Show Bandits Cle Clean n I Out Bank I Then Speed A Away With As Prisoners 1 Vice President Girl airl Book r keeper and Porter Ar Ar t i- i Abducted ed W I I r LOOT RUNS TO Texas Officers Unable t to Find Trace of Auto j Br MARLIN Texas DC Dec 27 The 27 The Firs I State Slate Bank of Marlin was robb d o toda today and three three thre employ l were as the robbers fled inan in- in an auto successfully concealing the route they took M. M V. V Bradshaw vice president Miss Andrew P Peyton b bookkeeper and Lee Humphries negro porter apparently ap were whisked away quickly after the vault was looted Shaw Spencer a mall mail carrier carder entered entered en en- the the bank bank at a. a m. m delivered mail and found Bradshaw there with witha a stranger The mail W was 1 left leU on Bradshaw's Bradshaws desk and the stranger strolled up with the banker picked up a newspaper and smiled and nodded nod nod- ded cled when Spencer remarked on the weather Miss Peyton- Peyton was believed d to have entered about a half hour later Discovers Vault Open Sol Golding Gelding a a- cotton buyer walked into the bank a few minutes later and found everyone gone and the vault open The time lock had been set between between be be- tween and 8 J. J N N. Davis deputy sheriff said saie Whitey Graham a guest In Ira a a nearby hotel saw four bun men including Bradshaw Bradshaw Brad Brad- shaw leave the bank He said aid be he was positive there was no woman woma with them but several negroes later said they saw an auto uto heading west with three white men one negro and anda a woman In iL It iLA A filling station i man an also saw an auto driving west in Marlin which apparently ap ap- contained a woman Golding said that when he entered the bank he was vas surprised to see no noone noone noone one because somebody usually is ther iy i- i by y 15 t M t. t w Jv Notices Notices' Empty Sacks Saco I I hollered and and- nobody answered he e said Then I noticed somo some empty mone money money- sacks and looked in the lavat lavatory lavatory lava lava- t tory T but bist th there re was nobody there Then I saw some silver spilled from froma a asack sack near near the back door and knew what had happened I ran out the front door and gave the alarm calling out to passersby and to barbers In Inthe the shop next door Spencer was a bit suspicious when he entered the bank and saw Bradshaw Brad Brad- thaw shaw sitting in the tellers teller's cage instead in in instead stead of ot at his desk with witha a stranger near him S Good morning Mr Bradshaw said the mail maill carrier Good morning Shaw said the tho vice president Voice Sounded Strained His voice Spencer said sounded a little strained I laid mail mall on his desk and the stranger strolled out I spoke to Mr Bradshaw again saying ying it looked like nasty weather The stranger took up the conversation Yes It docs docs' the stranger said S The man was about 40 years old dark wearing a good suit of clothes and I think he had on ona a hat |