Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-02-21 | Page 1 | He Wanted Money

S 5551JE WANTED MONEY YOUNG FARMER OBTAINS IT FROM ILLINOIS BANK Ho T7sesa Gun Backs Out the Door Jumps on Train Takes Charge of Captured RintQul III Feb 2 The private banking bank-ing Institulfon oC F B Vennum at Fisher a small hamlet in Champaign county was robbed today by a lOne highwayman who secured 1620 At JOjoclock Arthur Hy5cr a farmer boy aged C2 entered the bank and in a quiet tone said ho wanted money ut the same time covering the clerks with I a pistol The cashier Arthur Vennum i hnndod out the money requested und the robber backed out of the door An alarm was given but not before the robber had boarded a freight train Just pulling Into the yards taking charge of the engine Several citizens armed thcniholvcs 11111 caught tile caboose of time train as It passed the depot They crawled over the tops of the cars to the front oC the train and exchanged several Incffcc mini shots with the robbcr The train was slopped a tier a mile had been coy nred the robber was captured and the money recovered