Desperate Oklahoma Outlaws sought as Bandit Killers


Walker and Bailey were arrested at their home in Borger. Police said they had a good clue from a pistol found lying near Terry. Officers said this gun had been borrowed yesterday. A pearl handled pistol was recovered by Officers and Sheriff Owenby identified it as one of his own which he had loaned to Deputy Terry.

     Neither of the deputies fired their pistols. Their guns were still loaded. One of Kenyon’s pistols was on the ground near his hand. Only three shots were fired and each with fatal results.

Police believe that an automobile followed the two deputies and that they turned their automobile in the road to stop the pursuers and that as they opened their door and alighted the persons in the other car opened fire.

Whitey Walker is a brother of Hugh Walker, one of the men under arrest. Policeman Coke Buchanan was killed as he walked across the street going to the aid of officer Sam Neal, who had been attacked by several men. Buchanan was shot six times but fired twice in return.

Ten days after the Buchanan killing, Whitey Walker surrendered and was released last Monday on $10,000 bond. His attorneys at the time said that he would plead not guilty to the Buchanan killing. Kimes and Terrell who are also sought in connection with the killings today and that of Buchanan are said to have escaped from Oklahoma prisons.

The killing of Kenyon and Terry brings the total of peace officers killed in Borger’s short life to Four.

Night Captain Irl Rigney was killed Dec. 2, and dying fatally shot his assailant “Toughy” McWilliams. Policeman Coke Buchanan died with six bullets in his body in a battle with five men March 19, when he attempted to aid officer Sam Williams, who was beaten with pistol butts.

Pampa April 1 (AP)—Three men, believed to be the robbers who yesterday took $32,000 from the First National bank here held W. E. Archer and his sister prisoners all yesterday afternoon at the Archer farm between Pampa and Borger.

Toward sundown they locked Archer and his sister in a closet and drove off toward Borger, having thrown pursuers off the track by hiding at the farm. Archer cut his way out of the closet with a pocket knife. The men arrived at the farm in a blue sedan, which they drove into the Archer garage locking the garage door. They then concealed themselves in the Archer house, not letting the occupants get out of range of their guns.

Employees who were locked in the bank vault yesterday after the men had taken the money today identified Bryant “Whitey” Walker, Ray Terrell, and Mathew Kimes as the three men who robbed the bank. Identification was made possible with photographs. The robbers were unmasked.

Walker is reported to be wanted in connection with the slaying at Borger today of Deputy Sheriffs Kenyon and Terry. While no definite connection has been established between the killing and this robbery, the theory is adduced that the slain officers may have been tying to make arrests in connection with the robbery and was shot down.

Abandoned car at Memphis may be Bandit conveyance.

Memphis, Texas, April 1—A large seven-passenger Buick sedan fitting the description of the car used in the robbery of the Pampa First National bank yesterday, was found in a ditch this morning by Deputy Sheriff J. V. Snow, which was picked up by the Gerlach garage wrecking car of Memphis. The left front wheel of the car was broken and the axle badly bent. In the car was found papers bearing the name of Chas. L. Rowsey, Nogales, Ariz. Sometime during the night a second hand Chrysler roadster was stolen from the residence of Sid Baker on North Tenth street, and it is presumed the robbers left the Buick car in the ditch and came into town and took the Chrysler continuing their escape. The Chrysler was almost new and belonged to the Howard and Owen Motor company. The Amarillo sheriff has been notified and is now on his way to Memphis to identify the Buick sedan which is reported to have been stolen in Amarillo yesterday.