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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

most dangerous kind Of criminal. II Is
said that bank robbers will shoe,
quicker than any other type. They
are absolutely fearless, and their dis.
covery of the destructiveness of nitro.
glycerine has made 1t an easy matter
for II "second-class bum" to become q
frst-class bank robber.
1t is said that few bank burglars
are mechanics, relying upon the nitro
glycerine to open the vault, no mat
ter how strong the safe or how well
barred the doors. "Give a tramp a
can OF soup and a bar Of soap, and
two or three other buns to work with
him, and he'll get into the fanciest
burglar-proof safe that was ever
made" said a detective.
That sc few robbers are caught is
explained by the detectives in this
way. The robberies occur at little
towns, here, there, everywhere. Crack
ing the safe between midnight and two
o'clock, the thieves have often as
many as four or five hours Of dark
ness in which to get away. II they
can catch a train across country in
this time 1t is a long chase to catch
them. Unlike the James and the
Younger boys, they don't ride into
town in the daytime, shoot up and
down the street until the bank is
robbed, and then ride off into the
woods. The up-to-date bank robber
comes and goes under cover of night,
and almost invariably relies upon the
railroads to carry him far away from
the scene-of his crime within a few
hours.
So 1t is that the muf1led boom of
the bank robbery is a nightly occur
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

Chicago.-A compilation of the bank
robberies which occurred throughout
the middle western states last fall
shows that the season was an excep-
tionally prosperous one for cracks
men. Many a little banking institu-
ton was %plundered of it's wealth by
the night-prowling profession.
For a time it was a daily occurrence
to lsarn that a bank robbery had
taken place in Missouri, Illinois, In
diana, Kansas, or some of the other
n~eighboring states of the Mississippi
valley. Very often as many as two
or three banks were robbed on the
same night at different towns, show
ing that several bands were pursuing
the nefarious work.
Partial List of Robberies.
Beginning with the first Of October
and ending with the last day of the
old year, no less than 80 successful
bank robberies occurred in the states
of The middle west. Following are
some of the "jobs:"
The bank of Willard. KY, was
4OoDCu Oh lHS hlSuL " OClODeT y, anu
pursuing citizens killed one robber
and captured four others.
A series of bank robberies occurred
in Indiana between October "a and
November 8. The robbers got $4,000
from the bank at Sanborn, $500 from
the bank at Hagerstown, $4,000 from
the bank at Ridgeville, and wrecked
the vault at Windfall. All attempt
was also made to rob the bank at
Odo1, but no money was secured.
Citizens of Duquoin, ILL.,, routed a
gang Of safe blowers on the night of
November l.
Bank of Creighton, Creighton, Mo-,
was Robbed Of $4,000 night Of Novem-
Der 3, and the vault partially demol-
ished by nitroglycerine.
On night of November 3 robbers
tried to blow the bank at Washing
ton, Ind, and were frustrated in get
ting $4,000 by the bottom of the safe
blowing out before the doors opened.
In blowing a safe at C%herryvale,
Kan, on the night of November 20,
robbers started a fire which did $75,-
900 damage.
Bank of Pleasant Plains, ILL.,, shot
up by safe blowers on night of No
vember rs. They got $500. Another
gang got $1,000 at Jamestown, ILL.,, the
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
Ways of the Bank Burglar.
night. and a third $500 at Fair

same night, and a third 5000 at Fair
mount, Ill.
Bank robbers made an unsuccessful
attack upon Danyille, Ill, on the night
Of November Fl, and the same night
another futile attempt was mace at
Tamaroa, Ill.
Robbers entered Eldon, Mo-, on
nigh. OF. November rs, but were re-
pulsed by citizens. who captured their
bottle of nitro glycerine.
John Rodenberg. of East st. Louis,
feeling that safe blowers might visit
him, Iosted the combination of his
safe In plain view. The expected
visit came, and the thieves got 1872
out OF the safe ON the night Of Noyem-
Der 26, without using the destructive
nitrogIy cerine. He saved tho safe.
The State Bank at Chapman, Neb.,
Vas dynamitci on the night Of No
yember ~. yielding $1,000.
Thu entire front OF the American
1Nxcnange bank. at Browns, Ill. Vas
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
Many Institutions P1undered by
Craftsmen During Re-
cent Months.
HOW NEFARIoUS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED
Over Thirty Successful "Jobs' in Mississippi
Valley States During Last Quarter of 1905
Are Regarded as Most Danger
Gus of Criminals.

