The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1918-08-02

CINCINNATI, o., Aug. with
revolver in each hand a youthful
appearing bandit shortly after 1
o'clock Saturday afternoon held up
and robbed the Reading Bank, Ben
son and Jefferson avenues, Reading,
Ohio, of $1,000 in currency.
"Get into that vault quickly and
hand over the cash. / mean bust
nessw the bandit said in a mild
voice to Cashier E. j. Fagley, who
soon appeared with the money in SIS,
$40 and $40 bills. These he placed in
bag at the command of the robber.
The bandit then slowly backed out
of the main entrance of the bank and
entered a waiting automobile along
side a youthful chauffeur. AS the
automobile began to move Cashier
Fagley darted from the bank and fired
at the car, two shots passing through
the tonneau.
Half an hour later Stanley Gruen-
niger, Is years old, 300 Sheppard
avenue, Lockland, Ohio, pulled up in
front of the Reading Bank in his
machine and announced he had hauled
the bandit to the end of the Bond
Hill car line because the robbers
weapon was held against him. The
boy chauffeur is employed at Lock-
land garage. He described the rob-
Der as being approximately % years
old, feet inches tall, weighing 100
pounds. He wore a light gray suit,
checked cap, was of light complex
ion, had light hair and several days
growth of beard.
Similar robberies of recent years,
were as follows:
Bandit Frank Hohl, national char
acter, obtained approximately
$4,000 from West End banks in
daylight hold-ups. He shot and killed
Patrolman Edward Knaul, and HIM
self was killed by Patrolman Chase.
Youths named Marcus and Patter-
son attempted a daytime robbery in
an uptown bank. They took approx
mately $500, but Marcus was shot to
death by the cashier and his confed-
crate in a celler.
Edwin Won Walden, styled by police
as "the gentleman robber," a few
months ago held up the First National
Bank of jacksonville, making a haul
of more than $4,000. Through in
formation furnished by Private Oper-
atives Cal Grim and Paul Ryan, Won
Walden was apprehended in New
York City.
Patrick Kearney, James Lawler and
"Zeke" Moran, local characters, held
up a Covington (Ky.) building and
loan association obtaining approx
mately $1,100. They killed two Di-
rectors, wounded Police Chief
Kluemper, who in turn shot to death
Moran. Later Kearney and Lawler
were captured, tried in Covington
for murder and sentenced to be cleo
trocuted last June. They have been
confined in the Eddyville (Ky.) Peni-
tertiary waiting for the Appellate
Court to consider their cases. Two
gambling houses in Newport, KY,
were held up and relieved of several
thousand dollars by men.
Reading dime novels of the Jesse
James variety and of the exploits of
Edwin Won Walden, Cincinnati, youth
full bank bandit now confined in the
State Asylum for the Criminal In
sane at Lima, Ohio, led William
Nordmeyer, II years old, 1923 Hol-
man street, Covington, KY, butcher,
to rob the Reading Bank, Reading,
Ohio, Saturday, of approximately
$1,000, he told Cincinnati and Cow
ington police Sunday afternoon, af-
ter his arrest on a charge of bank
robbery.
The arrest of Nordmeyer was made
Sunday afternoon at o'clock by
Covington officials, following the dis
covery of $3.50 in the basement of
the home of his sweetheart, Miss
Julia Foley, East Third Street, just
east of Greenup Street, Covington,
where it had been concealed by
Nordmeyer without the knowledge of
any member of the Foley family.
The money was under an old box in
the cellar.
| The money still was in it's original
packages of $3.50 and $500 denomina-
lions, and in the school bag which
Nordmeyer threw down in front of
the cashier of the Reading Bank Sat-
urday afternoon, with the demand
that it was "filled with the money"
1t was wrapped in several old news
papers, and except for the box over
the package no further effort at con-
cealment had been made.
The recovery of the money and the
arrest of the youthful bandit was the
result of the, discovery of the money
/ by sister of Miss Foley, and the ac-
| ton of Miss Foley's mother in
notifying Captain Sam j. Martin,
Covington Police Department.
That official ascertained upon his
arrival at the Foley home Nordmeyer
had called Saturday afternoon while
the family was absent and that he
was seen by neighbors to descend in
to the basement by means of an out
side cellar stairway.
Immediately Captain Martin re-
turned to headquarters and turned
over to Chief of Police Kluemper the
bank robbers loot, and with Detec-
tives Sanford, Drees, Higgins and
Refan went to the vicinity of
Nordmeyer's home. There they dis
When the young man was question
ed Monday morning by Detective
Chief Love, Nordmeyer said that if
he was given chance he would join
the navy or the army. He said that
he regretted his foolish act and de-
clared that after he was out of his
tror1h1o no would never AGAIN do ANU