Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

HENh aZAAAANNAI NHNHAAANA
At Gibbon left In an automobils. II the
men who asa the Job at CsresOo are the
same ones, they must have msde . jump
OF about 400 miles in the dag, disposed
of the auto without attracting attention
and made their way 20 ths little town In
record time for one travelling under or
binary conditions oeresoo IL eighteen
miles north OF lincoln, In Saunders
county, on the Northwestern line.
CERESCo, Neb., Dec. 1s.-(Special -eie-
,Fam.)-Three bank robbers at 100 a m.
today blew the safe of the State Bank OF
ceresco and stole 5000. They made their
escape In a stolen rig that they abandoned
later in the morning a mile west Of Ashland,
where the horses were found nearly drtven
TO death.
James Boyle. a young man. was going
home at the hour Of the robbery. When he
passed the bank the men confronted him
and at the point OF revolvers forced him to
submit to their wishes. They prled open
the door of the bank and taking him inside
blindfolded him and tied him to a chair.
after which they blew the safe. The in
terror Of the bank building was not badly
wrecked, but the vault and safe were shat
tered by the force Of the explosion.
When the robbers left they saw to st
that Boyle was safely tied and gagged and
the robbery therefore was not discovered
until the officials reached the building. CIV
ang the men ample time to make their get
away.
n. H. Meeker Of Greenwood is president
of the bank and H. Neal is cashier.
Robbers seen in Ashland.
ASHLAND, NeD.. Dec. 1e-Cspecial Tele-
wram.)EThe men who robbed the State
Bank OF Ceresco early this morning drove
away In a rig they stole there and came
TO Ashland. 1t is believed they left on
some OF the early morning trains or else
they are in hiding still in the vicinity.
The stolen team was found at daylight
about a mile west of here. The robbers
were evidently humane persons so far as
dumb animals are concerned. for they had
unhitched the horses.
A Burlington car checker at SIS this
morning saw three men coming from the
direction where the team was found. but
In the darkness and having no knowledge
Of the robbery paid no attention to them
He said one was a tan man and wore a
long overcoat. but further than that he
was unable to give a description. He did
not notice their hats. But ne was certain
there were only three men.
Agent Tom Daley at the Burlington
depot says SO far as he knows, these men
ed not get on the early trains. as there
were only two. they might have taken No.
9 for Omaha and a freight at Sis on the
: Sioux City line. The suspects. he said. were
seen IN the neighborhood Of the junction
OF the Schuyler branch and the main line.
The news OF the robbery did not reach
here until long after daylight and then
any plans for escape might have been car
ried out. Mr.. Daley knows nothing OF a
man wearing a silk hat in connection with
the suspects and is positive they were
three in number. He thinks II unlikely
thai any OF these men took trains regu-
larIy out OF this place.
Trace of GIbbOn Robbers.
HASTINGS. Neo.. Dec. 1s.-CspeciaI Tele-
gram)-The safe blowers. who were traced
eastward from Gibbon for ten miles and
then a short distance south. were probably
seen in Juniata about 4 o'clock yesterday
morning. An automobile containing five
men went through town at that time at
high speed and the few who saw them
suspicioned that something was wrong.
The authorities here were notified by tele-
phone, but no strange automobile entered
this city. II is believed here that the men
who robbed the banks at Chase. Keene
Gibbon and ceresco are survivors of tn,
old Hanover. Kan. gang. whose thre,
ringleaders were caught by Andy Lepanski
then chief OF police OF Hastings. eighi
years ago. A number OF other banks hav,
been robbed in southern Nebraska anC
Eorthern Kansas In the last two years AM
suspicion connects all of these with tn,
bandits who ren~dezevoused at Hanovel
under the three men who were caught ant
convicted.
Word Received sn Omaha.
Sheriff Bradley received a telephone mes
sage from Sheriff Daley OF Saunder
county asking him TO be on the lookou