Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-07-02
CAR DRIVER Tells
Of PART IN HOLD-UP
Of SUBURBAN BANK

In Charlie Hayes, John wyatt ana
J. r. Brooks. all three held in the
Fulton tower, officials believe they
have the trio that robed the Bank
of College Park of $3.50 last Tues
day.
Brooks has made a complete con-
fession of his part in the holdup.
He declares Hayes an Wyatt were
the other men, and It was this state
ment that led to their arrest.
Friday morning they were con-
fronted by Brooks at the tower. He
identified them, and they also were
identified, either partially or wholly,
by H. c. Youmans, the assistant
cashier who was held up; by Mrs.
]. H. Stallings, of West Palm Beach,
Fla, who gave the alarm; and by
Harold Wallace, drug store clerk;
W. L. Seweil. travelling salesman
and others who were near the bank
when the robbery occurred.
Hayes and Wyatt vigorously deny
any part in the holdup, declaring it
is a case of mistaken identity and
they can prove alibis. They ad-
nit seeing Brooks in Atlanta Tues
day morning, but assert they left
him in an uptown poolroom.
Went For Drink
They made mo do it, said Brooks,
when he finally gave in and confess
ed everything to Deputy Sheriff j..
D. Bazemcre, who had been grill
ing him. 81 came TO town in my
brothers Ford Tuesday morning and
ran into Hayes and Wyatt in pool
room at 40 Marietta street. After
we had played a few games of pool,
they said they knew where we could
get a drink and we all took the Ford
and rode out to a place near Hape-
Vile, where we got some whisky.
While we were drinking, they sug-
gested the holdup.
Il was scared of Hayes, anyway,
because he had been out in the oil
fields two years and was bad man
with .,un. And, when I refused to
have anything to do with it, they
pulled a gun on me and told me to
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went in the bank, they had me COW
cred with the gun just as I had the
cashier covered with a gun, as they
ordered. And, when we ran, they
had a gun on me and made me drive
fast"
The father of Brooks, ]. r. Brooks,
a farmer sixty years old, of Coweta
county, was at the jail Friday morn
ing and wept over his son, declaring
that Brooks always had been good
boy. Brooks young wife, an English
girl, also is broken-hearted over his
escap ade.
Hayes was arrested at midnight
Thursday and Wyatt at o'clock Fri
day morning, after Brooks confess
sion.
Posse Is Assembled
Deputy BaZemore assembled
posse composed of City Detective l..
D. Cody, J. NJ. Austin, J. c. Mosley
and H. w. Armstrong; D. H. Bell,
chief of police of College Park; A. e.
Renfroe, College Park marshall; DR..
W. w. Bateman, mayor of College
Park, and r. C. Mccall, a College
Park deputy.
Hayes was located at a house on
Hill street, just off Georgia ave-
nue., and two of the detectives began
to shadow the house about s o'clock.
Shortly before midnight they tele-
phoned Mr.. Bazemore that Hayes
had returned to the house. The raid
ers caught him as he was about to
got to bed. He made no attempt to
resist arrest.
Deny knowledge of Crime
Wyatt was arrested at the home
of his sister in East Point. He
had gone to bed and was asleep
when the raiders entered the house.
He, too, made no effort at resist
ance.
Both Wyatt and Hayes refused to
talk, declared Mr.. BaZemOrn. ,xcer
to deny any knowledge Of the crime.
Eddie James, who was arrested as
a suspect last Tuesday, was re
leased Friday. Mr.. BaZemore said
there was no evidence whatever to
connect him with the crime