Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-11-18
YOUNG R0BBER
SHOT THREE MEN
Entered Bank with Pistol in Each
Hand and Immediately Be-
gan Shooting.
CAUGHT CROSSING RIVER
Several Policemen Joined in the Chase
Protected from Angry Crowd by
Clever Ruse - Murderer De-
clarcs He HAD No Ac.
complete.
CAUGHT CROSSING RIVER

Louisville. Ky. Nov. lin an attempt
ut bank robbery n young man who is be-
'icved TO be Arthur Hail Of Louisville. a
dealer in second hand furniture, entered
the Merchants National bank at New AL
hany Ind, shortly before noon to-day
and shot and killed j. Hungary Fnwcett,
cashier and seriously wounded John X.
Woodward. president Of the bank and
also wounded James r. Tucker, n negro
chauffeur. probably fatally
With a pistol In each hand. Hall on
tered the bank and. inter commanding
everyone to thrown up their hands ard
get into the vault" began shooting.
CASHIER INSTANTLY KILLED.
FawCett wos shot through the chest
and neck and died Almost Instantly Pres
idcnt Woodward received a bullet through
the liver and his intestines also were per-
forated. Tucker. the chauffeur, was shot
through the body.
Immediately afterward the murderer
rushed from he bank and tried to cs-
cape in an automobile in which ut the
point % pistol he had forced the negro
chauffeur to drive him to New Albany
from Louisville.
CHAUFFEUR SHOT IN RACK
Aftor tho shooting at the cank the
chauffeur. paralyzed with terror and
apparently incapable of action. sat still
when tho rohrcr jumped into the car
and ordered him to speed IN the ma
chine. The rol,hcr then jumped out of
the automobile. shot the negro in the
sack and ran two blocks to the Ohio
river. He seized a skiff and was on his
way to the louisville side of the river
before the frightened citizens of New
Albany knew what had TRANSFERRED An
alarm was given through a megaphonc
on dredse boat and ir a short time
several policemen had started In pur-
suit n . fas. notorboat
CROWD NEATLY TRICKED.
Capturing their man they brought him
to shore where by ruse Police CAPTAIN
Adams kept back the crowd of 200 persons
by announcing that the man had taken
poison and was dead. The bandit wss
then taken in a patrol wagon to the New
Albany jail and later was removed to the
southern Indiana reformatory at Jeffer-
sonville, to escape the mob which. really
Ing that it had been tricked, had assem-
hied around the Jail
III MS cell NJ inc reIOrrnatOrN tne prlS-
oner refused to give his name ana talked
only when hard pressed by questions.
He said that he had been around Louis
vile for several days. He did not know
Tucker. the chauffeur and declared
Tucker was not implicated in the attempt
on the bank.
NEVER IN TROUBLE BUT ONCE.
Il won't tell my name. I have seven
brothers and sisters. My father don't
live with my mother, and all of them are
not within six hundred miles OF this
place. | never was in trouble but once.
That was at Lexington. Ky, on
Halloween long time ago"
He seemed to he confused but apparent
ly is not insane. lie confessed that he
planned the robbery Of the bank and
says he had no assistance.
Tonight the bandit was identified as
Thomas jefferson Hail. and according to
William j. Hall. his father he is but II
years old. The elder Hall. who has a
furniture store here said his son was a
household tyrant and not Insane at ALL
"He is simply mean" said the father