Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-17
One of Fugitives Well Known
Chautauqua, Kan, Character,
Scene OF Crime
WENT ABOUT AFFAIR LEIsURELX
After Shutting Up Cashier and Bu.i-
ness Man in Vault, and Lootins BanA
of About $4,000, They Walked Out of
Front Entrance and Up Man Street,
Before Mounting Horses.

1OIeyVllle, Mas, April 1.-Two men
entered the Citizens State Bank at
| Chautauqua, twenty-five miles west Of
| Coffeyville at $3.50 this morning. They
| locked Cashier C. C. Walterhouse and
Del Easley, a business man, in the
| vault, secured all the currency in sight,
about $4,000, and escaped across the
| line of Oklahoma. Four posses are in
pursuit, and as the roads are muddy,
! it is believed the robbers will be cap-
! tured.
Unusually Daring Crime.
| The robbery was one of the most
daring ever executed in this part Of
! Kansas, the scene of many holdups on
the part of the Dalton, Starr and other
gangs of outlaws who from time to
| time have made their rendezvous in
the mountainous country of nearby
Oklahoma. Cashier Walterhouse had
| scarcely opened the bank at Chautau-
| qua. and placed his currency on the
counter ready for the days business,
when the two robbers entered. The
only other person in the place was Del
| Easley. The robbers were both well
dressed, and made their way leisrrely
to the cashiers window. One of them
was man we'll known about town.
and when he commanded Walterhouse
and Easley to throw up their hands.
the latter two took the matter in the
light of a joke. The serious intentions
of the robbers were realized q momens
later, however, when they both drew
revolvers, and pointing them at their
victims, ordered them to get into the
vault. Without further ado, Walter.
house and Easley complied, and the
robbers quickly slammed the door
shut. Then they leisurely went about
their business of looting the bank First
they drew down the window shades
facing the street and locked the doors,
to prevent interference. When they had
scraped up all the money in sight, they
walked out of the front entrance and
up the Main street. One man carried
gunny sack.
whom Walterhouse and Easley say is
a well-known Chautauqua character.
spoke to him in a friendly manner.
Nothing in the appearance of the rob-
bers betrayed the part they had just
played A block away they mounted
horses that they had tied at the curb
ing, and rode off. After going few
blocks from the center of town, they
directed their horses south toward
Oklahoma, and whipped them into
gallop. The robbery was not discov-
cred until an hour later, when j. M.
Edwards, president of the bank, en-
tered the office.
Posses Soon Formed.
After releasing Walterhouse and
Easley from the vault, Edwards gave
the alarm. and within another thirty
minutes posses had been made up in
Chautauqua, Elgin and Sedan, Kas.,
and Pawhuska. Okla, all contiguous to
the scene of the robbery. and from
three sides armed men began hot
chase after the robbers.
Cashier Walterhouse stated posi-
lively that one of the robbers was
William Tenent, aged 90, formerly OF
Chautauqua. who recently escaped
from jail at Nowata, Okla, where he
was held on charge of horse stealing.
Tenent some time ago borrowed
small sum of money from the bank,
and Walterhouse said that when Ten
ent entered the bank this morning he
supposed that he come to renew the
note, or take it up.