Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-03-06
CAPTURE TWO BANK ROBBERS
Youths Who Held Up Yates Center
Institution Run Down in Short
Order by Posse.

Order by Posse.
Two youths, unmasked, robbed the
State Exchange bank here of $1,000 a
few minutes before L o'clock the other
day, at the point of revolvers, they
had compelled William J. O'Donne1l
cashier. to enter vault in which they
locked him. The youths gathered all
OF the money in sight and walked
from the bank. They were captured
a half hour later about two miles from
town by posse, and all OF the money
was recovered. Both refused to give
their names.
O'Donnen, who was alone IN the
bank when the robbers, entered. look
ed up from his work and found him
self confronted by the muzzle of n re-
volver, aimed through the grating of
his cage.
Get into that vault" the man with
the gun said.
O'Donnen promptly complied. After
locking O'Donnell in the vault the
robbers scooped all of the money in
sight on the counter into the bag, and
left.
A few minutes after the robbery,
Miss Jessie Winters, bookeeper, re-
turned to the bank from her lunche on.
She heard O'Donnen beating upon the
vault door and promptly released him.
O'DonneH then called up Sheriff Car
roll, who summoned together a posse
and started in pursuit of the robbers.
The men were captured in a strip of
woods after a short chase. One of
them was carrying the bag of money.
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management of the Annual Mes
siah Festival at Bethany College,
Lindsborg, this year have arranged
on April 4, and Nine. Claussen on
March %. This years program prom
ises to be the best ever rendered at
the college and a record breaking at
tendance is expected.
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Violated Bird Law.-The- first ar
rests in Kansas under the new fed
eral Migratory Bird Law were made
in Galena recently The men were
charged with shooting ducks after the
season had closed.
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Club Women to Meet.-The dates
for the annual meeting of the State
Federation of Women's Clubs, which
will convene in Emporia this year.
were fixed for May 5. and at
meeting of the Lyon County Fedora
ton of Women.
Shot Firer Fatally Injured.-Henry
Heckhear, shot frer, was fatally in
jured in an explosion in a mine of
the Central Coal and Coke Company
near Frontenac the other night. He
died on the way to a hospital.
Dodge City Pioneer Dies.-Anada
Tilghman, Sc years old, pioneer resi-
dent of Dodge, died there recently.
She was the mother of Mrs. w. NJ.
Locke of Dodge and of "Bill' Thigh
man, an early marshal of Dodge and
later a government peace officer in
Oklahoma.
Big Strike at Augusta big gas
well was struck at Augusta the other
day. The flow is estimated at 50,-
000, 900 ,eet daily. Tools were blown
out of the well and the derrick de-
molished.
Not Foot and Mouth Disease..The
cattle illness reported on the Colvin
farm, north of Eldorado. is diphtheria
and not foot and mouth disease. This
was decided by DIR. c.. A. Kay and
Dr. H. Ritter, federal experts, who In
spected the cattle.
Killed by BuII--Daniel Jones. stock
man of Bucklin, was attacked by a
bull in pasture recently He de-
Tended himself with a cane, but the
bull injured him fatally He walked
to his house, half a mile away, and
was found dead there by the family.