Indian Journal
April 9, 1885

Dick Glass is getting for himself a name that will soon rival Jesse James. His home is at the “Point” about seven miles north of Muskogee but circumstances have compelled him to sleep out nights and he has been roaming from this place through the Seminole, Pottawatomie and Chickasaw Nations to the Texas line. He had been mixed up with deviltries innumerable but seems to have repented for latterly a letter appeared in the Journal, from him stating that he wished to become a law-abiding citizen if the officers would not molest him. But his repentance came to late and heavy rewards aggregating over $1,000 offered for him led Sheriffs John A. Culp and Ex-Constable Rush Meadows, of Cook County, Texas, to attempt the capture.

Learning he was in hiding in the neighborhood of the Arbuckle Mountains, the officer went there to capture him. Culp ordered him to throw up his hands, when the Negro reached for his pistol. The officers opened fire and Glass fell from his horse as if badly wounded. The officers, presuming they had killed him, laid aside their arms and approached their supposed victim, when he suddenly drew his pistol and shot both officers mortally.

Information gleaned from the dying men developed the fact that Glass wore a breastplate, which successfully warded off the bullets from the officers pistols. A posse was soon organized and gave pursuit, but they did not stand much show of getting him, as he knows every inch of the country and has many friends who will hide him or fight for him as the case may require.

Transcribed & submitted by: Mollie Stehno

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