Cook, George

For the second time in less than a week, George Cook, a hard rock lead and zinc miner at Picher Mine No. 23, reports having been held up and robbed, or using the local expression, "hi-jacked." Cook was walking from his home at Treece Kansas to Picher Oklahoma last night when at 8:45 o'clock he was ordered to stop and throw up his hands as he neared the Picher Mine No. 1 mill pond on North Main Street. Cook was relieved of a five dollar bill and 50 cents in small change and commanded to continue his journey toward the city without looking backward while the two men ran in the direction of the Southwest terminal station. Cook reported the case to James Helton and Walter Woodall, night policemen. Last Friday night while walking to Picher, Cook says that he was hi-jacked and relieved of $2 within 300 yards of the same place. Two masked men performed the act at the time but seemed to be shorter and heavier men than the ones that robbed him last night. In the last case both men wore masks, one was fairly well dressed and the other wore overalls. Tuesday night four automobiles were stopped on the state line road north of Picher and the occupants questioned at the office of H. L. Henderson, justice of the peace.