The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-11-19
BANK IS ROBBED
THE SECOND TIME
BY BOLD BANDIT
EARL BULLOCK, AGED NINETEEN
RETURNS TO COMPLETE
WORK.
DIES AFTER LONG CHASE
Wanted Money to Defray Marriage
Expenses And Took Short Way
of Getting it-AccomPliee Is Cap
tured.

EUDoRA. Kan, Nov. Earl Bull
lock. the 19-year-old bandit, who rob
he'd the state Bank of Eudora October
II returned this afternoon at 3 O'Clock
with a companion. held up the cashier
and robbed the bank again.
While the robbers were at work
Fred Starr, assistant cashier of the
Kaw Valley State Bank of Eudora, en-
tered the Eudora State Bank with the
DAYS clearings. The robbers shot
him through the jow. Grabbing all
the money they could reach they ran
out of the back door. A posse was at
once formed. The robbers fed to the
hills west of the town. The posse
surrounded them later.
A fight took place in the hills be-
tween the posse and robbers. After
few shots had been fired Bullock
fell with ball through his head. The
bullet is supposed to have been fired
by his own hand.
The robbers got about $1,000 this af-
ternoon. 1t is believed that Starr, the
wounded cashier, will recover.
Harry Wilosn, son of E. E. Wilson,
cashier of the bank, was in the room
at the time The robbers brought
quick action. Guns were handy. Each
man grabbed a weapon and started in
pursuit.
The two robbers could be seen run
ming toward the hills. The posse
took UP the chase. On the farm OF
AL Smith, the fugitiyes were only
short distance ahead. There Bull
locks companion, a youth named Nc
Kay, threw up his hands in token of
surrender Bullock proceeded on. On
finding the pursuers close on his heels
he turned and fired.
The shots went wild. Bullock ran
again, heading for some timber. AS
he entered the woods he came face to
face with John Miller, who was go
ing toward Eudora. Seeing himself
cut off, Bullock fired twice at Miller,
but missed.
Then the robber lodged behind a
tree and disappeared A few minutes
later there was a revolver shot. The
posse ran up and found the bandit
with a bullet through his
left temple. The ball passed entirely
through his head. His recovery is
A crowd of farmers and townsmen
quickly gathered around Mckay and
began to talk of lynching him. Ste
phen George, F. A, Smith and Frank
Williams took him and started down
the road on the run to keep the crowd
from carrying out its threat.
The angry posse pursued. Before
the chase had gone far McKay's pro-
tectors encountered a motor car from
Lawrence carrying two newspaper
men. Quickly dispossessing the mo-
torists of their car, the men put Nc
Kay in it and turned the car towards
Lawrence. The mob finding itself
listanced returned to Eudora.
Mckay lives in Lawrence. He was
a lifelong friend of Bullock and was
by the police of knowing
where Bullock was hiding.
Bullock, although life was almost
extinct. was carried to Eudora and |
placed in the city hall. A big crowd
the building awaiting the
news that he was dead.
Around Bullock's waist was found a
leather band. Wrapped in it was a
diamond ring.
Early in October two revolyers were
stolen from hardware store in Law
,ence. Earl Bullock was suspected of
he theft, and when deputy sheriff
vent to arrest him he found Bullock
1ad gone to Eudora, a few miles from
Lawrence. He followed him there,
arriving in time to find Bullock in the
Judora state bank talking to the cash
err e. E. Wilson. d. S. Woods, the
deputy sheriff, told Bullock he was
lnder arrest.
AS Woods turned to talk to Wilson
Bullock drew pistol from his pocket
and forced the deputy sheriff and the
cashier to walk into the bank vault,
which Bullock closed after them. Bull
ock then took $500 and hurried to
Lawrence. Two hours after they had
,een locked up Woods and Wilson
we're released from the vault.
Woods at once telegraphed to Law
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