The Okie Legacy: Fort Scott, Kansas News of August, 1895

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Fort Scott, Kansas News of August, 1895

Who were the "Christian brothers' gang of outlaws? Have you ever heard of them? We never did until we were doing research for outlaws of the 19th century. It was in the Fort Scott Daily Monitor, dated 4 August 1895, Sunday, page 1, that we found this little mention of the Christian brothers' gang of outlaws in the Fort Scott, Kansas.

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South McAlester, I. T., Aug. 3 (1895) -- The Christian brothers' gang of outlaws, eight in number, robbed Marks' store near Lumpee, Indian Territory August 2, 1895 Untied States Marshal McAlester, with twenty deputies, left on a special train August 3, 1895 for the purpose of capturing or exterminating the gang.

Killed An Outlaw
It was in that same newspaper that we found we found this article concerning the body of Isaac Black, pal of Dick Yeager, brought to Alva, Oklahoma by special deputy sheriffs Hildreth and Muir.

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Alva, Ok., Aug. 3 (1895) -- Special Deputy Sheriffs Marion Hildreth and J. W. Muir, accompanied by others, arrived here with the dead body of Isaac Black, the pal of Dick Yeager. Yeager made his escape and every able bodied man who could procure a horse was after Dick and were determined to capture him and every man in his gang, dead or alive.

Because She had A Toothache
This next small front page news article was a bit weird as reported in the Kansas paper via Alva, Oklahoma Territory: "Because She Had the Toothache."

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Alva, OK, Aug. 3 (1895) -- Mrs. Grant, the wife of Michael Grant, a prominent farmer, was found hanging from the ridgepole of her dugout, her husband being a homesteader. She was 30 years of age, and only recently moved to the farm. She stood on a chair, fastened the rope around her neck, and then kicked the chair from under her. No cause was assigned for the suicide except that she was suffering from a severe toothache.
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