The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-07-28
Three Bandits Compel Cashier
of LinWOOd Institution to
Hand Over the Cash.
MADE ESCAPE IN MOTOR CAR
Bank official and 14-Year.old Sor
Shut in vault-~Residents Not
Disturbed.

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afternoon, robbed the Linwood State
bank Of $1,4S1.S3 in gold, silver and
currency, and left in their car toward
the east, before the quiet village was
aware that anything unusual was go
ing on.
The men held up the cashier of the
bank. T. w. Martin, and his 14-year-
old son, Murray, at the point Of re-
volvers, forced Martin to open the
bank vault and give them its contents,
and then placed them in the vault
while they left the town.
The men made no show of violence,
and not a shot was fired. They drove
their machine up to the bank, where
two of them dismounted and entered,
leaving the third man in the car, with
the motor running. The cashier and
his son were found to be alone.
One of the men covered Martin with
his revolver, and ordered him to open
the vault, while the other remained at
the cashiers window with his gun
upon the boy. The cashier sought to
gain time. BE careful with those
guns" he said, zone Of them might go
off,"
81 can handle the gum" replied the
bandit, open that vault; time is pre-
cious."
The cashier obeyed, taking out bills
and silver. Part Of the silver the
robber took, leaving $56 with the re-
mark, We've got enough change"
Meanwhile the second man, whom his
companion addressed as Blackie,
rifled the cash drawers of $25 in gold
and quantity of silver.
Having gathered all the currency in
sight, the robbers peered into the safe
to make sure that 1t was empty, then
ordered the man and his son into the
vault. They entered 1t, but the rob-
bers were unable to close the lock.
They left the bank and entered their
car, and drove south out of the vii
lage. then turned east.
AS soon as the cashier heard the
screen door Of the bank close behind
the robbers, he and his son left the
vault. They went to the windows,
saw in what direction the bandits had
gone, and called the telephone oper-
ator. who notified the police and
sheriffs in surrounding towns.
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Used Ford to Kill Rats.-P. N. Cline
of Graham county, whose barn was
overrun with rats, filled the supply
tank of his Ford car with gasoline and
coal oil mixed, attached a rubber hose
to the exhaust and put the other end
into rat hole and started the engine.
Many rats died under the barn and
others died as they ran out to get
fresh air. He gathered up four bush
els Of rats, he says.
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To Build Water Plant. - Geuda
Springs, the Sumner county watering
place and health resort, voted $4,000
worth of bonds recently to build
water works. A sewer system also
was provided.
Open New Kansas RaiIroad.-Five
thousand people saw the opening of
the Anthony & Northern Railroad into |
Kinsley the other day. The special
from Pratt, the first train into Kins-
ley over the new road, carried three |
hundred and fifty people. Kinsley |
gave an entertainment to the en-
nlovooc Of tho nou rnod
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Burns Fatal to Boy.-Newel Sunder- |
land, years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Orville Sunderland, is dead at Oxford
from burns received when Ed Keith,
grocer, carrying can of flaming |
oil, collided with the boy at the door
of the Keith grocery. The can ex-
ploded, enveloping the boy in flames.
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Bale p. Waggener Is 6e.-B. P.
Waggener. patron saint of the chill
dren Of northeastern Kansas, celebra-
ted his sixty-ninth birthday anniver.
sary at Atchison by entertaining thou
sands Of children from Atchison and
surrounding territory at big free
picnic.
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Spanish Veterans to Kansas City,
Kansas City, Kas., was chosen as the
place for the 1917 encampment of the
Kansas Spanish war veterans, which
closed at Emporia the other night.
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Build Big OIL Tanks.-W. S. Bar.
wick, an architect, has been employed
by some of the big producing compan.
les to build several 55,000-barrel steel |
tanks in different parts of the Augusta
field and already has started the pre-.
liminary work.
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Hurt by Fly WheeI.-While at work
on a flywheel in laundry at Parsons,
Miller Smith, proprietor of local
laundry. was seriously injured. He
thrust his head through the wheel
when the engine was started sudden
ly. Physicians believe he will re-
cover.
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