Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-17
POSSES SEEK
MEN IN HILLS
PURSUIT GIVEN no BANDITS VINO
ROB PRUE BANK.
BORDER DAY OCCURRENCE
Two Get Sl.TOO From Cashier While
one Holds IIOrses-llcnNlly
Armed and Disguised.

Special to the World
Prue, okla, Dec lG-Two different
possess each heavily armed with rifles,
are tonight securing the hills lying
to the north of this place in pursuit
Of the three bandits who held up the
state Bank of Pruo this morning short
Is after o'clock and made away
with a cash booty Of $1,70O pitched
buttle win be the Inevitable result if
the bandits are ovcrtakcn.
1t is thought that there IS little
chance for a capture to be made to-
night No telephone messages have
been received reporting sight Of the
ilocing robbers, who, Il rs believed.
have abandoned their horses In the
Businesses of the hills and are in hid
ing among the rocks, preparing TO
emerge again upon civilization by foot
II Is believed that they are heading to
the northwest where they will endeav-
or to board n Katy train
No one saw the bandits enter the
town, and the first known Of their
presence was when they appeared on
horseback in front OF the bank. Halt
ing their horses in the street, one of
the men took charge Of the animals
and the other two entered the bank
All we're heavily armed The man
holding the horses held the relns OF
the three in one hand ana a large re-
volver IN the other OF the two who
entered the bank, one Of them carried
one gun and the other two, all In hand
and ready for use They wore dark
overcoats and cowboy hats while their
features were screened by red ban
danas.
In the bank at the time were j. II.
Conner cashier, behind the screen and
A. j. Perry "A Prue merchant ana
John Ward, farmer. The merchant
and the farmer were turned over TO
the man with the two guns the other
desperate putting in his time with the
cashier, Covering the banker with his
revolver. the bandit forced him to un-
lock the safe and turn over the money,
amounting In all to little over
$1,700. the greater part Of which was
IN bills This was dumped into two
separate bags.
"tIave you got gum" asked the
bandit Of the cashier. The cashier
had one and pointed to the drawer in
which lay concealed the glitterlng
weapon he had often thought he would
use IN an instance OF like kind, The
bandit lost no time in placing the re-
volver in his overcoat pocket.
Telling the cashier to go before him.
he marched him TO the front Of the
room where the second bandit was
guarding Perry and Ward Then the
bandits forced the three men to pre-
cede them to the street with hands In
the air,
Keeping the citizens ahead Of them
ana covered by their guns at all times,
the bandits mounted their horses and
forced the three to walk two blocks
north to the edge Of town. Then
they put spurs to their horses and
galoped away to the north.
It is thought that all Of the bandits
are comparatively young men, judg-
ing from their talk and what part
of their features could be observed.
one Of them was wearing overalls over
black trousers. The hats which they
wore were all In light color and each
Of the horses were Of a different coli
or one rode gray, one a bay and
one n sorrel.
It Is now believed that these are the
three men who were seen riding
through Sinnett, four miles south of
Prue, and across the Arkansas River
from this place yesterday afternoon
at O'clock They did not stop in
Sinnelt Riding northward, they halt
ed until . o'clock last night, when
they crossed the river. No account
Of their actions in the meantime is
forthcoming.
The state Bank Of Prue only recent
~ begun operations 1t has offered
q reward OF $3.50 for the arrest ana
conviction Of the bandits, while tho
bankers association carries the custo-
mary $500 reward