Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-27
LUBBOCK BANDITS
N AMARILLO JAIL;
CONFESSIONS MADE
CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE,

we would get the guns. TIE next time
we talked about the proposition 81 rob
hing the ticket office was the nj ght Of
February a. We discussed our rlan.
ana agreed that We would knock on IN
door a. the ticket office. and when tn
upefrtor opened the door we wuuid
throw down on him and make him opef
fhe Eafe.
-sg.;5ut 40 IN the afternoon % Feb
ruary "a we were Standing on the south
aide 81 the Security State Bank. and
yvre 0iscuxing our nAns for the rob
hing q the ticket office that night
About II o'clock that night I went lot,
The BUSY Bee Cafe and my brother ~
was there Later Jcsse Bond came In
About t1e o. thas evening I went
home and got q y iver.Johnson pisto'
belonging To my brother I'd When !
rot the gun 81 was not loaded. and
loaded H. In the Busy Bee Cafe about
~ that night told my brother % ret
smother gun. Afy brother got a Is Colt
pastel from the night hasher In there
II was loaded when he got H. We lefi
the Busy Bee and went 70 the Elk rec
taurant and stayed about 80 minutes
: and all three Of US went 20 thu court
house. When we 90, 10 the court hous
"a save me the sun. and told him r.
20 home.
We went down the street together
for about two blocks. and he went home
he ieft me and Jess ON the corner nsai
ne laundry. Jesse gave me a blacl
NIX HANDKERCHIEF. and Ed gave Jess q
black handkerchief Jesse and were
both wearing caps that night. After Ed
Mt ~ Jesse and I went on down the
street 20 the depot. and stood around
there for 80 minutes. This was abou,
3:3o a. m. February 20. After we stood
around there for about 30 minutes We
walked In and went to the train mans
1 window and told the operator TO Put
EN- up There were two more men IN
there and we told them 20 put their
hands up. We said u three or four
times ana an the time had them covered
| yith the pistols. They all held their
hands UP. Then told the operator tt
unlock the safe. When told him this
he stood there and laughed at me. HI
said he couldn't open Il and did not
Know the combination. Then the gur
went OF and shot him. Hc was stand
1ng up when ] left him. Just after tho
kun went of we both ran AZ the same
tHnc. We went straigh, 10 less
Bonds home and went d bed Il WI.
abotif 30 minutes before wen; o. r'ce,
ana I slept until I 20, up abou,
cfiock. had the gun Ia ms bet anf
lost y before quilt running Ny maai
was tied around my neck and lost Il
Amer we len the depot we went up IN,
perth ode q me cotton yard and went
nome. When we got home. neither Of NJ
had gun. We had discussed between
pc three that we would get enough
money out of this robbery 10 nay n rem,
1ebs that brother Y. c. ConnaIiy owed
We were going 20 pay this debt frs,
md the remainder was 20 be split be
tween Jess and me. Every body know,
me wen and calls me Slim"
Only IN minor details do the stories
pf Ia Connaily and Jesse Bonds war,
From that q Hrlit Connaliy. All agree
hat The crime was Matched while null.
|nR cotton bolis on the Nunnaily farm
pear Lubbock In the early part u
February.
at was about February" says ia
connniiy. I'VE were discussing the
proposition Of robhlng the santa Re
ticket Office nj Lubbock We all agreed
~ could get some money BY that
nethod. The next time we discussed
his matter Was the night of February
n was on the same date according
p I'd connaily. that the details Of the
robbery were agreed upon. They were
3 knock on the door 0f the ticket office
nd when the agent opened a. cover
lm.
- Connally's confession dealing with
" movements of the trio and cspec
"A himself from O'Clock Friday
Fnoon until hts arrest h:
- were MI three standing togethci
- noflh SIDE Of the Farmers
r~rAy hank think that is the
- e che hank. and we said 20 one
e<r. VII ne are eoing To do Il to
- mseElne that We would rob the
<k< 4fk< that night. We did not
sU Sun ~ that time. About
~ ee'~4 aAf nixhf ne met again
49, ~ Cafe. AZ this meeting
- = s<<<AR Smother sun. In
ne m&enH1ns. 1rsn< - "a. ,ne~tisr NJ
O'Clock s~a ~ - no Hu,I,t had
one hume and - ,,,n 7, A. . s
rsrJohnson.
AZ 10 o'clock ny - - -.
could ret nnsn<r - -
WBonds and HIM g. IN. 80.
1nsU N Z could t<zr~- ~, Want.
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