The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-01-16
California Bank Bandits.
Story Of the Robbery Of Los Angeles
Rank and CAPTURE Of the Bandits.


The Herald Advance made men
tion last week of The capture OF
bank bandits who held up Los
Angeles bank, and who claimed that
their birthplace was Milbank, S. D.
Ine story Of the bank raid and cap
ture of the bandits in short form is
given below, the arrest of Hudson
was brought about when he passed
some scorched money. From the
write-up in the Examiner we quote
the following:
Arthnr S. Brown, age 30, and H.
l.. Brown, age 27, bad men of the
East, who came West for new con-
quests and began with S27,0
bank robbery in Los Angeles Mon
day, found today that the West had
sounded their doom, for out on the
Mojave desert, last of the Vests
frontiers, they quit as they faced
Indian tra;lers. gunner of the re-
gion and posse Of sher ifs, typi-
cal manhunting expedition of the
Mojave.
And as her husband was sur
rendering far out in the wilds TO
the east, Mrs. Brown. cramped in
the little red Jail at VictorvilIe
claimed her man to be the finest
mate woman ever had. she cried:
Anything he has done he did for
me, to make for my comfort and
my happiness. and | will not forget
him now.
She is bride of two months and
the three children with her are
those of another husband. In her
clothing was found sewed $40, 900.
the gift Of her husband from the
bank loot. About $4,000 in
money and Liberty bonds, the two
brothers share of the loot from the
Hellman bank, was recovered by
officers.
Both brothers admitted their con-
emotion with the Los Angeles bank
robbery. Art Brown said:
What's the use of denying it,"
Of the $500 of bank loot re
covered, $4,000 was found sewed
in the lining Of the clothing of Mrs
Brown when she was searched at
VictorviIle. She claimed to have
no knowledge of the money and in
sisted that she did not know it was
on her person. She exclaimed:
Why. how did that ever get
there? | never dreamed | was
carrying such a fortune as that with
me-
4 Other money and bonds recovered
include $5024 found in a leather
handbag which had been thrown
from the bandits car when they saw
the lights Of the machines of the
posse approaching. Of this amount
$1,000 was in Liberty bonds and
S2424 in currency. Art Brown
when captured had 2l25 on his per-
son. Less than $500 was found on
his brother. The officers said this
practically accounted for the entire
amount Of the haul. owing for
several hundred dollars spent since
Monday.
Art Brown, it developed after his
capture. dropped off the car when
it turned off the road at | 80 FRI
day morning as he sighted the head
lights Of the posses cars. He
threw overheard the handbag con-
tanning over $4,000. He ran for
the hills. not being seen by the
members of the posse.
H. L. Brown. however, remained
with the car until it became fast in
the mud. The members If the
posse saw the car without lights
going across country-had been
watching for It. in fact. because the
tights had been seen coming down
the grade but had suddenly dis
appeared. When H. L. Brown was
seen to jump from the car he was
ordered to halt the order only re-
sulting in increasing, speed. The
officers armed with sawed off shot
guns. opened fire but the distance
was too great for any appreciable
effect.
Mrs. Art Brown and three child
rem were taken from the car. Mrs.
Brown, it developed. had been driv-
ing. A tire from the left wheel
was missing. the car having been
driven down the Bear Valley grade
in that condition, 50 anxious was
the party to flee from Bear Valley.
having somehow learned that they
had been located three.
Here are the salient facts about
the capture Of the bank bandits:
Monday 8 p. m.--Three unknown.
armed bandits entered Union Square
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