The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-12
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= - - - fallen president, the cashier was shot in the neck and breast. dying a snort time afterwards.
 The robber, without speaking . word, walked quickly out os the front doors. dropping one of his revolvers just outside the bank building. Turn ing the corner to where was the au- tomobile, he jumped into the rear seat with the command to the negro. "Get out of this as fast as you can"
 But the automobile stood 'still. the negro, thoroughly frightened at the course of events. refusing to move Without further barley. the robber Jumped to the ground. drew revolver and sent bullet Into the negros back.
 Robber Jnmps Into skia.
 An Instant later the assassin was running at top speed down the bank to the ohio river, where he Jumped in- to skin.
 He had pulled out some distance into the stream before the astonished citt- zens of the town and those on the river bank knew what had happened. One old sailor on q dredse boat. see- ing the man rowing frantically for the hE0Iucky BHOFt, k6fG kaE oA1tfh through a megaphone.
 With stentorian voice he roared up and down the bank. "Catch that fel- low. He's killed a man."
 Owners of a river craft then engag- ed in a race for the desperado. The police, however, in a motor boat kept in readiness for just such emergencies distanced all followers and in an in credibly short space of time had their man at bay on a bit of an island just south of the big bridge connecting New Albany with West Louisville.
 They covered him with revolvers and the arrest was made without a fight. The prisoner was taken on board the launch and after ten minute run. was at the dock in New Albany. Here the police were surprised to find about 200 men who wanted to take their prisoner from them Only by strate- gem was the prisoners life saved, as d chorus of Hang him. Lynch him. He killed Fawcett." greeted the star tied police who were thus first made aware of the extent of the prisoners deeds.
 Works Clever Ruse.
 Captain Davis, of the New Albany police, in charge of the capturing squad was equal ta the occasion and ordered the man to lie down.
 The apparently prostrate form of the prisoner was carried from the boat and In jiffy was resting on the bottom of the patrol wagon.
 The crowd. however, wanted to see the prisoner and surged around the wagon. With his feet on the eaptive's neck. Captain Davis stood up in the wagon and addressed the persons who were noisliy demanding vengeance. $ .srhe man Ia dead: we saw him take some poison just aH we nabbed him. said the willy policeman, And to the drivar .<so ahead.'' : X, ~ $ . The patrol wagon then drew away from the threatening crowd but in- stead of going to a Ii1crgue # went with great apeed to the New Aibany jail and this the. ctowd did not fall . to notice. sR4r's
 In d. few minutes the jaii was sur- rounded by a mob of rapidly growing proportions Fully awake to the situa- tion. once more the police made . move that probably saved the prison er's life. An automobile was summon ed bv telephone and through back door. the captive was being whirled through the streets of New Albany in an automobile. leaving the mob far in the rear
 Taken to Resermntory.
 The state ref0rnaLoFy at Jenerhou- vile was just five miles away. and 1t is a safe assertion that all local au- tomobile records wore broken, the prisoner being safely behind the fm- mense outer wall and prison bars in less than twelve minutes.
 Both Fawcett and Woodward are Louisville men and prominent in both business and social circles. Their friends hurried across the river to render any assistance possible. Mr. Woodward was taken to Et. Edwards Hospital and an operation begun as soon as possible It was found that his intestines had been perforated and there Is scant hope of his reeov- cry.
 The negro chauffeur was also oper' ated upon and he was found to havs A dangerous wound in the spine.
 Mrs. Escott waited patiently fin her Third street home all morning for the return of her automobile and knew nothing of what had happened until called upon to identify her machine.
 President Woodward has rallied from the operation and there iS chance for his recovery. but the negro chauf- feur is in a critical condition.
 The police of Louisville and New Al- bany this afternoon partially tdenuned the bank robber as e man named Hall. who formerly kept a second hand cloth ing store in the latter city and who is now believed to be in business in V