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Robbers Tracked To Cross.
Road Near Village Of
Amity
Drove Ford Automobile,
Rear Tire Having A
Diamond Tread

Three yeggs, who blew up the
Holmesvilie bank Tuesday morning
at 3 o'clock with such force that the
building was practically uestroy-
ed ana safe deposit boxes hurled
clear across the street, speeded
through the upper portion OF Knox
county in Ford automobile. fleeing
from pursuers who discovered the
robbery in the nick of time, sounded
a general alarm and caused such a
hurried getaway on the part of the
yeggs that not single dollar was se-
cured. The trail of the yeqes was
lost near Amity.
Chief of Police Parker of this city
was called Tuesday morning at 6
o'clock from Loudonville by the
Holmes county party which was com
posed OF four men. He summoned
Sheriff Woolison who, with Deputy
Mossholder, started for Amity after
call from that village had brought
the information that the yeggs had
Just passed through. Chief Parker
and Officer Taylor accompanied them,
Near the Ebenezer church one OF
the Holmesville pursuers was en-
countered by the Knox county offic-
ials. He reported that the automo-
bile in which they had driven from
Holmesville had broken down and
was being repaired farther up the
road. He was picked up by the offic.
falls, returned to his party which had,
In the meantime, repaired the ma
chine, and the story of the attempted
robbery was narrated while an at
tempt was made to pick up again the
trail of the yeggs which had been
lost the other side of Amity.
The Holmesville bank occupies q
solid cement block building, situated
near the telephone exchange. About
9 o'clock in the morning, the tele,
phone operator was aroused by dull
report. She surmised in an instant
the cause and Immediately called the
cashier of the bank and several other
men about town. The steam whistle
was blown, and in twinkling the
entire village was up and dressed.
One man rushed to the telephone
Office and, as the yeggs had not left
the inside OF the bank yet, drew a
pistol and prepared to cover them as
nt,k In tI,iu 40
was foiled, as the yeggs took back
course leaving by way of a rear door
OF the building and jumping into a
Ford automobile which had been left
I'm a wheat field near the bank. They
were off before they could be halted
The cashier of the bank entered the
demolished building, examined 1t has
tily, but discovered that, although the
front door of the safe had been shak
en- off its hinges by the force of the
soup the door of the vault was
still locked.
Jubilant that the yeggs had don't
their work for nothing, he rejoinet
the group Of citizens. rapidly tncreas
ing in numbers, on the outside OF thu
bank and a pursuit party of four wai
organized. The bank presented 9
sickiy appearance, az block aftel
block had been dislodged by the forc'
OF the explosion, while furniture an'
fixtures were shattered to pieces
Safe deposit boxes were found scat
tered all over the streets.
An examination of the spot in th'
wheat field where the automobile be
longing 10 the yeggs had been parke
disclosed that the right rear whee
had diamond tread. With this trail
the pursuing party started.
The track of the automobile wa
plainly discernible in the early morn