[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.4701]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Platoons of police officers hunted the rough canyons southwest of here for two bank robbers Tuesday but they found only one good clue - a hideout shack. The two men who robbed Gracemont's First National Bank and shot the president were believed to be in the vicinity of Dead Man's and Horse Thief Canyons about 2 1/2 miles southwest of here. Crime bureau agents said tracks found in and around the shack matched those found near the bandits' abandoned get-away car. They said they believed the car had been hidden in the shack Monday for use in the robbery Tuesday......One state officer believe the bandits deliberately wrecked their car on a dirt road overlooking Dead Man's Canyon in order to throw officers of the track. A second theory, the one most generally accepted by police and most of the townspeople of Gracemont is that the robbers are still in hiding. And if they are, some believe chilly weather conditions will make it almost certain the bandits will have to come out of hiding and take refuge in one of the farm homes nearby, or perhaps steal a car in …
Date: February 2, 1960
Creator: King, Cliff
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History