The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-02

the thick trees. schumacher wished the
boy to remain there until he had returned
from tina house. but the Lad insisted on shar-
ing the danger.
1t was the same way with all who knew
Schumacher while he was in Stanton. The
detectives absolute feariessmess seemed to
instfn others with a disregard Of danger.
schumacher and the boy walked slowly
toward the house. even stopping at the
well and drawing n drink Of water. While
they were thus engaged the door opened
and Nellie Rudolph came out.
BANDITS MET OFFICERS
WITH A vOLLEY OF SHOTS.
She recognized young Schmuche. and.
after speaking to her. the youth asked il
they could get dinner. as they had neg
1ected to supply themselves with a lunch.
After a short consultation with her moth
er she invited the hunters into the house.
relieving them of their guns as they came
into the sitting-room. These were stood in
a corner. and young Rudolph who was
the only one of the men at home. kept be
tween the hunters and their weapons whiis
they remained at the house.
Saturday morning Schumacher made
preparations for arrestfng the robbers He
telephoned Sheriff Bruch at Union and
asked for assistance. Bruch did not place
any confidence in the bank-robbery theory.
but finally consented to send Chief Deputy
Ved6er to Stanton.
Before Vedder arrived Schumacher III
vited William Tichenor and d. K Cromer
to go with them to the house. vedder came
about 9 o'clock and the posse was sworn in
Schumacher and the deputies approached
the house from the front. Vedder was lead
ing and no attempt was made to conceal
the purpose of their visit. Cromer ana
Tichenor carried shotguns and Schumacher
and vedder were armed with reviewers.
Vedder and Schumacher approached the
door Immediately to the left Of the center OF
the building. Tichenor was stationed at the
corner commanding two sides Of the house
and C.romer was in front Of a door between
Tchenor and Cromer.
before Vedder could knock to attract the
attention Of the inmates. tie door on TINS
extreme righthand side Of the house swung
out.
schumacher dropped where he stood and
Veder and Cromer turned and ran for the
protection Of the woods. When the timber
was reached Vedder was alone.
Cromer's flight was suddenly checked oy
a wire clothesline that caught him unoef
the chin He fell to she ground and the ROD
bers thought he had been killed.
In tho meantime T1chenor was standing
his ground and fighting the ROBBERS angie
handed. He was armed with shotgun
while his adversarfes were provided win
WInCne8IeIS EcVuit0iU
Tichenor fred more than twenty ROUNDS
from his position behind the corner Of the
house Immediately after killing Schu-
macher the robbers stepped within the sneE
ter of the door jam and turned their atten-
ton to Tichenor. Many, shots exchanged on
both sides.
Finally. while reloading his shotgun. Itch
nor jammed a cartridge into the breach
and could not use the weapon. He reiterated
along the full length Of the house and sought
shelter IN the woods near the rear OF the
building.
He hid behind a tree and examined his
gun. Seeing q brick; q short distance away
he left his breastwSrks. ran over and got
the brick and then returned to the tree.
with this crude tool he hammered his
cartridge out of the brcech and. reloading.
returned to q position near where he had
formerly stood and renewed the battle with
the robbers.
He exposed himself several times and in
other ways tried to intuce the men to fol
low him into the forest, where he would
have q chance to capture them
He failed to tempt them from the shelter
Of the building ard finding his ammunition
was nearly exhausted he reiterated to the
shelter of the woods and returned to Stan
ton.
The fact that one Of the robbers had been
wounded was thought BY the onicfals to be
greatly In .1ANOr Oh Tracing tuc uieh- Ahu
accurate descriptions were sent over the
The authorities believed that the men had
gone South. toward AIkansaA where 1t was
known that Rudolph had relatives. The
pursuit was continued for more than
1eek, but nothing authentic could be learned !
the men.
False alarms weee freQrent. but upon IN /
vestigation It was found thaa there was no |
foundation fer the report that the robbers /
hs han eA~o