Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-07
BOLD BANK ROBBERY.
Cashier, a Customer, and Other
Citizens Wounded.
ONE OF THE ROBBERS KILLED


DES MONIES. IA. March s--Adei. th'
county seat Of Dallas county, twenty-five
miles from here. was the scene Of q Dol,
bank-robbery this morning. followed by
the pursuit Of the amateur bandits. th'
killing OF one Of them, and the formation
Of an angry mob. which surges about tn
county jail tonight and threatens &c
have the life OF the living r0bber. The
funds Of the bank We're saved BY thf
presence OF mind Of the cashier. who
body. swung shut the door 70 the vault
and turned the combiaation. Following
are the casualties 20 far recorded:
Dead-Orlando +. wilkins. robbcr. from
Patterson. Madison county, Ia. aged 90
saot 10y pursuers.
InjuTed-i NJ. Leach. cashier Of the
tark. seriously wounded in LETT shoulder
and neck.
G u. Bailey, merchant. snot II
shoulder
!. NJ. Byers. prominent citizen, shot ir
Ia "a and arm.
II. $. Barr, postmaster, shot in lett arm
J. l.. simpson, citizen.
cecil Dexter. boy. slightly wounded.
THE ROBBERY.
The robbers Orlando l.. wilkins and
9. ". Crawford, were farmers living "a
Paterson. 4 little after y o'clock Ibis
morning they drove into Adcl IN "a buggy
Leaving their rig block away fneJ
v cnt 70 the bank. Wilkins carried a
repeating shotgun with six loads IN it.
They entered the bar.f Just as Cashier
Leach was taking the money from the
vault. 9. ID. Bailey was ia the bank Al
the time. Crawford remark hat the.
wished To- make deposit Cashier Le'cf
Mas busy at the time. but TUNED witt
the inquiry: What Is IT, rs he dd
80 he looked into the barrel Of the hos
gun held by wilkins. who Immediately
fred. Cashier Leach STAGGERED and fell
but. rousng himself, flung TIE currency
and gold on the counter into the vault
and closed the door. wilkins fred again
wounding Mr Bailey. Then Crawford
kicked in the door leading behind thu Gun
ter. and he and wilkins s.ooped tho
lorae silver into a sack. Il amounted tc
S2G7.
By this time Sheriff Payne. who was
On the street, hld his attention attracted
and opened fire on the robbers. They
made a rush for their busy. Wilkins
ming az he ran. and w0undins the other
citizens mentioned.
ROBBERS CAUGHT.
The robbers started 10 drive across The
street, Tncy were holly pursued. the
hast!ly-coilectod posse being often within
two or three hundred yards OF the ius.
tives. Many shots We're fired some Of
which hit the horses driven by the fusl
tves. After chase Of nearly twelve
miles the wounded horses could 50 n
farther. and we're abandoned by the ban
dts. who separated at what Is known "a
Meals crossing" There Crawford se
crcted himself in clgmp Of timber but
was soon discovered. ana surrendered.
Wilkins took refuge in barn. whlct
was quickly surrounded. To repeated or
ders to come out he made no reply. Ther
crawford was forced. at the point of !
Winchester rife. To carry a can Of ktro-
sene sstuTate stTaW-st'ck near III,
barn. and start a fire. wilkins did nD'
shoot at his comrade. and wEen tn'
flames closed about him made break
across the opcn space for the timber
He had proceeded but a few yards when
he fcll. pierced by bullet from rife
hold. it /, said. by prominent farmer
named pritchIrl. Then thc mob lost
control Of itself and the body was I'D
died with bullets.
CRAWFORD EXPLAINS O.
The corpse Of the rohbcr and his living
companion were later taken back to
Adol. where This afternoon Crawford
made a full confession. IL claimed p,
had been forced into the job hv Wilkins
who threatened 10 kill rim II h's rorv,
MI.