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11 UU\J\JjU 1 17x11 1 JUJU#A Sheriff and One of His Deputies are Killed.A FIGHT IN OKLAHOMA.Officers Tried to Capture Outlaws in an Indian Hut.THE DESPERADOES ESCAPEDThe II rave SlierlfF Con It nurd to Shoot Through the Door and Wall* ol the House Occupied by Robber*, Even W hile W ounded I nto Death*Guthrie, O. T., Jan. 16.—Sheriff Frank Smith and his deputy, George Beck, were killed by highwaymen early Wednesday morning in the vicinity of Anadarko, the home of the officers. A posse of 100 men started immediately on the trail of the murderers, but no arrests have been reported. The posse expects a fierce fight before the men shall be taken, and it is known that the notorious highwaymen, Bob McCune, Ben Cravens and Bob Sims, are at the head of the gang in that region.Sheriff Smith was appointed from Norman, Okla., where he had been on the sheriff’s and marshal’s forces for a number of years. A number of murders and robberies are charged to the gang that murdered the officers and efforts to capture them have been made by all the officers in that vicinity.Sheriff Smith and Deputy Beck met death while storming an Indian hut eight miles west of Anadarko. Highwaymen on Sunday night had held up and robbed persons going home from church and Smith and Beck, accompanied by Deputy Briggs, located the robbers early yesterday morning in the hut. In attempting to enter Smith was shot through the breast and died in a few minutes. Beck was also shot through the breast and his left arm was shattered. Briggs was not injured. The highwaymen robbed the dead bodies of the officers and then tied.Sheriff Smith made a dying effort to arrest the roboers and shot several times through the door and walls after being wounded. Beck continued the fight until killed.
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Norwalk Daily Reflector
Norwalk, Ohio, US
Thu, Jan 16, 1902
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