The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-13
Boy Bandit Attempts Suicide
While Pursued by a
Kansas Posse.
SLEW ONE; HURT ANOTHER
COMPANION OF OUTLAW BARELY
EcAPED LYNCHlNG AFTER BE-
ING cAPTURED-TAKEN TO A
NEARBY COMMUNITY.

Bank of Eudora and wounded the as
sistant cashier, Earl Bullock, aged 49,,
yesterday shot and perhaps fatally
wounded himself. Bullock's compan-
ion, William Mckay, aged Is, was
rescued from lynching and taken to
Lawrence for safe keeping.
This was the second time Bullock
had held up the bank of Eudora. The
previous holdup resulted in the NUT
der OF Policeman Wilson Pringle on
October H.
Bullock had been taken to the bank
on that day in charge of D. S. Woods,
a deputy sheriff of Lawrence. who
had arrested him on charge Of rob-
bipg a second hand store. Bullock
drew two revolvers and forced Woods
and Wilson into the bank vault.
Snatching between $500 and $1,000,
he fled.
That night Pringle was shot while
attempting to arrest Bullock at his
home in Lawrence. Pringle went to
the door and called for Bullock. The
answer was a rain of bullets. He died
In few days.
Details Of Second HoIdup.
Bullock disappeared and. despite the
fact 81 500 was offered for informa-
ton as to his whereabouts, was not
seen until yesterday, when he and
Mckay entered the bank They fore
ed all the men present to line up,
and were grabbing all the money in
sight when Fred Starr, the assistant
cashier, entered The robbers shot
him through the jaw and ran out Of
the back door, fleeing towards the
hills west of town.
Harry Wilson, son of E. e. Wilson.
the cashier, dashed through the front
door and into a store nearby, where
there were six or eight men. Each
man grabbed a weapon and started in
pursuit.
In attempting to swim the kaw riv-
err the boys lost ground and few min
utes later tho posse was at their
heels, Mckay surrendered, but Bull
lock. wrenching the revolvers from his
partners hands, sped on into a patch
of wood.
Hide. and Shoot. Self.
John Miller, farmer. stepped into
Bullock's path and the boy fired. His
shot missed Miller, and the posse.
seeing the youth was ready to shoot,
fired score of shots at him. Bullock
returned the fire.
Then the robber lodged behind a
tree and disappeared. A few minutes
later there was revolver shot. The
posse ran up and found the bandit un-
conscious with bullet through his
left temple. The ball passed entire
1y through his head. His recovery
is impossible.
A crowd of farmers and townsmen
quickly gathered around Mckay and
began to talk Of lynching him. Steph-
en- George, F. A. Smith and Frank
Williams took him and started down
the road on the run to keep the crowd
from carrying out it's threat. The
posse pursued.
Before the chase had gone far
Mckay's protectors encountered mo-
tor car from Lawrence carrying two
newspaper men. Quickly dispossess-
ing the motorists, the three men put
Mckay in and turned the car towards
Lawrence. The mob. finding itself dis
tanced. gave up the chase Bullock
was carried to Eudora and placed in
the city hall.
Stole to Win a Wife.
Around Bullock's wrist was found
leather band. Wrapped in it was
diamond engagement ring. 1t was to
get money so that he could marry
girl and take her to Kansas City to
live that Bullock attempted to rob the
bank, according to the belief of the
police and others in Lawrence
Rumors that Bullock had been plac-
ed in the Lawrence Jail caused a noisy
crowd to gather at the prison there
last night. but when it was explained
that only Mckay was incarcerated
there the crowd left.
Mckay made written statement
last night in which he cleared up the
mystery of Bullock's whereabouts
since the first robbery
According to Mckay. Bullock has
been living at fashionable hotel in
Jacksonville under the name of u. A.
Donaldson" He had money on de-
post in the Florida National bank
there under that name, Mckay said.
Bullock, whom / 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.
One day Bullock told me he wanted
me to go to Kansas City with him,
as he knew where there was little
bank near there with only one man in
it that We could rob without any
trouble. He promised to pay all the
expenses of the trip.
Had Planned Every Detail.
I'VE left Jacksonville Sunday and
arrived in Kansas City Tuesday. We
arrived at Lenate. Kan, two miles
from Eudora, yesterday. Then he
gave me some ammunition and two
revolvers and told me We would rob
the bank today.
Il was supposed to guard the door
and see that nobody escaped. He
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