St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
SECOND JESSE JAMES
A Bold Desperate RobS a
Bank and Commits
Murder.
Chased All Day by Angry
Ohioans, He Is Still
at Liberty.
Murderer Elliott Talks in a
Dramatic Strain When
Sentenced.
Two White Women and Their
Negro Lovers Soundly
FlOgged.

LIMA, O.. Aug. S.-One of the bold
est bank robberieS and murders ever
perpetrated in this section of the cOun-
try occurred this morning at Columbus
Grove, town of about 1000 people
twelve miles north of here. Cashier L.
j.. Maple had just opened the EX-
change bank, of which his father is
proprietor, and laid out about 1000 near
the cashiers window. About $50 man
appeared in the door with a revolver in
each hand, and Immediately began
shooting. Cashier Maple was struck
twice, once in the arm and once in the
right side. AS he fell to the floor an
old farmer, William Vandermark, aged
sixty, opened the door, having come to
get his money for some hogs he had just
sold. The rObber turned and shot
him through the breast. The
old man fell in his tracks.
A third man sat in the lobby of the
bank paralyZed with fear He was not
molesteG. The desperate then grabbed
81, 800 in greenbacks, showed them into
the pockets of his sack coat and dartei
out of the door, shouting: PPM a sec
ond Jess james," Quite crowd had
been attracted by the sounds of the
shots, but there was a scattering when
The Wild-Eyed Murderer
appeared on the street, having a gun in
either hand and shooting indiScrimi-
nately. One of the bytanders, Henry
Buck, failed to get out OF the way fast
enough, and was struck down by a bull
let from the rapidly speaking revolvers.
The fellow ran to the outskirts OF the
tow and disappeared into big cOrnfeld.
The rObbeT had evidently been over the
ground. and was thoroughly cOnverSant
with the bank and other buildings. This
municipality has only city marshal
and constable, and the villagers were so
stunned by the bOldness of the desper-
ado that they could not recover in time
to make any effort to capture the muir
derer. William Vandemark died at
o'clock this afternoon. William Ma
pie offered large reward for
the capture of the murderer, dead or
alive, but hoped he would be caught
and hanged to the nearest tree. About
200 citizens of this place organized
themselves into company and went in
pursuit. but at II: AS tonight the rObber
was still at large, and the chase has
been abandoned until daylight. Almost
everybody in the northern part Of Allen
county has been out all day looking for
the desperate. He is alone and on
foot and trace of him has been obtained
at different points A dozen cOrnfeldS
and woods were surrounded, and when
a capture was thought certain, the
rogue, like the wIll-O'- '-theawisp, made
his escape. 1t is not thought he can get
away, and If caught he will be
Dealt With Severely.
Cashier Maple will recover. The au-
thorities of Columbus Grove will offer
liberal reward for the capture of the
rObber and murderer. Twice only has
the bandit been seen during the entire
day, and yet at no time have the pur-
suerS been any great distance from him.
From cornheld to cornfield has he gone,
keeping himself clear of the eyes OF
those who followed, and only appearing
when nature refused further to act be-
cause of burning thirst. In the intense
heat of midday, he was seen to go into
lonely and unoccupied cabin, from
which he was driven by the farm hands
who had not heard of the occurrence in
town. Again he came to farm house
for drink, and gulped down
two great dipperfuls of water be-
fore stopping to take breath. Then
again taking up his flight, he sought
the cornfelds as city of refuge, and
from whose foliage he might gain on
his pursuers, while being protected
from their sight. Only twice did he
voluntarily expose himself, and on each
occasion his pursuerS fired upon him.
but the distance was too great and he
continued his flight unharmed. As the
sun began to decline, he jumped out of
a cornfield followed close into thick
woods one mile by two in dimensions.
Here the pursuit ended, and here it
will begin early In the morning.