The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-01-04
SEARCHSOUIHWEST
FOR BROTHERS WHO
RIDDLED POSSEMEN
Sayings Occurred as Officers
Sought to Arrest Man in
Missouri 0zarks
UNEARTH CLUE IN TEXAS
Abandonment Of Wrecked Auto.
mobile May Lead to Trial
Of Desperadoes
UNEARTH CLUE IN TEXAS

Springfield, Mo-, Jan. 14.-lR)-A
manhunt rivaling those OF the old
days Of the bad" southwest Monday
carried the search for the desperate
Young brothers, who killed six OFF,
GERS IN a farmyard massacre, from
the rough Ozark county Of Missouri
far into Texas.
Abandonment Of q wrecked auto
mobile by two men near streetmau.
Tex. was considered by District At
torney Dan Nee as q valuable clue
In the ever-spreading search.
Nee said descriptions Of the tvo
motorists. given by friendly farmer
who offered mule team to right the
machine. tailed closely" with those
OF two of the suspects.
In the car was q rifle and ShotRun
similar to weapons the slayers took
from the body Of Sheriff MARCEL
Hendrix after he had fallen dead 1t
their door from shotgun charge.
The motor car was identified as one
stolen Saturday from Harry Rogers,
Springfield automobile dealer.
Harry Young, 27-year-old leader
OF the desperadoes, and his brother,
Jennings, 20, were declared to have
recently spent much time In Hols-
ton, Tex. Officers expressed opinion
they might be heading for Mexico.
Ten In Posse
The six Springfield officers fell
victims Saturday to whitening gun
fire directed from the home Of Mrs.
Willie Young, the mother Of the
brothers, when 10 men sought Hasry's
arrest. Sheriff Hendrix led the party
to the farm on learning that Harry.
wanted for the Staying Of Marshal
Mark Noe Of Republic, Mo-. WAS 1t
home.
Sheriff Hendrix, Tony oliver.
Springfield chief Of detectives; Wiley
Washburn. deputy sheriff; Charles
House. police patrol driver; and Ollie
CroSswhite and Sidney Meadows,
Springfield detectives, died storming
the house.
Three officers were wounded ana
the occupants Of the house, whose
identity and number still Is not ex-
actly known, fled before other off,
GERS, national guardsmen and volun-
teer possemen arrived.
Police believe Harry and Jennings
Young were aided in their slaughter
by another brother, Paul. and per-
haps by Charles Floyd, n, an Okla
homa outlaw known as Pretty Boy.
Oklahoma officers associated Floyd
with the Springfield shootings Is
soon as details Of the bloody affair
became known. His operations were
declared to spread into other states.
He is wanted for the murder Of q
policeman at Bowling Green. O., three
killings in Kansas City and numerous
other crimes and is known in Akron
and Toledo, O.
Oklahoman Identified
Floyd entered directly into the case
with the Identification Of his picture
as one Of three men who stopped at
a Kansas City tire shop Sunday.
r. S. Champ, proprietor Of the
shop. said Floyd's companion, iden-
titled as Harry Young, also from
police photograph. wore blood
stained sheet around his right hand.
The contradictory nature Of the
abandoned automobile in Texas and
the Identification OF the fugitives In
Kansas City was merely one Of nu-
merous puzzles facing authorities.
It was possible, police pointed out,
that Harry Young's companions In
the farmyard battle had separated.
Six members Of the Young family
were held here, but officers expressed
belief they were not definitely linked
with the massacre. The prisoners
include Mrs. Willie Young, mother Of
the fugitives: another brother. Oscar:
his wife. two sisters Of the suspects,
Vinita Young and Mrs. Albert Con-
ley. and the latter's husband.
The search for the killers, inaug-
urated at the scene Of the battle,
continued Saturday night and sun
day with hundreds Of men. blood
hounds, and an airplane cooperating.