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Show GRIT OF FARMER. Captured Five Men Who Had Robbed Him and Forced Them to Disgorge. Muskogco, Okln. In tho Snn Bola mountains, single-handed and In tho dark, James Beck, a farmer residing near Stlgler, Oklahoma, early Friday captured five robbere who had robbed him of $2,000, recovered part or tho monoy nnd then mado an ineffectual attempt to land his game In Jail. Two wero wpunded, but all escaped. Sunday morning the men broke Into Beck's house nnd escaped with his Tnoney. Arming hlmseU with n revolver re-volver tho tanner started In pursuit Ho trailed tho robbers day and night until nt dusk Thursday he saw them enter tho San Bols mountains, seventy miles southwest ot Muskogee. Ho laid In wait till darkness covered cov-ered tho robbers' rendezvous nnd when finally tho qulntetto fell asleep Beck approached yelling "Hands up; cover them, boys." Leading tho robbers rob-bers to bellevo they wero Burroundcd, Beck forced them to return S1.C0O of his money, all they had lort. and attempted at-tempted to bring them to Muskogee to jail. Learning thnt their capture had been effected by ono mnn, tho men made a dash for llborty. They escaped, but not until two or them had been shot nnd wounded by Beck, how badly Is not known. |