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Show T! f Jl if3 5P 6 GTi (fn ft I !i f' 1 Li H H H t hH H fa I r If If f fTS W W W & T a Is I 1 H o 9 1 - PORUM, Okla., May 29. Standing jj in tho doorwav of his homp here. Pony n Starr, assisted by .Too Davis, killed I one man and daugeroufily wounded five U others of a masked posse, supposed to f have been composed of thirty mem- f, bers of the Anti-IIorsethief associa- e tion, today During the conflict Starr's g wife stood by his side loading his I guns. I The posse rode up to Starrs home j to tako Starr and Davis prisoners on j charges of rattle and horse stealing In the struggle which followed, Starr's seven-year-old daughtor, hearing hear-ing the firing, camp running across a field from a neighbor's, screaming at f the top of hor voice that her mother I was being killed. In this field were a number of the posse keeping up a f constant flrp on the house, but the child was unharmed. ' Tho Fatalities. - j Tho dead: j GEORGE MAXWELL, a well known ( stockman. I Tho wounded: ' Clifford Kestrer, son of a ranch owner, shot through the stomach; will die. E A. Maxwell, stockman, shot through the groin; will die Jess Maxwell, deputy sheriff of Mcintosh Mc-intosh county, shot through the right arm. Pete Graham, a farmer, shot through right hip. Two other men, unidentified. j Wife's Narrow Escape. , Pony Starr was also rpported to have been shot thiough the breast, but after repulsing tue pr-sse, he and Davl6 mounted their horses, flourished their rovolvers and boldly rodo through the streets of Porum for the mountains moun-tains south of town. Their horses were soddled and bridled hy Mrs. Starr during dur-ing tho fleht Whllo she was leading the horses from tho barn to the house one of the posse fired four times at her. Becoming angry because ho had missed her, he finally throw the gun at her Mr3 Starr caught the gun and fired twice at the owner, who rodp away as fast as his horse could carry him. A special train brought Sheriff Wiesener, twelve deputies, two doctors doc-tors and one nurse to Porum from Muskogee this afternoon. Tonight tho streets of Porum are patrolled by den- , utles and searching parties are looking for Starr and Davis. nn |