The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-28
In TRUE WILD-WEST STYLE
Two Men Hold Up the Bank ut Gamer.
Kan., and Get Away with $4,000.
Lsyaled Winchestsrs at the Employees. Come
PEELED Them 10 Hand Over All the Cash.
and Rode OF Without Hindrance.

CoFFEYvrLLE. Kan. March GA bank
the famous Coffeyville affair last October,
In which several of the participants lost
their lives. was enacted at Caney, Ksn..
tins afternoon. The only thing missing tof
make 1t more closely resemble the robbery
in which the Daltons took part. was that
nobody was hurt The bandits got s4.0 C0.
and have Q good start on their pursucrs
and perhaps will never be captured. Caney
IL 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 Lilo O'Clock this afternoon two mems
who were recognized as the notorious
Henry Starr, an escaped convict and
man named Newcomb. entered the bank
unmasked and. leveling their weapons al
the Cashier and other employees. 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 pos
session of all the banks cash. about four
Thousand dollars Nobody but the banks
employees were In the place. and as no ons
the way In their conduct. the
bandits had nothing especially TO fear.
Coolly placing the money in bags with
which they had provided themselves, and
warning the bank employees that they
would meet instant death should they at
tempt TO make an outcry. the men backed
out of the bank. Reaching the door. which
was on Main street. ond before which tho
usual number of people were passing. tho
men hurried TO their horses. which had
been hitched in front. and were soon on
their way at u rapid rate toward Indian
Territory. Nobody had particularly noticed
even their strange actions as they ran for
their horses aud rode OFT, and as 1t wns
some time before the bank employees re-
covered sufficiently from their fright TO
make an alarm the fleeing men had plenty
of time In which 10 gain good start on
any pursurers.
When the alarm was finally gwen the
news of the daring robbery spread rapidly
and posse OF citizens was quickly organ
lied. and started In hot pursuit Before
the start could be made, however, the rob-
bers had secured an advantage of fully
thirty minutes. and 10 now seems mproba-
bic that they can be caught up with
Nothing had been heard from them late Ia.
night. The bank was soon surrounded,
and the still frightened bank officials were
too overcome to accurately state their loss
further than that every thing in eight in
the money line had been secured by their
visitors. This will easily reach 81, 000 prob
ably more.
Henry Starr is one of the notorious Dali
ton gang and only recently escaped from
Jail. where he was i'm prisoned for compile
ity in the Coffeyville robbery In October
last. The officers in this part Of the coun-
try have been IN constant search for him
lately. but cOuid find no trace of his where
abouts. though they felt confident he would
soon be at his old game. and thus gIve them
Few ciew. Newcomb IL also o notorious
criminal, having figured in several mis-
deeds in the Indian Territory and contigu-
Gus country.