OCR Text |
Show CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 31. The young bandit who shot and killed Lawrence Bar, president of the Farmers' Far-mers' & Merchants hnnk of Cen-tralla, Cen-tralla, in an unsuccessful attempt to rob the bank last night, talked freely free-ly today to tho police and reporters, but persistently refused to give his name. He said his home formerly was in Syracuse, N. Y., and that he camo to the Pacific coast a year ago. A clew which the shoriff hopes will establii his identity was found on a silver Vntch carried by tho bandit. On ono side was engraved the word "Ernest" and on tho other "RibletL" The authorities have been telegraphed telegraph-ed a description of the man and the police hope to know soon whether Ernest Rlblett s hla name. Bar's niurdenjrncsFi'-svied a willingness will-ingness today 153 il5W gillty to raiir-1 J i dm and naid he was tully aware that the ponall v would be death. "The pooncr it is over the better, he said "M greatest regret Is that the old man (moaning Bar) did not ohoot mo when he had me covered with his gun, for he had the drop on me. Ho was a good old man and that Is shown by the fact that he refrained refrain-ed from shooting. I did not Intend to shoot him. but he kept coming toward to-ward me as I hacked 'to the door and I saw the only rhapec I had to escape es-cape was to shoot. The man la five feet ien inches ta1, and weighs 145 pounds. He Is an American Am-erican bv birth and speaks slowly and in a low voice He Is light skinned, with sinuc-th (?rc and blue eyes. |