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Arapahoe Argus

W. W. GLOVER’S DEATH AVENGED

George Miller and Red Buck , Alias Gant, His Murders, Resist Arrest

And Are Killed by Officers of the Laws

March 5, 1896—Arapahoe Argus —Ever since the killing of W. W. Glover on Feb. 14, last, officers Shannon   Duckworth , Wamble  and Leonard  , with a posse of citizens, have been following his murders, trail like bloodhounds. After the killing of Glover, his murderers, George Miller  and Red Buck  alias Gant, went to their hiding place on the Canadian river, to the edge of ‘D’ county, some thirty miles north of Arapahoe. Officers of that county, learning of their whereabouts, attacked them but were repulsed by the desperadoes, who then turned south heading for the Wichita mountains with the above named officer and citizens and deputies Joe Ventinor  , Bill Quilian and Wm. Holcomb , of ‘D’ county, close on their trail.  After reaching the mountains, Miller and Gant or Red Buck, separated each starting on the back trail, thinking to elude the officers, but the officers soon discovered the change and turned back, trailing them to the mouth of Elm and from there to Oak Creek.  Readying Oak Creek Tuesday afternoon, they learned that Miller and Gant were at the dugout of one Pickelsimon  on the head of Oak Creek and would likely remain there all night.  So just before day yesterday morning a posse composed of T. L. Shahaa  , J. T. Duckworth , constables of ‘G’ County, Louis N. Williams  , of Washita county and deputies Ventinor , Quillin and Halcomb, of ‘D’ county, surrounded the dugout and waited for daylight to come and until Miller and Gant emerged from the dugout which was not until the sun was fully two hours high, when George Miller and Picklesimon  came out and started to the lot, it is supposed to feed their horses.  The officers called on them to surrender.  Miller when for his revolver and just at that juncture a ball from one for the officers guns made him drop it firing into the ground at the same time.  Miller then made for the dugout calling for Red Buck to come to his assistance.  Red Buck  appeared on the scene shooting at the officers.  Officer Ventinor was shot in the lower part of the abdomen, the ball passing out just above the left hip making a serious but not fatal wound, in the opinion of Dr. Williams  .  The firing was kept up on both sides until Red Buck was killed and Miller had retreated into the dugout.  After some little time had elapsed Miller called out to the officers to come to him as he was shot all to pieces.  The officers being somewhat slow to venture into the dugout where so desperate a man as Miller was, but on being assured by Miller that he was so badly wounded that he could do nothing they went to him and found that three fingers had been shot off his left hand and his right arm broken in two place, which will necessitate amputation.  The dead and wounded were brought to town last night.  Officer Ventinor is at the Hotel Arapahoe and resting as easy as could be expected while Miller is in the District Court room receiving all the attention that can be bestowed upon him. Miller talks rather feely and says that he does not know Red Buck’s true name; that Deputy U. S. Marshal Banks  knows him; that the (Red Buck) called himself Bill Doolin   No. 2; that most all crimes charged to Doolin  within the last two years were committed by Red Buck.  At the time Glover was killed it was thought that it was Jim Harbolt  with Miller but it was definitely ascertained a few days ago that it was this man Red Buck.

            Both men are desperate characters and have committed many crimes in this country as well as in Texas.  They were with Joe Beckham   last December when he got killed in a fight with Texas Rangers, Red Buck    having been wounded in the left shoulder in that fight.

            They were both well mounted and carried Colt’s 45 caliber pistols and 45-90 Winchester rifles.