Volume 18 , Issue 11

Walking With Sweet Silly Sadie

Woof! Woof! Here we are again in Northwest Oklahoma doing research on 19th century outlaws. This time it is an article concerning "Zip Wyatt Sinking Fast," as seen in The Langston City Herald, Langston, Oklahoma Territory, 17 August 1895, Saturday, page 2.

Found on Newspapers.com

South Enid, Ok., August 7 (1895) -- Zip Wyatt, alias Dick Yeager, the notorious bandit, was still alive but fast sinking. He had three forty-five Winchester bullets in his person, two of which were lodged in his intestines. When told that he was bound to die, he made a partial statement, admitted his identity and requested that his father be sent for. His father, William Wyatt, lived near Guthrie, this territory, and was known as "Six Shooting Bill." He was a tall, muscular old man, and when in his cups was in the habit of making a hot house for the loafers.

Did you know the last woman bandit arrested in Oklahoma in 1895 was Stella Du Bois. This was by far the most distinguished name yet to appear among the female outlaws.

And ... Dick Yeager, the notorious Oklahoma bandit, was captured about noon Sunday six miles east of Sheridan, august 1, 1895 . A posse of farmers, headed by W. D. Gossett, had been in pursuit of him for several days in the mountains west of Sheridan. Friday night he succeeded in giving them the slip and started eastward presumably for his father-in-law's place where he could rest and procure a little medical attendance as he had been hard pressed and was wounded in the side. He crossed the Rock Island Railroad near WAukomis that Saturday afternoon with the posse in close pursuit. At night he took refuge in a cane field which was surrounded by the officers who, felt sure of their man.

Yeager, however, managed to get by them and started on east. He again was overtaken and caught asleep, this time by part of the posse led by Marshal Smith, who called on him to throw up his hands. He reached for his gun and began shooting, but was twice struck in the leg by bullets and falling, he threw up his hands and surrendered. His wounds which were serious were not fatal. His identification was very lull and complete and his appearance tallies withs eh officer's description.

The Yeager-Doolan-Wyatt combination had been creating considerable excitement over in the jungles of the Cimarron. Nearly every man in the county had joined the chase.

Woof! Woof! I have a dream! We need a "Future To Believe In .... And a Democratic Congress that will work for the American citizens!"
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