The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-07


ABEL, Iowa. March "a desperate
aud partly successful attemp. was made
to rob the Adel State Bank this morn.
INK. 4 few minutes before 0 o'clock
this morning two strangers drove into
town and tied their team ncar tue public
square. They got out, and withou, at
trictinS any particular attention stepped
into the bank. The cashier, S. N.
Leach, had jus. taken from tho vault
tho curroucy for tho days business.
c. D. Bailey, q leading merchant, was
writing at desk in tho lobby. They
were the only occupants Of the bank.
ole oil tho strangers stepped up to tho
cashiers window and said he wanted
to deposit some money. Almost the
same instant tho second robber, who
va, behind, !eyelled q shot gun at Leach
and fred, the charge taking elect in his
shoulder. He then ordered the cashier
10 hand orcs tho money. Tho latter
banded over small sack OF silver. aud
then, though badly wounded. scized,
drawer containing about 5000 in gold
sud currency, and staggering to the
"auIt he pitched the money in and shu:
and locked the door. Weak from loss
%; blood. he then fell to the floor.
Orn OF the robbers now sprauc over
tho counter and began shovciing all the
money in sight into sack and tho ono
With the gun turned to Mr.. Bailey, who
Va, standing at the desk and fired
shot at him. wounding him in the
neck. He fell to the floor and the rob-
5er shot at his PROSTATE form, but miss
ed him. By this time crowd had
gathered outside and the two robbers,
one carrying the money and the other
welding the gun. made rush for their
buggy Fully fifty shot3 were fired at
them, but none apparently took effect.
~, & a RUNNING FIGHT.
They coolly got into their buggy, and
sill keeping the crowd at bay. drove
rapidly away. Several men sprnuS upon
horaesand followed, and a running fight
oil several miles ensusd. About four
mile, south OF town the buggy driven
BY tho robbers struck tree and broke
a wheel The robbers, still closely pur.
sued, abandoned their rig, and ono hid
behind bank, where he was soon cap
:ured, and the other, with the gun, ran
into barn near by. The barn was sur
rounded, but the bandit held the crowd
a: Day. He was called upon to surren-
der, bu. absolutely refused. and said he
would never be taken alive. After
parley tho crowd partly united tho
captured robber and compelled him to
set Ere to the barn. The advancing
flames finally forced the robber to como
out, bu: he s;ill refused to surrender,
aud the crowd OF citizens fired volley
4: him. Ho fell dead. pierced By three
bullets. Two took effect in the head
and one in. the side, and either would
have been fatal.
Twas with tho utmost difficulty that
the angry crowd was prevented from
wreak!ng vengeance on the robbcr that
was alive. But Sheriff Payne hustled
him into a buggy and drove rapidlr.
back TO town. A crowd OF several hun
dtod had gathered at the hall when the
sheriff reached there with his prisoner.
There were loud cries OF "shoot him"
hang him." but tho officer managed to
e!ude tho mob and land his trembling
prisoner safely behind the bars.
MADE 4 CONFESSION.
The captured man, OF. rather boy, for
ne only nineteen years old. has made
complete confession. Ho says his
namc is Charles W. Crawford, aud his
home noar Patterson, in Madison coun-
IT,. Tho dead robber ia o. T. wilkins,
and was released only iow weeks ago
irom tho Minnesota pcuitensiary at
Su1ITater. where ho scryed three years
!or robbery. Crawford saya their only
Weapon was repeating Winchester
sh't gun carried by wilkins, and tho
testimony OF witnesses boars out this
statement. lie claims to have been
c'r7ccf into assisting wilkins and Gays
I"ey vent TO Indianola last Monday
morning ior tho purpose OF robbing tho
u"HK shefc, bnt no roiusod at the last
mo'aens alter reaching tho town mud
"'g lnb Was abandoned. ~
IL. ,NH uulJ hUpub SpVo i'ohi
me m bank and tho money was all found
ma "nen thoir buggy broke down. /. is
"o' G"llcycd that either Bailey or Leach,
Mu 1sally hurt. Several ci.izcns wcro
nTI' ..t ny scattering shot fired by tho
.pp"octa .pa on tho way to their way to
'He'r nnggy. Postmaster r. S. Barr
ntppe4 out OF the postoilico Just "a tho
aoIL,rn'InI robbor passed. Tho latter
"aetcd him inside, but before ho
.,iI soH,i comply, fired at him, ono shot
sitIIiny his forearm aud another
p,etG'nH hi' la. and grazing his fore.
nend' J. NJ. Byors, J. 81. simcoo and n
10y named Cecil Decker, wcro also
"iEh'ly injured.
'He daring robbery has cauaod In.
"-"'" eXciioLncnL Tho town Ia full Of
]rn'"d mon. mont Of whom had turned
o"' from nolghboring towns on tho first
,%p'tt Of tho robbery, to mid in tho cap
",h OF tho robbers. There Il aIiil con-
thdotab!e t,. talk of lynching Crawford.
bnt tho ahorili and loading citizens arc
Tying to pnciIy tho crowd and will
probably succeed.
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