The Daily Missoulian., 1909-11-13
|WlcE WITHIN MONTH EARL
BULLOCK HOLDS UP SAME
INSTITUTION.
lakes STAND N WOODS
fter Securing More Than $500, Juve-
nile Bandit and His Pal Seek Safety
in Flight, But Posse Crowds Them
Closely and When Capture Seems
Imminent Leader Attempts Suicide.

Eudora. kan, Nov. l2.-Driven to
~ by an armed mob. Earl Bullock,
e 11-y.ar-old bandit of Lawrence,
an, who twice within the last
onth has robbed the Eudora State
INK. and who murdered 4 policeman
hds hot another man. probably fatally
ounded himself in an attempt to
bmmit suicide near here today. Bui-
ck's attempted suicide followed his
|cond robbery of the bank today and
$ shooting of Fred starr, cashier
the kaw Valley State bank of
udora. who was in the Eudora State
INK with his days clearings.
accompanied by William Mckay. 15
ears old. of Jacksonville, Ria, Bull
ck held up the bank. Although
arr offered no resistance to the
bldup. Bullock shot him through the
W. Snatching more than $500 Bull
ok fled. followed by his companion.
lch youth had two ievolvers.
Harry Wilson. cashier of the robbed
INK. spread the alarm and crowd
citizens, armed with shotguns.
files and revolvers, pursued the boy
ndits across the fields. In attempt
z to swim the kaw river the boys
ut ground and in a1few minutes the
oh was at their heels. Mckay sur
ndered. but Bullock. wrenching the.
volver from his faltering partners
md, sped on into a patch of woods.
Shoots Himself.
John Miller. farmer. in no way
injected with the pursuit. stepped
to Bullock's path and the boy,
linking him an enemy. fired. His
ot missed Miller and the posse.
eing the youth was ready to shoot.
red a score of shots at him. Bullock
turned the fire. But realizing he
as about to be captured. he shot
mself through the head. Meantime
e crowd threatened to lynch Nc
ay. Officers hurried him to Law
nee in an automobile and placed
IN in Jail.
Bullock's previous holdup of the
ldora bank and the murder OF
Dliceman Wilson Pringle took place
october II. While in charge of d.
Wood. deputy sheriff of Law
nee. who arrested the boy on
large Of robbing a secondhand
ore. Bullock drew two revolvers, and
reed Wood and Cashier Wilson into
e vault. Snatching between $500
ld 81 900 he fled.
That night Pringle was shot while
tempting To arrest Bullock at his
'me at Lawrence, where Pringle
ent to the door and called for Bull
elk. His answer was rain of
lllets, which swept him down. He
ed in few days. Efforts to locate
nllock We're useless. He was re-
Irted to be hiding in u woods near
home. Later it was reported he
Id been captured in oklahoma.
Lived at Fashions Hotel.
Rewards aggregating sl.500 We're Of
red for his arrest. Until Mckay
ade II written statement of his CON-
(ction with Bullock today. his
hereabouts had not been known.
ccording to Mckay, Bullock had
zen living at a fashionable hotel in
Jacksonville under the name Of j. A.
onaldson." He had money on de-
psit in the Florida National bank
ere under that name. Mckay said
Mckay apparently was led into the
ime by Bullock's lurid description
the thrilling adventures. of a boy
fsperado.
bullock. who / knew as Donald
IN, picked me up in Jacksonville and
ltertained me royalty" said Mckay.
He used To take me out to dinner
hd give me checks to cash for him. |
hen he told me he was a desperate
hd had robbed bank / thought il |
ould be fine tn be "A real robber like |
m.
zone day Bullock told me he |
hnted me To go to Kansas City with |
m. as he knew where there was
tie bank near there with only one |
an in il that We could rob without
hy t..ubie. He promised to pay all |
e expenses of the trip. We left !.
Jacksonville Sunday and arrived in |
ansas City Tuesday. We went to
ty and finally arrived mt Lenate. |
an. two miles from Eudora, yester- |
~. He gave me some ammunition |
hd two reyokers and told me We
ould rob the bank today.
Pal Loses His Nerve.
Il was supposed to guard the door |
hd see that nobody escaped. He |
bbed the bank and shot the man. |
hen he told me to follow him. ! was |
badly frightened when the mob be- /
I'm to follow us that l wanted to /
OPP and surrender soon after We left |
be bank. No. I'll not surrender |
said. A real robber fight on un-
the last. l will die before I will |
va, up.
All of the money taken from the i
Pink today Was found in Bullock.s |