Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-13
BOY DESPERATE
DRIVEN TO BAY
SHOOTS HIMSELF
YOUTHFUL BANDIT R0BS BANK
AT EUD0RA, KAS.
RoBBER ACCOMPANIED BY BOY
rs YEARS OLD
Posse Captures Young Hlghwaymen,
One Of Whom had Shot Cashier,
Murdered Policeman and
Shot Another Man
[By Associated Press. ]

hUDORA, Kas., Nov. 12.-Driven to
Ill bay by an armed posse, Earl
As Bullock, the 17-yearold bandit of
Lawrence, Kas., who twice within the
last month has robbed the Eudora state
bank and murdered a policeman and
shot another man, probably fatally
wounded himself near here today.
Bullock's attempted suicide followed
his second robbery of the bank here
today and his shooting of Fred Starr,
cashier of the Kaw Valley state bank,
who was in the Eudora State bank with
his days clearings.
Accompanied by William Mckay, Is
years old, of Jacksonville, Fla, Bullock
held up the bank. Although Starr Of
fered no resistance, Bullock shot him
through the jaw. Snatching more than
$500, Bullock fed, followed by his COM
panion.
Harry Wilson, cashier of the robbed
hank spread the alarm and a crowd or
citizens, armed with shotguns, rifles
and revolvers, pursued the boy bandits
across the fields. In attempting to swim
the Kaw river the boys lost ground,
and few minutes later the mob was a t
their heels Mckay surrendered, but
Bullock, wrenching the revolver from
his faltering partners hand, sped on
into patch of wood.
John Miller, farmer unconnected
with the pursuit, stepped into Bullocks
path, and the boy, thinking him an en-
emy, fired His shots missed Miller,
and the posse, seeing the youth was
ready to shoot, fired a score Of shots.
Youth Shoots Himself
Bullock returned the fire. Then, real
izing that he was about to be captured,
he shot himself through the head.
Meantime the crowd threatened to
lynch Mckay
Oficers hurried him to Lawrence in
an automobile and placed him in jail
Bullock's previous holdup of the Eu-
dora bank and the murder of Policeman
Wilson Pringle took place october II.
While in custody Of ID. s. Wood, a
deputy sheriff of Lawrence who ar
rested the boy on a charge OF having
robbie da secondhand store Bullock
drew to revolvers and froced Wood
and Cashier Wilson into the bank
vault Snatchlng between $500 and
$1,000 he fed.
That night Prlngle was shot to death
while attempting to arrest Bullock at
his home in Lawrence.
Efforts to locate Bullock were futile
Until Mckay made a written state
ment Of his connection with Bullock to-
day his whereabouts were unknown.
According to Mckay, Bullock has been
living at a fashionable hotel in jack
sonville under the name of ]. A. DON
aldson.
Wanted to Be Real Robber
Bullock, whom I knew as Donald
son, picked me up in Jacksonville and
entertained me royalty" said Mckay.
when he told me he was desperate
I thought it would be fine to be a real
robber like him.
zone day Bullock told me he wanted
to go to Kansas City with him, as he
knew where there was a. little bank
near there with only one man In 1t that
we could rob without any trouble.
1--WE left Jacksonville Sunday and
arrived in Kansas City Tuesday. We
went to several little towns around
Kansas City and finally arrived at
Lenate. Kas., two miles from Eudora,
yesterday He gave me some ammu-
milton and two revolvers and told me
we would rob the bank today"
Mckay said he wanted to surrender
soon after he and his pal left the bank
when he heard the mob at his heels.
mo, I'll not surrender" Bullock told
him. "a real robber fights until the
last. I will die before I vol give up"
All the money taken from the bank
today was found in Bullock's pockets
He was brought here unconscious.
Fred Starr's wound is said not to be
serious.