Arizona republican., 1918-01-14
FUNSTON 'SS0LE BANK SURVIVOR
 GIVES DETAILS
Marvellous Nerve Shown By Captain Whistler After Looting Bank Sum He
 Got for Crime Not Known
TReputlican A. p. Leased Wirel


 CAMP FUNSTON, Kas., Jan 13.- The condition of Gearney Wornall, sole survivor of the robbery of the camp bank, of which he was cashier, which took place Friday and in which four men were killed by the robber, believed to have been Captain Lewis J. Whistler, who later committed suicide, continued to improve today Army surgeons said Wornall. who was badly injured by the robber after the latter had killed four other men in the bank with an ax, had a chance to recover.
 Wornall was able today to give a de tailed account of the crime. This diff fered somewhat from his fragmentary accounts yesterday which were given between periods of unconsciousness. Army officers Investigating the crime have full faith, however, that Wornall was fully conscious when he identified the body of Captain Whistler as that of the robber last night.
 Wornall told officers today that Whistler came to the bank about 7:30 p. m., after the bank had closed for the day. The key, he said, had been placed i: the door but not turned, and Whistler easily gained entrance and walked around the counter. He drew
 
 told the men in the bank, who were c. Fuller Winters, in charge of the in- stitutiOn; J. w. Jewell. editor of the Camp Funston Trench and Camp; Carl Oheson, son of contractor at the camp, and o. NJ Hill, clerk, that he was short in his accounts and believed this was the best bet to remedy his difficulty.
 According to the statement the off cer was not taken seriously until he drew an aX from beneath his clothes and struck Winters with the flat side of the blade. He then made all five men lay face down on the floor while 1 he selected the money he wanted which he threw into a sack. Wornall said the robber then made him get up and tie the others with bits of tent rope which the captain took from his pocket. The officer then tied Worn alPs hands and gags were thrust into the mouths of all the prisoners, ac- cording to the statement.
 At this point there is lapse ir l WornalFs story, a staff officer said and the young cashier apparently does not remember anything until he real l lZed he was in an ambulance on the way to the hospital
 Ofldll was round by a sentry wan dering aimlessly outside the bank les. | than an hour after the crime. Ht eond not answer questions ant mumbled unintelligibly. don't strik, 1 him again. Are you a fiend?" and if nally murmured bank robbed Ther 1t was that the discovery of the mur. ders were made
 Wornall had followed the captain. . directions to tie up his friends so Der. 1ectly that 1t was necessary to cut tn, ropes that bound the mems arms.
 Following the crime, it now has beer established. Whisler went to, the Guar termaster's, where he removed hi, bloodstains from his hands and gar ments. He then proceeded to a clas Tn French at 9 o'clock.
 When an~order came from head quarters at o'clock for report iron all company commanders, Whistler, i IS stated, was the second or third t, report all satisfactory"
 According to the story told the hea, of the intelligence department post b, Wornall, Whistler was in the banl about 30 minutes.
 Examiners now are checking up tn funds of the bank. but no definit statement has been made as to tn
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