Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-23
Three Highwaymen Attack
Electric Car on Santa Mon
lea Line In California
G. A. eRlswoLD is KILLED.
Three Others Were Seriously Injured
in Fusilade of Shots Opened BY the
Robbers, Who However, Secured No
PIunder-Bis Reward Offered For
Robbers-Griswoid an Iowa Banker.
Special to Times-Republican.

/ void was killed on Santa Monica
car in Los Angeles Saturday night b!
highway1nen while in company with hi:
mother and aunt, Miss Anna Funk. Mr.
Griswold was vice president of the
Bank of Manson and young man OF
| fine abilities and favorite among
| the people of the city.
| Los Angeles, Cal, March 23.-As tbs
result of the hold-up OF IN electric cal
| on the Santa Monica line late Saturday
night G. A. Griswold, a wealthy citi-
zen and banker of Manson, Iowa, is
dead, and three others are seriously
| injured. 1t is believed that one of the
three highwaymen was wounded.
| The injured are:
j. c. Cunningham, Of Los Angeles
shot thru the left thigh; thigh bone
broken; serious.
| Ellis Parson, of Sawtelle, shot thru
left leg.
DR.. c. H. Bowles, of Los Angeles, shot
| thru left hand
1 The hold-up occurred at the head of a
ldeep cut about mile west of the city
| limits. The robbers had hsaped up j
large pile of Instructions on the track.
| Charles Curry, the motorman saw
the Instructions when the car was sew
eral hundred yards from 1t, and at once
| turned off the current and ran SLOWLY.
! The moment the car struck three men
wearing masks over their faces Sprang
from the weeds alongside the track. One
boarded the front end % the car and
the other two the rear end. The first
man commanded the passengers occu-
plying the open seats to put up their
hands, and when one OF them did not
comply he fired shot. c. w. Hender-
son then opened fire on the robber, who
turned his gun upon Henderson, but as
he did so was seen to bend over and
cry out as IL in pain. Then straighten-
ing up he began shootins at the passen-
gers huddled in the front seats. One
OF his bullets struck Ellis Parson in
the left leg Henderson continued fir
ing and the robber was seen to fall.
While this was going on on the out
side of the car tragedy was being en-
acted on the inside. The two robbers
who had entered the rear door COM
mandeds the passengers to raise their
hands, and most of them did SO. Be-
fore any attempt could be made by the
robbers to search the passengers for
their vaiuables the shooting began on
the outside Of the car. Then the other
two robbers began shooting right and
left into the crowd OF passengers.
Griswold was seated about the middle
Of the car with his back turned toward
the robbers. At the command hands
up" he tried to secrete his watch under
hts legs, and one of the robbers think
ing he was about to draw gun, fired
point blank at him. The bullet struck
him in the back of the neck, and he fell
over into the lap of his aged mother,
who was seated at his side.
DIR. c.. h Bowles was near the front
door, and at the command of the rob-
ters he raised his hands. When he had
them in the air one of the bullets from
a robbers revolver struck his left hand
land shattered the bones. After empty
ing their revolvers the ccbbers backed
out of the door and sp"ang off the car
and disappeared.
speed to Sawtelle, the nearest point
where medical aid could be secured.
Grfswold expired befor. the car had
gone mile. His mother was covered
With his blood and was almost insane
from fright and grief. The bullet which
killed him grazed the cheek Of Miss
Anna Funk. who was travelling with
him. AT Sawtelle, Parson was taken
off the car and conveyed to his home.
The other wounded persons were taken
to Santa Monica and given surgical
attention.
AS soon as the shooting was over
Henderson, who had fired at the rob-
bers, sprang from the car and started
to run. He ran across vineyard and
struck wire fence, being Knocked
down. While In that position he saw
two of the robbers run TO road near
by and climb into b. ggy and drive
towards this city.
Every available officer was sent to
the scene, as soon as the news of the
robbery reached the cify. but no trace
OF the robbers was found. Owing to
the confusion incident TO the shooting,
practically no description of the men
was secured.
The company Will offar a reward of
$1,000 for the capture Of each of the
robbers The highwaymen secured
secured nothing whatever from the
passengers.
That more were not killed. or wound
ed is little short of miraculous. Insid-
the car were thirty or more passengers,
and there were more than ten shots
fred. Bullets were found imbedded in
the woodwork in many places when the
ear reached this city.
Griswoid Prominent at Manson.
Manson March 23.-George A. Girls
void who was killed by highwaymen
on the Santa Monica car at Los An
geles last Saturday night, is resi-
dent of this place and president of the
Bank of Manson. He was visiting in
the west and was accompanied on the
car with his mother and his aunt, Miss
Anna Funk. of this city He has been
prominent here for years and his death
is a great shock to the community.
WEBSTER CITY POLITICS.