wrecked by nitroglycerine on the
night of November 2S. The robbers
got $1,000. On the same night another
gangs got 1925 at Piggott, Ark; g
small sum at Metz, Ark; 500 at Law
ton, @. T.; sS5 at Terrell, Tex, and
$1,000 at Vallonia, Ind.
Over $4,000 was taken from the bank
at Owl, 1. T., on the night of Novem.
Der 80.
Robbers blew a safe at %Shelbyville,
Mo-, and got 1910 on night of De-
cember 1.
The Farmers and Merchants bank
at Forest Grove, Ore, was robbed of
$5,453 on night of December 2. On
the same night another gang got 1000
from a bank at Carrolton, Tex.
Citizens at Falkland, Ind, fought an
exciting battle with bank robbers on
night of December 6. The thieves got
away with $500. On the same night
another gang got $3.50 at Ardmore,
l. T.
All Precautions Useless.
Banks in all the small towns in
these states were literally turned into
arsela's, while a thorough, up-to-date
equlpr,ent of burglar alarms was
generally installed and special armed
watchmen employed by the banks.
The methods employed in practically
every one of these bank robberies have
been the anne The loot has seldom
failed. Sometimes it has amounted to
$4,000 from : single robbery, and
it has scarcely ever been less than
$1,000.
Not since the days when the ia
nous Reno gang Of bandits terrorized
the people with it's daring crimes has
the country been so boldly worked by
bank burglars as it was during the
autumn just past. With the advent
of the rural telephone and the de-
velopment of the interurban electric
railways the states boosted of prog
ress that was popularity supposed to
make the profession of yeggman so
hazardous that organizations of bur-
glars and systematic looting Of banks
would be abandoned. But such seems
not TO have been the case.
Missouri, which invented train rob-
berry, usually leads all the states of
the union in bank robberies. This
year, however, the state where peo-
pie have "to be shown" has been
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
Bank Burglars at Work.

n somewhere in the middle vesI
at this season. The dweller in the
country town knows what it is wher
1t brings him out of his peaceful slum.
bers in the dead Of night.
There is no mistaking that sup.
pressed roar. If he is a game man
the citizen gets his gun and goes out
on the firing line; If he is a man OF
peace, he assures his wife that the
noise they heard is thunder.
Few Robbers Caught.
1t is a singular fact that few bank
robbers are caught. Now and then
a gang Of them will make a mess of
it and bring the wrath of the citizen
soldiery down on their heels, but the
average Of mortality in the business
is below that of street car riding and
automobiling. Bank robbers work in
quartettes, as did the adventures of
Dumas, and about the only difference
between their lives and those of the
famous Three Musketeers is that the
bank robbers adventures are invaria-
bly, more remunerative and always less
sentimental.
Sometimes everything goes to
smash, as 1t did with a gang at VIII
lard, KY, on the night of October 20
last, when a posse put bloodhourds
upon the trail after the bank was
robbed and fought a battle with the
thieves, killing n and capturing the
rest.
Sometimes, too, a bank robber grows
careless with his wealth and excites
suspicion by displaying it. This was
the undoing of Harry Stewart, who
was arrested in st. Louis December
4 while attempting to dispose of $1,000
worth Of stamps which had been part
of the loot in a robbery at Shelbyville,
Mo-, a few days before. Stewart con
fessed to completely in the robbery.
The greater part of these rowing
rogues, however, get away without a
fight or a capture. They almost in
variably work between midnight and
two o'clock, when citizens are wrapped
in slumber. Indeed, their methods are
so identical from one end Of the great
Mississippi valley to the other that
n might readily suppose all the rob
berries were the work OF the same gang
Detectives. however. know better.
The Robbing Formula.
The formula for robbing a bank is
simple. simpler than one not familiar
with the workings of a gang of safe
crackers would suppose.
The gang gets a few. sticks of dyna-
mite, takes the ritroglycerine out of
It and carries this violent explosive
away. 1t has been the case, too, that
quantities Of nitroglycerine have been
stolen from q manufacturing plant
where the deadly explosive is made
In the northern part Of Indiana, 1t ia
the superstition OF Capt. Kinney, of
the Indianapolis detective department.
that the robbers have this explosive
hidden away In some woods and car
ry away small quantities OF 1t as they
need II.
Besides the explosive the other CO.
sential to robbing q safe is a bar OF
soap. Sometimes the gang has bur-
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
DOCTOR CURED OF ECZEMA.
Maryland Physician Cures Himself
DIR. Fisher Says: "Cuticura REM
edies Possess True Merit"

