Evening star., 1934-02-04
-FOUR DIE ASPO[|CE
BATTLE OUTLAWS.
Troops Ordered to Stand by
Following Clash in Ok.
Iah0ma.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSocia ted Press.
SAPULPA. Okla, February s.
Two police officers and two outlaws
were killed in clash at a farm home
north of Sapulpa tonight and Tulsa
National Guardsmen were ordered bv
Gov. w. H. Murray to stand by for
an emergency.
Rite and pistol fire broke out as
Sheriff Willis Strange of Creek
/ county directed raid on the farm
nome OF Lee Davis, where, officers
said. they were tipped off that some
fellows that have been hi-jacking fill
ing stations around here could be
found"
Police Chief Tom Brumley was shot
to death entering the house. the signal
Tor general firing which left three
other men dead and one wounded Sc
verely.
Aussie Elliott, fugitive Jail breaker
under a 5O-year sentence for armed
ROBBERY. was next to die.
Patrolman c. p Lloyd and Raw
mond Moore, confederate of Elliott.
killed each other in a duel after the
latter fed from the house.
Elcon Wilson, also under a 50-year
sentence for armed robbery, was
wounded.
Davis, the farmer, was arrested.
Citizens Aroused.
Sapulpa citizens were keyed to q
high pitch and a thousand persons
mllIed about the scene of the bloody
battle.
Officers said they appealed to Gov
MURRAY for tn
mob violence against the prisoners.
There was no indication of violence
but numerous persons gathered on the
streets in little knots to discuss the
affray.
Gov. Murray, in ordering Adit.
Gen. Charles F. Barrett to be in read
mess to furnish 25 National Guards
men from Tulsa company, said
Sheriff Strange had indicated other
suspects were sought.
He thinks there is big gang Of
criminals in the vicinity of Sapulpa
and asked me to call out the National
Guardsmen to help the civil officers"
Murray said
Gen. Barrett ordered Maj. James A.
Bell of Tulsa to mobilize 25 men from
SOllipdlS II, 1COtll
ately and hold them in readiness 70
60 to Sapulpc by truck.
In event there is delay in mobilizing
the Tulsa unit, the adjutant general
said a company at Beggs would be
warned to be in readiness to 60 10
Sapulpa, 10 miles away, if necessary.
Officers Accompanied Sheriff.
A half dozen officers accompanied
Sheriff Strange to the Davis home.
They did not know the identity Of the
suspects.
Brumley went to the back door.
Strange and another officer to the
front door, and others took their posts
at windows.
AS Strange raped on the front door
Davis came out and was quickly hand
cuffed
Elliott and Wilson followed with
their hands in the air.
A moment later, Moore, inside the
house, saw Brumley entering the back
door and fired, killing him. The shot
caused general firing by both the Of
fcers and the outlaws.
In a moment Elliott was dead and
Wilson was wounded in several places
Moore escaped. Ten minutes later
a farmer. w. D. Gambrill. told off,
GERS he had seen Moore hiding in q
weed patch.
The group reassembled and sur
rounded the place. Lloyd crawled
toward the weeds in a ravine. At the
same time Moore lifted his head above
the weeds. Both fired and both fell,
dying in q few moments from head
wounds
Elliott and Wilson, both known as
dangerous men. were wanted in
Usage County for highway robbery.
and Elliott also was wanted for bank
robbery. Both recently escaped from
the Usage County Jail.
Moore was not so we'll known to
officers, although he had police
record.