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Show STROUD POSSE GIVES UP M BAITS Men From Chandler Still on Trail of Oklahoma Bank Robbers STROUD Okla MarclzS Posses that have been searching for the robbers who held up two Stroud banks Saturday and fled with S5004 returned today having spent a fruitless Sunday trying to pick up the trail of the bandits which was lost at sundown Sunday Members of the posse believe the robbers ere now safe In the hills of tbe Osage nation Hope of capturing them has been aban doned CHANDLER, Okla March 11 The largest posse that so far has pursued the band filch robbed two banks at Stroud Saturday left her today to ound up the robbers In the hills southeast of Stroud The fugitives are afoot and it la not be lleved they have been able to travel very tar Officers say one of the bandits not -et captured ts Nlpp l&nn cowboy and motion picture actor who Is alleged to have killed John Mcllroy Ity maxshsl at Canoj Kan on Nov em oar 13 1113 A reward of (MM was offered for his cap ture Henry Starr and Louis Bates, the to wounded robbers In Jail at CI andler wl I recover It la believed UndersherUT Bron said today there was no doubt that Louis Bates was one of the robbers. Relative of Bates main talned he wss an Innocent bystander n tho bank hen the robbery occurred Brown snd Rates when o erlaken had a sack or sil er taken from tl bank and It was scattered on the ground wlen Estes fell Starr told I Ulan TUnhman former dep tv United States marahal today t at he ebb followed a chance mec ng on a road betnee b mae f and Estaa and five en n a co ared wagon The s g gas to that thev roh a bank was made and the Stroud banks were sele ted |