The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-07-25
BANK ROBBERS
CAPTURED
WALKERSVILLE INSTITUTION LOOTED OF
$3,217-MONEY FOUND CONCEALED
IN WOODS.

IN WOODS.
The shaded, drowsy and quiet
streets of Walkersville were awaken
ed Monday afternoon to catch up and
echo the rattling OF Ford touring
car. The machine was new and car
ried a Pennsylvania license tag H.
745. Two men left the car and walk
ed up the bank steps into the bank
ing room.
With drawn guns the two men
entered the door, one after the other,
and approached the grill. Cashier
Edwin Devilbiss stood facing desk
With the days cash laid out before
MIN in neat piles, checking up i'm
preparation for the close Of the days
business. w. Nelson Stauffer, assis-
tant cashier, was at a nearby desk
working on books, while Miss Eliza
beth Nicodemus, clerk, was at desk
further back from the front of the
banking room proper.
Cashier Devilbiss became aware Of
the presence of the two men iI1medi-
ately they entered the door. They
approached him with drawn revolvers.
IOne man, with a dark cloth drawn up
over his chin and nose, covered the
assistant cashier, while the other
walked to the grill work, struck the
muzzle Of gun through the grill and
said to Cashier Devilbiss:
II want that money" pointing to
the neatly-stacked piles of bills and
silver, "and ] want it quick"
The cashier dumped $3,217 in notes,
tives, tens, twenties and ffties, and
a small amount of silver into the
satchel He walked to the grill and
handed the bag over to the waiting
man.
. In the excitement of the robbery
Miss NicOdemus, the clerk, was for
gotten. But this girl, described as
about % years, with auburn hair,
dark eyes, took in the whole scene
with a glance. Without attracting
attention she walked from the bank
ing room into the directors room,
and from there into the basement.
She was obsessed with the idea of
giving the alarm, and she crawled
over a coal pile, and out window to
the street. From the bank she ran
into the store of e. c. Wachter
nearby. The store was deserted with
the exception of a 12-year-old girl, a
clerk. As Miss Nicodemus entered
: the store she saw the two robbers
leave the bank, get into the machine
!; and head toward NIT. Pleasant.
Cashier Devilbiss estimated that sc
| seconds, possibly 120 seconds, would
cover the entire holdup.
, var11t dnOrc cfnNd nnpp and
! within view of the two robbers Had
haul of $4,000 in cash, including the
!; $3,217 obtained. But they didn't.
The robbers, Norman Ogle, near
!. Frederick and, a man giving his name
as Weinhart, Baltimore were captured
when Charles w. Smith, a motorcycle
; officer ran into Barnes store, New
; London, painting where Ogle and
Weinhart were drinking pop. The
officer saw Ogle and Weinhart and,
walking up to them he said:
"Ogle, where did you come from? m?''
Il came up on the bus from Ba1ti-
more this morning, and we, includ-
ing Weinhart, heard of this robbery,
and we walked down the Gashouse
road. We thought we might meet
the robbers
That's a poor story" said officer
Smith. You'll have to wait here un-
til the sheriff comes"
/ Then officer Smith proceeded to 60
through the pockets of the two men.
On Og1e he found ninety dollars even,
on Weinhart, fifty-three dollars in
bills and about sixty cents in silver.
~! Half an hour later States Attorney
Aaron r. Anders and w. Nelson
Stauffer, assistant cashier OF the
Walkersville Savings Bank, reached
New London.
That's the man." said the assist
ant cashier, pointing to Weinhart.
You're a liar" snapped Weinhart.
You're the man." continued the
bank officer, where's the coin? What
did you-do with that money"
Both denied the accusation. The
bank officer was unable to identify
Ogle as he wore mask during the
hold up.
On the strength of the bank Off
cials positive identification, the Off
GERS started to bring Ogle and Vein
hart to the Frederick Jail. Later
Og1e confessed. Weinhart, however,
declined to confess.
Ogle was taken to Frederick in
the car which he and Weinhart stole
in Baltimore Sunday morning, as he
later confessed
Ex-Sheriff Conrad in half an hour
had Ogle's confession, and his prom
ise to lead the officers to the place
where the remainder Of the money
was hidden. The machines were
headed in the direction Of Boyer's
Mills, on the Burk's Hill Road, and
the money recovered.