The Globe-republican., 1910-03-10
B EA R is Held.
Johnnie Now Tells Lurid Story
Of a Night in Wichita
ONE RoBB[R SEEN THERE
Several Days After Robbery. Wad'
, dell Had No Trouble Escaping at
Muskogee

Kingman who rented o Car to the
Ford bank robbers, and who was ar
rested later on a charge Of being i'm
plicated in the affair, was given his
preliminary examination before
Judge Hobble here Tuesday Of this
week. While there is little evidence
that Bear did more than to chase
after the robbers and get his rental
for the car, he was held for trial. By
the time his trial will come up
more may be known about the whole
affair. Whether the case against
him will be dismissed when the time
for trial comes is yet to be learned.
The Ford bank robbery is some
thing Of q continued story. It has
been learned that "Stray' Waddell.
who was arrested and escaped at
Muskogee last week was active in the
robbery. Fisher, the man who went
to Kingman and arranged with
"Teddy" Bear to get the auto for the
trip to Ford is thought by some to
have been the leading spirit in the
robbery. He is said to be fine
looking man, a man who might be
taken for an unusually shrewd busi-
ness man, an Intellectual heavy
weight. The younger man Of the
party has been seen in the past at
places working q deaf and dumb
stunt, but he can talk and hear. Less
has been said about the fourth man
TEDDY" BEARS ByARNa.
The preliminary hearing OF Bear
was an unusual case in it's class. The
county attorney, Mr.. Van Riper was
assisted by Attorney L. A. Madison.
Bear was represented by Attorney
Carr Taylor, Of Hutchinson. The
witnesses introduced were the states
witnesses. Cashier Lonker, OF Ford
was introduced in establishing the
fact OF the crime. Then Johnnie
Now, who drove the car for the rob-
bers, G.. W. Tobie, the detective who
is on the case for the Bankers Asso-
citation, @. P. johnson, the postofice
inspector who has been on the case
from the start, Mrs. Nc Clure Of
Kingman, Of the hotel where Bear
and Fisher took supper at the time
the auto was rented to Fisher, Police
man Underwood, Of Hutchinson were
the other witnesses.
JOHNNIE Mow's STORY.
The States evidence in the prellm
mary consisted principally Of the
story Of Johnnie Now, and a confos-
sion Of Teddy" Bear, which Detec.
tive Tobie and Mr.. Johnson got
at the Hutchinson Jail. Bear and
Now tell different stories about the
affair, at least stories that differ in
some of the main particulars.
johnnie Now recited practically
the same story regarding the triE
from Kingman to Pratt, and tht
further trip from Pratt with the rob
bers to the scene Of the robbery tina
has been printed before in this paper
The new part of his story was his
trip from Hutchinson to Wichita and
the night at the latter plac'
a few days after the robbery. This
part Of the story is something of
sensation, and includes trip into q
cred light" district, such as we have
all refused to believe can exist ii
Kansas at the present time; house,
where the gurgling of beer to the rae
time strains Of a piano was INDUCED
in by beings in the form Of men ant
women, and where the bank robbel
bumped glasses with the business
man on one hand and the courtesar
on the other.
johnnie Now testified tn t afte
reaching Kingman before daylight
on the night Of the robbery, he wen
to his mothers home. A few hour
later he con6ded to his mother tina
the men be had taken out had rob
bed o bank at Ford. A day or tw'
later he learned that "Teddy" Bea