Show NEBRASKA BANK BANI HOLDUP NEARLY PERFECT CRIME i Gang Ties Up 13 Clerks 11 Policemen and Escapes With Money Hastings Neb Thirteen clerks were vere tied up eleven policemen n ambushed am nm- m. m bushed and a large amount of cash stolen by a gang of three men one fine woman and a baby that figured In u near perfect bunk bank holdup here In a Hastings hospital the other day where he Is recovering from the effects of a policeman's bullet James 0 U. Big Bit Jim Thomas who halls from Amarillo Amaril- Amaril lo 10 Texas expressed satisfaction with the Job De bulls did chase all over the state Im I'm telling yn ya An we hud hind em era foxed see Youre You're lookin at a guy who knows how row to crack a bank san savvy Neighbors Suspicious Their plot did almost work ork If neighbors neigh neigh- bors hors had been n a little less prone to suspicion the thc entire gang might now be free As it U Is Big Jim the leader will probably go o to prison for a long term Lerm Ills confederates Jimmy Creighton Creigh- Creigh ton and nd Brazo mil Bill will probably Join him The woman was v the wife of Creigh Creigh- r IF IFt t I i iI it t I I 1 t Tied Up One by One ton and the child was their son The Thi n. n e. e u L HUt iuie ui VL aim suu I is IJ aim elded A month before the actual robber Big Bill and Mrs Irs Creighton arrived ed In tn Hastings The They rented a trim little bungalow on a n quiet residential street Two young Joung men were seen to visit isit the couple several times everyone believed believed believed be be- them just an ordinary family That was Bib Bills Bill's Intention Threaten Officers With Death Then one morning the three broke Into the bank and overpowered the watchmen As As the clerks came to work the they were tied up one by one and herded In the cellar Then the cashier was forced to open the safe sofe The trio fled As Big Bib Bill had planed the authoritIes authorities ties were on the alert all over the state No one thought that the gan gang would be living within a mile of the crime but the lie suspicions of neighbors were aroused A crew of en ele policemen policemen police police- men surrounded the house Three who entered the house were made captive cap cap- tive the and threatened with death unless the others outside came In and sur sur- rendered In that way the gang escaped escaped es es- capell but they were later caught |