr still with two weapons In ms
hands, shot twice at the detectives
as he walked and CraWlcd along the
hdeWdlk. Norris succeeded in reach'
ing vacant space between two
buildings whore he fell and awaited
ne coming OF the officers, AZ they
came up he mado no further at
Tempt 10 shoot, and complied VIII
ne command TO get his hands up
BEFORE the ambulance arrived Nor
TVS weakened greatly and II wal
known then his chance OF recovery
was very slight.
Little was learned about the rob
9ers last night. except that Norrn
mas driven taNicab in this city
mo landlady of tho rooming hous'
uenied to the officers that she knew
we men, and stated that they prob
aoly came up the backstairs anC
sh'ered vacant room unknown u
ner' The fact, however, that sh'
ea'Ied one Of the men. Charles Nor
Is' Charley" when she went 10 th'
toom In company with the officers
,nuicates, the police. say, that sh'
vas acquainted with the men an'
NJ. Q,