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ei-ietarsi-,nWILL SURRENDERWITH STATEHOOD5,iealItida-•rbhrsbeT.ben-!SSeyvo*P-Ifill✓snT]ingyouelseof vareseebehltherseerIn eheatthateyeseyetfrontectat thottra.in.99919,9999999999999Charlie and Jim Wycliffe, the Cherokee outlaws who, after killing a deputy marshal, have defied the efforts of the government to capture them for more than a year, have announced that they will voluntarily surrender at Tahlequah, Saturday, immediately after the statehood proclamation has been issued anlt;l the present regime of marshals in Indian Territory is out of office.The surrender- of the Wycliffes will be one of the big features ’ofthe statehood celebration at Table-• • • •quah. The plan of the Wycliffes seems to be complete. Through their friends- they have conducted negotiations with the county of-ficers-elect of- Cherokee county, made arrangements to give bond and, in all probability, they will not-go to jail at all but will l}e released upon their bond.• The career of the Wycliffes has been spectacular. While scouting from .the - officers, ‘charged with murder on March theyambushed and- killed Deputy Marshal Ike Gilstrap, who, with a posse, was after them, and wounded two' depaties. The fight took place in a ravine m the Spavinaw hills. Marshal * Darrough called upon the government for assistance in running down tbe Wholiffes. He was given 100 picked men and a month was spent in the pursuit, but,the Wycliffes were never approach-1 9ed by an officer and they were never more than 60 miles from the scene of ambush.1 The bitter hatred of the Chero-kees for the officers and the ex--Ttremely rough country enabled the as, | outlaws to elude their pursuers suc-id“ I cess fully. Bloodhounds were put ion the trail and the hounds were ffar killed. Marshal Darrough finally |’1^'I gave up, thoroughly baffled. The * I chase cost the government about $6,000.In the meantime the movements , of the Wycliffes were well known iJ’T} to..„ their friends, and newspaper eas men went into the fastnesses o£ the an, I Cherokee hills, sough J out the out-\lrN laws, found them and got their eks statements.ice. I They have always declared that jjag they were willing to stand trial in I the state courts and could prove jey j ample justification for killing Gil-ar_ strap, but they could not get a fair j trial at the hands of the federal I officials.I It is understood that one of theken pleas of the defense will be thatPa., Gilstrap went to the home offlay j Charlie Wycliffe and insulted Mrs.he-.J Wyoliffe and that the father of theuse [ three outlaws had been nearly beat-’20 en to death by another deputymarshal because he refused to givej _ information as to the whereabouts LU'*, I * .1 1 . ’aiid I of the boya. - - '
Newspaper Details
Eufaula Indian Journal
Eufaula, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Nov 15, 1907
Page 10
Full Page
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Randy S.
USA 05 Feb 2017
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