Volume 18 , Issue 8

1916 - Posse Kills Two Bandits

It was in The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Indiana, dated 29 April 1916, Saturday, page 1, that we found this short mention: "Posse Kills Two Bandits." Notorious Oklahoma Outlaw brothers were slain.

Found on Newspapers.com

Muskogee, Okla., April 28 (1916) -- A posse headed by Sheriff Barger of Muskogee county killed Joe and Dave Smith, outlaws, in the hills near Gore, Oklahoma. The Smiths fired with riot guns stolen from this county a year ago when Dave Smith escaped jail. They carried safe blowing paraphernalia when killed. The slain men were sons of Famous Smith, notorious bandit of territorial days.
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