The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-13
Earl Bullock, Who Held UP
the State Bank at Eudora,
Kan, and Killed an Officer,
Returns to the Little Town.
ROBS BANK AGAIN AND
SHOOTS ANOTHER MAN
Shoots Himself Through Head
to Avoid Capture-HiS AC-
complete, 10 Years DID,
Makes a Full Confession,
LATTER ESCAPES LYNCHING

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Eudora, Kan, Nov. 12.-Driven to
bay by an armed mob, Earl Bullock,
the 17-year-old bandit of Lawrence,
Kan, who twice within the last
month has robbed the Eudora State
bank and murdered a policeman and
shot another man, PROBABLY fatally
wounded himself in an attempt to
commit suicide near here today.
Bullock'S attempted suicide fol-
lowed his second robbery of the bank
here today, and his shooting of Fred
Starr, cashier of the Kaw Valley
State bank of Eudora, who was in the
Eudora State bank with his days
cleaTings.
Accompanied by William Mckay, Is
years of age, of Jacksonville, Ala, Bull
lock held up the hank. Although Starr
Offered no resistance TO the hOldup, Bull
lock shot him through the jaw. Snatch
ing more than $500, Bullock fled, followed
by his companion. Each youth had two
TevolVers
Harry Wilson. cashier of the robbed
bank spread the alarm and a crowd of
citizens armed with shotguns. rifles and
revolvers, pursued the boy bandits acrosS
the fields. In attempting to swim the
Kaw river the boys lost ground and
few minutes later the mob was at their
heels.
One Boy Surrenders.
Mckay surrendered. but Bullock,
Nrenching the revolver from his falter-
ing partners hands, sped on into a patch
of wood. John Miller, a farmer in no
way connected with the pursuit, stepped
into BullOck'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 he was about TO be cap
tured he shot himself through the head.
Meantime the crowd threatened to
Lynch Mckay. Officers hurried him -
the Lawrence jail in an automobile and
placed him in Jail.
BuIloek's Previous Crime.
Buliock's previous holdup of the Eudora
bank and the murder of Policeman Viii
son Pringle took place on Oct. II. While
in charge Of d. s. Wood a deputy sheT-
Eff Of Lawrence, who arrested the boy
on a charge of robbing a second hand
store. Bullock drew two revolvers and
forced Wood and Cahrier Wilson into the
bank vault. Snatching between $500 and
81 200, he fled.
That night Pringle was shot while at
tempting to arrest Bullock at his home
at Lawrence. where Prngle went to the
door and called for Bullock. His answer
was a rain OF bullets, which swept him
down. He died in a few days.
Efforts TO locate Bullock were useless.
He was reported to be hiding in a wood
near his home Later il was reported he
had been captured in Oklahoma. Re
wards aggTegating 100 were offered for
his arrest. Until Mckay made a written
statement Of his connection with Bullock
today his whereabouts were not known.
According to Mckay Bullock has been
living at a fashionable hotel in Jackson
willie under the name of ~ A Donald
SON He had money on deposit in the
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