Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-13
Earl Bullock, 17-Year-0ld
Kansas Desperate, Shoots
Down Cashier Snatches
$500 and Makes Off,
PURSUED BY ANGRY MOB.
SHOOTS SELF FATALLY
Suicide Ends Career Of ProniS-
ing Youth Who Last Month
Murdered Policeman and
Successfully Robbed Bank.

IBy Morning journal Special Leased wirel
Eudora, Kan. Nov. f3.-Driven 20
bay by an armed mob, Earl Bullock,
the l7-year-old bandit of Lawrence,
Kan, who twice within the last month
has robbed the Eudora State bank and
murdered q policeman and shot anoth-
er man, fatally wounded himself in an
effort TO commit suicide near here yes
terday.
The young desperate was picked up
unconscious and rushed to the hospi-
tai at Lawrence where, despite every
effort to save his life, he expired at
2:25 this morning.
Bulloek's suicide followed his
second robbery of the bank here
and his shooting of Fred starr
cashier of the Kaw Valley State bank,
OF Eudora, who was in the Eudora
state bank with his days ciearings.
Aceoropanied by William Mckay, 10
wears old, of Jacksonville, Fla. Bull
lock held up the bank. Although
Starr offered no resistance, Bullock
shot him through the jaw. Snatchlng
more than $500. Bullock fled followed
by his companion. Each youth mad
two revolvers.
Harry Wilson, cashier of the robbed
bank. spread the alarm and crowd
of citizens, armed with shotguns, rifles
and revolvers, pursued the boys across
the fields In attempting to swim the
Kaw river the boys lost ground and a
few minutes later the mob was at
their heels Mckay surrendered, but
Bullock, wrenching the revolver from
his faltering partners hands sped on
into a patch of wood.
John Miller, a farmer in no way
connected with the pursuit, stepped
into Bullock's path, and the boy
thinking him an enemy flred. his
shots missed Miller and the posse. see
ing the youth was ready to shoot,
fired score of shots at him. Bullock
returned the fire. Then. realizing he
was about to be captured. he shot
himself through the head.
Meantime, the crowd threatened to
lynch Mckay Officers hurried him
to the Lawrence jail in an automobile
and placed him in Jail
Bullock's previous holdup OF the
Eudora bank and the murder of Po-
lceman Wilson Pringle, took place on
October | /.
While in charge of d. S. Woods, a
deputy sheriff of Lawrence, who ar
rested the boy on charge of ron
bing a secondhand store. Bullock |
drew two revolvers and forced Woods
and Cashier Wilson into the bank
vault Snatching between $500 ana
$1,000 he fled. That night Pringle
was shot while attempting to arrest |
Bullock at his home in Lawrence,
Pringle going to the door calling for |
Bullock. His answer was rain OF |
bullets which swept him down. He |
died in few days.
Efforts to locate Bullock were vain. |
He was reported to be hiding In a |
wood near his home. Later ii was re- |
ported he had been captured in Okla
homa. Rewards aggregating S1.5OO |
were offered for his arrest. Until |
Mckay made written statement or
his connection with Bullock yesterday,
his whereabouts were unknown.
According to Mckay. Bullock has
been living at fashionable hotel in |
Jacksonville, under the name. y. A.
Donaldson" He had money on de-
post in the Florida National bank /
there. under that name, Mckay said.
Mckay is tall slender and appar-
emily weak youth. who has led into |
the crime by Rullock's lurid descrip-
tion of the thrilling adventures OF a
boy desperate.
Bullock, whom I knew as Donald
son, picked me up in Jacksonville. and
entertained me royalty" said Mckay.
He used to take me out TO dinner
and give me checks to cash for him.
When he told me he was a desperate
duu ndu TODOe0 Dduk. 1 tnbuEht IL
would be fine TO be a real robber IKE
him. a
One day Bullock told me ne want
ed me to go to Kansas CITY with him.
as he knew where there was little
bank near there with only one man in
II that we could rob without any trou-
Die He promised to pay all the ex-
penses OF the trip.
We left Jacksonville Sunday and
arrived in Kansas City Tuesday. We
went to several little towns around
kansas City and finally arrived at Le-
nate, Kan. two miles from Eudora.
yesterday. Then he gave me some
ammunition and two revOlvers and
me We would rob the bank.
i was supposed 10 guard the door
and see that nobody escaped. he rob
bed the bank and shot the man. Than
ne told me TO follow him.
| was so badly frightened when the
mob started to follow US. that l wanted
20 stop and surrender. after we left
No. III not surrender ne said. "A
ssal robber fights until the last | win
oie before give up"
All Of the money taken from the
eank yesterday was found in Buliock's
pockets when he was picked up In