Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1894 — THE COOK GANG. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE COOK GANG.

The misdeeds of the notorious Dalton gang, wiped out at Coffey? ille7""Kan.. dwindle into littleness when compared with the criminal exploits of the Cook gang, which has been terrorizing the Indian Territory. This new band-of outlaws, under the leadership pf Bill Cook, has bounced into notoriety within a few weeks, and, though but eight, they put half the population of the territory into a fright which in some" places almost

amounted to a panic. Twice within a month the gang cleaned out the railroad station and express office at Port Gibson, robbed an express train at Marshall and held up two carloads of passengers near McKenzies. They held up and took $5,300 from the five Cherokee disbursing officers, who had a bodyguard of fifteen sol-' diers. The highwaymen waited till the guard galloped a mile in advance to explore a gully. Then the robbers cleaned out the agents. Lack of space forbids giving a full account of all their crimes! The whole country has at last been aroused, and several hundied men are in pursuit of the outlaws. Bill Cook is to be shot on sight—if possible.

BILL COOK.