| Show INDIAN TERRITORY Aji HINGTON oct 23 the T indian aboe received advises advices by tele tale ea ph from the indian territory jiving giving dufeny tin an account ot the ibe lati lawless vIeve can condition of affairs in that and ing that some action be taken by sost visited states state authorities which protect the otti citizens zens and restore order ia it Is ie elated slated armed bands of outlaws swe are I 1 in n holon ot of the territory it Is aard the indian police are unable to protect tact the be people and prevent robbery eeli bands infest all sections men are held up by highwaymen in broad daylight and ftfe and property are not secure either by day or night the express companies have to transport money and no other means of carrying funds his has been devised there are three well known organized bauda of desperadoes composed of 0 thieves thugs and tough cher char actors irom from all sections of the country who make it a business of pillaging towns As a result a reign of terror exists and the people of the territory are at 1 the meroy mercy of these gangs it is supposed oard the marauders journey from one section potion to another in pursuit of booty and that mat the train robberies in the auth southwest west are the work of these desperadoes pera radies does who make their headquarters C in the indian territory there here ba been considerable discus ibon on in congress growing out of the lawless bands bande in the territory and suggestions have been made tor for an entire reorganization of affairs there n order that robbery may be au aup lp wed and the control of the peace of VIP e it territory orr igor come under athi authority to 9 enforce law jaw ana order it has haa been suggested that la in the present emergency the territory could be placed under martial law and troops directed to clear the territory of the gangs which now infest it this would be an extreme measure and would not likely us be resorted to unless all other methods fail ail ST louis mo oot oct 23 bankers backers and business men jiving in the towns in the indian territory as well as those living outside the territory but doing business with territory firms are greatly worked up over the condition of affairs which has made it necessary forthe for the pacific express company to refuse money shipments either into or out of the territory so bo far as the ex press company is concerned however they take a philosophical view of the situation and ana not a complaint has been registered the situation in the indian territory today said OW cue of the be company is worse abati it ever was there is absolutely no protection for life or property except as we furnish it ourselves this con linual carrying of such an armed force makes the business too expensive to be profitable we have lost more by the expense than we ever did by the actual robberies now this saturday rob robbery tery by it we lost aust this consisted of return 0 0 D which we are estial handling and our own and the railroads railroad ld remittances but bat you yoo can see that to protect even a small email amount what it would cost when such each a gang ngang as that attacked the train the other companies are still carrying I 1 am informed by mr of the wells that he the general superintendent to issue an order similar to oura ours to give you a little idea of 0 what we have paid outs out I 1 will speak of the robbery our loss lose there them was about but it cost us to capture the robbers at the present rates for carrying money we would have to take into the territory to got get that back for some time belore before the dalton gauff gang was wiped out the missouri kaneas kanalas texas and the pacific bad a standing reward of each on the eight men corn the gang this had only shortly before been w withdrawn where unless unites there is 18 a reward or we pay the expenses of the deputies U 8 mar shale do not seem to think it is in their duty to capture the robbers there ts to but one way to stop this lawlessness that is to make a state out of indian territory 0 1 course if the federal government would sead a lew few regiments of lers down there instead of keeping beeping them in the barracks barracke aad in these ei stein etstein military stations it might do some good A war of extermination such as an governor critten den waged against the james gang in missouri is what is needed this can only be properly done by admitting the territory to statehood this order of ours oure does not greatly affect st louis jlouis as most moist of the money to is shipped to those bauks bauke in the territory little rock bock or nearer points quite a good deal of money in pay mout for or goods comes out of the territory by express but this system can be temporarily changed general superintendent LA L A fall fuller or of th pacific company sad add pock peek of th the ioa mountain have bave gone to waggoner ana will spend several days dap in the territory in an attempt to have the cook gang rii which perpetrated the last baat robbery captured the information received here la Is that bill cook to la a young man not nol yet 22 years old and cherokee bill his bis chief lieutenant is but 18 superintendent in case says they are desperadoes simply for tue notoriety and not lor for the money they can get will still they bey always take all they can get the rang which effected the robbery at claremore a short time ago was the means gang headed by columbus columbua means this to is a bad gang as is also bill doolans Do olans gang which is said to have spread from the ashes of the dalton gang superintendent simpson of the wells fargo company is now in the territory teni tory also looking into the condition ot the country in which the company operates it is stated by some who are lamillar with the situation there that the trouble is largely due to the character of the deputy united states marshals it is a well known fact that they are largely re cruised bulted from the desperado class and it is olten often charged that they stand in with the train robbers washington oct 28 23 secretary holm smith has requested the users score war to senai troops to indian territory to suppress the abe lawless bands accompanying the request was a corn muni cation secretary smith yester yesterday 4 ay received from indian territory detail ing the deplorable condition ot ol affairs |
