Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-06
WYMORE CITIZENS INDIGNANT
Claim No Evidence Has Been Secured
to Warrant Charges.
BANK ROBBERS THERE ONE TINE
Number of Men AFTestcd and Re
leased by Kansas Authorities--
ReIi~f TnIk q witheus
FounAatssS.

WYNORE. Neb.. Jan E-fSpecial "a
question frequently asked here is. II state
Rank Commissioner Dolly OF Kansas knows
he have them arrested
Wvmore citizens insist they never har-
bored hank robbers and that their officials
have never refused aid 20 any Of the In
Vulnerable detectives from the PtnkertOn
and other agencies. government secret serv-
ioe men and officials from various towns
and counties who have been here since last
July.
Mr. Dolly has been asked 10 prove his
inEinuatiOns against the officials and citi-
Eens Of Wymore. II be can prove the stale
ment that the bank robbers were here the
question is asked. why didn't he have
them arrested ?"
II Is now an established fact that men
who are D0W alleged 20 comprise the Kan
sas gang Of hank robbers resided IN this
city last summer. They have not been seen
in Wyrnore OF vicinity since the Beattie,
Kan. hank robbery OF November =
TIVE Men Released.
when they first came TO town they were
REGARDED as suspicious characters and Rere
under police surveillance constantly Their
. =
nov held in MarysviIle Kan. awaiting
trial on a charge Of Implication in the
Beattie robbery. was frequently ssarehed
and every effort made 70 get evidence to
convict the men on some charge or get
them out Of the city. In July the eiIS
police found a quantity Of merchandise n
the house. and surmising il 10 be stolen
took possession Of II and notified sheriff.
Dunniek OF Cloud county. Kansas. TO come
here He came. bringing . search warrant
and parties who identified some Of ths
goods stolen from them The Kansas sheriff
was shown the men and their house but
took no action untn the Wymore officials
arrested the men on a charge OF vagTancg
and held them Until they could convincs
the sheriff 20 arrest the men and take then
10 Kansas He was begged 90 take HOerr
but refused
suspIefous CharaeterS.
The men taken we're James wus0n
James Black and Prank Jackson Al the
time Of their arrest Pinksrt0n men. gov
eminent men and other detsctiFes cams
here. and al were Of tile opinion that noted
crooks and criminals had been caught
The thnse were taken 10 Conoordia- Noihins
could be proved against them and they
4 were 4r -e4re4 Al4 EGAlIAr4 mere 4let re
mained here unun a short time previous Il
the Beatu robbery and have mol been here
since
WEmore officials have always been. and
are nov. ready 10 arrest any citizen O,
NynOne OF person here. when that citizer
or person shows cause. OF IL cause II
shown by any Other person Every AID anS
effort has been given the Kansas and
other suthorues IN looking up hank rob
bsrs and other criminals and the CON
I muniry as a whole has aided m every va
7 possible and is always ready 70 aid in cap
turing criminals. or hslTing society a
large.
I The reports concerning Wymore - re
gard to the hank robbers Wsre not reEzrde,
I seriously here a. FIRST. but since the re
ports have continued and begun % BE- gen
D orally accepted as true, resentmsnt d
stronE and q move 20 have those reEpoa
sibie for fhe statements ithsr prove or re
I pndlats them nnds ready support an,
I fanrn-