The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-02
FELLOW OFFICERS MISS
Empty Guns at Fleeing Rob-
her Without Affect After
His First Deadly Fire
PURSUIT PROVES FRUITLEss
Six Carloads Of Officers Lose
Trail in River Bottims:
Think Fugitive Hit
BULLETIN

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~ = 80 "a, N. this morning, OFFICER
simmcrman was stiii In the oJcrnt.
Ing room Of the Oklahoma hospital.
Attendants said that his condition
wis SERIOUS.
AZ the same hour Coleman was
also icing operated upon a: the
Tulsa hospital.
I'crt Sin,n'crnian. psaiIlsclOslsce.
mnn. WINS shot I'm the pit Of the stom-
"ch and seriously wounded In gun
hattie with u lone higliwayman ON
the main stryrt or West Tulsa about
midnight last night.
J. u. Coleman. Frtsco brakeman.
wis wounded under the right eye by
stray shot frOm one OF the Offlccrx'
guns. The bullet In tNlicyed 10 have
ranged upward In COIcnnu's heud
md he is ssi'id Ia be In q serious con.
ditiOu.
Tho officer was rushed to the
oklahoma hospital where prcpara-
tions for operating were at once
made. AZ an early hour this morn .
Ing he was IN the operating room
and reported to havo but little
chance for recovery. Coleman IL
also under treatment at the Tulsa
hospital.
simmcrman. who Is one of the new
ofIlcers OF the force, In company with
officer Langley and Marsctte, pa
trols the city In "a ear and after com
pleting tour OF West Tulsa had
s.opped In the Fuller cafe and were
eating n midnight lunch when Ever
EFT Cotton. 102 North Greenwood
street, negro, ran into the cafe and
between gasps asked for n taxi num-
Officer Langley and Marsette after
completing "A tour of West Tulsa In a
patrol car. had stopped In the Full
ior cafe ANA were eating n midnight
lunch when Everett Cotton. t0s
Nortp Greenwwod street. negro, ran
INTO tho cafe and asked for a taxi
telephone number. t
In reply TO questioning by tho
officer, Colon said that he had ius.
come from Sapulpa and that all the
way over an unidentified man had
followed him. and at the railroad
tracks, about rs feet from the door
OF the restaurant, had held him up
and robbed him Of 10 $50 watch and
several dollars in money.
Running out Of the cafe .he Off
GERS asked which way the hi-jacker
had gone and Cotton said, There ho
ls now, Just behind that engine"
freight train was partially block.
Ing the crossing. The officers ran
forward, ana ordered the suspect %
Instead OF obeying he
wheeled, jerked gun from his pock-
ct aud began firing.
Simmcrman. who was between the
other two officers, fell with the first
gah n httl sxnFta
after falling to the ground. The
other two officers jumped behind
telephone poles but disregarding
tho return fire of the two officers
the bandit remained In the middle
of the street. omptylng his gun at
them. Both officers say that before
the robber had quit shooting he
Whirled completely around and
his side as II in pain. OF.
flccrs believe he was hit.
After firing six shots the suspect
ran east towards the river on the
railroad tracks with the two officers
In close pursuit, but on high em-
bankment, just n few rods from the
bridge the man disappeared in the
bottom.
Several carloads Of officers armed
with sawed-off shotguns. were rush
ed the scene and searched the river
bottoms. Other officers watched the
to the bridge and still
other officers were patroliing all
sections of West Tulsa and the city
proper In an effort to apprehend the
gunman
Al 9 o'clock this morning there
had been no arrests.
STANLEY 4 MCCNE