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Show ; CITIZENS STAMP ; OUT ROBBERIES IFJJOWA Vii?ilantei Prov Worth in Driving Bank Loot ' ers From State DES VOINH1, Aug. 1 (By A. P.)a-lowa, P.)a-lowa, which for many years was the atajnaiac iw4 sd esta sssbisa, ev-parsnily ev-parsnily haa become the "No maa's land' for hajtdlta and outlaws, aa a rtsult of the aeuvltlss) of I 04 trained vif-Hanl. The iiute Ttankare aseorlalloa, which la responsible for the orients- ! Hon of the vlffiLaniee, recently rport-I ed that during the ai months ending; I July t there waa not a bank robbery In Iowa a reoord uneurpaassd la re-cspt re-cspt years In the Hawksy stats. !.oeas) eustalned by banks and customers cus-tomers In fifty-els robberies during lftl before tha vlfilantes wsre ora-an-Istxt, totaled 923M7M4. Iur1ri th foUowlnf year, when the) tffilantee wera Just ttlnr uhder way, there wsre th'rtjr robbsrUe and loeeea of IM.Ml.ft. But 10.eo wi obtained in the year just endedV The record of Iowa, the only state aavlntr such an eramnlsatjon, naa at-tract at-tract sd the attention of hanksrs and authorities throughout the states and a lumbff hava vlaltd hers atd obtained a working- knowlvdg of the eyttsm with a view of having It Introduced In thslr own states. The vigliantaa, armed wtth army pistols and rifles or eawad off shotguns and the authority of deputy sheriffs, are, for the moot part, ex-esnrlce men, trained In the use of gone. They axe eubject to call twenty-four hours a day, MS days a year. . Their names and telsphone numbers are on a special spe-cial switch board In the telephone office of their home town and tha operator, calling them out. Is allowed a bonus of to sncourags speedy ervtee. Ths vleiLantes opsrate la 1(H) of the 1A00 towns In tha stats which have banks. The organisation hi spreading and probably wilt be In operation In the other Sog towns before the year Is ndd. Hanks In each ef the ninety-nine eountlte of the otate have pledged ths payment of at least Itoog for ths capture cap-ture or Information leading to the arrest ar-rest and conviction of robbers or bur tars attempting; to rob or burglarise a bank. The reward is paid Immediately Immedi-ately upon the capture, dead or alive, of rohhrrs or burglars taken whits to the act of committing the crime. everal counties have equipped their vlsflantffe with armorM automobiles. One county has barrlcadea erected -at Intersecting; roads, from behind which the bandits are due for a rain of lead, should they paea that wmy. Another county has colored lrhta for night pur. suit, that the vigilantes may Identify each other. The same county haa provided pro-vided spiked belts, which are stretohed across the highways to puncture the tires of the automobiles of the fleeing bandits. In count is where there are airplanes, arrant1 menta have seen onmpleied tor their use la oaae of emergency. |