Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-25

The fleetness of the automobile is hzrSng the bandit into new fields Oi ssSUsiation. It enables him to make lucrative raids into distant country Kiaces with reasonable safety from uuiestation by the police authorities.
 Bands of burglars m automobile szrye been preyiug recently upon the xich suburbs of New York City. steal ing thousands of dollars worth vaiuahles. aud the police seem help less to stop the -dePFedatons.
 Pirate cars are being used in tle Chicago labor war. Gun men in ma chimes have committed murder, eN piOaed bombs, and iut'm dated Threatened. and terrorized industrial Chicago. and the police have not been atIe Co capture guy Of tAa Apachss.
 Several south side society women eaue to grief few months ago esJer they had made number of successful saiiies into Indiana, upon which occasion they robbed poultry yards, stole butter. eggs. canned RuTts and vegetables.
 Yeggmen in motor cars have loo,ea one. hundred country. banks in Kan szs,. Oklahoma and Nebraska since last- October, and in no instance nas Escre- been q capture of the robbers.
 Booty amounting t1 quarter ni.- uon dollars has been the reward or She brfgauds, while generation by both bankers and officers has been che fate Of the automobile
 Blame Placed on Auto.
 Among the rural financiers in thee states tho automobile has come Int3 Sucb opprobrium that but few ol fretn will now lend money Co indiVa1- uais for the purchase Of machtnes.
 This attitude appears tO be a ser auei Of the wholesale robbery, as the, automobile IS blamed for mueA st. inc crime. Before the coming cL the motor car criminals Ui t-5 class could be commonly cvertlke They went. on horseback. and ths1 was little difficulty in heading them off ny teIephoue-
 Bnt now it is practically impo bIe for pursuers to follow pirate ca because the route t2kon ls unhho" H snd the rapid progress Of the ban dts soon puts miles between tL--L and thet scene Of robbery. With high powered machine t IS easy tp travel 100 miles in three hours on UTdAftE LlL1aa AAANat a
 Stofhiug gives Che robbers the a- Uearauce CT tourists, enabling them ta Inntcr leisurely thropgh the mos ,.apulous cities without arousins susuiciou. Besides, the country IS siiye with parties making cross stzfe runs, and no more attention is paid 10 strange car than to frE7ght train
 sThen the unprutecced nature or tue country bank is a tguptatlon to the yegEuuen If the prairie Generally " is located in a frame bIildi1g on a dark street. and, consequently es--v oe sccess and entrance. -Aos- oF fine safes are small and are left ,,5r-y-ttcHed through the night ne toa;n constable may be abroad. but be ss to1 wise to brave a well arInel band of desperadoes. The caances so,z the cuastabulary Is at the raH- way station swapping yarns with tEe zight. operator and not WorrylnS about anything mora serIoas LllA-i 4 hobo stealing e ride on the Dl-I-l targa-c. So the answer ts tha- uufJ too late he knows nothing more cf the doings at the bank than Jilt cashier who is sleeping sJundiy LaA q ulile away.
 HoN Modern Bandit Works
 Thus the 1000 banks in tle little towns. and yiHaees Of the state EaIu 2 are virtually without police Drntee t5ou. Practically the same r-etal- has been followed in every dep-e-a- tfon. this being th7 history
 Along atr1 Ae res dents are ava e 'S l"' errloqro7s 1T enough t7 Frrypzf7ea-e scr 1uob4le stand ing in front l l-1 Lauk and tHa men with --r-s Enreatert1g Co rh1c' the first person attempt.ng Co iat Iere. inside the bank are their com paufpus filing sacks with on rom the safe. Alter au the c- poss-bTe has been taken the mara CTS enter thc CIT. fire g few pro--.s suous shots to i-uHidate the lives, and race madlv out of Co
 Then comes the gathering o- - ucsse, the crankirs uU Of maci.-H and desperate, unsicces5lll tersrt to follow and ca1ta raiders. Governors have iz5lc3 = iamaiions, legislatures and - associations have oIer-l I-ci rev--rds for the robbers, but the Keries stul continue. Someti-aas s sraI weeks go by without one ulere may be two IT tlra - gle night.
 Occasionally there is a revers-a- 10 the Jesse James methods. .r instance. a few weeks ago nan rode up f0 Q wesle-- Lr bank on horseback ln broad He 6'smouuted. forere1 sae c1 win q revolver, took sa9 From safe. ard rode away B wild s07Tove5, Wi3h tae avutge the motor car in the possession officers.
 Loot stiU Rensins 4 Hdien-
 Soon the lone bandit was discernel Tar fn the level distance and the me fp the motor car r10idiy closed u the flying horseuan- When tl7 came within Funshot their voiie begen. but tbs Fobber was not taken alive. He shot bimself and feI fro the horse dead. No money was foHna when they searched him Somcwhers eT-v.r fhn fv7aufv mile c0rrre over