Cook Bandits Out Of The Way

Two more of the Cook band of robbers has died without the formality of taking off their boots. Jim French and Slaughter Kid undertook to rob the store of W. E. Patton at Caloosa. They dismounted in front of the store when a cowboy within recognizing them opened fire and shot and instantly killed the Slaughter Kid. French entered the store and fired at Manager Irvine shooting him through the body. Irvine returned the fire shooting French through the body and through the right eye. The death of these outlaws entirely wipes out the Cook gang with the exception of Bill Doolin.