The Holly chieftain., 1919-10-09
3 AUTO BANDITS
ARECAuCHT HERE
Stopped Near State Line
With Stolen Car.
APPREHENDED By MARSHAL
FULLER AND A. p. KNUCKEY

Had Shot Up Syracuse on Way
West from Hutchinson-Were
Armed to the Teeth With Pistols
and Long Knives-$15O Reward.
The receipt here of telephone
message about IL o'clock Tuesday
forenoon by City Marshal j. 6.
Fuller, from Syracuse, Kas., stating
that three auto bandits, who had
stolen car in Hutchinson had just
shot up Syracuse and were bound
for Holly on the Santa Fe trail Oc-
casioned considerable excitement.
Marshal Fuller went to the Holly
Hardware Co, for gun, securing
a pump shot gun loaded with
buckshOt, where he was joined by
A. P. Knickey, proprietor of the
store, with similar equipment. A
iitney was secured and the men
started out on the trail to meet the
bandits, who were reported to be
coming at terrific speed. The on
coming bandits were met near the
state line some six miles east OF
Holly, where there is short turn
in the trail. The bandits were close
upon Marshal Fuller and his car,
apparently, before they realized
what they were up against, but
were not long in captiulating.
The bandits refused to talk or
give their names when caught here
Tuesday, but later at Lamar gave
the names of Henry Blanda, Harry
Enrfo onI II Stil,ral1 and
Pueblo as their home. One of them
is alleged to have "done time" in
the Oklahoma refOrmatOry
When searched the three men
two of whom were mere boys and
to be armed to the teeth with pis
tolls, and each had long kniie in
his shoes- TelegrafIis, letters and
postcards taken from TIE men in
dicatd that they were i'll bad busi-
ness.
The car they had stolen was a
Hudson Six and comparatively
new. In the clash with the sheriff
at Syracuse they had torn off the
bumper in front and badly jammed
one of the side tenders. otherwise
the car was not seriously damaged.
The thieves refused to talk or
give their names, and Marshal Full
er placed them in the city Jail till
about 2::30 when he in company
with A. p. Knuckey and j r.. John
son, with w. w. HeckethOrn as
driver of the car, took them to La
mar and placed them in the county
Jail, pending further developments.
Sheriff Downing Immediately no
S1 of uu1fn
and in response Sheriff Scott
Sprout and Deputy Jesse Blanpied
of Reno county, Kas., accompanied
by Ray Hockaday, from whom the
car had been stolen, arrived in La.
GERS, accompanied by Mr.. Hocka-
arrived in Holly on the plug yes
readily identified his car, which he
was allowed to drive home.
Sheriff SprOut and Deputy Blan-
IL at 4:30 for Hutchinson with
gether.
Sheriff Sprout of Hutchinson
while here yesterday said that the
ilICll lidu DlohSIl NliuOW CliC
garage of the Hockaday Auto Sup.
ply Co. at Hutchinson Monday
night, got inside, opened the door
and left with the car He express
ed the belief that they were mem
bers of an organized gang of auto
thieves operating throughout the
country, and that with the amount
of incriminating evidence found on
them and the fact that they were
in possession of the stolen car when
caught, it will not be difficult to
convict them.
A reward of $1O0 had been offered
FOR the recovery of the car and $50
FOR the apprehension OF the thiev-
es, with an additional $1OO for each
man convicted. OF course Marshal
Fuller gets the $50 for recovery of
the car and apprehension of the
men.
Holly Made Brooms Best
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