The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-09-09
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tempted to hold up and rob, single
handed, the, Citizens National Bank
of Laurel, yesterday, and who. gave
his name as Henry Jackson, and his
residence as Yuma, Ariz., is today
locked up in the jail at Upper Marl-
boro to await the October grand jury,
when he will be indicted for robbery.
Huddled in one corner of the Mary
land jail, the youth who displayed so
much nerve by trying to subdue five
1bank employees and get away with the
thousands Of dollars he knew was
lodged in the safe, is completely
tahhed. He has admitted to the coun-
-tty authorities that the name given
them yesterday was a fictitious one,
and that he is not native Of Ari-
lzona.
Says Name Is Morgan.
HIS real name, he says, is John WILL
fam Morgan, and his home is in MoyH,
Cal He IS sorry for what he has done,
he says, but is willing to pay the toll
Ihe lGw demands.
Morgan, n curly-headed youngster
Just out OF high school, is cndeavoring
10 induce the officials not to notify his
father and his sisters of his present
predicament
--"Aly father is an engineer in Califor-
ma, he said this morning, and is In
poor health. The last word l received
from him was that mis- condition is dam
berods. Should he receive d report OF
~Ihy- trouble, 1t surely will kill mm."
he has TWO sisters in the EaSt-botn
nurses. One is in BALTIMORE at st. Je-
bepns Hospital while The second is in
q IyncDburg institution.
Morgan was told that his crime is
FBefiUus one; that he likely will be sent
~ fan
sYears.
81 know it," he replied. Il am sorry
that l tried TO rob the bank. / never
tired sucn a thing before. l only wish
cthe cashiers bullets had hit their mark
yesterday, when he blazed away at me
-Sw1ce."
Morgan formerly lived in Washing
hon, he said. Two or three years ago
he, went to California with his mother
and father On account of the ill health
sUfa 1.-The former. His mother died a year
ago, and since that time his father has
rot kept close watch on him.
Didn't Like the West.
Il came East because the West did
moi appeal to me-" he said. They
SAY the Western country is speedy
did not find it that way. The excite
inhent accompanying a life in the East
is great, and for that reason l wanted
TO- return to find work"
Morgan laughingly told this morning
how Mrs. Charles Cooper, the woman in
whose woodshed he took refuge. and
from which he later was taken to cap
gtivity, frightened him.
When l left the Laurel bank" he
said. there was a big posse of men
and boys on my trail. / managed to
get into back yard, and rushed into
q smoke house. Before l had become
comfortably settled, l saw a woman
come through the door, carrying a
-hatchet in one hand and pruning knife
In the other. She told me to come from
my hiding place or she would come
after me. ! saw from the look of de-
termination on her face that she meant
business. As soon as she stepped in
SIDE, darted through the door, and hid
myself in the woodshed. They caught
me in there
Mrs. Cooper, after getting a good look
AZ the boy, was sorry that she had as
sisted in his capture. 1T seems a pity
that such youngster should have to
go to the penitentiary," she said. II
thought he was regular highwayman.
such as you see in moving pictures or
would have assisted him in hiding
himself"
The officials of the Citizens National
Bank said they would be ready to APP
pear before the grand jury and give
Leyidence against Morgan. Z. W. Wa
tiers, tr., cashier of the bank, who fired
two shots at the masked younkster who
had the bank force at bay for several
Sdyo llldl "Hlle MS SymDathleS
may be with the youngsrer, he will APP
pear against him ana do what he can
20 convict him
-, Born At Fincastle, Va.
Morgan was born IN Fincastle, Va.
and has lived with his parents In var
tous parts of the country. He came
East three days ago IN search Of en-
ployment. The race track at Laurel is
believed to have drawn him from
Washington, where he stopped on
Thursday, to the Maryland hamlet
Thursday evening he strolled through
Laurel, saw that two prosperous banks
We're in operation, and thought it would
be an easy matter to rob one of them.
With black mask which hid his
features, and armed with a small re-
volVer, ne entered the Citizens Ma
tional Bank building at $50 clock yes
terday morning, covered the paying
teller with his revolver, and demanded
AL the money in the bank.
6'TA. B. Bevans, the teller, started to
argue the matter, when g. w. Waters,
r. cashier, came to his assistance,
fired two shots at the boy and drove
TO a Roodshed a short distance from
the bank, where he later was captured
Thy posse.
.ss.-' Sisters Statement.
=, Miss Gertrude Morgan, sister of the
laurel bandit. who is a trained nurse
at st. Joseph's Hospital, Baltimore,
said this morning that her family was
4from Fincastle. Va, and once lived in
WASHINGTON. She said she had re-
sceived letter from her father a few
DAYS ago and there was no mention in
lit that her brother was hound for the
East.
John never was a vicious boy" she
declared. The last time heard from
him he was working hard. 1t always
happens thar the sisters are the ones
tn suffer for the sins Of their brothers.
Ike must have been made tad bv read
fig the CHEAP novels one can buy on
Trains, and by seeing the hold-ups por-
trayed in moving pictures
.s!z. Will Aid Brother.
There was no estrangement between
my brother and myself. Boys don't
answer the letters of their sisters, and
.-haven't heard directly from John for
months" -..-
Miss Morgan said the family formerly
lined in + street. Washington. On ac-
count of the i'll health OF both her
mother AMI her father, she said the
family moved to California. Later,
she anal her sister, no is q nurse in a
-4sshchburg tVa) hospital, returned to
the East.
She will render her seventeen-year-old
brother all the assistance possible, she
said.