The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-25
FOUR MEN ROB KANSAS BANK
Bandits Drive Away the Citizens of
Everest and Make Good Their
Escape with 1900

ESCAPE WILT p ,oOO.
Four men about o'clock the other
morning robbed the State Bank of Ev.
crest of $1,000 and escaped. Citizens,
attracted by the nine explosions that
wrecked the vault, were driven away
with shots as the robbers entered an
automobile and drove away southwark
The men worked in the bank about
fCrty-hve minutes, after cutting tele-
phone cables and Tobbing a hardware
store of two shotguns, revolver and
quantity of ammunition. Two of
them remained outside during the op-
erations, one in front of the bank, the
other walking casually about the vii
lage.
The rowing" guard captured the
town marshal and locked him in bar
Der shop across the street from the
bank. The marshal escaped and ran
to the home of o. c. Jones, banker,
and aroused him. The two then spread
the alarm and a crowd gathered in
time to see the robbers drive away.
Everest is in Brown county, about
thirteen miles northwest of Atchison.
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Struck Gas at Thirty Feet-What
is believed to be the shallowest gas
well in the state was struck on the
j. H. Brewster farm four miles south
east of independence. The drill was
started recently and at a depth of
thirty feet opened such a strong flow
of gas that drilling had to be sus-
pended.
x x x
Strike Oil in PaoIa-On drilIers
have been busy in Paola for several
weeks and have struck oil in paying
quantities inside the city limits. Three
productive wells have been drilled in
the west part of town and one that
was drilled in recently produced so
barrels of oil in twelve hours.
x x X
Seeks $4oo, 1000 Endowment.-Otta
University, Baptist college, will start
January 1. DR.. ]. W. Lyon of Chicago
and others will assist in the campaign.
x x
Answers Last CaII.-Samuel JOY, a
veteran, who received wounds in the
battle of Gettysburg, died at Salina re-
Gently. He was prominent in Masonic
and G. A. R. circles.
x x x
Corn Made ga BusheIs-Corn raised
by W. L. CASTOR, north of OgaIIah,
in Trego county, averaged "a bushels
to the acre. The corn is of the Bloody
Butcher variety and many ears are
as long as a mans forearm.
x x x
Debaters to Talk for Athletics
The debating team of the University
of Kansas has chosen the negative
side of the question Resolved that
Intercollegiate athletics should be
abolished by American universities"
for the annual Missouri-Kansas debate
this year.
browns in Mill Race.-Rufus Bos-
ter, an old resident of Winfield, was
killed at the Baden mills recently by
falling from the top of a freight car
into the mill race. No one witnessed
the accident. His body was recov-
efed from the Walnut river below the |
mill race.
Lived So Years on Same Farm
Martin F. Kern, who came to Kansas |
in 1857 and had lived on the same farm |
since, died at his home three miles |
southeast of Humboldt the other night. |
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TWO Lawrence Pioneers Dead
Mrs. Jane Radcliffe, an old settler of |
Lawrence, is dead there, She was 81 |
years old. Mrs. Zane Flynn, so years
old, also died in Lawrence recently. |
She was born in Philadelphia and /
came to Lawrence in the early DAYS. |
Girl Kicked by Muie.-FIorence
Drakely, the 6-year-old daughter of
Charles Drakely of Atchison, was kick
ed in the abdomen by a mule recently
and severely injured. She was taken /
to hospital and operated on. Doc
tors hold out no hope for her recovery.
Crushed by Oil Cars.-Perrv R. Ew-
ing, switchman in the employ of the
Santa Fe Railroad at Chanute, is dead
from internal injuries received when
he fell between two oil tank cars.
Ewing was S5 years old and is sur
viyed by widow and two children.
To Rebuild at Emporia.-A building
to cost 100000 is to take the place
OF Stuart hall, the main building of
the College of Emporia, which was de
stroyed by IRE recently, according to
the announcement OF the college trus-
tees.