Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-02-06
CAUGHT 3 BANDITS
Wichita Posse Makes Capture
After Gang Had Raided
Bank at Andale.
PHONE GIRL RoUsEO TOWN
Robbers Departed for Wichita
Fought in city's Outskirts.

Robbers wrecked the Andale State
bank, twenty-four miles northwest of
Wichita, and being routed in a pitch
ed battle with citizens, escaped to
Wichita, where three were captured
after another pitched battle in the
outskirts of the city. Two of those
captured were slightly wounded.
Two are known to have escaped.
The captured men gave their names
as H. A. Schapper, "a: Payton Schap-
per, 20. and Whitley Stanfield, 81.
They are in the county Jail held on
warrants charging bank burglary.
The attempt to blow the Andale
bank was blocked when Miss Clara
Grassl, "a years old, telephone girl
at Andale, heard the men trying to
break into the office to destroy the
switchboard She opened fire with
revolver and called the marshal, who
rang the fire alarm, calling out the en-
tire populace
Two robbers held the armed citizens
st bay while three others blew the
vault door and set off the charge in
the safe. The safe withstood the
shock and the robbers fled in an auto
mobile stolen from Wichita the night
IN cash in the safe.
The automobile carrying the bandits
went dead" in the highway, eight
miles northwest of Wichita, and the
occupants stole two horses from a
farmer and continued toward Wichita.
Sheriff Frank Sarver and Jack Hay,
assistant chief of police, organized
posse and hurried to the west city linn
its of Wichita. The bandits opened
fire on the officers and il the battle
which followed more than 200 shots
were fired.
A Novel Case Decide1-At Aug
usta recently John A. Holiday, 5
months old, was plaintiff in a
personal damage case on account of
injuries received two months before
he was born, and got judgment for
| $500 from the Frisco Railway Com
| pany, which has signified it's inten-
! ton to satisfy the judgment without
| appeal His mother was struck by a
| train two months before the child was
born and it was proved that the shock
| not only stunted the baby's growth.
| but made him extremely nervous and
| fretful. The plaintiff was personally
present with his attorney in Justice
Holiness court. He was the youngest
plaintiff in the legal history of Butler
county.
Holding Wheat for S2-Many farm
ers in Ellis county are holding their
wheat for 50 bushel One farmer,
out of debt entirely, has 10000 bushels.
Another with $500 bushels is holding
for $3.50 bushe1, while other farmers,
clear of debt, have smaller amounts
which they refuse to let go, although
some of them are within a quarter of
a mile of an elevator. Most of them
| want 81 bushel.
| Found Dead In Bed.-Austin Will
| day, aged so. a contractor, was found
dead at his home at Wichita. Death
probably was due to apoplexy and
acute indigestion.
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New Postma sters.-President Wilson
recently appointed the following post
masters: George s. Hartley. Arkan-
sas City; John w. Lapham, Chanute,
and l. D. Hagan, Newton.
Student Club CIosed.-The Student
Union, Kansas university's first ex-
pertinent with general clubhouse for
its students, has been closed be-
cause of lack of enthusiasm among
the men of the university. The prop
| osition was started and financed by
the mems student council at the uni
| versity, and when the clubhouse was
opened last March the venture seemed
to be success, but last fall the stu
dents did not join in sufficient num-
bers to enable the running expenses
of the house to be met
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