The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-01-19
CAUGHT ! BANK RossER

Uncie-S SPp Tells Story Of -o~ ne CAP
,urea Ro5oer and Recovered Money .
In reply 20 a telegram from Artmoge .
friends. a. IT, Palmer. cashier Ct the .
Fi-s; State Bank al Tuskal5ma, Okla, /
gives the details Of the robbery Of his :
bank and ot the capture Of the -05oer .
The letter follows.
Tuskaloma. Okla, Jan. Il, 1916. /
Sprae.ls. Scott x Lacy,
ArImo-=, Oklahoma
DEAR BRETHREN.
Your telegram received and I viii in
5r.e. way tell you jus, how il hap
p-1ed The bank building is Of brick
z.-l large windows il each side that
raise easily, screen wire on windows.
building -5xl0 feet, fixtures with gia-,
instead o. ~.re a, top, vault at back,
safe in front window
Il vas a cold day and this young
fellow, a small man about Ike Lacy,
had been standing around the stove in
the lobby most OF the day and had
Kept my off eye on him, as he acted
rather peculiarly In the afternoon
he came in about 200 and took his
usual position By the stove, his old
rubber coat got hot and was smelling
rather loud and / said, Partner you
are liable to burn your coat" He
made some remark and said he was
cold. We had very few customers that
afternoon. and / had just balanced up
my cash and stacked it-put some cash
items with the currency under a rub
Der band and placed it on the tray
OF silver and some gold, and carried
1t to the safe and set it in the window
opened the safe and was winding
the timers. | heard him make three
quick steps and peck on the glass-I
knew what was up and did not look
around for a second. He said 'hey,
there, hold up" | said Whats the
matter with YOU" and looked around
and asked him what he wanted and
beheld two large German automatic
pistols pointing at me. He grinned and
said, | want your money | said, "all
right, come and get it, but be careful
with your guns, il you hurt me you
won't get a cent" He motioned me
back towards the door that enters the
office. When he came in, he punched
me in the belly with one OF his guns,
and | again cautioned him about the
careless manner he was handling the
artillery He handed me the sack and
told me 10 put the money in it. ! told
I him TO come to the safe and get 1t.
/ He followed ! took the currency out
Of the safe, S2,5OO, and the currency
on the tray of silver and told him,
would take out the cash items, as
! they were OF no use TO him, and put
/ the other currency in his sack. About
| that time Capt sherwood, president
OF the bank entered The front door
was within about four feet Of US, and
4 was between the robber and the
| Capt The Capt. did not catch on at
once until | asked the robber if he
wanted the silver, then the Capt
ducked and jumped out at the front
door. ran around the bank and made
/ for his gun, the robber attempted to
shoot, but the Captain was too quick
for him. | placed my hand under the
gun and asked him not to shoot He
then became excited and told me TO
hurry up. asked him if he wanted the
silver He said No | told him that
that was all the paper money, and
asked him to look in the safe and see
He did not look. grabbed the sack and
hurried out not paying much more at
tention. and told Miss sherwood TO
get back there, as she was just com
ing out OF a back room. lie left me
standing near the door OF the vault
As he jumped out Of the front door,
I jumped into the vault, grabbed nay
30 automatic Savage pistol ran TO the
window. Miss sherwood had watched
him and told me where hc was. He had
run over TO a drug store about 90 yards
east. where he had his horse hitched.
opened fire on the horse as he was
protected by the horse and seemed 20
De having some trouble getting his
bride loose. / took deliberate aim
and fired five shots. hitting twice.
Breaking the horses right hind leg.