The Globe-republican., 1910-02-17

bank robber had stopped 70 puy gus
olene. It is claimed that there had
been o lot Of wiring ahead done, but
no one Of Greensburg seemed to have
heard Of the bank robbery The
Buick man was still hitting the bot
tie at Greensburg.
At Haviland they learned he had
gone north several miles to the main
road to Hutchinson, and had then
turned east. A real tate man who
was met on the road had seen the
Buick man working on a broken
chain o his car. And here is where
the pursuers lost track Of him.
The report came to Dodge Oity
the following morning that Mr..
Gresham had found coal bucket
near the mud hole where the car
had been stuck and that in the bucket
among fine pieces Of coal were a few
silver pieces. The bucket it is said
was taken from the bank to carry the
$500 silver in. What became of the
three extra men after leaving Ford is
something that everybody has a
guess on. Finding the coal bucket
near Gresham's might mean that the
money had been divided there, the
men sepal ating. The report OF the
finding Of the coal bucket would
seem proof enough that the man in
the automobile was one OF the ROB
bers.
The pursuing party returned Mon
day evening with no further informa-
ton than that given above. Ed
Shook Of the party left the others and
came in from Lewis on the Santa Fe
to Dodge City taking a train again
the next morning for Hutchinson to
continue the search. Tuesday @. W.
Tobie superintendent Of the Tillot-
son Detective Agency was sent here
by the Bankers Association to go on
the hunt. He made trip to Ford
in on auto returning here Tuesday
evening. Yesterday afternoon he
went back to Ford to slit down the
information regarding men in auto
mobiles, coal buckets etc. before
working further. At two O'Clock
yesterday afternoon the report came
to DodgeCity that the Buick and
had been captured near Macksville
and all Of the money except $40 re
covered. At 2:30 o'clock the story
was discredited by the authorities al
Macksville, Mr.. Aulls Of Bucklin and
several other sources.
The Ford State Bank vas in q one
store frame building which was easy
to enter. The safe was an ordinary
large Office safe and the robbers had
little difficulty in opening it. One ol
the charges blew few holes in 1.-The
ceiling and broke one pane OF glass II
the front window but that was all o
the damage done to the building. Mr.
Aulls Of Bucklin is the president o.
the bank and W. A. Lonker is the
cashier. Neither Mr.. Aulls nor Mr.
Lonker learned Of the robbery unit
after daylight Monday morning
The bank carried $4,000 insurance OF
the money SO that there will be no
! loss to the bankers. Money was sen
! up from Bucklin The following morn
ing and the bank was doing business
on Monday.
It was reported here yesterda.
! that the same man and car had beei
seen near Ford q week prior to tn
! robbery and that the Ford peopl
have very good description OF both
ia also claimed at Greensburg tina
the Buick car chased through ther
> last Monday had been there tw'
weeks before. /.
Four young men who claim t
J, have slept in box car at Ford O
! the night Of the robbery have bee
;, held here since. They say that the
8 came from Tucumcari, New Mexico
: and that they were enroute fror
Bucklin to Dodge City to see abor
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