San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-28

Tulsa, where officers believe they |
ing for their retreat somewhere i'll the !
fastness of the Usage hills.
The bandit leader left behind him
two of the men who aided him Mon
day in the robbery of the State bank
at Mannford-one dead and the other
in the hands of Creek county officers.
The dead bandit is Bud Maxfield,
who started his criminal career back
in the territorial days of Oklahoma
as n cattle rustler. Maxfield is known
TO have worked under Henry Starr.
Leo Spurtz, Tulsa automobile me-
chanic, is the man held
The hunt for Spencer, who has ter
rorized Northern Oklahoma for several
years by making sudden descents upon
country banks, had been given up to-
day by the posse that rallied from
three counties when it was believed
that Spencer had been brought TO his |
last stand.
Gets Away From Posse.
With one of his men captured, an
other shot down, and hemmed i'll on a
wooded hill, four miles east of Mann
ford, where he sought refuge, death
seemed almost certain for Spencer
Monday night.
But the willy leader. after standing
off the posse with heavy gunflre,
glided down the hill through the
brush before daylight. made his way
back toward Mannford and, within
two miles of the scene of the holdup,
crossed the Cimarron river, where he
headed through the river bottoms III
the direction of Tulsa. Bloodhounds
following the trail marked the course
that Spencer and his companion took
| in their retreat.
Maxfield was shot down on the hill
side late Monday, when the posse
came upon Spencer and two compan-
ions. But Spencer did not desert his
pal when he fell. Blazing away at the
pursuers, the bandit leader and the
unwounded man dragged Maxfield up
the hill. When it was ascertained
that Maxfield was dead. the body was
left behind in Il clump of bushes.
= where the posse came upon it later.
Sturtz was taken without a strus-
gle near the hill. where he was repair
ing tire on the motor car used by
\ the bandits in their flight from Mann
ford.
Planned HOldup in Texas.
Arthur J.. Henderson, Kansas
youth, who was q member of Spen-
, GERS gang. will die at the state peni-
Tertiary at McAlester in June for the
| staying of William ii. Prewett. Il
! travelling salesman of Oklahoma City.
Another member of the gang. Clint
l Sr..,th xx~tA ,t.la loaf i
in the Prewett killing, was shot TO
death by officers at BartlesvIlle late
in January. /. ii. Bond, HeDderson's
uncle, is held in Jail at Chickasha in
connection with the Prewett Staying.
In confession by Henderson, just
made public, he stated that he and ].
ii. Bond Joined Spencer last January
after breaking Jail at Fredonia. KIM.
The party started south in two motor
cars planning to rob bank at Burk-
burnett. Texas.
| Three Shots in Body.
The small car that Henderson. Bond
and clint Smith were riding fell be-
hind so near Blanchard. Okla. that
the three decided TO seize the first
good car that came along, according
to the confession.
The salesman was covered when he
drove up and forced to get out of his
car. according to the confession. Hen
derson said Prewett dropped one hand
TO his side. Then three shots We're
fired into the salesman's body. Hen
derson confessed firing one of the
shots.
| Prewetts car was appropriated and
his body was carried down the road,
where it was thrown into a ravine.
Several weeks later Henderson was
arrested in Texas. where he was
traced through the description of
| Prewett's car.
Brought back to Oklahoma. he
pleaded guilty last week and was sem
fenced TO the electric chair.
Henderson said he did not see Spen
Ger after the Prewett killing. He told
of his association with the Spencer
gang only after he was sentenced to
death, explaining that the gang was
under oath TO take the life Of any
member that "soueolad