Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-20
ALLEGED ROBBER Of
VIRGINIA Bank IS
KILLED IN BAT TIE
Believed From PhiIa-
deIphia, Passes as Charles
Myers, of AtIanta-Geor-
gia Auto Tag in Bandit Car

ROANOKE. Va, Nov. 19.-An al
legged robber, believed to have been
James D. Rogers, 26, of Philadelphia,
was killed, and two others. William
Porter, At, and Charles Carter, SO,
addresses unobtainable, were captur-
Cd early this morning in the out
skirts of the city during a battle
with two policemen, in which one
of the officers, o. L. Hendricks, was
shot through the thigh.
The encounter was the result of
efforts on the part of the policemen
to halt an automobile coming into
| the city following receipt of infor-
nation from Glasgow, Va, that the
Bank of Glasgow had been robbed.
| The authorities recovered from the
| automobile aid the persons Of the
| captured men an army barracl1 bag
filled with Liberty bonds, a grip fill
ed with Liberty bonds, and consid-
| cradle jewelry.
The loot recovered here has not
yet been counted and telephone mes
sages from bank officials at Glasgow
state that the officials have not as
certained the value of the loot taken
| by the robbers.
r. G. Paxton, cashier of the bank,
says he was awakened by an explo-
| sion about 2 o'clock this morning,
| and, fearing for the bank, hurried to
| the institution, where he found it
| had been robbed. He reports that
| no currency was taken. The bank
| is capitalized at $4,000 and had de-
posits totaling 100000. =.
Information was sent to neighbor
| ing towns, he said, to be on the
lookout for the robbers. AS soon as
information was received in Roanoke
police authorities closed the three
roads leading into the city from the
north. 1t was on one of these roads
that the battle occurred.
The two men held in custody re-
fuse to talk other than to give the
names and ages by which they are
docketed at police headquarters. The
dead man is believed to be James B..
Rodgers, of Philadelphia, because of
the finding on his person Of bill of
sale for the touring car he was driv-
ing when killed. Police say, how
ever, that the name in his clothing
and letter found on his person indi-
cate that he passed also under the
name of Charles Myers, Of Atlanta.
In describing the battle with the
alleged robbers, Policeman Hen
bricks said that when he saw the
automobile approaching he stepped
into the road, whereupon the driver
threw a f1ashlight upon him and be-
gan shooting at him through the
windshield Shooting became gen.
eral, as Emany as forty shots being
exchanged, it is said.
The car rolled down hill, struck
a. rock and turned turtle, the driver,
Rodgers, having been shot through
the neck.
Police say the three men passed
through Roanoke yesterday going
northward in the automobile in
which they were taken last night.
Glasgow is about forty-five miles
northeast An officer at that time
took down the number of one Of the
four state tags on the car. and the
three men waved at him.
In the car was found a recent
copy of a local paper containing a
marked account Of the shipment OIL
100000 worth Of valuables.
The four tags on the automoplle
were: o.o-o.
North Carolina 121,31S; Virginia H.