my face was afflicted with eczema in
the year 1897. 1 used the Cuticura Rene.
lies, and was entirely cured. l am a prac.
ticing physician, and very often prescribe
Cuticura Resolvent and Cuticura Soap in
coses Of eczema, and they have cured
where other formulas have failed. l
am not in the habit of endorsing patent
medicines, but when l find remedies pos.
Remedies do, / am broad-minded enough
to proclaim their virtues to the world. l
have been practicing medicine for sixteen
years, and must say l find your Remedies
A No. !. You are at liberty to publish
this letter. G. M. Fisher, M. D., Big
Pool, Md, May "a, 1905"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

glar tools, some Of them Of remark.
able workmanship; but the possession
of these is rare.
For the most part the gangs work
with nothing but the nitroglycerine
and the soap. They pick out a small
city, rarely m with a population Of
more than 5000 or 1000. generally one
with less. Such towns have but q
small night police force, II, indeed,
they have anything more than a night
marshal.
The gang sends a man in town dur
ing the day to locate the bank. At
midnight the whole qaartette moves
in. The night marshal is hunted up
and gagged. Bank robbers have their
wi colloquialisms for all these things.
and If they were telling 1t they would
say they stuck up the marshal and
put him away" This means they thrust
a gun in the officers face, compelled
him to throw up his hands, bound and
gagged him, and laid him out of
harms way behind some building, or
back in an alley. Looking after the
night marshal Is almost always an
easily accomplished preliminary. Few
Of them ever discover there are bank
robbers in town until 1t is too late,
and a case where robbers were antici-
pated by the marshal and routed be-
fore they robbed the bank is sufficient
ly rare to be called unknown.
Actual Work at Bank.
After the way has been cleared in
this manner the thieves so to the
bank, either pick or break the lock
Of the bank door with a crowbar, and
enter the chamber of wealth. If the
safe is inside the vault they first go
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
Necessity as a virtue.

Rambo-You'rs always roasting me
about my extravaganza. For the last
four years I've lived strictly within my
income.
Baldwin, think you have. 1t was
about four years ago that you found
out nobody would trust you any long.
er.-chicago Tribune.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
Rich. Juicy Radishes Free.

Everybody loves juicy, tender radishes.
Salzer knows this, hence he offers to send
you absolutely free sufficient radish seed
to keep you in tender radishes all sum-
mer long and his great
sALZER's BARGAIN sEED BOOB
with its wonderful surprises and great
bargains in seeds at bargain prices.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

in and bloating Of the chest choked
me and threatened the heart. l had
little hope. but to my untold surprise
Doan's Kidney Pills brought me relief
and saved my life. I shall never for
get it."
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized to refund money II
PAzo OINTMENT fails to cure In Q TO 14days. Zoo
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

"When 1 began
using Doan's Kid
ney Pills l was SO
weak 1 could
hardly drag my
self across the
m. wal
wretched and ner-
vous. and had
~backache, bear
ing-down pain,
headache, dizzi-
ness and weak
eyes. Dropsy set
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

Men are prone to spend a lot Of time
designing. mansard roofs Of hope for un,
finished foundations of deeds.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

Lewis Single Binder-the famous straight
DC cignr, always best quality. Your dealer
or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
A D%ESPAIRING WOMAN.
Weak, Nervous and wretched From
Wasting Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. Henry A. Reamer, Main and
Garst Sts., South Bend, Ind. saws:
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

Luck" is the f~ruitage of a seed own
and forgotten.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

Most young fellows don't begin to think
seriously about marriage until they have
been married two or three months.-N.
Y. Times.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

MANY a man. said Uncle Eben, "takes
credit to his SET fob bein' repentant when
he's only afraid of de investigator com,
mittee w Star.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02
@&Q@ 90

The enormous crops on our seed farms
the past season compel us to issue this
special catalogue.
SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY.
and receive the radishes and the wonder.
full Bargain Book free.
Remit 4c and we add a package of Cos
mos. the most fashionable, serviceab!e,
beautiful annual flower.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Drawer
K, La Crosse, Wis.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-02-02

