The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-27
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ings which were in open conflict.
During lively skirmish IN the
Usage in Novem Der, our horses were
Killed. We made our escape on foot
the same night. At 10 o'clock We
SHE'D up to stable with about 10
or 20 horses just one of those hay
sheds. ! united the ponies and
brought them out for Creekmore TO
try. I soon selected game look
ing little bay. But Milo wasn't 80
easily satisfied and rode four or five
up the road and back, trying their
speed.
About 10 guns popped from some
where in three seconds, and Milo
shouted, This one will do--lets go'
This was in 1892, a cold winter, and
as we rarely slept In a house Milo
suffered with the cold and short ra-
tions
Sacked Town 10 Keep In Form.
"On Thanksgiving we rode through
Chotcau and on south. and little
after nightfall we stopped to get
some supper. a short man of light
complexion greeted us This fellow
was Frank CLANCY who aftcrward
was with me in some interesting cpl
sodes. lie had married a Creek lady
and was living ak or seven miles
north OF Wagner, l. T.. right by
.he NJ, X. a. T. railroad and was
opening up quite a good farm.
while at Fort Gibson two days
Sfterward, Milo left, presumably to
call on his sweetheart, Miss cora
RunyUn, n mile or so distant.
couldn't see why he was so anxiOuH
TO go alone, and as he was not back
on time decided to move on. That
light crossed Grand river and
turned north. do not know "
Creekmore endeavorcd to betray me.
but he surrendered in n week or 80
and was allowed to make bond"
star here interrupts his narrative
to inform the newspapcrman that
You can change the wording ot any
Of this. / just write this as an out
line"
Resuming his notes, he statea:
after the killing OF Wilson
spent the remainder OF December
and January in the Creek, Usage
and Cherokee nations. II was no
longer tremcnrous task for a
marshal to get sight Of me. Some
how they got 20 thinking | meant
business. which / did | had made
up my mind not TO surrender under
any conditions. knowing that the
United States court at Fort Smith
would be preiudiccd against me.
II was spending a week with Frank
CLANCY. by way of diversion and TO
keep ourselves in form we sacked
the town Of Choteau, without any
trouble
Wanted 10 Show Natives How.
MY plan in the spring was 20 get
six or seven trusty men and show the
natives just how real outlaws should
behave. The newspapers had already
said so many bad things about me
that | concluded 10 make the cdi-
tors truthful for once
Il was looking out for material
all winter. wanted men who were
willing not only to hold up a train
in the night, but willing to 20 into
a bank in daylight and bring the
coin out. However, these intentions
| did not divulge.
Would have killed Ike Rogers, the
man who arrested Cherokee Bill.
In February, by appointment I
was 10 meet my mother ana sister at
Mr.. !. " Marrison's, some 10 miles
northwest OF Nowata. My treacherous
stepfather supposed they were TO
meet me- and advised Ike Rogers and
Rufus Cannon, both negro deputies,
TO follow and get me.
Mr.. Morrison lived in two story.
rock house out on the prairie. We
| had been there probably an hour
when Lee Morrison, Mr.. Morrison s
son, rode swiftly up and said two
men had pulled the fence and were
coming through the pasture. | saw