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• ■ TWELVE-AIL Griffith,Train Robbery Inspector, DiesRaymond A. Griffith, retired posl-officc inspector who one* lead searches for many famed Lralnrobbcrs, died 1n his home, 1420 NW *5. Friday.5ervlcfsare penri toiK »l Hnhu-Cook $££ lianeral home.• Griffith, 13. retired in iStt after 41 years hi ihlt;* goier time nt postal service. He b a d been In charge ni seledion *cf postal siic# in. the stilej ttace 193J,Born In West Liberty, low*a, he entered the railway mail service in 1904, becoming an Inspect or In 19-OS, He •was agiud to the St. Louis division Arkansas-, Missouri and leva. In 1915, be moved to- Enid and worked lliere until i923, when be moved lt;o Oklahoma Cliy.He was an investsalor In the slate’s first train robbery when a mail train . was h*!d up at Edmond tiy Earl Thayer and Dick ftoich in 1917. •- Four years later* he helped appre-Sicnd the ^an.g of Jeff Duree and A1 •i Spence: when they robbed the Katy express and mal! train at Ofcesa.In 1929, he was made inspector, in i. charge of the Koefcy mountain area. «-:He £«vtd in Denver, Colo., four years .- during which time. he . directed the search and apprehension of the Jafcc Fteagle g-atis which pulled a notorious bank robbery in Colorado.•i A fur returning to Oklahoma City Sn 19o3, he handled selection of fed-Veral building sites when government “con?\ruction boomed th the ’30$.He was member of the Presbyterian church and the Masonic lodge, and ‘wps a farmer member of the Kiwants club.« .Burial will be in Wes* Liberty, Iowa.Surviving is his wire, Mrs, Lillian Griffith, of the home.TUyottnJ Cnrrith which - comprisedjv.?•oXTMlt;J
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Sep 23, 1951
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