Show GRIT OF FARMER 1 captured five men who had hac robb d him and forced them to Weg orile muskogee Musko eee eklain the san sall bola BOIS mountains single handed banded and in the dark james beek beck a farmer residing near stigler oklahoma early friday captured five robbers who had robbed him of 2000 recovered part of the money slid and then made p an ineffectual attempt to laud hla his same 96 III n jail two were ere wounded but all escaped sunday morning tho the men broke into becks house and escaped with his rt money ioney armingo himself with a revolver tho the farmer started in pursuit 10 ho lo trailed the robbers day aal night until at dusk thursday he saw them t 11 em enter the san dols dola mountains seventy miles southwest of 0 muskogee lie ile laid in wait till darkness covered the robbers rendezvous and when finally the quintette fell asleep bock approached yelling hands up lip cover them boys leading the robbers to believe they wore were surrounded beek beck forced them to return 1 l 1600 of 0 ills his money all they hall had left and attempted to bring them to muskogee to jail learning that their capture had been effected by one man tho the men inea made a dash for liberty they escaped but not until two of them hart bad been shot and wounded by beck how haw badly Is not known |