Omaha daily bee., 1919-09-22
BANK BANDITS
ELuDE NET SET
BY THE POLICE
Daylight Brings No Trace Of
Men Who Staged Holdup
: at RaIston Sat-
urday.

urday.
tGsatinsed fssa Page Ons.l
~ well dressed rather stockily
built and wearing a soft fedora hat.
When ! refused him permission to
use the phone he didn't tarry but
hurried out to the machine.
Il followed him.
II took close look at the car
and scanned the face of the other
occupant who was about the same
age and build as my visitor, but
wore derby hat.
In New Ford.
"The auto was a brand new Ford
machine 1t was parked little
south OF my front door entrance
against the curb and when / took
look at the tail light / saw two
license tags. One had a string
attached that would allow its be-
ing jerked up in hurry should
an occasion to do so arise.
As the young fellow who, had
come into my offfse got into the car
he picked up bundle from off the
seat. II contained overalls without
any wrapping. The two drove away
and though I thought their actions
funny | did not deem it necessary
to call police.
Il left soon, went uptown but
came back about 1880. I wanted
to see everything was alright be-
fore going to bed.
Jumped on Train.
Il was going out, OF my place
when heard passenger train COM
ing along and, as one will, glanced
in its direction. The funnel was
splitting sparks as the engine passed
under the bridge ! wondered if
any hubies were going to make
this train tonight, for / had watched
many of them do this at other times.
j walked out into the street to get
a better view. The same two fell
lows who had been at my place
earlier in the evening. were crawl
ing over the railing. One was stuff
ing soft hat into his pocket prepa-
tory to the Jump to the top of the
train passing beneath the bridge.
The other chap, the one with the
derby, was just buttoning up the
strap of his overalls over one
shoulder, which he doubtless, put on
behind my place, as have seen
Others do before, and then the two
disappeared. ran to the edge of
the railing of the bridge and before
sthestrain got out Of sight / was able
to discern. threei figures atop the
train.
II did not associate these fellows
with the Ralston bank robbery un-
I'LL read an account of the holdup
in the Sunday papers. Then | be-
gan to wonder if these birds saw
were the three wanted.
"Charles Campbell, night watch
man Of the Central Coal and Coke
company, saw the two who drove
up before my place early in the
evening"
The Omaha Daily Bee called
Campbell He corroborated Nc
KiHney's story 4.
State Agent Busy.
Chief State Agent Gus Hyers is
searching Lancaster county for
.cleWs that will throw some light on
the bandits escape.
y At midnight Saturday Hyers and
'sheriffs from FIVE counties thought
they had the trio cornered on farm
near CreenwoOd
The "cornered" farm embraced
a tract four miles square. In the
dark with less than one third of the
men who had started in pursuit of
the bandits still on duty, it was i'm
li,ossible to Systematically search
The four mile tract.
Ruinors of the bandits appear
.snce along the road tosLincoln have
turned the consensus of opinion to-
III ard the theory Of county officers.
These latter say the hunted trio is
in hiding in Lincoln.
The bandits have been fully de-
gscribed to officials in every town
alld hamlet with instructions to
communicate with Hyers or Omaha
police any information they might
ss.ealn
s Will Continue Search.
A Two of the trio were clad in uni.
malls and one il a red sweater
svhen last seen near Greenwood !
Ncb., late Saturday afternoon. They
,lonned these clothes in the E. A.;
Frazier Cornfield shortly after they
abandoned their wrecked taxicab, at
20 Saturday afternoon All hour and
a halt after the robbery. The cloth
ing they wore while robbing the
bank was found in the Frazier corn
iield.
Gus Hyers is inclined to think, he
SAYS. that the trio is still near
Greenwood. ~ crowd of officers
from Lincoln will be at Greenwood
al dawn" Hyers said at midnight
last night. "and they will have
orders to search every foot of that
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