The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-28

Wymore for being member of this
notorious gang and was bound over
after his preliminary hearing until
the May term of court HIS bond was
fixed at 81, 600 bond which he fur
niShed, but in the meantime the de-
tectives found that he had a hand
also in the Hanover robbery and he
was taken to Washington county to
answer charges there. He was bound
over in that county on $4,000 bond
awaiting the November term of court
Dan O'Donnell was the next to be
brought to justice from Nebraska.
O'Donnen was the saloon keeper who
harbored the robbers and helped them
get away with their plumber. He, too,
was held in default of $4,000 bond
and awaits trial at Washington, in Mo-
vemher-
Farmer Uses Shotgun.
On the morning of March 18th. there
came a message over the long distance
telephone that the Viola State bank
had been robbed by four men and
that they had gone southwest on a
handcar. The bank commissioner
once got busy and telegraphed all the
sheriffs in the. southwest portion of
the state that a robbery had been
committed at Viola and for them to
be on the lookout. The telephone girl
also got busy and telephoned to all
farmers along the railroad One far
mer and his hired-hand took their 7
shot-guns and went down to. an over |
head bridge When the handcar came I
along filled the men aboard with fine I
shot
The next morning all the farmers in I
the surrounding country got busy and |
succeeded in rounding up Thos. Mad I
den, Thos. Redmond, Ed Harold and I
Fred Boyd. all of whom proved to be |
veggs and they were sentenced from +
Sedgwick county to 25 years each in
the state prison and are now at that /
Institution
As usual on the morning of March
a the telephone brought the news
hat the Hudson State bank had been
-obbed OF 81, 500. Detectives We're put
o work on the case but in the mean
ime three men were arrested at OF [,
ava who looked like suspicious char
lcters and We're held. for investigation
Their photos were taken and d1Strih-
tied. One of them proved to be /.
'Hiney'' Bowers, alias Henry Bowers
lanes Collins and several other aliases
Who was wanted at Hutchinson for tn e
murder of Deputy Sheriff Fowler He
vas taken to Hutchinson and confess
d to the murder and also told who his
were. The other two
members being Walter Berger, alias
Walter and White Cannard, and Geo
woods, alias George Burns. These fell
OWs were taken to ST. John for pre-
urinary hearing and We're bound over
0 the October term of court
Woods Helps Out State.
Evidence also pointed to the fact L
hat Charles Mckenzie was implicated 6
4 this robbery. Detectives got on his
rail and followed him to Omaha +
here he was arrested and brought
ack to Kansas for trial. :
These men were thought to be bad :
haraeters and it was decided that the
tafford county Jail would not hold .
hem, so they were placed in the Reno :
ounty Fail for safe keeping. In 0c1O-
er they were tried for burglary of the I
hudson State bank. 1t was found that {
Woods was not guilty and he turned Ie
-ate's evidence. He was given his
-eedOm while the other two members
ere convicted and sentenced from 20
} SO years in the state prison.
Long Held Robbers Horse.
In May the sheriff of Marshall coun-
: located one Frank Long, who as
sted Jesse Dare in holding up the a
ige1Ow State bank. Dare, however, /
as wounded in the hold up and was a
forwards captured. Long held a In
OrSe down the road for Dare while 4 i
e committed his crime and he then h
ed across the country on foot and + q
Iade his getaway for the time being. a
ut in May. 1911, he was arrested and .
rought up for trial He was given a :
sntence of from to 10 years. The
OIdup occurred in December. 1903. =
The next man upon whom the law q
aced its paw was Frank Rogers, who q
as captured in Alma, Neb. Rogers T
as wanted for the Ford robbery p
hieh occurred about two years ago. a
e was taken to Dodge City and tried +
Id given sentence of from to I 0 Il
ears in the state prison and is now "
irving his sentence.
Tho last robbery occurred at Chau- c.
uqua- and one man is under arrest L.
Id two others are being closely D
atched and soon will be apprehended *
r this crime. =