The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-23
LONE OFFICER
BESTS TWO MEN
Attacked in Car While
Bringing Suspects
in to Jail
FOUND IN STOLEN CAR
Bandits Remain Able TO
Make Their Getaway
Before Help Came

Special 10 The World
BARTLESVlLLE. oct 22.-Ouo
motor car bandit Ia dead or serious
~ wounded and another rs also
wounded. or officer Hcrt Van sickle
OF tho Barlcsvillc police force Is "a
mighty poor pistol shot
officer Van Sickle and night Cant
Ebert Robertson went out 20 q
point three miles north ~ Dewey
early this morning In search OF n
motor car thoy had been told was
standing beside tho road Their
quest followed report from cot
feyville that n Studcbakcr car had
been stolen IN that city q short timr
previously. The officers found a
Cadillac car In which werc two mon
sound asleep, who on being nwnk-
enrd told the Officers that they had
come from forty miles south Of
Tulsa. Tho officers ordered them 10
come to Bartlcsylllc. Van Sickle rid
ing In tho car with thcm while Rob
ertson went on ahead with tho police
car
Van Sickle sat In the rear scat
with ono Of tho strangers, while tho
other drove. As they approached
Dewey. Van Sickle said the man
sitting beside him remarked that II
was cold. raising his hands above his
hend ne hc uttered the words, with
a quick movement the stranger low
cred his hands and pointed an auto
matte pistol NJ tho officers head. or
dorinE him To put up his hands Van
Sickle had his hand on his revolver
In his ovcrcoat pocket ana whipping
~ out he make a grab AZ the other
mans wrist, SELLING II and pushing
II forward. As he ala this tho man
pulled tho trigger twice, tho bullets
passing TN front Of the Officers face.
As this occurred the man In tho
front seat stopped the car and grab
bing n car crank leaned over an '
aimed vicious blow at the officers
head, which tho latter partially
wRrded of by thrustlnF up the other
mans arm hut he received severe
cash on his head. Seeing that his
immediate danger was from tho man
in the front seat Van Sickle thrust
his revolver In tho mans stomach
and fired two shots. the man falling
over the seat and clutchlnR AZ tho
officers coat, Having disposed Of
one man, Van Sickle gave his at
tention to the other, trying 10 shoot
him as they struggled. He fired
four shots nj the man hut mono
seemed 20 take serious effect, al
though the man dropped hts wcanon
after the second shot and grabbed
the officer around the neck. Having
emptied his gun Van sickle clinch"d
with his opponent and they rolled
out OF tho car with tho officer un-
derDcath. Scfamhling to their feet
tho two went at v again. hut the
officer laid out his man with n blow
In the mouth.
Van Sickle went to n nearby house
for aid and returned to the scene
armed with shotgun and accom-
panied by man employed as n
pumper on n nearby oil lease. when
they arrived nt tho scene Of the
fight the Cadillac and It's occupants
had disappeared.
"I'm sure shot ono fellow
through the stomach and think he
was badly hurt. IL not killed, and I
think wounded the other fellow,
Van Sickle said later. THAT fellow
in the rear seat probably had gun
concealed In the top of tho car he
said.
officer Robertson who had driven
on ahead noticed that tho Cadillac
was not following him and returned
TO the scene too late TO be OF assist
Rnco to his brother officer.
Word was sent ont In all di-
rections warning officers 10 he on
the watch FOR the two mon I'm the
Cadillac. but no clues had been re-
ceivcd several hours later