Oklahoma Prohibition Spurs New Bandit Class on Oklahoma Roads
The Tulsa scene reports a rise in mobile bandits dubbed High Jacks targeting motorists and tourists amid strict Prohibition enforcement. Officers killed leader Broken Nose Bob Magee, later identified as Robert McKee, signaling a violent spree across eastern Oklahoma and Osage hills.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
Colorado
Old Ridge
Osage Hills
Oklahoma City
Electric Light Plant
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Bob Magee
High Jacks
Robert McKee
High Jack
Thelma Lee Says She Lived With Magee Leader of High Jacks
Thelma Lee told officers she was not married to Magee but had lived with him for about a year. She described him to police and was taken to the morgue as part of the investigation into her husband’s fate. Magee was identified as a leader of the High Jacks.
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Thelma Lee
Magee
High Jacks
Flood like last July not probable again in a century
Washington reports the weather bureau concl udes another flood like the July 1916 North Carolina event is unlikely to recur within a century. The study cites two tropical cyclones in close succession and estimates total property losses at about 20.5 million, with crops, livestock, and business disruptions noted along the affected regions.
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Carolina
Weather Bureau
Alabama
South Carolina
Catawba
Mt. Holly
Camien
8. C
For Rent Build-To-Suit Home Near Enterprise
For rent a house to be built to suit occupant. Rent starts at 315 per month. Location cited as Address B care Enterprise. Publication date code 9 23 e0d ti.
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