Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-21 | Page 14 | Bank Bandits Enter Folsom

BANK BANDITS ENTER Dead N Gunman unman May ay Not of Be Whitney Y AUBURN AUBUR Cal Cal Jan 21 APAs AP APS AP- AP As S a 0 result of pleading guilty ty to the he robbery robber ot ot of the Railroad National bank of ot Roseville Monday ay when when was stolen John lockle Ryan Ran Thomas Newman and Ra Raymond Ray Ray- mond Park Parker r alias Richardson to- to tonight night were In Folsom state prison serving terms from live five lve years to life The men were captured capture after a running gun battle with Sacramento Sacramento Sacra Sacra- mento detectives in which the thc fourth of the bandits known as Whitey was slain The men were charged with robbery robbery robbery rob rob- bery with a deadly weapon and previous felon felony convictions Newman New New- man admitted conviction for tor burr bur glary In n Pennsylvania and Ryan Hun for robbery robbery- in Missouri Ryan told the police he had robbed teen banks during his career careen In 1921 he said he secured nearly as P uch money from a StLouis stLouis St st- Louis bank as was taken In Rose- Rose this week Identification atlon today of ot the dead bandit as Hugh Whitney formerly of Salt Lake CIt City was not accepted as definite by the authorities Acc According to A. A C. C Ure Tire special agent of the Oregon Short Line there exists considerable d doubt that the man called Whitey and nd who was slain in the gun battle with of officers officers of- of after aeter the Roseville bank holdup Is the Hugh who has been wanted here since e June 1911 1911 when he shot and killed Cond Conductor Conductor Con Con- d ductor William Kidd of ot the Oregon Short Line St Steps ps are being ta taken m to check up on the identification since reward money totaling 1500 1600 had been en offered for the apprehension n- n slon sion of ot Whitney Whitner The 1911 killing of Kidd occurred in a gun battle when Whitney was resisting arrest by a deputy sheriff on a n. holdup charge In the melee Kidd was struck by the flying bullets bullets bullets bul bul- lets and three other persons were wounded Whitney made good his escape escape at that time and since has been een sought by railroad officers and police of the entire west o