The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-27
Henry STAIRS Romance Began
When He Helped Girl Victim
FleeingFrOm Train He Robbed
Disguised Honeymoon, Starr as New Mexico Rancher,
Resulted in His Capture; Bride Taught School
in Tulsa and Henry Hid Here for Year

the home Of Tulsa County's sheriff
almost every night.
Needless to say. Starr kept him
self properly concealed In the day
time and the household was man
aged in the name OF Laura williams
believed to have been tho woman
with whom he left the state Of Colo
rado when he violated his parole
] from the Colorado city prison.
The telephone, water, electric
/ light and gas contracts for the home
were I'm the name OF Laura Williams.
and both Tulsa daily newspapers
whose editorial departments were
clamoring daily for some sensational
development OF Starr's checkcred
career, were delivered TO the ban-
dit's front door every morning and
evening,
"Who was the party who lived in
this house nowspapormcn asked the
woman next door yesterday after
noon. She didn't know, she declared.
/ Yes. Yes she exclaimed when the
/ bandit was described TO her. lie
was an Indian from all appearances
the woman stated. but somehow we
did not get acquainted with each
other. There was another man In
the house who did the chores and
made himself conspicuous about the
place
starr Is already given credit for
having turned states evidence and
causing the arrest Of Claude Sawyer,
Bud Maxflcld and Sam Estes. In
connection with the Stroud affair,
and he is also accredited with hav-
ing given out the information that
the plans for the robbery were exc
cuted at the Tulsa fairgrounds about
Ia
street home.
"NciRhbors say no one has been
occupying the house for three weeks,
and when the coincidence IL men
toned they remember that the last
time anyone was seen at 1884 East
Second street was the day Henry
Starr was shot at Stroud. Saturday
March 81. At that time he wired his
folks that he was shot The Tulsa
newspapers also blaZoned the news
to the public. The woman in the
house went to Stroud and then tu
Chandler where Henry is GONZALES
cent in the county jail-hence she
has not been at the Tulsa residence
since that time.
"The inside Of the Starr home pre-
sented the general appearance of the
average modest American home. The
windows were curtained and draped
the floors stained and Carpeted
fanCywork and hric-a -brac dccorat
, ed the tables and mantels. and th'
grnphophone sat in the dining room
built-in window. The record on tn,
machine was Where the River
shannon Flows
Working clothes that might hav,
been used by either a bandit or {
chauffcur-Starr was both--wer'
strcwn about the house which haC
been left in untidy condition wheI
the occupants were apparently hur
ricdly called away. An cXtraordinar!
amount Of ammunition for As cal
ihcr Colts and Winchester rifles Ia,
on the dresser. and slouch hats, typi
cal cowboy boots and Eauntlcts wer,
among the clothing on the floor
But Henry starr will not soon hav,
the opportunity to resume his com
Portable occupancy of the building
The furniture has been packed anC
real estate firm has placed n slgi
on the front vcranda For Rent
I'm fact, the outlaw had assumed
, the name of K. l.. Williams tn,
, name OF the governor Of Oklahoma
, who offered $1,000 reward for hi
! arrest This In disclosed by the fac
, that the telephone in the bandit
|. Tulsa bungalow was contracted 70
= in the name Of r. l.. williams. Th'
$ contract was dated January q, ant
the tclephOne number was b4S7,