The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 3, 1908
page 1
Arrest 12 for $5400 Bank Grab
Sapulpa Officers May Have The Mounds Burglars
Special to the Oklahoman.
Sapulpa, Okla., April 2 - Twelve men suspected of having robbed the Mounds bank
of $5,400 early this morning, were placed under arrest by Sheriff Henry King
during the raid of a joint over the Creek bank at 6 o'clock tonight. Suspicion
attaches so strongly to some of them that rumors are afloat that a jail delivery
may be attempted by their friends. To forestall an attack Sheriff King has
placed a strong guard at the jail.
Nine of the men gave their names as Geore Morrow, W. W. Desellier, Bill
Kaley, A. M. Ellis, John Ryes, James Bell, M. C. Miller, Mike Mikel and Mike
O'Harry.
A man from St. Louis, stopping at a hotel here, has identified three of the
men as professional crooks, who have been operating in that city. Their
photographs will be taken tomorrow and copies forwarded to the authorities at
St. Louis, Kansas City and Omaha. The three in particular are believed to have
been engaged in robberies in several parts of the middle west during the past
few months.
No one was present when the Mounds robbery took place and hence there is no
way of identifying any of these men. The strongest testimony against some of
them comes from Bert Grey, proprietor of a rooming house where the men
were stopping. He says they left his place at 10 o'clock last night and returned
at 4 o'clock this morning. The fact that Mounds is only nine miles from here
adds strength to the suspicion of the authorities.
Three men were seen walking away from Mounds after the robbery. They were
going north and one of them carried a bundle. Bloodhounds traced them a few
miles out of Mounds today, but lost the trail.
Special to the Oklahoman.
Mounds, Okla., April 2 - Robbers entered the Bank of Mounds at 2:30 o'clock
this morning, opened the safe with nitro-glycerine, secured $5,400 and made
their escape.
The robbers entered through the rear of the postoffice building in which the
bank was located. It took five charges of nitro-glycerine to get to the money.
The robbers had made a barricade of boxes, barrels and barb wire around the
bank. When citizens, aroused by explosives, started to the bank they were fired
upon by the robbers and driven back. There were three of them and they fled
north.
C. A. Houston is president and E. L. Houston cashier of the
bank.
According to one J. F. Walker, who was on the street at the
time...they opened fire on him, but he fled and escaped injury...
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 4, 1908
page 22
Mind Weakening, Takes To Pistol
Long illness having convinced Mrs. E. G. Vickey (sic) that she was losing her
mental balance, she told her little son this conviction, bade him to go to the
home of a neighbor...his mother...pressed a 38-calibre revolver to her breast
and pulled the trigger. The unfortunate woman will recover...Mr. and Mrs.
Vickery (sic) are preparing to move to St. Louis.
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 10, 1908
page 3
Frisco Freight Crew Is Held For Robbery
Holdenville, Okla., April 9 - H. R. Howell, C. B. Taylor, S. Seaney and
E. R. Haron, a Frisco freight crew, were arrested at Sapulpa and brought
here today, charged with robbing a merchandise car en route...
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
September 23, 1908
page 2
Sapulpa Will Give Governor Reception
Special to the Oklahoman.
Sapulpa, Okla. Sept 22 - A magnificent demonstration will be accorded Governor
Haskell when he opens the Third district campaign here Wednesday night.... The
workers from the Glenn, Keifer, Mounds, and other great oil men centers will
pour into Sapulpa on special trains...
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
September 26, 1908
page 13
Sapulpa, Okla., Sept 25. The city council has ordered the paving of 30
blocks on Lee, Hobson, Dewey and Main streets. Work is to begin within ten days.
Lots have been purchased by the M. E. church...on east Main street and a
structure costing ____ is to be erected.
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
October 25, 1908
page 13
Robbers Get $3000 From Sapulpa Car
Special to the Oklahoman.
Sapulpa, Okla. Oct 21, The officers of this section are under the
impression that an organized band of robbers are making this county their
headquarters as several daring robberies have been committed within the past
month and several thousands of dollars worth or merchandise has been taken. The
band entered a freight car at Kellyville, seven miles west of here, and removed
a quantity of dry goods, and last night a car standing in the yards at this
place was entered and merchandise amounting to nearly $3,000 stolen. The
officers refuse to talk regarding the matter.