The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-14

The authorities are looking Tor tne
other robber, thought to have been
wounded when Il. II. Ray, who cap
tured Slavin, fired at the fleeing ban
dit.
Meadow Grove. Neb., Oct. 10.-Spe-
Cial to The News: Robbers, probably
i've in number, broke in the plate
glass door of the Meadow Grove State
bank about 4 o'clock Sunday morning,
and with the aid of dynamite or nitro
glycerine blew open the vault door
leading to the safe. About five
charges were used but the robbers
were unable to blow the safe open
Seeing they had aroused the towns
people, about whose homes they placed
guards, and being unable to blow open
the safe, the robbers escaped from the
town at o'clock with top buggy
and two bay mares which they stole
from a local livery stable.
The State Bankers association Of
fers a reward of $1,000 for the arrest
and conviction of the dynamiters; and
the Nebraska Live Stock Protective
association reward of 5000 for the
arrest and conviction of the men fol-
stealing the horses.
Bind and Gag Man.
Before starting their operations or
the bank, the robbers made thor
ough patrol of the town and found q
young man named o. Echols on the
railroad tracks. Echols was returning
from Norfolk and the robbers slugged
bound and gagged him and put him In
a box car.
He broke his bounds at o'clock
about the time the robbers left the
town.
After depositing Echols in the boz
car the robbers placed a guard at the
home of II. f. Mason cashier of the
bank, and one at the Fields barber
shop, next door to the bank. Their
with blacksmith tools they smashed
in the plate glass door of the banl
and entered.
Five Charges Are Heard.
Mr.. Fields heard the report of the
first charge of dynamite which blew
open the vault door, then a series o
other explosions, about five in number
took place in rapid succession on the
safe door, which did not respond t.
the heavy charges.
Mr.. Fields was soon busy with the
telephone and, whispering to the cen
trail to connect him up with Mr.. Ma
sons residence, he told the cashie
that the bank was being robbed.
Mrs. Mason Keeps Watch.
Mrs. Mason kept a vigilant watcl
on the guard in front of her hom'
while Mr. Mason and the family do,
made their way out of the house from
rear door. The dog, upon leavin'
the house, barked furiously and made
hasty retreat to the door. Mr.. Mason
however, went up an alley toward tn
bank, reaching there just few mo
ments after the robbers had left tn
place.
The barking of the Mason dog is be
lieved to have frightened the robber
away after they found that the dyna
mite was not doing it's work.
After leaving the bank, the mel
went to livery stable. and command
ed, at guns points, that the boy il
charge, George White, put out tn
r lights and lie down. The robbers the,
hitched up team to the single bugg
: and drove toward Norfolk.
: Plug Guns in Hardware Store.
Before the robbery attempt, tn
} burglars took tools from the ]. Car
} blacksmith shop and then got tire
3, revolvers from Joe Beach's hardwar
S store, plugging the balance of the gun
4 in stock by driving cartridges int
2 them. They cut out a glass windoN
in the hardware store to get in. A
the bank they smashed in the glas
Y door by means of sledge stolen fror
3 the blacksmith shop.
< 1t is believed these are the sam
men who week ago Sunday mornin
made an attempt to rob the Antelop
county bank at Oakdale. No none
: was secured in that attempt, either.
/. Immediately after spreading broat
cast the news of the robbery attemp
j. H. E. Mason, cashier of the Meado'
r Grove State bank, who was about tn
j. first man on the scene after the rol
h bers had left the bank at Meade
l. Grove, ordered out automobiles ant
l. followed by four machines loaded wit
4 armed men, he traced the yeggmel
who drove in the single top bugg
which they stole at a Meadow Grow
livery stable, along the river towar
S Norfolk When reaching Stoley
S slough, three miles east of Bait
r Creek, the buggy was discovered
a the brush south of the river. TIL
o harness had been carefully laid in tn
e vehicle and the two bay mares wei
:. battered and put into pasture abol
It 100 yards further away, where SON
l. cattle graZed.
l, Mr.. Mason and his party found I'll
l. stolen team about o'clock a. IN. an
e then the trail was lost The fol-
D Meadow Grove automobiles came c
to Norfolk and reached here about
Is o'clock. Mr.. Mason asked Chief
If Police Marquardt to send out deputic
e and although Constable John Flyn
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