Show T Tt BANK IS tOOTED f t SHERIFF KILLED t r I py BY TIlE THE BANDITS Robbers 9 oens bers Blow Open pen Clarksville lie Ark Safe ate an and Get et r. r f r. r Brave Officer Officer- Empties Two Revolvers L J. Brave tJ 1 at Thieves and Is Shot of Iv Down o n. n Ii l ry r F JORT ORT M SMITH Ark Feb Robbers S 5 Robbers at o'clock this morning at c ville Ark blew up the safe of the bank of Clarksville with dynamite i s t a sum surp estimated at killed John Powers Sheriff of Johnson county attempted te to capture them and escaped b before fare the tho citizens were were aware of r r. presence there appears to have been from four to six men In inthe the gang They tied it r horses pres on the outskirts of the town and made e th their ir way y unobserved to bank ie-bank which is situated on the north side of the public square re After After- gain gain- entrance tit entrance they destroyed the safe with dynamite secured secured what money 1 1 3 3 tot pot qt destroyed and made their way to the tho street treet ere exe th they they y were confronted by b- Sheriff Powers vers who opened fire upon them returned the fire using both revolvers and Winchesters s. Powers Powe s sj j his ts' ts ground and emptied two revolvers before re he hea was a killed although It Is hp bp sits roS mortally wounded by the first volley from the robbers ben I eps arrived n little later Powers Powe s was vas dead dood and there was no trace that th the the- Sheriff bad had wound wound- d- d o r robbers except a a. trail of or blood that Indicated Yo r Powers second floor boor o of roomed the 11 or perhaps more of his assailants on an Joining building and had been awakened by the explosion t I Zhe The le bank officials today were elC unable to tG give glue the exact t amount of pl plunder d F s i f that the thc bank was vas insured against loss At late as 11 11 af artro o attempt had been made to 10 arrest the robbers except to wire all aU adjoin adjoin- ig towns to be on the lookout for them IP Powers i wars Y rs has been Sheriff of john Johnson Oll manta county for fot twelve years and was known tom J baa bea Ja fearless man and a 11 crack shot |