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iDYNAMITE DICK A DEAD MANTer or of Oklahoma Laid Llt;-w by a DeputyMarshal's Bullet.GAME DOWN UPON HIM UNAWAREST« -ptrndo K illi t! ;it t!io Fll^t 1 ire andIII* \\ oil tided C ompntiiou takenrrkoiK'r-1 y nidi I i*u Far! \I After Tramp*.OR! \ NT! *C R I, T D* ! - * man huntthat has been in progress since last September, when Bill Dooiln and Dick Ikn-elson, alias pynatrite Dick, escaped fromthe Guthrie jail, ended in an encounter today near Kildare, fn which Dynamite Dick was killed md Ben Cravens, another member of the gang of outlaws, wit wounded. The pursuing posse came upon t ,e two uritc. ,‘tfity * ■ ar Kildare .*1 S o’clock this morning and opened fire. Dynamite Dick was shot and mortally wounded and Cravens surrendered aft* r receiving a shot in the right arm. Thef© are rewards aggregating $1,009 for the capture of Dynamite Dick, who is guilty cfhalf a dozen murders, and is offeredfor the arrest of ('raven. The prDomr and the corpse will be taken to Out. tit is I by Deputy Marshal Cox arid his deputies, who made the capture. It is hinted that Cravens, being tired of the chits#, ha t given information of his chief’s movements and was to be dealt with lightly.The death of Dynamite Dick removes the last of the gang of desperadoes that have terrorized the settlers in the territory since its first settlement.
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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sat, Dec 05, 1896
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