Many q man would fail to arrive but
for his ability to butt in.-Chicago Daily
News.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-24

The thing that troubles me most,
begad,
Says to myself, says 1:
The thing I think about most, my lad,
Is why-why why?
Why are we born to die?
And why do we fight and lie
For little space in useless place
That we cannot keep and we may dis
grace?-
Says to myself, says |,
l needn't trouble you then, my lad,
So answered myself to me;
The why don't cut any ice, begad-
The chow is the thing, you see;
For the why" in the case, maybe,
Will be plain when your SOULS set
free;
But if you wait for your final fate
To learn the chow" it will be too
So answered myself to mel
And it's good advice that you give,
begad,
Says to myself, says L;
For fellow has got to live, my lad,
AS sure as he's got to die.
So it's up to you to try
Your best, as the days slip by,
To do your task till the years unmask
The secret at last-and then you can
ask,
And perhaps they'll thell you why!
Cleveland Leader.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-24
BUSINESS LOCALS.

Mrs. Potts nickel plated flat
irons reduced from SOC to 35c.
Regular 25c. handles for same
reduced to 15c. Poyneer & Co.
For good quiet rooms go to the
Elk Hotel.
Rubber lined duck coats at the
Elk Store.
Roanoke Blended, whole roast,
35c. per pound, Poyneer & Co.
Golden Gate Mocha and Java,
40c. per pound, at Poyneer & Co.
Closet & Devor's Mocha and
Java, 40c. Poyneer & Co.
The Mining News will keep
you posted on all matters pertain
ing to mining in central Idaho.
Poyneer & Co. have another
consignment Of those high grade
cigars. Try them.
Oceanic Blend Roasted Coffee,
25c. per pound at Poyneer & Co.
Fresh ranch eggs, 40c. per doz.
or $1,000 per case. Poyneer & Co.
Go to H. D. Poyneer & Co. for
bargains in canned goods, by can
or case.
For a good square meal go to
the Elk Hotel.
The best of Teas and Coffees
at the Elk Store.
We have on the road sweet po-
tatoes, cranberries and celery. r.
Elk Store.
From date dec. 81 we will
sell giant powder for cash only
H. D. Poyneer & Co.
Now is the time to subscribe
for the MINING NEWS.
A dozen copies of the Idaho
Miners Code for sale at the post
office. Price SO cents.
We will have stone coal this
lweek. Elk Store.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-24
Personal
and
Otherwise

number of magazines to the
MINING News for distribution to
the prospectors. Call and get
one.
G. B. Shellhorn and w. L,
Kennedy, of the Seattle-Idaho
Placer Mining Co., of Seattle,
WASH, passed through town this
week, en- route to the companies
property on Salmon river below
Dixie, where they will prepare
for active development which is
expected to begin in about 20
days.
DIED March 18th, at his camp
on Red Horse, after a short i'll
ness from la grippe, Henry
Ternan, aged 60 years. Deceas-
ed was a native of Canada; was
a pioneer of Idaho county, COM
ing to Elk City in 1869 since
which time he followed placer
mining till the time of his death.
He was buried here on the 10th
inst. One son Isaac Ternan, of
Harpster, survives him.
Do not overlook us, if you are
in the market for mining supplies.
we have the goods and the prices
that will certainly interest you.
Our team makes Elk and Oro-
grande every 10 days. Send us
your orders, we appreciate them.
O'Bannon & Clark, Clearwater.
Fresh ranch eggs, S. per case.
Lapp & Co., Harpster, Idaho.
We have on hand Lincoln and
Meadow Gold butter in one pound
sealed packages. -ElkStore.
We can furnish you 8 pound 7
rails, in ordinary quantities, laid
down at Sites, at $4.25 per 10C
pounds.
Plates for same 5 LIE; spikes
SC; bolts &c.
Automatic mine car at. Sites
$45; steel plate bed, wheels cast
iron chilled on face, self oiline
dust-proof caps.
If you are going to send out
for anything in the hardware
line, stoves or drill steel, let us
make you prices.
Do you want anything in the
leather line. Let us quote you
prices on harness and saddles.
H. D. Poyneer & Co.
Go to the Elk Store for ladies'
and mems overshoes. All kinds
in stock now.
Subscribe for the Elk City
Mining News.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-24
NOTICE.

