The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-13
MOB HAS ROBBER AT BAY
AssIsrAsr ., cAsaIEa . ASH SHOT Bl
Driven to Bay In Kansas Woods By Posse, Hunted Man Turns
 Gun Upon HimseIf, Per
 haps Fatally,
Eudora. Kansas. Nov. 1s..-Earl Bull lock. the boy bandit. died at 2:25 o'clock this morning. ~

Eudora. Kan. Nov 12.--Driven to
 bay by an armei mob. Earl Bullock,
 the E-year-old bandit of Lawrence.
 Kansas. who twice within two months
 has robbed the Eudora State Bank. mur- dered q policeman and mortally wound- ed another man. shot himself in an att tempt to commit suicide near Eudora this afternoon.
 Bullock attempted suicide following his second robbery of the bank here today and his shooting of Fred Starr, cashier of the Raw Valley State Bank or Eudora. who was in the Eudora state Bank with his days clearings. Accompanied by William Mckay. 15 years old. of Jacksonville, Fla. Bull lock held up the bank. Although Starr offered no resistance, Bullock shot
 nim through the jaw. Snatching more
 than Sse0. Bullock fled. followed by
 his companion. Each youth had two revolvers
 In escaping last September Bullock
 shot and killed Policeman PringIe. At
 that time he secured sf,000.
 Harry Wilson, cashier of the robbed bank. spread the alarm today and a
 crowd of armed citizens pursued the boy bandits. In attempting to swim the Raw River, the boys lost ground and a few minutes later the mob was at their heels Mckay surrendered. but Bullock sped on into wood. John Miller a farmer, In no way
 connected with the pursuing party,
 stepped Into Bulloelx's path and the boy. thinking him an enemy, fired His shots missed Miller and the posse, seeing the youth was ready to shoot, fired a score of shots at him. Bullock returned the fire. but realizing that he was about to be captured shot him. self through the head.
 The crowd threatened to lynch Me- Kay. but officers hurried him to Law l renee. in an automobile and placed him in jail.
 According to Mckay, Bullock has been living in a fashionable hotel fn Jacksonville. Fla, under the name of
 "J. A. Donaldson" He had money on 1 deposit in the Florida National Bank there under that name. Mckay said Mckay Is a tall, slender and apparent ly weak youth. who was led into the crime by Buliock's lurid description of thrilling adventures of a boy des- l perado.
 "One day Bullock told me he want ed me to 20 to Kansas City with him. said Mckay. ''as he knew where there was a little bank near there with only one man which we could rob without any trouble. He paid all expenses or the trip. We finally arrived at Lem ate. Kansas. two miles from Eudora, yesterday. Then he gave me some
 ammunition and two revolvers and told me we would rob the bank today.
 q was supposed to guard the door and see that nobody escaped. He
 robbed the bank and shot the man
 Then he told me to follow him.
 "I was so badly frightened when the
 mob began to follow us that I wanted
 to stop and surrender soon after we left the bank.
 "No, I'll not surrender he said. "A real robber fights on until the last. I will die before I will give up.'" All of the money taken from the bank today was found in Bullock's pockets when he was picked up in the wood.
 Many threats were made against Bullock, but when the report came that he had shot himself threats ceased {. He was brought here, where his wound was attended Bullock was uncon- scious. Starr's injuries are not seri- ous.
 Rumors that Bullock had been placed in tail caused a noisy crowd to gather at the prison tonight, but when 1t was explained that only Mckay was incar- cerated the crowd left.
 Dakota Bank Robbed. watertown, S. D., Nov. 12-The Bank of Norden, S. D., was robbed today of e23s4 in cash. The robbers escaped. srha .aFa and building were complete