Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-10
THE coLrMnrs nonnrnY.
Another story OF the Daring Crime
The Hobber san At Large.

COLUMNS, o., August S.-A mother
story u the robbery at Columbus
Grove, Ia aA follows This morning a
stranger entered tho hardware store
adjoining the bank and asked for two
rVvolvers. After loading them he pre-.
senied the weapons at the propfictor's
head, telling him 10 take his pay out OF
that. lie then entered the bank aud
began shooting Mt the cashier, /. j.
Maple, who was struck twice. The
robbcr seized $1,000 when Y farmer at
tempted 10 stop him. The farmer was
shot down aud fatally wounded. The
despcrndo then got into n buggy, which
his accOmplico had ready, and tho
couple quickly escaped and although
searching parties have gone out In
every direction, tho robbers have not
been captured. Maple will recover.
TOLEDO, August b.-A Biadc special
from Columbus Grove gives Cashier
Naples abatement rs follows: "rwO
men In the bank, myself and a. G.
Cyfcrt, were at my wicket renewing
notes. A boyiah.looking fellow with
smooth face came In. lilo walked up
10 the wicket aud pointing revolyera
said: u want your money!. 4
thought 1t was One Of tho town boys
making sport because Of 30 much show
Of firearms, and made reply Of some
kind whercDon ho blazed away. The
iirst shot gave mo, n wound in the
side, the second onefin my arm, and
the third shot missed. then grabbed
my revolver which only had one load
IN II and Hired. | shot too high, how.
ever, and missed. The robbtr started
out and met VIM, Nhndemarke lust
coming In. He shot once ut him,
once up tho stairway In this hall,
where nobody was,once at man driv-
ing BY In q wagon anu then started
back into the bank. | was at the time
standing by the cellar way. ! held
him at bay with my drawn revolver
until he saw / could not shoot, when
he blazed away tN loo, making eight
shots fired In all. lodged Into the
cellar way for protection aud with the
door partly open saw the fellow reach
behind tho screen aud take all the
money there he could reach, amount
Ing ns nearly ms eau guess 10 5000,
which he deliberately put Ia his pocket
aud walked out"
After this the fellow went 10 the l..
A. & w. depot, where two men under.
took 10 stop him, but he cleared his
way by promptly drawing his revolver.
LIMA, o., August SAT II O'Clock
tonight the Columbus Grove bank rob
Der was slill Mt large, and the chase
has been abandoned until daylight.
The desperate IL known 10 bo alone
and ON foot. Nearly the whole popula.
ton In the northern part OF iho county
are assisting In the hunt for him, anu
II 10 not thought he will 10 able TO es-
cape.
William Vandemars, tho farmer
whom the burglar shot, cannot recover,
II Is feared. Cashier Maple win 70.
cover. The robbur hnd boen In tho |
Grove day or two heiore the robbery, |
claiming to be silkhat mender.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 9.-Cash.
Ter Maple of the Columbus Globe bank |
Is improving. The injured farmer died |
last night. a Lima special states that |
the murderer has been traced 10 the |
thick forest near Ada anu may be cap
turel la the morning, though there IL |
nm Idea he has already been enabled TO |
got near enough TO the railroad to os- I
cape. II ia believed no Is one Of Mer.
Win X uahpsl fane,