Show FLAPPER BANDITS BANDIT'S S SPOUSE TO AID HER I AUSTIN AUSTI Tex Dec Dee 14 AOtis AP AP- AP Otis Rogers young Amarillo marl lo attorney attorney ne ney who maintained secrecy re regardIng regarding regarding re- re garding his marriage lah ear to Hebe Rebecca ca Bradley while they were vere students at at the of of TeXas today was to tomake nake ills his first appearance appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap iii In the tle district o here hereIn In defense of his wife who Is charged with i ebbing the Farmers Farmers' National bank at 41 BUda Married at Tex In last they continued their university ily courses th the tha husband anCl graduating rad ua ting from roB t the he l hI nv W college while his bride was as was awarded a bachelor of arts degree They de decided decided decided de- de that Rogers Rogers' income a as an at attorney attorney at- at torney orney might prove inadequate to support a home and agree agreed to separate separate separate sep sep- arate while hile he lie developed a legal legar practice Rebec Hebec Rebecca a obtained a position S as stenographer In the p of Pan pall Mood Moody a attorney Horney general and gov gov- rind and continued her university uni uni- work with the the- view Ie of or se securing securing se- se e- e curill curing a higher degree deglee Ropers Rogers opened a law office at and so 10 well did they guard their secret that Rebeccas Rebecca's mother with whom she lived here denied the tue the i- i marria r when when- Otis announced he be Continued on page 8 FLAPPER BANDITS BANDIT'S S SPOUSE Tb TO AID HER Continued from flom page pae 1 was coming td to the defense of his wife DISCUSS CHARGE Meeting in the office of an attorney at- at torney employed by Rebecca the tile couple last night discussed the state charge that sh she drove e her automobile automobile automo automo- bile to Buda twenty miles from here Saturday and displaying a pistol forced two bank into a vault and and escaped with n nearly arly 1000 In currency Rogers said he would appear in court to today today tOday to- to day with his 1115 wife's counsel in an effort to secure her release on bond after fter the tIle court yesterday refused ed eda a similar request on the ground tho the charge of or robbery with firearms I was a capital offense S Rogers maintains that legal precedent precedent prece prece- dent lent has established the necessity to prove shooting occurred during the course of ot the robbery or other circumstance stance of such Import as as to Warrant refusal of ball bail If his ar ar- ar- ar fails his wife VICe must remain In Jail until the February I term of court ourt Mrs Rogers has refused refused to dIscuss disCUSS discuss dis dIs- cuss the tile details of her adventures before and nd after her arrest Satur Satur- day Officers declared she told them she robbed the bank for bank for a thrill and anti that she thought the bankers were saps sap for or allowing a girl to rob them Asked to explain her denial of of- her marriage last night she said she believed that anI announcement an an- should come from her husband I The hearing today i Is attracting wide attention Its Us s Rogers be became ame well known In Texas for his Ills forensic forensic forensic foren foren- sic ability which won him a place on the tile university debating team that defeated Dartmouth and Columbia Co Co- lumbia last year ear Conviction on a charge of robbery robbery robbery rob rob- bery with forearms carries a mInimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum penalty of five years In prison In Texas fexas while the maximum penalty penalty penalty pen pen- alty is death |