Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-06-02
SPRINGVILLE BANK ROBBED.
One Robber Killed, the Other Cap
tured and Money Recovered,
Captured Robber Is "A Member of the Rob
bers Roost Band and Has n Price ON
His Head-One of the Posse
Seriously Wounded.

pprlnRNlAiS, May oO'-opFlHHNllle
has experienced the sensations of
bank robbery, hard but successful
chase after the robbers, the ssurround-
ing of them in a patch of thick brush,
the killing of one and the capture OF
the other. And to use the expression
of the live robber after he had been
jailed, the old town is not as sleepy us
it looks to be.
The robbery occurred at 1905 a. m.
Saturday. Two men walked into the
Springville bank and presented a
check as follows:
Spripgville, Utah, May 2s, 1898.
On sight pay to the order of L, y.
Cerswell, the sum of $500. c. II. CARTER.
BY Il. c. Burton.
They asked the bookkeeper, Mr..
Packard, the only person there was in
the bank at the slime, II Mr. Carter
hak left any money there to pay the
check with. He replied that he had
not. Then turning to his books Mr..
Packard as startled with Look here
and looking up found himself covered
by two revolvers.
The robber who was afterward killed
kept Packard covered while the other
robber went behind the railing and
began gathering up all the money he
could find. While thus engaged he
dropped a stack of twenties, and while
! picking them up Packard lowered his
hand and touched an alarm button.
The robber on guard noticed the
movement and exclaimed; &C. d
youl put that hand up and keep it
there"
The alarm is connected with Mr..
Reynolds store. On several previous
occasions the alarm had been acci-
dentally sounded and this was thought
to have been the case again. So Mr..
Reynolds stepped up TO the teleahone,
and rung up the bank to ask If any
thing was wrong. Receiving no reply
he realized that this was no false
alarm. He grabbed two Winchesters
and rushed for the street, but the rob
were turning a street corner block
away. Messengers were started on
DlCYCleS. on nOThendCh anu OI lOOb W
raise the alarm, and in an incredibly
short time large posse was in pur
suit.
The robbers after securing all thu
money in sight, 5000, jumped in
buggy they had near the bank anc
started 'on a dead run for Hobbl
Creek canyon. Near the outskirts o
the city they met Mr.. Snelson riding
fine horse. They took his horse fron
him and threw him SAC One of tn
robbers mounted the horse and tn
other continued in the buggy. b.
} this time Mr. Reynolds in his deliver
wagon was within $50 yards of them
and fired two shots which were no
/ noticed by the robbers. Soon after
: ward the robbers, seeing they wer
being overtaken left their buggy an
7 took to the brush at the mouth c
: the canyon. In 20 minutes 100 hors'
3 men were on the ground and had th
D robbers completely surrounded SO tha
Y escape was impossible.
A consultation was held and Josep
d w. Allen proposed that they close
e on the robbers. This was adopted. l
= few minutes one of the robbers wt
a found covered with leaves. He su
l. sendered on demand and was ham
y cuffed. He was unarmed, having To-
= his revolvers in the brush. The oth'
e man was seen by Mr.. Allen who sa
n to him: "Now don't you move or 1
get YOU" I'm get you while you
getting me-" the robber replied al
! fired, striking Allen in the left lie
i Allen returned the fire killing b
IN man instantly. 1t was five minut
err before any of the posse came up, VIII
es the robber was found dead.
90 Allen was tenderly cared for a
NJ sent to a Salt, Lake hospital where
e leg was amputated. The thigh bo
ON was shattered.
ts Most of the money was recovered
100 the robbers or found buried near tn
nut hiding place.
The live robber was landed in
county Jail at Provo, where he
been positively identified as c. l.. M
ich "elA' Hie ~ ooi - ''o -
band, for whom a reward was reeeI
,ns offered by Governor Wells. He
,na fuses to give the name of the dead
,do ber, but says he was married !
,ol- with family.
Ia 1t was a Robbers Roost raid, and.fl
nd remark dropped by the captu
- robber, it is believed men were
rLo waiting with horses at point furt
~. up the canyon. but the robbers W
too hard pressed to reach them.
les pursuit was too swift