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July 3, 1896--El Reno News--The Tahlequah and Ft. Gibson stage was help up and robbed about 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon seven miles out from Fort Gibson. At a harp turn in the road two masked men stepped out and drew down on the driver with Winchesters. The driver and one passenger, Roy Hicks, of Claremore, were touched for all they had. The mail pouch was taken by the robbers and the driver ordered to mount and rive on.  It is not known whether the pouch contained registered letters or not.  No clue as to the parties who committed the crime has been obtained. Them impression seems to be that they were local toughs. Officers are now investigating the matter.

August 21, 1896- El Reno News--Two full blooded Osage Indians, Rain Door and Charlie Kraller held up the Grey Horse stage coach in Osage County in regular outlaw fashion and secured $350 in cash and three gold watches and gutted two mail pouches. The driver, Henry Somers, and Martin Taylor, a hardware drummer from Pittsburg, Pa., were shot for refusing to throw up their hands. Taylor’s wounds are not serious. Five persons in the stage were robbed including a lady Indian teacher named Nellie Basye of Indiana.

September 4, 1896-- El Reno News--Four bandits held up a stage full of passengers in Day County, Oklahoma and secured $800 in money and valuables.  Mrs. Ray Reems of Philadelphia refused to hand out and was shot dead.

April 3 1897--El Reno News—Deputy marshals have captured and lodged in the federal jail at Guthrie John Wheeler and James Swanick, members of the Newcomb-Andrews gang of outlaws, who were captured in a battle in the eastern part of the Osage Nation, where a pose of officers is still after the balance of the gang.  Newcomb, the leader of the gang, who was shot in a battle near Bartlesville recently, is dying of his wound.  He was once sent to the penitentiary from Logan County, for train robbery, but because of good behavior was pardoned before his time was out.  He soon organized a gang and for a year has terrorized the Osage and Cherokee nations.  During the past month he twice robbed the depot and express office at Lenapah and last week looted the post office at Austin and robbed several cattlemen, in the Osage country of $1,000 or more.