Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-13
Boy Who Robbed Laurence, kan,
Bank and Shot Cashier. Dead
OF SeIi-InfIicted Wound.
COMPANION TELLS HIS STORY
Young Mckay Was a. bad a. His
Lender bat Seemed tu Lack
Iattcr's Courage.

Lawrence. Nov ia curious throng
ofpoopie here today viewed the body or
Earl Bullock the boy bandit. who COM
mitted suicide yesterday following the
bold robbery OF the state bank at
Eudora. near here. The boy died at
Eudora during the night and the body
was brought this morning To- Lawrence.
where am inquest was held,
During the progress of the Inquest
William Mckay. the 15-ycar-old Jack
sonvillo, Fla. boy vino took part In the
ARRAY anxiously paced his cell ina the
county Jail Mckay was brought TO
Lawrence late yesterday 20 prevent a
lynchng and while an fear OF mob
violence had apparently disappeared
this morning, the youthful bandit was
plainly frightened.
Mckay spent a restless and penitent
night lie had no further desire he
said, TO bo a real robber like Bull
lock
Instead he inquired auxiousiy as 60
The condition OF Fred Starr the bank
cashier whom Bullock had shot ga the
Jaw yesterday. For this crime. as
we'll MS that OF bank robbery. Mckay
probably must suffer
Mckay was relieved when told Starr
would recover The cashiers wound is
painful hut DIS not considered serious
Because Of his youth, it was decided
10 try Mckay In the Juvenile court.
and u was planned 10 arraigu him later
in the day
Bullock's father, . merchant OF Kan
sas city. arrived here today 70 take
charge Of his boys body, following the
coroner's inquest.
After making "a statement last night
telling OF the movements Of himself
and Earl Bullock for the last two
weeks, Mckay made n supplemental
statement today In his first state
ment the boy had said he was persuad-
ed by Bullock 10 enter into the rob
berry and that his part in the affair
had been almost forced upon him.
MKAY's STORY.
ON his second statement. Mckay
says:
Earl Bullock and I in Jacksonville.
talked over where We could make the
biggest haul We talked about robbing
a grocery store belonging 20 MI Iynn.
II WAS az my suggestion that we also
discussed the fact that there was a
large safe In Mr. Flynns store and /
told Bullock ! knew how to blow open
the SAFE. We decided We could get
$4,000 By robbing "A bank near Kansas
city that Bullock spoke about
Earl Bullock and ] nearly all the
time we were together talked about
how we could rob the bank and I
agreed with him that in robbing the
bank II necessary / would shoot any
body that interfcrCd.
u fully expected 10 get big sum
of money or I would not have agreed
% rob tho bank With Bullock"
Mayor : ID, Bishop of this city sent
the following telegram 10 Mrs. VIII
liam Mckay. mother of Willie Mckay,
al Jacksonville, Fla. TODAY.
"Your son William in county Jail
for robhinc bank a. Eudora. His ac-
complicc. Bullock. killed Bullock re-
gietcred at Waveriv hotel, jacksonville,
under name ~ Donaldson"
This reply came from Mrs. Mckay
this morning.
please keep my boy until you get
my letter mailed today"
Upon ToceI OF this message IL was
decided to postpone Mckay's hearing
until Monday. Later il was decided
that an inquest WAS unnecessary and
Bullock's body was turned over 90 his
father.