Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1912-03-15
CRIME CAREER Barred
YOUNG MAN UNDER ARREST CON.
FESSES TO MANY MURDERS.
Prisoner After Admitting Everything
Of His Past, Declares He will
Soon Be Free. and Has
$4,000 Hidden Away.

Chicago.-A mild-mannered young
man, well dressed, the other day
calmly told Nicholas Hunt, police in
spector in charge of the detective bu
reau' the most marvellous story Of
crime In the history of Chicago.
He said that he Is an international
bank robber, murderer many times
over and an expert dynamiter of
safes.
he confessed that he was one Of the
men who robbed the branch of the
Bank OF Montreal in New Westmin-
ster. B. c., Sept. Is last. and that he
was the leader of the gang which
robbed the Bank of Panama City, Pan
ANA. of $4,000 in the spring of 1910.
In addition he told of shooting down
one of his pals" in the mountains OF
Central America and of killing at least
fifteen other men.
Inc young man gave his name as
Robert Frank Holloway, said that his
nome is In Vernon. Texas. and that
his mother lives there He also gave
Inspector Hunt list of twenty aliases
ne had used throughout the country.
but would not talk much about the
Bank OF Montreal robbery. He sim
ply asserted that he was "ene of the
gang" According to his story. lie Is
the man who In thieves parlance
used the SOUP" which means blew up
the safes.
Holloway was arrested by Larry
Howe and tom" O'Malley in south.
bound Halsted street car. The detec-
tives grabbed him because he seemed
anxious to dodge them. When arrest
ed Holloway told Detective Howe that
1t was lucky for the cops" that he
wasn't carrying his usual pair of re-
volvers.
After admitting everything Of his
past to Inspector Hunt, Holloway
leaned back in his chair, puffed at
cigarette and said: "Why, say. boys,
I've got $4,000 in downtown hotel.
This stuff isn't going to bother me
much. I'll get out of it all right"
While he wouldn't talk about the
Bank Of Montreal robbery, Holloway
talked freely about the looting of the
Bank Of Panama City
why. say" he said that was soft.
The boys tunneled under the bank for
two months before I got there. We
thought that the vault had steel
bottom to it, but 1t didn't. and when
we got In we found that there was
more than 100000 in gold lying
around there in sacks. We got In at
5 o'clock in the morning We didn't
think we could get in so soon. because
we figured that the vault had a steel
floor. But when one of the spades
went through the floor we had to
make 1t that night. We only took
$4,000, because we couldn't carry
any more and get away quick"
From Panama Holloway said he
went to Brazil on an Italian tramp
steamer.
Telling Of his exploits further Hol-
loway said that during the Worlds
Fair at st. Louis in 1904 he ran
saloon and dance hall in the "red
light" district
MY manager. Bobbie Reynolds
tried to double-cross me-" he said.
"and he and McGivney. the day man
ager, and Smith. bartender, tried to
get me. got them first. McGivney
died later. got off there after a
farce of trial in the Four courts"
Another shooting which he told Of
was the killing Of ED" Star, whom
he shot in saloon in Tulsa. Okla.
"He pulled first. but got him from
the hip" was the way the self-styled
bandit told Of how Star lost his life.
John Mcnamara has been arrested
in New Yoork charged with the Bank
Of Montreal robbery. From San Fran.
cisco comes word from his wife, who
Is living there. denying his guilt.
Authorities In Vernon. Texas, wired
Inspector Hunt that Holloway is
wanted there for bank robbery. Hol.