White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-03

Daylight Holdup OF bingham BANK.
In a daylight hold-up at inBgham,
Utah, Tuesday afternoon, the Bing-
ham State bank was robbed of ap-
proximately 49, 500; the cashier,
assistant cashier and a youthful clerk
we're bound and locked in a vault and
a lone bandit rushed down the
canyon only to be overtaken. In a
bag which he attempted to cache, a
moment before his arrest, a total oil
$16,492 in gold and currency was
recovered and returned to the bank
Six persons, suspected as a~ceompliees
of the bandit. are under arrest and
Two others are sought.
Though the actual robbery IS
thought to have been the work of a
bank robber of skill, the general plot
is considered cumbersome and one
which 1t would have been impossible
to carry out successfully. In many
details the robbery resembles the
plot of the oid-time dime novel"
Burt Heston, 80 years of age, who
says Joplin, Mo, is his home, Is the
man arrested on a charge of hay
ing directly perpetrated the hold-up
and robbery. Also under arrest are
Scott Cunningham, formerly of the
st. Joseph r%oadhouse in Davis u
- 49, M IN Aannanffnn with
many escapades; Peggy Dean. Norma
Dean and Lola Kendall, recent deni-
zens of Bingham's red light dis
trict; Ed. Turner and Fred H. WEIGH.
known to the underworld both in
Bingham and Salt Lake.
Sauntering into the bank shortly
before 3 O'Clock Tuesday Afternoon,
Heston, attired in the garb of a for
eign laborer and with his face grimy,
made a pretense of depositing a pack
Il of $4,000 in the bank. But be-
fore he would consent to let the
cashier and clerks examine the pack
ct he said he would first wait for his
wife.
"She will be here in a few min
utes and you may get ready to count
money" said the bandit. slowly
walking toward the banks entrance,
the newspaper-bound packet still un-
der his arm. In the course of the
routine of closing the banks business
for the day Randall. the cashier,
George Dobson. assistant cashier,
and Henry Oddie. an apprentice who
is but IA years of age, proceeded
down toward the big vault, which was
open to receive the days ros~.s
Instantly the bandit coveleu inem
with a heavy revolver and told them
not to move. Then in low tone he
ordered them to lie down on the floor
with their faces downward. They
obeyed. Again he told them to ex-
tend their hands upward. They OBJ
eyed, and about their wrists he
bound stout pieces of cord, tying
them so tightly that his victims could
hardly restrain themselves from cry
ing out on account of the pain.
AS II familiar with affairs of the
bank the bandit then dragged Ran
dali, the cashier, into a sitting posi-
ton. leaning his back against the
wall of the vault. He pressed the
muzzle of his revolver against the
cashiers temple and demanded the
bination to the bank treasure de-
post box. For but a moment Ran
dali hesitated.
Il am desperately in need of mon
ey for my poor old mother and faith
er who are starving over in Belgium"
said the bandit. IF you don't give
me the combination l will have to
kill you and the other two. My life
is nothing to me-"
Randall gave the bandit the COM
bination of the lock, and after FIVE
efforts the treasure box was opened.
Into a sack he dumped gold and
currency aggregating about $4,000.
He said something about having no
use for a large quantity of silver,
which he could have taken.
Leaving the vault with the bag of
gold and currency, the bandit locked
its huge steel portal on the cashier,
his assistant and the apprentice. No
sooner had the bolts shot into place
than the three victims began a strug-
gle to release themselves. but at frs;
this seemed impossible.
Finally Henry eddie succeeded in
w%riggling a Christmas present peck
et-knife out of his trouser pocket.
Then with more ~wriggling he guided
the bound hands of Dobson to the
knife. Dobson succeeded in open
ing the big blade and with great DIFF
iiculty he directed II TO the cords