Van Buren Press Van Buren, Arkansas -Crawford County October 25, 1890 DEATH OF A ONCE NOTED INDIAN OUTLAW Muskogee, I. T. Oct. 19.-The recent death of old Tom Starr, at his home on the Canadian River, calls to mind the remarkable life of one of the most notorious outlaws the world has ever known. When the Cherokee Indians were domiciled in the Nation there arose a bitter feud between what was known as the Ridge and Ross Parties over the sale of land east of the Mississippi. Old Tom's father joined the Ridges and was shot down with and son and brother in his own door by members of the Ross faction. This was the time from which dates the bloody career of old Tom. About 20 years since the Cherokee Council entered into a compact with the outlaw, after his victims reached the estimated number of seventy, by which he turned unmolested to peaceful pursuits. He furnished the brains which planned the robbery of old man Grayson of $32,000, which was successfully executed with the aid of Belle Reed's cunning. The division of the spoils became a matter of contention after Jim Reed's tragic death in Texas, when Belle married Sam Starr, Tom's son. Three years ago Sam and one West, cousins, killed each other in a duel over a family feud, and a little later, Belle was assassinated, presumably by friends of her husband. Old Tom would speak freely of the Ridge-Ross war, but was mute on other crimes charged to him. Fran Alverson Warren