St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-28
RAIOED BY ROBBERS.
Masked Men Attempt to Loot
O Bank at WaYerly,
Kan.
They Are Driven Off Before
Securing Very Much
Money.
After Killing One Of Their
Pursuers They Are
Captured
Shortage in State Deposit
at the Capital Bank OF
$25O,000.

WAVERLY, Kan, Jan. PA raid
after the most approved Dalton meth
DDS took place here this afternoon. In
which two masked bandits robbed the
Bank of Waverly, killed one of their
pursuers, ,and were fnallyrun down and
arrested. 1t was O'Clock in the after
noon and the Bank of Wayerly was just
preparing to close for the day. Cashier
Duvall and Assistant Cashier Converse
were the only persons in the bank, and
had already started to balance up the
cash for the day. Suddenly two
masked men appeared at the front
door. Leveling two revolvers at the
two men within, the robbers compelled
them to hold up their hands and stand
side by side. One robber covered
both with a brace of revolverS. while
the other ran behind the cage and pro-
ceeded to rob the cash drawer. lie had
completed the task and had gone into
the vault when II. NJ. O'Neal, a mer-
chant, entered to make deposit. AT
the risk of his life Cashier Duvall called
out to him to run. The robber who was
guarding Duvall and Converse dropped
his aim for moment, but quickly
raised his revolver again and seemed
about to ire when he reconsidered. and,
turning, fled.
The robber in the vault, grasping the
situation. followed suit. In the mean
time Merchant O'Neal had run from the
bank and had given the alarm. The
business men in the block where the
bank is situated quickly ran to the bank
after having
Hastily Armed Themselves
They arrived just in time to see the
robbcrSmaking for their horses, Whhic
had been left in the alley in the rear of
the bank. Quickly mounting their
horses the robbers were just leaving the
alley when A. p. Engleman. at the
head of three or four men, ran down the
alley on loot. One of the robbers, turn
ing quickly in his saddle, raised his re-
volver and fired. The bullet struck
Ingleman over The heart. and, piercing
his body. produced instant death. Then
general fusiade followed, about
dozen shots being fired, but no one was
hurt.
The robbers, heading their horses
west, soon left the town behind. A
mounted posse, however, was Sool III
pursuit. Two miles from Lebo the
robbers were surrounded after their
horses had been shot from under them.
The robbers refused to surrender until
their ammunition had been exhausted.
The posse then arrested them, and.
binding them securely, took them to
Lebo, where they were given into
custody of a constable. Inc
sheriff at Ottawa was tele-
graphed for and he will arrive in the
morning. In the meantime the prison
ers are confined in the hotel i'll Lebo,
where guard is being maintained TO
prevent their being lynched. The rob-
bers were identified as William Van Nor
man and Frank Lewis, both of Mel
vCrn. Both were known 10 be hard
characters. The amount Of money stolen
was comparatively small. something
less than $500. The constable i'll whose
charge the robbers now are has the
money, and will turn 1t over to the
sheriff tomorrow. Engleman leaves
wife and several children, and was Ill
rather poor circumstances.