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Show BANDITS SLAIN IN Out of Five Oklahoma Bank Robbers. Two Arc Dead and Another Wounded. GANG LAID PLANS TO R01 THREE HARRAII BANKS One Man Talked Too Much and Officers Were Ready for the Criminals. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., Dec. 31. l"'ivc men who intended lo rob the three banks and the postotlicc at llarrah, Okla.. early today, ran inlo a posse headed by United States AlarshaJ "Jack" Abernathy. As a result, two bandits arc dead, one is in .jail at Guthrie, wounded, and two suspects arc in jail here. Frank Quigg was shot down in a fight with the posse and instantly killed. He lived in Atchison, Kan., and was I be sou of a wealthy mother. Frank Carpenter, Car-penter, another robber, was wounded in Hip fight, and died late today iu.jail . here. .1. ('. Pifheek, the third bandit, was only slightly hurt. Bobber Talked Too Much. The robbery was well planned, but Carpenter made the mistake of telling a number of people of the plot. In Ibis way postotlicc inspectors learned of the affair. . Marshal Abernathy wah notified, and when tho robbers reached she. bank he was ready for I hem. Tho posse caught the men" in the act of breaking- into the rear door of the Tlarrah Slate bank. The robbers ran. and the deputies depu-ties fired, wounding Carpenter and Hit-beck Hit-beck at the first volley. Quigg snapped bis revolver, Jpil, before lie coiild return re-turn the tiro he was killed bv a rillo ball. Carpenter, after the light, admitted to Marshal Abernathy Ihey had Continued on Page Two, BANDITS SLAIN IN ' FIGHT WITH POSSE Continued From Page One. planned to rob the banks and the post-office. post-office. , He said "Red" Rogers and Pearl Wilson were tho men that, escaped. es-caped. He and his associates had, he said, robbed the Goldpn, Colo., post-office post-office a few weeks agd'of $300. Ditbcck later told the marshal that Rogers and Wilson wore on top of the bank building at the time of tho raid, keeping watch. The two fled after the fight, tho marshal was told. Warrants War-rants for their arrest were placed in the hands of deputies. |