| Show 1 i BOLD 8ANKiROnBERS Twelve Masked Men Attempt to Loot Money 3ault ASHLEY OHIO THE PLACE Nine Members of the Gang Keep Up a Fusillade at the Citizens While Three Others Placed Dynamite Under the Deposit Vault of tho Bank Building Four Attempts Made to Get at tho Cash 815000 But tho Doors to Vault Held to Combination i I r l Delaware 0 Nov 20A dozen professional pro-fessional bank robbers all r IImasltec1 J made a desperate attempt to secure the contents of the money vault of i Sperry Warnsteffs deposit bank at Ashley ten miles north of here today I I before daylight While nine stood on guard holding the citizens at bay with their guns three placed dynamite under I the deposit vault of the bank building I The bankers property is worth 50 000 and there was 15000 in cash deposits I de-posits of tho bank Four attempts were made to get at the cash but the side door hold to Its combination while the guards outside wereshooting at the citizens who pressed closely In upon them Dr Buckley and Guy Shoemaker merchants first upon the scene were met by tlje robbers at the point of a gun and bade not to move The rob bers stole a horse and spring wagon and a black team and new surrey from farmers nearby The rigs waited in front ofthe bank for night The single I sin-gle horse ran away demolishing the vehicle when the men In It took icrQss the country on foot Tho damage to the bank building vault and othcr property Is about half ls value I The gang left Morengo on a Big Four freight at 1 oclock stole the horses and rigs and reached Ashley shortly after 2 oclock They pried open tho big doors without being discovered but the first explosion of dynamite aroused the town The gang fired as they fid but no one was hit |
