The copper era and Morenci leader., 1914-09-18


noon and Locked Cashier Lanneau
and His Assistant in the Bank Vault
After Which They Looted Bank of
Available Cash.
$s2oooo WAS THE AMOUNT TAKEN
Posse Gives Quick Pursuit on Trail
Which First Lead in Direction OF
lash Peak-clifton Posse Strikes
Trail Leading in NortherIy Direc-
ton.
On Tuesday Afternoon, September Is,
shortly before the closing of the Bank
of Duncan, two strange men rode into
the town, and tying their horses
across the street from the bank, walk
ed in at the front door of that insti-
tuition, held up the cashier and book
keeper, robbed the bank of cash
amounting to $4,000. 90, and after lock-
ing the two bank officials in the vault.
hurried to their horses and made their
escape. 81.
A few minutes later the alarm was
given in Duncan and local posse
was organized and started in pursuit.
The robbers rode west out of Duncan,
and turned to the right at the Duncan
school house, going in the direction of
Ash Springs. The posse which left
Duncan in pursuit included Deputy
Sheriff McCarty, former sheriff James
". Parks, Sam Foster and Reece
Webster and others.
1t is reported that the two robbers
camped fourteen miles east of Dun
can on Monday night. One is de-
scribed as being tall, about five feet
eleven inches, with blue eyes and wear
ing blue overalls and yellow shirt.
They rode two brown horses which ap-
peared very tired from hard riding.
Word was telephoned to the sher-
iff's office in Clifton a few minutes
after the robbery and Deputy Sheriff
Hoffman and Deputy Sheriff Bass left
for the Guthrie section, crossing the
ella and made circle in the vicinity
of the halfway house on the Solomon
vile road. The two deputies road in
to Clifton on Wednesday morning,
about nine O'Clock, and reported that
they had followed trail of two men
on horseback, which they had picked
up the afternoon previous, which led
into Clifton. In this connection two
men heavily armed, were seen passing
through Clifton about 2:30 am. We'd
nesday by c.. L. Uthus, the East Side
tailor. Upon the arrival of Deputies
Hoffman and Bass a new posse COM
posed of Sheriff Patty, G.. A. Franz,
Deputy Sheriff Hoffman, Deputy Sher-
iff Bass, Deputy Sheriff Keppler and
Guy Rencher, left Clifton Wednesday
morning going UP the river A tele-
phone message received at the
sheriff's office on Friday morning
from Sheriff Patty, sent from the Blue
ranger station, stated that he thought
his posse had the right trail Iil
On Wednesday night telephone
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believed that. the two robbers were in
hiding in York canyon. A second
posse composed of ]. F.. Nichols, IN
dersheriff; Tom Mccullough, A. A.
Anderson and Geo. Montgomery left
for that section arriving there about
day light but nothing was. seen OF
heard of the men wanted.
James ". Parks and posse returned
to Duncan on Thursday morning after
trailing the robbers to the vicinity of
Ash Peak where it is believed they
made circle and then started north,
The HoId-up Story.
Cashier B. r. Lanneau, in response
to an inquiry from the Copper Era,
told the following story: ... 1r@
"At about two-forty in the Afternoon,
shortly before bank closing time,
which is three O'Clock, two strangers
entered the bank through the front
door.
'At the time they came in, w. M
Balfour was standing at the counter
to the right of Accountants window,
which is direcly in front of the front
door of the bank, asserting the checks
which had been paid during the day.
I was standing directly in front of the
window adding up
column of figures on one of the books
I looked up and spoke to the man who
came to the window and continued ad-
ding. The man at the window then
asked if he could get a small check
cashed and 1 said: Yes, I guess so,
lets see the check The man began
fumbling, as If to get out the check,
and 1 finished adding the column of
figures. When I again looked up the
man had me covered with six
'T dropped behind the counter and
made an attempt to get rifle which
was standing in a corner near the
window but did not succeed in get
ting it. At about the same time Bal
four looked up and found that the 9TH
er man had him covered with six
shooter through the scroll above the
glass part of the fixtures, He also
dropped behind the counter but was
not fortunate enough to be hidden !
from either of the men so had to get
up again. Balfour then said to me:
Don't try to get that rifle again, we !
may get shot Realizing this I then !
got up and said to the man at the
There is no use for any
gun play boys, you have us and we |
are not armed. From the way things |
ook you fellows want the money
The man at the window then said: |
You're dam right, kid, and we want |
t quick They were then told to !
lelp themselves to it as we could not |
ltop them.
"The smaller man of the two, who
lad Balfour covered, then came round |