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Eddie Cowden, accused bank robber, and Three Law Officers

Description: Man standing in front (without a tie) is accused bank robber Eddie Cowden. Men standing behind are law enforcement officers, left to right: M. I. Lairmore, C.O. Davis, and Ike Wilkinson. The officers captured Cowden and two other men after a car chase and gun battle. The chase developed after a bank in Coweta, Oklahoma was robbed. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: August 8, 1930
Creator: Stithem, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0507]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The Wagoner county sheriff's office has branched out. Noel Choate, sheriff, has been presented a patrol boat by Claude Miller, a Tulsa boat manufacturer."
Date: July 8, 1958
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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