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WYCKLIFFE OUTLAWS SURRENDER.Voluntarily 6ife ip and ask that a Hearingk« 6lren Tien lathe Stall Courts.fairTom aDd John Wyckliffe,the two Cherokee Indians who have been \ outlaws since March, 1900, charged with the murder of Deputy Marshals H. Vera and Ike Gilstrap, are under arrest in Cherokee county. They voluntarily surrendered, bat were formally arrested by Jim Saunders, the sheriff,aud Jim Thompson, county treasurer of that county. Their bonds have been fixed at $5,-000 each and have been made. -One bond was made in Grove and the other in Muskogee by Drs. Fite, Blakemore,and N.E.Hancock. The Wycliffes will be tried before JudgePitchford, io Cherokee county, achange of venue having been asked from Delaware county.GOOp SCOtfTfiRS.The Wyckliffe case Is one of the most noted in the outlaw history of Oklahoma. Three brothers,Charles, John and Tom Wyckliffe were want ed for the tnnrder of the two deputies, and W. H. Darrough,who was marshal of the Northern district at that time,spent three months’ active campaigning with 100 picked men and with bloodhounds trying to cap-. . , lure the.Wyckiiffes, and while they never left their homes more than fifty miles, they were not captured uutil they came in and voluntarily surrendered to the officials of Cher, okee county upon guarantee of a fair trial and a square deal. Marshal Darrough is said to have spent $0,000 in trying to capture the Wycliffes.8T0RY OK TROUBLE.Deputy Vera was killed at Charles Wyekliffe’s honee. He bad a warrant for aggravated assault. Tom Wyckliffe was iu the house at the ,lime- Deputy Gilstray, with a posse was hunting the Wyckliffes when be was ambushed in a deep ravine in the Spavinaw bills and killed. The Wyckliffes claim justification for the killing of the latter, because he is alleged to have gone to Charlie’s house ond insulted Mrs. Wyckliffe. They also claim they were justified in killing Vera,because he beat their father over the head with a six-shooter because he would hot give information as to the whereaboutsof the boys.-. BROTHER KILLED.Charlie Wyokliffe was mysterious-- Uy killed last spring. It Was claimedby some that Tom . 'Wyckliffe d id this, because of jealousy over a Wo-.. man,but there ie.no evidence to sup-v port it. . Another story is that-an 5 Indian named Downing, who was with'Charles WybkJiffe at the time,' later went to Vinita and claimed thp v big reward lhu h4dwbeeq offered for CharlesWyckliffe dead dr. aiiye. Tt- .-.. was refused. Tom and John Wyok-tbeir brother and as soori'fTtiiey are out on bond will try to make a case against him. *7The officers allowed the Wyckliffes to go on their own recognizance, only taking the precaution to send a guard, a cousin of . the Wyckliffes, along with them. They went into Tahlequab today to get tbeir formal release on their bonds.Two years of constant hunting has almost made animals out of [these men. Their movements ar© quick and catlike, and a man cannot move a muscle without their eyes being riveted upon him. Tom Wyckliffe says that he is tired of carry-'ng a g,,D that he wants peace.STAYED AT HOME. , ..The Wyckliffes claim that they have stayed at their homea most of _» year and that_ ihey have made a crop. The way they baffled the officers for lwo years andremained within a few miles ofwhere the officers were killed, and the fact that when they had many opportunities they refused to leave the Cherokee nation, makes a remarkable chapter in the criminal history of the state.Both mod believe they will be cleared of the crimes charged. t So do their friends. They will be defended by the best lawyers in the Cherokee nation and their, principal defense will be that they were bounded by the federal officials who heaped indignities upon them until they were driven to murder in self-defense.—Times-Democrat.Illa8msenlassinwede]ab*0btheWaeigtoto ‘intjtra«pastweChiundof twolt;wh 801 anlt; tin son Bn J.: 80; M. qua 200tForty-Flie Days to Hunt Quail.Last Tuesday the house passed the Key’s fish and game bill from the senate and it is now unlawful to hunt quail any time during the year except from December loth to January-30lb. A .bird-dog- will be a pretty expensive piece of property in the future as he will be of service only 45 days out of 305.The season for prairie chickens, deer and antelope is closed for seven years. A person may hunt upon Und by securing the consent of the owner or lessee, and if the land is unfenced, uncultivated and unoccupied he may hnnt upon it without consent. vA stringent law prohibiting child' Tabor has bJho passed both houses, the lower branch having passed the Franklin bill from the senate. The bUT provides that no child under tie ago. Of 15-shall be permitted to work in any fiwtory, workshop,' laUndry, theat re or bowlinj* alley, or at any .occupation injurious to health and mdrals''or 'ospeeially hazardous tolife. ao'd.Iiub;,;;i- r: !V 1‘Ete: belrove- ib«t Downing ki)led
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Muldrow Press
Muldrow, Oklahoma, US
Fri, May 29, 1908
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