Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-06-03

chase after the robbers, the surround
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 bee
jailed, the old town is not as sleepy as
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 IS, 1898.
On sight pay to the order of 7. $.
Cerswen, the sum of 5000. c. II. CARTER
By T. c. Burton.
They asked the bookkeeper, Mr..
Packard, the only person there was in
the bank at the time, if Mr. Garter
hak left any money there to pay the
check with. He replied that he hao
not Then turning to his books Mr.
Packard was startled with ''Look here
young man" in commanding tone,
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.
Tho rnh1oa o,.I ,n4,aa1 tho
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 acct
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
bicycles, on horseback and on foot to
raise the alarm, and in an incredibly
short time large posse was in pur-
suit.
The robbers after securing all the
money in sight, 5000, jumped in
buggy they had near the bank and
started .on a dead run for Hobble
Creek canyon. Near the outskirts of
the city they met Mr.. Snelson riding
fine horse They took his horse from
him and threw him $40. One of the |
robbers mounted the horse and the |
other continued in the buggy. By !
this time Mr.. Reynolds in his delivery |
wagon was within $50 yards of them,
and fred two shots which were not /
noticed by the robbers. Soon after
ward the robbers, seeing they were /
being overtaken left their buggy and /
took to the brush at the mouth of /
the canyon In 20 minutes 100 horse
men were on the ground and had the /
robbers completely surrounded so that
escape was impossible.
A consultation was held and Joseph |
w. Allen proposed that they close in |
on the robbers. This was adopted. In 1
a few minutes one of the robbers was
found covered with leaves. He sur
sendered on demand and was hand
cuffed. He was unarmed, having lost /
his revolvers in the brush. The other
man was seen by MIR. Allen who said |
to him: Now don't you move or I'll
get YOU" "I1l get you while you're
getting me-" the robber replied and |
fired, striking Allen in the left leg,
Allen returned the fire killing his
man instantly 1t was five minutes
before any of the posse came up, when
the robber was found dead.
Allen was tenderly cared for and
sent to a Salt Lake hospital where his
leg was amputated. The thigh bone
was shattered.
Most of the money was recovered OF
the robbers or found buried near their
hiding place.
The live robber was landed in the
county Jail at Provo, where he has
been positively identified as c. L. Max
well, a member of the Robbers Roost
band, for whom reward was recently
offered by Governor Wells. He re-
fuses to give the name of the dead rob-
Der. but SAYS he was a married man
with fan.