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■*rOKUHOMA BANDITSSmith-',Brothers Are Botff Killed Be -f—:■ fore They Give Up. ;rn-, -*Muakofeeeiw-T-After trailing Joe andDave Smiths fugitives . fr0m,^^»Ucet-yearo£.^wlessbrothers in the rocky hins^gK thiiea oorthwest hf Gore: Wken they is-coveretf that they were trapped, th two meu opened fire o.n“the county officers ^with rlflek stolep-^ffoxn - the county^ jaiirin^;;]^Smith and two othw^ctimihalB^brbke [jail April lt;“©ave^and joe Smith,, sons of-Fa* fnous Smith, noted bandit of territor-,Sundays, were game to the last and wheiufhe officers reached the bodies lying-in the road life was extinct Famous Smith is said to have killedmorethen than many of the morewidely known outlaws of the old days. ; pave Smith and his brother have been mentioned in connection with train robberies and hbld-ups. On their dead bodies was found-para-phernalia used by hank blowers; \Dave Smith and Cole Shoemake, both under eight-year sentences, and H, C. Burnett, under sentence of two ypars, %oke nut of thej county jail here slightly over: a .yer ago-fl—•- *'s \ V.-- y-' V\ .. • t . . . V ;* - « v .* . v, f■ y-. r ... ; ^• •••-.V .....r.': v-r *.iTJ-
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Eufaula Indian Journal
Eufaula, Oklahoma, US
Fri, May 12, 1916
Page 2
Full Page
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Samantha B.
USA 25 Jun 2020
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