Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-14 | Page 5 | Boy Bandit Learns by Hard Experience

BOY BANDIT LEARNS BF HARD EKPEI1EICE Compaiiioii of Youth Who Shot Cashier Repents as He Paces Cell. ljAWItiiNCE, Nov. 3. A curious throne of people hero today viewed the body of Karl Bullock, tlic boy bandit, who committed suicide yesterday after noon following the bold robbery of the State bank at Kudora. near here. The boy died at ISudora during the night, and the body was brought this morn-ing morn-ing to Lawrence, where au inquest was heM. During tho inquest, "William rcKay. tho Jfi-ycar-old Jacksonville, Fla., bov : who took part in tho affr.iv, anxiously paced his cell in the county iail. McKay Mc-Kay was brought to Lawrence late yesterday yes-terday to proven t a lynching, and while all lour of mob violence had apparently disappeared this morning, the youthful bandit was plainly frightened. McKay spent a restless aud penitent night. Jlo had no further desire, he said, to bo a "real robber like Bullock. Bul-lock. ' Instead, he inquired anxiously as to tho ronditiou of l-Tcd Starr, tile bank cashier, whom Bullock had shot in tho .law yesterday. For this crime, as woll as that of bank robberv, McKay probably prob-ably must suffer. McKay was relieved when told Starr would recover. The cashier's wound is painful, but. is not considered serious. LSceauso of It is youth, it was decided to try McKay in tho .juvcnilo court. Bullock's father, a merchant of 3an-sas 3an-sas City, arrived here, today to take charge of his boy's body, following the coroner's inquest.