The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-10
ALLEGED BANDIT
DIES IN BATTLE
Tulsa Youth Slain When
Officers Attempt to
Arrest Suspects
WERE HEAVILY ARMED
Discovery Of Guns in Car Oc-
cupicd by Six Leads TO
Fusillade Of Shots

OKMuLGEE, Jan. s.--With the
body OF one bandit lying In local
rnorgue. two policemen In tho hos
pital wounded one seriously. nnd
two other bandits IN the county jail
here refusing TO talk. police ana
shcrlffs officers are searching for
tho three bandits who escaped NJ 4
o'clock this morning following
gun battle In the outskirts Of the
city when three policemen ran upon
the six bandits We. Ing on their
stalled automobile winch was loaded
with high explosives ,rowbars and
shotguns and other bank robbing
paraphernalin,
Tho dead bandit has been posi-
lively identified as James Soxton.
who recently broke inll NJ Tul.n
and who has "a long criminal record
The two men IN Jail hero. ono ~
whom " wounded In the arms. gave
their names aH I'D Langley ana
Frank Hadlcy. One Of the bandits
who escaped was shot In the alb
domen by one OF the policemen.
Captains Wound SERIOUS.
Captain Homer spauldlng is
wounded In the right thigh and
pnSHl'lhHF WY nv WuhUu ~ "Ilhuhs
NJ. l.. Lairmorc, plainclothcsman. IL
shot in tho right leg but not sorl-
ously NJ u. Spence, plainclothes-
man, who killed the one bandit and
wounded one OF the two who are In
jail, came out OF the battle unln-
jured.
The two men who were captured
are silent M TO the identity Of their
three confederatos and hcsitntod In
disclosing the Identity OF the slain
man. Police believe they are OK
pcrienced yeRgmen. They said they
were from Slick and were on their
way TO MuskoRee.
The three policemen encountered
the bandit car while scouting IN the
negro section OF tho city. Obsorv-
Ing the six men working on the car.
the policemen investigated while
tho police wero talking with the
men spence found the tools In the
back OF the car. He drew his re-
volver and marched one OF tho men
around the car. The bandit drew
his gun without being seen by
Spence and commanded Iairmore
20 drop hts revolver. Instead Lair
more knocked the bandits gun
down ns the trigger was pulled the
bullet striking him ln the leg Lair.
more then shot tho bandit In tho ab.
domen as he ran,
Accounts for Two.
By that time the other bandits
were drawing their guns and nH Sex
ton shot spaulding In the thigh,
Spence shot ana killed him, and
then fired nj another. wounding Z
him In the arm. Thrce OF the gum
men ran. under barrage OF bull
let's.
Lnlrmore, though wounded. stood
guard over the two men while
Sncnce took spauldlng 10 the hos
pital In the pollce car and returned
for them. Lairmorc did not let n
be known that he was wounded un-
~ after The battle.
Sexton was well known 10 local
police authorities having been arr
rested here on numerous occasions
on suspicion nf hija"kins. lie was
arrested by the police about three
months ago, according TO the Ru-
thorities. In company with Jack De-
ianeY alias Harry sutherland who IA
IN the city iall at tho present time
serving sentence for state vag-
rnncy. At that time the pair were
thought to Have been intoreated In
an attempted hiiackinr on the south
eide but this could not bc proved
The two wero sentenced 10 aC
days IN Jail ana given fine Of SOC
each, for vagrancy. About a month
ago Sexton nrd sutherland cscanet
In n iall delivery and the police
knew nothing ot SoNton's whore
ahouts Stree then. DELANEY was ro
arrested by detectives Frank Byrd
Ned Gritts and sid Jecbson ahou
two weeks ago at tho Midland Val
lev depot as he was coming int,
Tulsa.