Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-02
ANOTHER BANK Ros8ERY.

Two Masked Robbers Raid the a. ae
WcverIy, kan--A tarmer PurSne> zen
and is Shot Dead-The Robbers apt
ured.
WAyFRIY. Kan, Jan SS.-Two
masked and heavily armed men yester-
day afternoon robbed Mrs Jennie Fish
er's banr, shot and killed A L. 1ngie-
man, farmer, and escaped only to be
captured a few hours later after n long
running fight The raid was as daring
as any in the long list the border 1ur-
niSheS.
Tie men rode into town on horseoa
about o'clock and hitched their horses
to 4 corn crib just west OF the panf.
They then put on masks and, Ninches-
tiers in hand, boldly entered the D1nk
and ordered Cashier Duvan ana
Assistant Cashier Converse to throw up
their hands They complied with a1ac-
rity One of the robbers kept the two
men covered with his Winchester while
the other cooliy went to the front or
the bank and pulled down the curtains,
so that any passer-by could not see
what was going on within RetuTnlnS
from this task. both of the robbers pro-
ceeded to go through the drawers IN
the front counter They found only
5000. Most of the money was in the
safe, as there were only the two officials
in the bank at the time and no press Of
business Just then 7. O'Neili, n Iner-
chant. entered to make a deposit
Cashier Duvan called to him to run.
The robber who was guarding Davan
and Converse turned and fled The
other followed.
As the robbers left the hank A P.
Inglemen, farmer who happened to
be passing by. took in the situation and
started in pursuit down the alley, firing
on them as he ran. They turned on
him and fired two shots. Both took ef-
feet, one passing through his head = I'D
the other through his right breast
Inglemen dropped dead in his tracks
The robbers then mounted their horses
and passed out of the alley into d street
and heading westward. they spurred
on posse armed with shotTunS and
revolvers was soon in full pursuit The
robbers had ridden rapidly. but only
had Il start of about two miles when
they saw the posse within shooting
distance They turned in the saddles
and fired. a running fight enSued for
about two hours
Soon after the posse started from Wa
verify a telephone message was sent to
Lebo that the bank had been robbed,
one man killed. and that the robbers,
two in number, well armed and mount
ed, were headed in that direction with
a posse of Waverly men in pursuit
The mayor and marshal Of Lebo, with
a posse of eight men, started out to
head them off Being closely pressed
the robbers took refuge in hay stack
and were soon captured They proved
to be Frank Z. Lewis and William Van
Ormon, well known in the vicinity.
Their parents reside at Melvern-
A. p. Inglemen, the man who was
killed, leaves wife and five children
in poor circumstances He was highly
respected here.
Lewis and Van Orman were taken
from Lebo to Burlington for safe keep
ing by Sheriff Scott. of Lebo. last
evening.
They had the stolen money on their
persons and it was all recovered
The bank that was robbed Is owned
by Mrs Jennie Fisher and Is one of
the solid institutions of this part of the
state
Waverly is a town OF 1. 900 inha bit
ants on the Santa Fe road eighteen
miles northeast of Burlington.