St. Paul daily globe., 1893-03-28
TOOK ALL The Cash,
Two Of the Old Dalton Gang
Clean Out a Kansas
Bank.
Bank Employees Hand Over
All the Money Without
Any Ado.
The Daring Robbers Secure
$4,000 for Five Minutes
Work.
They Get Out Of Town With
out a Shot Being
Fired.

COFFEYvIILE, Kan, March 27.-A
bank robbery. partaking of the daring
shown at the famous Coffeyville affair
last October, in which several of the Oc-
eupants lost their lives, was enacted at
Caney, Kan, this afternoon. The only
thing missing 10 make it more closely
resemble the robbery in which the Dal-
tons took part. was that nobody was
hurt. The bandits got $4,000 and have
a good start on their pursuers, and per-
haps will never be captured. Caney is
a small town eight miles south of here,
and very close to the Indian territory
line. The bank robbed was the Caney
Valley, the only one in town.
At 1:15 o'clock this afternoon two
men, who were recognized as the no.
tOrious Henry Starr, an escaped con-
Yict, and man named NewcOmb, en-
tered the bank unmasked, and leveling
their weapons at the cashier and the
other employes-fOur in all-demanded
all the money on hand. Without any
ado the employees complied, and before
five minutes had elapsed from the time
the bandits entered the place they were
in possession of all the banks cash,
about $4,000. Nobody but TIE banks
employees were in the place and. as none
on the outside had noticed anything out
of the way in their conduct, the ban
dts had nothing especially to fear.
Coolly placing the money in bags with
which they had provided themselves,
and warning the bankers that they
would meet instant death should they
attempt to make an Outcry, the men
backed out of the bank. Reaching the
door, which was on the main street, ana
by which the usual number OF people
were passing, the men hurried to their
horses, which had been nitcbed IN
front, and were soon on their way at
rapid rate toward Indian territory.
Nobody had particularly noticed even
their strange actions as they ran Tor
their horses and drove off, and as it was
some time before the bank employees re-
covered sufficiently from their fright TO
make an alarm, the fleeing men had
plenty Of time i'll which to gain good
start on any purSuers.
When the alarm was finally given the
news OF the daring robbery spread rap
lQty. anu pOSS6 Ol CillLGilS WIS QulShly
organized and started in pursuit Be
fore the start could be made, however,
the robbers had secured an advantage
OF fully thirty minutes, and it now
seems improbable that they can be
caught up with. Nothing had been
heard from them late tonight. The
bank was soon surrounded, and the still
frightened bank officials were too over
come TO accurately state their loss, fur
thtr than that everything i'll sight in
the money line had been secured by
thir visitors. This will easily reach
$4,000, probably more.
Henry Starr Is one of the notorious
Dalton gang and only recently escaped
from jail, where he was Imprisoned for
completely IN the Coffeyville ROBBERY in
October last The officers in this part
of the country have been in constant
search for him lately, but could find no
trace of his whereabouts, though they
felt confident he would soon be at his
old game and give them new clew.
Newccmb is also a notorious criminal,
having figured n several mlsdeeds in
Indian territory and contiguous cOun-