Arizona republican., 1921-01-12
Two Killed Tn Robbery Of Store At ' Q m D e
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 heard the sound of something falling and glanced back thinking MT. Baber had dropped something. She heard someone shout: Its a hold-up" Mr Hintze and Ernest were near the win dow Of the store. A rifle shot was heard and the boy fell. Mrs. Kinney | rushed to him and with the assistance of MT. Hintze carried him across the street where he was given emergency i treatment He lived only few min utes.
 Makes Statement at Hospital In statement made to Deputy l Sheriffs Ernest Smith and Al Dewitt | last night at St Joseph's hospital, | Baber said a customer had just stepped out of the side door of the store and he was walking toward the door when Mexican stepped in and
 asked for package of cigarettes. The Mexican, he said. was short and weighed about 40 pounds, was about 40 years old and smooth shaven. He wore dark hat, he said. and a light colored coat. Baber said he noticed a second Mexican standing in front of the store on the walk.
 
 back to the tobacco case. the Mexi } gan following him. As he stopped to ] get the cigarettes, he said, the Mex
 ican drew a revolver and demanded moneW Baber said he opened the cash register in the front part of the store, pulling open the top drawer, and motioned to the Mexican to help 5 himself The Mexican, after footing : the drawer, he said, motioned him toward the office and followed. still , holding the gun on him.
 When he reached the office, Baber
 said. the Mexican took some money
 from the safe, spilling some silver coins
 on the floor Baber said he did not ? know how much the bandit secured, but he thought it was in the neigh
 borhood of S150 After the bandit had taken the money from the safe. Baber said, he shot him fin the left arm with ? out any provocation. Baber said he made no move toward the man and saw . no reason for the shot
 After firing at him, Baber said, the
 Mexican then forced him to walk to
 the side door, and then back to the
 office again. When they reached the
 office the second time, Baber said the ! Mexican turned to leave and then turn
 ing toward him again. fired a second
 shot at him. This shot, he said struck = him In the breast and he fell to the ! floor After firing this shot, Baber said the bandit turned and ran out the
 side door.
 At some time during the holdup s Baber said he remembered & second r Mexican stepping into the store. Thi, . man, he said, was shorter than ths . first and was also clean shaven. Aftel
 the bandit who shot him ran into th' v street, Baber said, he heard severa l. shots fired, but did not know what oc
 cured outside of the store. The Mex Ia ican who entered the store first, h, If said, nmped but he could not say
 whether he limped when he went out If Rifle Bullets Kill Both ,e Both Officer Spangler and Ernes j. HintZe were killed with rifle bullets
 MT. Baber was wounded with bullet l. from a .45 revolver.
 s- 4. A. Jones, business partner witt m MT. Baber, estimated tho money los sr at about s250.
 Money was taken from only one o IS the seven cash register drawers" h T. explained, adding that the money wa l. from the drawer known to the estab Is lisment as "Baber's drawer"
 Each one in the store who handle m cash has an individual drawer in tn k, cash register" Mir. Jones said "Ther D. was $15S taken out of Mir. Baber' h. dawer. There was probably $500 nor ht in the other compartments which wa 3 not touched''
 If In addition to the money from tn st cash register the bandit rifled the saf m in an office at the rear of the buildin e55 obtaining approximately ,100 accord Iu ing to the estimate MT. Jones made la " night
 Many Go Man Hunting os Although more than a dozen peop 0o witnessed the spectacular hoIduO nor OA seemed to agree on the direction take ga by the bandits in making their "get SS,s away" There was also a different to of opinion as to their method of escap !" some maintaining a driver with a ca Ia picked them up and others insistin as that the robbers ran.
 There was growing rumble el- lynching around Tempe last night ar lse scores of citizens. armed with shotgun
 rifles and revolvers, went man -huntin ed, Chief of Police Smith of Tempe sel ith out calls to Phoenix and Mesa short rly after the crimes had been commit, zen and received immediate respons
 Phoenix sent officers from both | rm sheriffs office and the police depar ere ment and securing search of all tl ng country in the vicinity of Tempe " is- made.
 ms Telegrams were sent out to eve 10 part of the state and a close net "
 woven which is expected to bring Inu the murderers within a short time. SN At an early hour this morning wo
 from the hospital was that MT. Bah -os was resting easily, but was in a ve t..3 dangerous condition.
 ~, No trace of the bandits was disco eId cred up to a late hour last night. u -.