The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-05-24

Long View, Texas, May 23.-At 3 p.
m. today two rough-looking men
walked into the First National bank,
one with slicker on, with Winches-
ter concealed in it's folds. He handed
the following note to President Joe
Clemmons:
Home, May 23.-To First National
bank, Long View-This will introduce
to you Charles Specklemeyer, who
wants some money and is going to
have it.
(Signed) ''B. AND F.
1t was written in pencil. in a fairly
good hand, on the back of printed
poster. The bank cashier thought it
was an important subscription to some
charity entertainment and started to
donate, when the robber pointed his
Winchester at him and told him to hold
up. The other robber rushed into the
side door and grabbed the cash.
Tom Clemmons and the other bank
officials were ordered to hold up their
hands. The robbers hurriedly emptied
the vaults, securing 1900 in $40 bills.
seven unsigned Long View bank notes
which may lead to detection.
Shot at All Who Appeared.
w HIT Ills WdS SOIilS Ous lWO VI the
robbers were in the rear alley of the
bank, shooting at every one who ap-
peared, and were being fired on by City
Marshal Muckley and Deputy VIII
Stevens.
The firing made the robbers in the
bank very nervous and they hurried
the bank officials out and told them to
run to the horses and TO mount.
This was done in order to keep the
posse from shooting, but as the bullets
flew thick and fast the men tore loose
and ran around the corner with sew
eral shots after them.
George Buckingham, who was shoot
ing at the robbers, was shot and
killed. While he was down the robbers
shot at him several times.
City Marshal Muckley, who was
shooting at another r0bber, received a
Winchester ball in the bowels. The
ball glanced from some silver dollars
he had in his pocket, which may save
his life
out in the alley and was shot in the
body and it is thought mortally
wounded.
Charles S. Leonard was walking
( through the courthouse yard and was
shot in the left hand.
Deputy Will Stevens was not hurt.
though he stood at short range and
Poor Bennett is Dead"
The bankers all escaped unhurt The
robbers who stood guard in the alley
would yell at everyone who came in
sight, and shoot at them instantly.
| When the robbers rode away and saw
one of their comrades dead. they re-
marked: "Poor Bennett is dead"
| The body of the dead robber was
! identified as George Bennett, a reci1-
less fellow who had been here some
months ago, and married a daughter
| of a respectable farmer living near
! this place, but he left her and went
to the Indian Territory. He was
| dressed like a cowboy, with high
| heeled boots and spurs and a belt full
of cartridges and two double-action re-
volvers His horse, which was cap
| tured, had three rounds of ammunition
strapped to the saddle.
Dead or Alive.
| Another of the robbers the man who
gave President Clemmons the note, was
identified by several here. He married
a respectable young lady in Pamela
county last fall, but later went to Mex
leo and has not been heard of until
today. He was well known here It
lis thought Bennett had a relative in
1.-THE gang If so, only one man remains
to be identified. The robbers rode rap
Idly out of town, displaying their fire
larrns and the money they had secured.
| A posse was sent in pursuit and when
Hast heard of was only fifteen minutes
behind them. The bank officers offer
$500 for their arrest, dead or alive, and
the citizens added 5000.