Those who owe me for monthly
medical fees or for medical SER
vices can pay Mr.. G. L. L. Bas-
kett at the Elk City Drug Store.
Statements of the amounts due
will be mailed as soon as posi-
BILE. JESSE L. RAINS,
Grangeville, Idaho.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-24
Wanted.

Position wanted by man and
wife with some mining company
as bookkeeper and cook respec-
lively. Both with experience.
Low elevation desirable. State
salary you can pay with full par
ticulars.
Address H. H., care of O. c..
Lapp, Harpster, Idaho.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-24
Local Mention

Mr.. and Mrs. Bullock are on
the sick list.
]. B. Henniger is in the grip
of la grippe.
Mrs. E. R. Meinert was an Elk
visitor Monday.
Mrs. Harrington is around
again after a bout with la grippe.
Miss Alma Litchfeld arrived
home from California on Fridays
stage.
John Grind, of Orogrande.
left for Kooskia this week on a
couple of weeks vacation.
G. V. Harrington, who has
been in England visiting relatives
is expected home about the 25th.
Mrs. G. l.. Campbell and Miss
Bessie Brundige made a trip to
Newsome Thursday and returned
next day.
VIM. Hogan, of the G. R. M.
Co., passed through town Thurs
day on his way to Spokane on
business.
Miss Dorothea Gambert, of
Charleston, arrived on Saturdays
stage to take charge of the Elk
City school.
Ray Tobias and John Nelson
passed through town this week
from Orogrande en- route out
side on business.
G. l.. Campbell who was
around last week from an attack
of grippe, suffered a slight re-
lapse and is again bedfast.
Sheriff Green and A. C. Haw-
son of Grangeville, were business
visitors in our town Wednesday.
They returned home the next
day.
Jim Penman, of Orogrande.
spent several days in town this
week, on his way to Harpster,
where he intends remaining till
well of the grippe.
A. Allardyce who has bought
the Big Idaho group on Big creek
near Dixie, for eastern people,
passed through town Thursday
en- route to the property.
E. H. Farr and A. J. Board
man arrived here Friday from
Cleveland, o., to begin the sea-
sons operations on the Elk Trail
placers at the mouth of Crooked
river.
Mr.. Lisle Hopkins, of the Hote1
fremont, Sites, sent a large
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-02

prevent any exchange of lands acquired
by said city and county after the adop-
tion of this amendment by the legisla-
ture for street purposes and provided
that said amendment shall contain the
further provision that no existing pub
lie park or square, or any part thereof,
shall be sold or exchanged under the
provisions of said amendment; and
that said amendment shall contain the
further provision that nothing in said
amendment contained shall be con-
strued as to confer upon the board of
supervisors any power or authority be-
yond that at this date possessed by it,
to extend the term or time of existence,
or conditions, of any fran chise.
To Provide Special Funds
Thirty third-To consider and pro-
pose an amendment to be submitted at
the next general election, to article 6
of the constitution Of the state of Cal
ifornia so as to provide necessary funds,
through state indebtedness and the is
suance of bonds in excess of the amount
which may be incurred under the pro-
visions of section of said article, for
the purpose of rebuilding, repairing,
replacing and restoring the buildings
and property of the state destroyed or
damaged by conflagration or of other
public calamity and to provide funds
for meeting any deficiency in the reve-
nues of the state for the fiscal years
commencing July l, 1907, and ending
June 10, 1912.
Thirty consider and pro-
pose an amendment, to be submitted
at the next general election, to section
IS of article II of the constitution of
the state of California, so as to enable
counties. cities and counties, towns,
townships, boards of education and
school districts to incur Indebtedness
and issue bonds to run for a period not
exceeding one hundred years and to
provide for interest and sinking funds
in connection herewith.
Thirty-fifth-To confirm such nomi-
nations as may be sent to the senate.
In witness whereof 1 have hereunto
set my hand and caused to be affixed
hereunto the great seal of the state
of California, at my office in the state
capital. this first day of June, in the
year of our Lord, the one thousand,
nine hundred and sixth and of the ad-
mission of the state of California the
ffty-sixth.
(Signed) GEORGE c. PARDEE,
Governor of State of California.
Attest: C. f. CURRY,
Secretary of State