Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-05-29 | Page 1 | Bank Robbers Are Caught; One Shot

I H. H BANK ROBBERS ARE ONE SHOT Highwaymen Flee With Loot Posses Pursue With Running Fight Two Are Captured Cap ture t Merril Wis May 28 Pour Four Four highwaymen entered the German-American German State bank today at 3 p. p m. m and while three of them covered Cashier Ballstadt with their rifles the fourth r entered the vault and took all the money in sight amounting t. t to upwards of 1000 The men took the he ra railroad d trac track for a quarter of of a mile nIile then crossed the Wisconsin river nver bridge and ran into the ther woods in Riverside park An alarm was quickly spread and a r large posse was soon in pursuit r Chief of Police Calder Sheriff Maes and others who followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed close on the robbers' robbers heels chased them out of the woods into a clearing beyond where a running fight took place with two of the robbers who were captured one being shot He will probably die f- f Benbow CIt City III May 28 8 An An un- un f Jn Hlee man mall with a revolver l accord- accord j t II fn ing to Cashier Stephen Moore of oC the thet t ri hank hanle here held him up at att t f. f 20 this afternoon while Moore foore was f counting out an at express shipment of oC twenty four bills hills and Oft fifty 1 fl I t J J hills None the saw robbery Moore says Fays VB the bandit seized the money mane and 11 fled toward the river with a an un unmasked un- un masked confederate who vho according to Moore foore had stood 1 guard at the thc hanks hank's front door The man said he ho wanted a check ca cashed hed Moore explained and pointed A revolver at me as I started to lox lOOk krok k kat at It I was so unnerved that I could not give Ive the alarm had Just returned from Crom the railway station with the tho 2450 sent lent bv by ba a St St. Louis depositor He lie Is the owner and only officer of oC the bank