Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-08-04

with buckshot. Watson ran out of the
brush towards the county road and Nc
Fain ran in the opposite direction
Just at this time c. w. Megquier came
up and seeing Watson, called on him
to surrender Megquier held Watson
until A. ]. Steinmetz and w G. Reid
two other members of the posse, came
up, when the prisoner was searched
A large quantity of money was found
in his pockets.
When Megquier covered Watson he
also saw McFain running across the
field through the brush and called to
other members of the posse, telling
them the direction that McFain was
taking. In the meantime McFain was
found by Joe New who with e. E.
Saunders and Capt. Jack" had been
searching the district for the robbers
in another direction. McFain did not
see New but was watching another
member of the posse a short distance
away and had his revolver about ready
to take a shot at the man. New called
to him to surrender. McFain sort of
hesitated and then said, 20, h, take
it," and made a motion to hand his
revolver to New, but pointing the bust
mess end of the gun towards him.
ssNone of that" said New, you drop
it." for he was afraid the robber might
shoot as he pretended to be handing
over his gun. McFain dropped the gun
and then seemed to think better of his
action and started to pick it up again
and was again warned by New who
had him covered. Saunders and Capt.
Jack" were only few steps away and
they brought the prisoner to the ROAD
and the pair of robbers were brought
to town in waiting autos. McF'ain had
currency in nearly every pocket of his
clothes and the bundle of Liberty
bonds worth $4,000 was found in an
inside pocket of his vest
At the county Jail the money which
had been taken from the prisoners and
which had been found in the brush
where they had been laying, was
turned over to Sheriff Fisher and Pros
ecuting Attorney Wilson. Some $4,000
of the $4,000 in currency stolen was
not recovered 1t is thought that the
robbers either cached some of their
loot or else lost 1t in the same manner
as they lost the 5000 on the Great
Northern tracks. Both Watson and
McFain claim that they did not cache
any Of the money but both said they
were so drunk that they could not re-
member what they did after the rob
berry except that they hunted for
place to hide and sleep off the effects
of the booze they had been drinking.
After the prisoners were brought to
the county Jail large crowd gathered
to see the bandits and the last week a
number of Spokane peace officers and
visited the county jail
to see if the prisoners answer the de-
scription of robbers who have looted
many other banks in the past few
Mccain and Watson claim that they
became acquainted about two years
ago when they were working in the
woods near Ruby. Wash. They told
that they met again about two weeks
ago in Spokane.
Members of the posse who made the
search for the two bank robbers are
being congratulated on every hand for
the good work done Thursday after
noon. The capture Of McFain and
Watson was dangerous job and the
that none of the posse were shot for
it is certain that McFain would have
killed his persuers had he been given
the opportunity After the finding of
the currency near the Great Northern
tracks by Oscar Bangs it was almost
a certainty that the robbers were in
that vicinity and it was then that the
hunt began in earnest.
The fact that private citizens of Bon
ners Ferry turned out in such numbers
to hunt down pair of bold bandits
and succeeded in capturing them in a
few hours will undoubtedly be warn
ing to other criminals that Bonners
Ferry is good place to pass up.
The First State Bank was protected
from any loss as a result of the rob-
berry by reason Of burglary insurance.
Officials of the companies in which the
First State Bank Is insured, were here
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