Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-14
ATTEMPTED MURDER OF BANK
PRESIDENT.
Society Cashier EmbexzIes
100000 and Makes murdefous AS
sault on President

i<tt HieHHeAlIef May nd Montague
smith cashier of the T.awrenceyilIe Bans
and Trust company. ana 4 leader in tire
Lawreneetlie younger set, is today fus
git.Ne IRON Justice with a price on he
head AT late hour last night tha
watelman OF tHa bank found President
Durham wing unconscious IN front of hia
desIl. Help was summoned, and Mr. Duu-
ham. VINO Was supposed 70 lie suffering
from saHe sudden attack Of illness, was
taken 10 h.s hotel. Later, Il transpired
that tHe president had been the victim. OF
a maIdet0us assault. Discovering upon
his return to tire city yesterday evening
that the cashier had been using the banks
funds n an attempt to cover stock spee.
ulatj5n OF his own, Durham sent fos
Smith and charged him with the crime.
smith made an unproYoked and desperate
assault upon his superior officer. beating
him 5ato iH~enslbiHty and leaving him for
dead. Since IL IS known thar he did mob
BOARD any Of the night trains east or west
smith IS supposed to be ia hiding some
whore IN the vicinity Of the city. A war.
rant rs out, ana reward OF y1,000 for his
arrest and detention has been offered by
We bank. It is not thought possible THAI
Ire can escape II was currently reported
tat long since that Smith was engaged 10
prominent Young society woman Of
5.NfeueefIile. hut this has proved to be
frTue
He folded the newspaper and put II
In his pocket The thing was done
and it coe.d not be undone. Having put
himself on the wrong side Of the law,
there was nothing for it now but
complete disappearance; exile,
change of identity. and an absolute
severance with his past.
When he had gone a little distance
he found that the wagon road crossed
the right Of way twice before the con.
strurtion camp came into view. The
last Of the crossings was at the TEN.
poury material yard for which the
side track had been installed, and from
This point On. the wagon road held to
the river bank. The ditch people vera
doubtless getting all their material
over the railroad so there would be lii.
lie hauling ny wagon. But there were
automobile tracks in the dust, ana
shortly after he had passed the mate.
rial yard the tramp heard car com.
ing mp behind him. It was a six.cylin.
der roadster, and IFS motor was AiSs.
ing badly.
lis single occupant was a big, beard
ed man. wearing HIS gray tweeds ~
one to whom clothes were merely q
convenience. He was chewing black
cigar and the unoccupied side of his
mouth was busy at the passing moment
heapiug obiurgationS upon the liiup-
ing motor. 4 hundred yards farther
along the motor gave a spasmodic gasp
and stopped. When the young tramp
came uQ, the big man had climbed out
and had the hood open. What he was
saying 70 the stalled motor was pics
turesaue enough to make the Young
man stop and grin approximately.
Gone bad on you?" he inquired.
Col. Dexter Baldwin, the Timanyonfs
largest landowner. and a breeder OF
6ne horses who tolerated motorears
only because they could be driven hard
and were lnsensate and fit subjects for
abusive language took his head oue
of the hood.
The third time this morning" he
snapped I'D rather drive team OF
wind-broken mustangs, any day IN the
year !"
a used to drive q car q while back. q"
said the tramp. Let me look her
over
The colonel stood aside. viping his
hands on a piece of waste. while tho
young man sought for the trouble It
was found presently In q loosened