Show BOLD BANK ROBBER CAPTURED BY KM KANOSH POSSE townspeople of 0 east millard from scipio to kanosh were given several hours ot of intense excitement last friday afternoon alter noon when word was received that a bank robber was headed this way in fit a high powered car the robber entered the bank ot of pleasant grove nt at oP elock leveling a large automatic matic pistol at junius juilus A west cashler cashier he said give me 1500 and give it to me damned quick while west extended bank notes the bandit ordered miss lucille paul son a bank employee to lower her hands miss paulson her hands upraised was standing in front of a window facing the state highway the stranger pointed to a bundle of currency which mr west had not included ordered the whole bundle secured with a rubber band grabbed the money and backed toward the door threatening to kill anyone who interfered he ran across the street to where his car which was a stolen sedan was parked and drove swiftly away sheriff J D boyd of utah county rallied a posse and immediately started in pursuit which was the name he gave when finally captured wild ride from pleasant grove to kanosh where lie he finally was apprehended rivals the wildest of 0 wild movie thrillers as officers of tho the various communities piece piece together the tale at se plo when citizens tried to halt him he be drew a revolver and lined them up compelling the garage man to till fill his car with gas lie ile then threw his machine into high and was gone like a flash redding told officers after his arrest that the only weapon lie he had was a case made to look like an automatic pistol but entirely harmless as a real weapon no other weapon was found and his statement Is corroborated by the tact fact that in ili no case did the robber tire fire either in the robbery or in resisting attack the nerve thus displayed was characteristic of his robbery and of his wild ride before lie he was arrested after fillmore had been informed of the approach of the bandit a number ot armed men were asem bled and lined the highway deputy sheriff william C payne accompanied by E V wilson edgar warner and ray jackson drove two miles north of holden olden Il seeing a blue car approaching in the distance at a terrific speed deputy sheriff payne commandeered the automobile of a passing motorist and with the two machines blockaded the highway redding hla his motor wide open bore down with cyclonic velocity toward the barrier the mot met arlest whose name we did not learn apparently had bad little relish tor for the situation he started his car and moved it oft off the highway just as redding raced by at speed that transformed hla his car into a mere streak of blue sheriff payne and his men opened tire fire later it was learned that a bullet had penetrated the car missed the driver by a scant margin and crashed thru the windshield the mans overcoat was pierced by the bullet which missed his bis leg frantic telephoning informed residents at meadow that the bandit was approaching but by the time tile the alarm had spread the robber was on oil the road to kanosh the authorities here however received the word in time tor for mayor weldo george to organize a posse which consisted of city marshal andrew cortsen Cor taen sam dorrity ed cye and harvey cummings selecting a sharp turn in the highway within the town of kanosh as a point of vantage they barricaded barricades barrica ded tile the curve with cars and logs no sooner had they placed the last log than the big blue car was seen approaching at breakneck speed leveling 30 30 caliber rifles and revolvers at tho the fugitive the posse awaited tile the slowing up of posse men members bers tensed themselves ved tor for a possible ae gun battle but redding avoiding the barricade turned oft off on a side road pointing the big blue car toward the mountains opening tiro fire the posse started in swift pursuit five bullets crashed thru the blue sedan one pierced tho the gas tank one ripped thru beddings coat ho he had bad it on and the other three slugs themselves in the car redding crowded his car at its best speed tor for two miles until his depleted gasoline supply compelled a halt ho climbed irom from the car and smilingly surrendered at kanosh redding made a complete confession officers who searched the car found la in red dings possession and a checkup with the PI pleasant A anaut grove bank indicated india that this represented represent dd practically all the money missing from the bank after redding had confessed ill an tho the presence of sheriff boyd sheriff carl G theobald and attorney grover giles he was returned to provo in the company of sheriff boyd of utah county atty 0 L huntsman has recently received a communication from gov george 11 dern acknowledging receipt ot of sonic data relative to the old state house in the governors letter to attorney huntsman it Is stated that there will be some development toward the remodeling ot of the old structure in the near future the governor also stated that the present delay in the work Is due to the fact that the original plans tor for the building cannot be found lie ho also stated that some difficulty had been encountered in fit getting an architect to assume responsibility tor for the work miss ina huntsman returned from black rock thursday mrs asael fisher was hostess to tile the cheerful hour club saturday a af hernoon ter noon mrs airs farnsworth gave tile the lecture and the rest of the afternoon was spent sewing A hot luncheon was served about six the members present were mesdames parker robison Rob lson alonzo huntsman R E day ernest carling Carll ng C 11 day F earl stott ralph wood ed nelson B K farnsworth glen day rube melville byron howells dan kelly mrs airs W B higgins and mrs airs 11 P jones were special guests mrs adrian fram frampton ton mrs airs mary ann ahn frampton and fay vornon vernon and henry frampton attended the funeral services tor for miss vilate stevens in salt lake they returned wednesday evening atty and mrs mra G A giles and their children mrs airs dean C evans evains and mrs byron howells went to salt lake tuesday returning home homa thursday evening A baby boy was born to mr air and mrs airs george anderson thursday the fth both mother and babe are getting along nicely mrs airs ward stevens stevena entertained the ladles ladies of the cher ami club wednesday evening the time was spent sewing and refreshments were sarv eato the following mrs afro otis oils mrs horace day mrs howard jensen mrs airs ed nelson mrs afro ralph wood mrs mra 0 L huntsman mr air george rogers was a fillmore visitor thursday see sec the new ford on display at tile the park highway garage dec 13 anil and the new ford la 19 adver tied on oil page 3 of tills this issue |