The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-12
TOWN
Under HAIL
OF BULLETS
luto Bandits Battle Plain
field, H., Citizens in
Making Getaway.

Joliet ILL., July 12-Five
N IN an automobile held mp
tse Painted State hank, at
Piain6eld, Ill, at 1915 O'Clock.
Fbey secured $4,000 and
: hrge amount Of Liberty
hesds the amount Of which
~ not yet been estimated.
Thsy escaped toward Chicago.
Five men, in a high powered
turing car swept into Plainf1eld,
aine miles from here, shortly be-
More noon today, entered the Plain
leld State bank, locked officials OF
10 bank in the cellar and robbed
he institution Of $4,000 in cash
md Liberty bonds. The bandits
escaped after a rife battle in Plain
Geld streets In which one man was
wounded.
InprfsOn Bank Officials.
The touring car came silently
Into Plainfeld shortly before 10
o'clock and drove up to the bank.
Four men alightsd, the fifth re-
naming at the wheel. A rife was
at bis side. The others rushed into
the bank and ordered President
Avery Lambert, Cashier Clyde
Wolfe and Bookkeper Van Dyke to
throw up their hands. Then they
forced the bank officials into the
csllar and locked the door, sta
tiont1g guard at the door.
The bandits then entered the
nsMer's cage and swept cash and
Liberty bonds into a sack. They
entered the vault and cleaned up
loose currency in the. strong
nJ. They did not molest the safe
post boxes.
Knocked Unconscious.
Orville Johnson, farmer living
tar Plainfield, entered the bank
While the robbers were looting the
vault. The guard at the door
struck Johnson over the head as
he entered the bank and the man
vas knocked unconscious. He was
dragged to the side and the loot
Ing went on.
After gathering their loot the
bandits began the retreat from the
bank. Three Of them went out the
front door and as the fourth was
attempting 10 leave, the door
Slammed shut. trapping him in the
building. The man then leaped
through a plate glass window to
the street.
Escape Town Under Fire.
Z. The crash Of breaking glass at
!ncted attention of Plainfield cit.
mems. Floyd Worst, son OF deputy
slefin, rushed from the barber
saop with a revolver. He fired one
mot In the direction of the ban
s'N automobile and the men
.aped into the machine training
suel riiles down the main street
ney then opened fire, bullets
salning ceaselessly down the vii
10 cover.
The bandits made no attempt to
SOpe but continued the murder.
oes nre for several minutes
~ Is believed the bandits are
a~aed In the direction of Yorkyille
rinnfield this afternoon was re-
so'erins after the town had been
sIen by what proved later to have
80 ~ armed bandits. Seven per-
ss as wounded and the Plainfleld
way bank robbed OF $4,000 In
.l and government bonds. The
.aolts, after sweeping the main
aee' OF the town with rifle fire
sAped. One of the bandits was
wounded.
;. List Of Wounded.
The wounded:
Joseph Vincent. 80. shoe repair
y, shot In chest.
marry Bayles, 40, grocer, shot in
0est and arm.
Aan soan Hahn, 90, wealthy retired
Miner. shot in legs.
7 nomund Madison, 8, shot in head
orville Johnson, slurged when he
I..; s'ea bank to deposit money
stewart Moore, II, bucksho,
Wounds about body.
raul Walters. II, bucksho,
s.er Assistance; Knocked Down
aoore and Walters were return.
= 70 fiainfield when they noticed
automobile in the ditch at thu
Q! the road. When they went
oner assistance the bandits
swked them down and then fired
sne'r prostrate bodies.
ny machine was extricated from
1ltcn before posses arrived ant
oan1its continued their night.
Chicago on Lookout.
smcseo. July 12.-Detectives
~ sent out southwest OF Chi.
~ Today to patrol roads for tn.
's who robbed the Plainfield
Chief Of Police Mooney said
nad reports that the robbers
enrouts 70 Chicago in, ar
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