Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-18

garage" Mrs HohI continued. but he
had trouble with the owner and about
fourteen months ago brought me to
Cincinnati. He left me. saying he was
going to Chicago. and the next time
heard of him he had married Ivy
Ormsby, 30 years old, of Salem, Ohio,
at Harrisburg, in 1913, under the name
of Frank G. Carroll. He also went
under the name of Frank Wilson
Search For Bandits Bride"
Upon getting this information from
the wife of the bandit which was
borne out by the police. the entire state
was warned to be on the lookout for
the Ormsby woman. whom the police
are sure has the stolen s13,00 in her
possession.
Throughout last night and this
morning the wires were busy between
this point and every city in the east
ern United States and west as far as
Chicago urging that close watch be
kept lest the bandits aCcomplice es-
cape
Up until late hour this afternoon
the woman was still at large.
How job Was pulled"
Hohl, notorious automobile bandit
of many aliases, was killed yesterday
in a sensational escapade, in which he
robbed two banks, stole an automobile
and fought pistol duel with the
police, wounding one man probably
fatally.
The climax of Hollis career occu-
pied only three hours. Shortly after o
o'clock yesterday morning he entered
the West End branc hof the Provdent
Savings Bank and Trust Company, at
Eighth and Freeman avenues, fired
two shots at Cashier Edward Hughes.
scooped up $4,000 in currency, backed
through the door jumped into wait
ing automobile, which had been stolen.
and disappeared. Cashier Hughes
fired after the robber, but his shots
did not take effect
RObS Second Bank
While the police were searching for
the bandit, more than an hour later
he entered the Liberty Banking and
Savings Company Bank at Liberty and
Freeman avenues. 10 blocks away,
fred two shots at Cashier George Win
ters. seized what proved to be $500
in currency, ran to his automobile and
again disappeared. The shots were so
close TO Winters that he was powder
burned, but other than suffering from
the shock he was uniniured. ..,
Almost two hours later Harry
Buckshorn, whose mother conducts an
apartment house on West Eighth
street. informed the police of the sim
ilarity of appearance of a man who
rented a room there yesterday to
description given of the bandit. Three
policemen called at the room. When
they knocked the door suddenly was
thrown open and the bandit opened
fire. at the same time brushing past
the officers one of whom Policeman
Edward Knoul was probably fatally
wounded He again ran to his auto
mobile, which was standing at a near
by corner, and tried again to make
good his escape, but i'm rounding a
corner the machine crashed into a
telegraph pole and was wrecked.
Bandit Is Shot
The bandit jumped out and opened
fire on the other two officers, who had
pursued him. In the battle that fol-
lowed Hohl fell, with four bullet
wounds in his body and he died
shortly afterward at the hospital. He
was identified by Cashier Hughes, of
the Provident Bank, as the man who
had robbed his bank, and later a
comparison of a picture of Hohl with
the dead man was made and proved
with other signs of Identification to
the satisfaction of the police that the
dead man was Hohl. The picture was
one which had been sent out follow
ing the Altoona bank robbery.