Newspapers Articles Relating To The Search For Oklahoma State Prison Escapees Claude Eugene Dennis And Michael Lancaster

1978 And Later Articles From The Durant (Okla.) Daily Democrat And Other Newspapers Relating To The Search For Oklahoma State Prison Escapees Claude Eugene Dennis And Michael Lancaster

Last Updated 10/09/11

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April 24		Convicted murderer of Countian escapes from prison
May 11		Store operator murdered, woman believed kidnapped
May 12		Escapees are sought in death of Texas man
May 14		Trail cold in search for Dennis, Lancaster
May 15		Escapees continue to evade officers
May 18		Officers comb County in search for killers
May 19		Manhunt ended after mistaken ID revealed
May 22		Alabama officers seek 2 Oklahoma fugitives
May 23		Elderly woman killed in Alabama by fugitives
May 24		Alabama officers find Dennis, Lancaster crafty fugitives
May 25		Hunt for fugitives shifts back to Texoma area
May 26		3 Troopers, convicts die in gunbattle
May 28		Past meeting saved life of Washington, Busby
May 28		Teen credited for saving children
May 28		Keeping in Step by Bob Peterson
May 28		Memorial service set for Troopers
May 28		It cost them their lives
May 30		Memorial funds for slain Troopers' families growing
May 30		Keeping in Step by Bob Peterson
May 31		Trooper-Pilot sees fugitives' final minutes
June 8		Missing rancher is feared victim of Dennis, Lancaster
June 18		OHP making documentary on Caddo shoot-out
July 19		Dennis, Lancaster campsite is found

May 27, 1980 Troopers remembered in service With Photos
Letters to the Editor Letters from readers and concerned citizens

*The Bryan County Star*
June 1		Tragedy in Caddo (editorial) With Photo

*The Daily Oklahoman*


*The Denison (Texas) Herald*
May 28		"My God! Hurry, Hurry! They're Getting Killed"

*The Meridian (Mississippi) Star*
May 23		Cuba murder suspects -- search for fugitives intensifies
May 29		An Odyssey of Frustration ...

*The Oklahoma City Times*
May 29		Texans find final victim of escapees
July 27		Troopers supported by report

*The Tulsa World*

A special thanks to former Durant Daily Democrat owner and editor Bob Peterson of Durant, Oklahoma. Peterson copied the Democrat articles, many of which he originally wrote, from microfilm obtained from the Oklahoma Historical Society's archives in Oklahoma City. The Meridian Star articles are courtesy of Mississippi Highway Patrol (Troop J) Captain Donald Rawson (ret.) of Hattiesburg. Captain Rawson participated in the Alabama and Mississippi manhunts. The Bryan County Star, Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City Times, Denison Herald and Tulsa World articles are courtesy of 2lt Tom Garner (OHP) Communications, and the Indian Territory Museum and Library at Caddo, OK. Museum staff members Deanna Lilley, Jerri Hadley, and Marry Etta Peters were of great help in allowing use of their facility.

Bruce Schulze (OHP ret.)

May 27		33-Day reign of terror ends in Caddo gunfight
May 27		Death intrudes on town's summer day
May 27		Slain Troopers take last trip home

May 29		Witness to shootout watched from porch
July 27		Fatal OHP shootout - how could it happen?