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Kinney, the outlaw wii have to battlefor his life ant! liberty..Kelly Arrested McKinney Once.♦Sheriff Kelly Is well acquainted with McKinney. He was the constable at Randsburg when the outlaw, then just released from San Quentin where hn was sent from Tulare county, appeared in the mining camp, got In a difficulty with a miner and used his pistol over his opponents head. Mr. Kelly then ar j rested him. Later he came to Bakers- \ field where he shot and killed Tom Sayers.The Sheriff is of the opinion that McKinney is bound for Randsburg, and will be next heard from In that vicinity. While detained here on account of haany pressing matters., Mr. Kel ly is co-operating with the officers of Tulare county to the fullest extent In their work.Victim Known Here.Tom O’Brien of this city, who formerly conducted a saloon at Needles,( %was,, well acquainted with one of the latest victims whom the outlaw murdered* in cold blood near Kingman a few days ago. Charles Blakely known as the “Cow Boy Pianist”, was well known all along the Callfornia-Arlsfc-on a border and frequently visited Needles while Mr. O’Brien was located there.“He was a slight built young fallow,” said Mr. O’Brien last night. As quiet and harmless as any man could * well be. He would never have molested McKinney or any one else if let alone. He was as nice a man as one could ever meet. Why McKinney should have shot him is hard to see.91Kern and Tulare Men.The posse that left here tills morning is composed of determined men with the nerve to take McKinney dead or alive. Dan Overall, who is with Tulare’s sheriff, has had a wide experience with McKinney. It was he who once trailed the now notorious outlaw to Montana and brought him back fo*'The trial that landed him In San Qiu-n !tin. McKinney has more than one-*! threatened to'kill Overall and If th.*; itwo men meet the row til bo somethin’? j i doing.The two Kern county men, .1. O , Collins and Ous Tower, the Kern flop [ uties, are both men of nerve and determination.OFFICERS ARE NOWSEEKING OUTLAW*f*I■I1(Continued From First Page.) Iat the present time.The, posse is a strong one composed of men of known nerve who will hot hesitate to fight, and if they meet Me* j
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Daily Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Wed, Apr 08, 1903
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Kern C.
CA, USA 16 Oct 2020
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