The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-28
ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY.
Daring Attack upon a Minnesota
TownL.Farticllara of the Tragedy


time openly de6ed the inhabitants Of the
town. The graphic description below
will give some idea ofJks terror apd con.
sternation Of the people. The account
opens With the, story of Nj. Wilcox, an
iof6ter Of the bank, who says:
Mr.. Haywood occupied the cashiers
seat at the desk, which you see at the end
Iof the.eoanter., eMr. Bunker aud myself
occupied Beats at the desk, MI. Bunker
being nearest the opening at the corner.
The first thing We knew the three men
were upon OF. over the, counter, with re-
lvoiTers presented at our heads. one OF
them exclaiming, Throw up your hands,
for we intend to rob the bank, and if you
halo we will blow your Cd braius
out" and we could q not ldo e otherwiFsss sAan g
comply.
They asked which was the cashier, to
which Mr., Haywood replied "He is
not in." They then sprang over the
counter and demanded the safe to be
opened. Addressing each, in turn they
said, "You are the cashier,n which was
denied. Seeing Haywood seated at the
cashiers desk, one of the rufians went
up to him with hisel5hg narrow-barreled
pistol and said :i"You are the cashier ;
now open the safe, you son of
10 ---- Mr.. Haywood said: "It is a
time lock and cannot be opened now"
lOne of the men.tben went into the vault,
the door being open, also the outer door
Iof-the SAFE HeywUot at once spraug
forward and, clesed,he deerzef.thezPault
lshuttingsthe fobbeE In, mhehSanother of
the men seized Haywood by the collar
and dragged him away from the door
and released the incarcerated robber.2 :.
The man who came out of. the. vault
"a slim, dark cpmplexioned man, withaa
black, ,noustache, then called to the other
ito seize the silver that was lying around
loose (about $l5) and put it in the sack.
They did not dosthis; but seized about
SO in scrip and pIt7it into two.bushel
flour sack which they had with them.
The dark complexioned man, who ap-
Ipeared to be the leader, then again at
lacked lakewood, insisting upon his
opening the safe, threatening to cut his
throat if he did not, and actually draw
ing big knife across his throat. The
heroic. and faithful teller, however, was
not TO be- deferred from his; duty and
would rather sacrifice his life than betray
his trust. Some few moments-itseemed
ages to the bewildered and torror stricken
lookerseonEwere spent IN HeyWoods
sEaggffngs b break aWaEIfrom the muir
derous villain and gain his liberty. At
length he broke away, and, regaining his
feet, he ran towards the door, crying
Murder"
The maiFat ones struck him with a
pistol and Knocked him down, and drag
ging him to the safe door commanded
him to open it. But the intrepid clerk
stolidly refused, when the villain shot at
him, but did not hit him. Evidently the
shot Was intendedfto intimidate rather
than to injure, but the scoundrel had
recEoned without his host, for the effect
was lost upon Haywood. But upon the
discharge of the pistol Bunker made a
start for the back door, and ran fol. dear
life, one: Of the robbers pursuing land
firing, the shot taking effect in the shoul-
der. Bunker, however, reached the
street water street, and ran to. DR..
Coombs' Office. 90
During the whole of this time four or
FIVE men were riding up and down the
street shooting in every direction and
keeping up an incessant fusilade. One
of the men outside came riding up fu-
riously and called for the men, to leave
the bank. ''The game is up" ne said,
"and we are beaten" ii.'''c
Almost Immediately they took the
alarm and somehow jumped over the
counter, making their exit. The small
man wastheslast to 60. He mounted a
desk at the front, and as he turned to 60
fred and shot at Haywood; which 1 do
not think is the one that took effect
Haywood lodged behind his desk or sank
into his chair, (Heywood's desk stands at
right angles to the bank desk, and he
sank sideways to the opening at the front,
with his back next to the wall, and as
the robber made over the desk railing he
turned, and placing his revolver to Hey
woods head, fired. shooting him dead.
He staggered forward and fell behind
the counter. The robbers made out of
the door. I do not remember much
more that followed.
Wilcox was not sure whether the ruff
fan struck Haywood when the latter
staggered to the cashiers chair, and he
did not stop to see if he was dead when
herfell. He, said the reason he did not
tryito' get out or help Haywood was that
one of the men stood over him with a
pistol in his hand.
THE STREET FIGHT.
The statement of Mr.. G. E. Bates, who
witnessed that part of the affair which
occurred in the streets, is interesting
Mr.. Bates said that about II o'clock his
attention was called to four men who
came from over the river. They came
over the bridge and were mounted on
four splendid horses. The men were
we'll dressed, and Mr.. Bates says four
nobler looking fellows he never saw but
there was a reckless, bold swagger about
them that seemed to indicate that they
would be rough and dangerous fellows to
handle. Altogether he did not like the
looks ofthem. Again, at about 2 O'Clock
in the afternoon, as he was standing al
the store, talking to Mr.. O. @. Waldo, 6
commercial traveller from Council Bluffs
he saw the same, men ride past - three
came up the street from Mill square and
one down street, meeting within thirty
feet of the bank. They dismounted and
tied their horses to the hitching posts
and two came down the staircase leading
up into the upper stories of Lee & Hitch
cocks buildings, and here they stoot
leaning against the banistsrs talking
Commenting upon their fine physique
and upon their unusually good mounts
Mr.. Bates. and Mr3 Waldo withdrew tt
the far end of the store to look over some
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