Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-07
ROBBED A STATE BANK
A Bold Raid by Two Despera'
 does Tn Iowa.
ONE KILLED, THE OTHER CAPTURED

Brought to Hay In . Barn-One RobbeI
 Would Not Surrender and Died Fight
 ing-His ~Accomplico Was Mere Boy
 and May Bc Lynched.
 ADRL. la, March IA desperate and partly successful attempt was made hers to rob tho Adel State bank. A few min utes before 9 o'clock two strangers drove into town and tied their team near the public squars, They got out. and with. out attracting any particular attention stepped into the bank. The cashier, s. NJ. Leach. had just taken from the vault the currency for the days business. O. D. Bailey, a leading merchant, was writ Ing at a desk in the lobby. They wero the only occupants of the bank.
 One of the strangers stepped up to the cashiers window and said he wanted to deposit some money. Almost the same instant the other robber who was behind, leveled gun and shot at Leach. the charge taking effect in his shoulder. He then or. dered the cashier to hand over the money. Tho latter handed over a small sack of silver, and then, though badly wounded, seized drawer containing about $3, ,00o In gold and currency, and staggering to the vault he pitched the money in and shut and locked the door. Weak from the JOSS OI DlOOl, nc then IeIl DO the uOOF.
 One of the robbers now sprang over the counter and began shoveling all the mon- ey in sight into a sack. and the one with the gun turned to Mir. Bailey, who was still standing at the desk, and fired a shot at him, wounding him in the neck. He fell to the floor. and the robbor shot at his prostrato form. but missed him.
 Fired at the Robbers.
 
 side, and the two robbers. one carrying the money and tho other yielding the gun. made rush for their buggy. Fully 5O shots were fired at them, but none appar- ently took effect. They coolly got into their buggy. and still keeping the crowd at bay drove rapidly away. Several men sprang upon horses and followed, and a running fight ensued-
 About four miles south of town the buggy driven by the robbers struck a tree and broke a wheel. The robbers, still closely pursued, abandoned their rig, and one hid behind Q bank, whero he was soon capturcdT and tho other, with the gun, ran into n barn near by. The barn was surrounded, but the bandit held tho crowd at bay. He was called upon to surrender, but resolutely refused, and said he would never be taken alivo. After n barley the crowd partially united the captured robbeI and compelled him to sot fire to the barn. The advancing flames finally forced hi; confederate to como out but he still refus ed to surrender. and the crowd of citizens fired q yolley at him. He fell dead, pierced by three bullets.
 It was with the utmost difficulty that tho angry crowd was prevented from wreaking vengeance on the robber who was alive. but Sheriff Payne hustled him into a buggy and drove rapidly back tC town. A crowd of several hundred had gathered at tlre jail when the sheriff reach cd there with his prisoner
 There were loud cries of Shoot him r Hang him!' but the officer managed tC elude the mob and landed his trembling prisoner safely behind the bars.
 The captured man. or rather bOy-fol he is only l9 years of nge-has made [ complete confession. He says his name ii Charles W. Crawford and his home neal Patterson, in Madison county. The deaC rObber is O. P. Wilkins and he was TO leased only few weeks ago from the Min nesota penitentiary at Saltwater, wher he served three years for robbery. Shotgun Their Only Weapon. Crawford says their only weapon was repeating winchester shotgun carried b, Wilkins, and the testimony of witnesse bears out this statement. He claims t, have been coorced into assisting Wilkins and says he went to Indianola last Mon day morning for the purpose of robbinl the bank there, but he refused at the lns moment after reaching the town, and tn, job was abandoned.
 They staid Tuesday night with a farm CT living a few miles southeast of her and then drove to town. Their team wa stolen from the prisoners uncle. They SC cured only about $500 from the bank, anI this money was all found where their bug gy broke down.
 It is not believed that either Bailey o Leach is fatally hurt The latter received full charge of shot in the shoulder, mak ing a bad but not a dangerous wound Bailey was shot in the neck, the flesh anC skin being torn away almost to the wind pipe. He will recover unless inflamma tion sets in. Several citizens were hur- by scattering shot fired by the robbers or the way to the buggy. Postmaster R. S Barr stepped out of the postoffice just a the retreatinR robber passed. The latte ordered him inside, but before he could comply fired at him, one shot striking hi forearm and another piercing his hat an( grazing his forehead.
 The town is full of armed men, most O whom turned out from neighboring town on the first report of the robbery to aid il | the capture of the robbers. There is con siderable talk of lynching Crawford, bu the sheriff and leading citizens are trying | to paeify the crowd and will probably sue ceed, though if anybody made a start ther1 would be plenty of followers to make thu bandit stretch hemp.