Arizona republican., 1917-08-28
SAVES BUCKEYE BANK FROM ROBBERS AND CASHIER
 FROM DEATH; TWO CAPTURED

Compelling H. M Watson, cashier of the Bank of Buckeye, at the point of revolvers, to dress and go with them from his house to the bank early yes terday morning, two Mexican high waymen demanded that he open the safe and give them what money there was therein. Watson explained that the safe had a time lock and could manded what loose money there was in the bank and received SIP from Watson and then another demand was made upon him to open the safe, or they would kill him in five minutes"
 In the meantime Mrs. Watson tele- phoned the sheriff's office in Phoenix and several other persons about Buck eye.
 Just as the highwaymen were about to kill Watson for not opening the door of the safe, several shots were fired through the bank window by citizens summoned by Mrs. Watson's telephone for help.
 The robbers plunged through the door and made their escape into the desert. An all day search for them resulted in their capture and they were placed in the county jail early this morning.
 They gave the names of Ramon Bar dio and Miguel Osuna, the latter tell ing one of the posse that he had been a captain in Carranza's army in Mexico.
 Buckeye in Arms
 As soon as the alarm was sounded by Mrs. Watson the news spread and the whole towns of Buckeye and Palo Verde were in arms and on the scent of the highwaymen, who made their way afoot over the desert to the south. The posses scattered out in every di- rection and not speck of ground for twenty miles around Buckeye was left uninspected.
 Deputy Sheriffs Ed Warren, Mai Ziger and Musgrove, left in an auto mobile immediately upon getting word from Mrs. Watson and took the trail to the south, of barefooted man or boy. One of the robbers had left his shoes in the bank when he escaped in the face of the first fusillace of bull lets from citizens.
 The trail continued for miles, War
  at least thirty Some of the distance could be covered with the automobile and the most of it had to be covered by foot. At about noon the barefooted highwayman was discovered limping and about ready to drop from exhaus- tion. Upon an order to halt he gave up and proved to be a boy of not over IS years of age, and small at that. It was Ramon Bardio. Bardio was handcuffed and placed in the Buckeye jail while the search was continued.
 Second Man Trailed.
 A posse headed by John Baloit, a Buckeye man, got on the trail of a man i wearing moccasins with soles wired on. This trail continued for miles and miles back and forth, as it grad | ually worked it's way toward Cache. The trail went down the south side of the Gila river to the Buckeye dam and here the river was crossed. The | highwayman made his way into Cache 1 and bought himself a new pair of American shoes, this he did to throw | the posse off the track, as he said he 1 knew they were trailing him by his | moccasins.
 From Cache the highwayman. Osuna, made his way to the south, but was | finally overtaken by Biloit and his 1 posse. He had been without water
 but had some food with him. Bardio | when captured had neither food or
 water and was about exhausted. l Buckeye citizens with the memory of the robbery of the Bank of Buck
 eye last winter fresh in mind were l determined that this time the highway
 men should not escape and with this as an incentive they kept on search ing for possible trails all over the
 region until assured that the highway men had been captured. Osuna when questioned said that there was another in the gang that 1 held up Watsons house and the bank, 1 but the Bardio lad said that there was
 only two. Both admitted, when
 captured, that they had done the job.
 However, a grove near the river i, some miles from Buckeye was sur | rounded last night at sundown and this
 morning a posse of Buckeye and Palo Verde citizens will close in on what l they believe to be a third highway .man.
 The highWaymen before waking up MT. Watson, robbed his house, carry ing away a quantity of jewelry, and l Winchester rifle and a revolver. | Then they went to where he was sleep | ing and made the demand that he go with them to the bank.
 The presence of mind of Mrs. Wat l son possibly saved the life of Mir.
 Watson and several thousand dollars l locked in the safe of the bank She
 remained silent until the robbers had
 left with her husband and then sprang | to the telephone.