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Tratlinsr OutlawsThrough Icy HillsVimta, March 14.—Chief Deputy' outlaws were probably fatally Depuc today dispatched wagon loads j wounded. A wild (ale now comes ?i ,„STlll*\oZ¥[ ? V n~mu,V-Iifom ,hf hill* that the white man 1°”’ ,Cn ’iU A g’ i°° «a,Mi C,0tFr Wi,h “,c Wycliffes was a ...an in i?g» ^ cns,Is- A P0!*sc leaded by the employ of the posscmcn, who •1°r?Pf?M* ° 1ar,’?Plfcd 11,1 had been sent out to get the gangSunday s Hght, accompanied the wa-: drunk and then chloroform them Hel. i . .1 . i , « Is said lo have balked and for hisIt is thought that the Wycl.ffcs lack of nerve was shot down b» his have been urging the Night Hawks fellow officers.to hold out and resist the government in its effort to' allot their lands.Vin.ta, I. T., March 14.—(Special.) —Over a hundred men • armed with long r-np- riftes arc now scouring the Si vs.iaw hils in search of the Wycliffe gang and their follow^s. The men are all expert marksmen. 1*illy five hundrd men have tendered their services to invade the stronghold of the Wycliffes in the hils..Up- until -a late -hour.-this - jttcfnpaiy no messenger from the Flint! hills had arrived in this city with any further news from the seat of war.A brother of Deputy Gilstrnp. the murdered man, left last night .with a company of picked me., for. the hills to avenge his brother’s death.It is altogether probable that Captain G. S. White, against whom the ^Vycliffcs have sworn their vendetta, will go into the field personally.ft j#; thought, by some that the Wycliffes have by this time erected strong fortifications where they /vill make their last stand and light the federal officers to the death.U. S. Marshal Darrough is now at the head of 32 fearless, determined men.- A formidable posse has gone from Siloam Springs, Ark., to had off the Wycliffes in case they muRe for the Arkansas line.It may be some days before the marshals come up on the gang as the Spavinaw hills afford* innumerable places of concealment.It is now reported that two of thelli funeral of Deputy Gilstrap was held from .the First Baptist church in this city yesterday afternoon at thrcf • •'clock. Gilstrap was a member of the Odd Fclows. The funeral was the largest probably ever held in thecity. l£c minister delivered a touch-eSlogying dead manupon the bravery of-theAM01tliJefferson City, March 14—Judge W. C. Marshall of the supreme court filed his resignation -with Governor Folk today to take effect April 1. He will form a law partnership witli former Judge Bond in St. Louis.INDIAN LANDSLbTED FOR SALEThe following list of Creek lands for sale upon which, bids will be opened May 11, have been nostcd at theRrii’.yI
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Muskogee Times Democrat
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Wed, Mar 14, 1906
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