The New York herald., 1922-12-19
BANDITS KILL GUARD,
GET 100000 AFTER
DENVER MINT BATTLE
Gang i'm Motor Surprises
Guards i'm Transfer of Re-
serve Bank Fund.
ALL OVER In MINUTE
Federal Building Windows,
Stores and Apartments
Riddled With Shot.
STOLEN MONEY INSURED
Cashier Is Fired Upon by Gov
ernment Employees by
Mistake.
STOLEN MONEY INSURED

DENVER, Dec. lS.-hdSkcu DdHultS
with sawed off shotguns to-day fatally
wounded Charles Linton, guard of the
Denver branch of the Kansas City
Federal Reserve Bank, stole 5000, 900
in currency Of S. denomination at the
doorstep of the Government mint and
escaped
The robbery took place in less than
a minute. Tonight every highway in
the State is watched and police and
Federal authorities have sent armed
squads in pursuit of an automobile
occupied by seven men seen speeding
northward soon after the robbery.
One OF the men was Bleeding.
The robbery occurred while the
money was being transferred from the
mint 70 a Federal Reserve delivery
truck. Fifty packages of currency of
$4,000 each were seized by the rob-
bers
Denver police said the holdup was
tie largest and the most sensational
ever made in Colorado. Two bandits
bombarded the front door of the mint
with their guns as they leaped from
their automobile. Fifty Government en-
ployees rushed to the doors or windows
OF the mint with shotguns and shot at
the holdup men, who returned the fire
az they loaded the packages Of currency
into their own car.
Robbers Surprise Bank Crew.
The robbers drove up In their car as
four member OF the Federal Reserve
Bank crew employed in the transfer OF
the funds, j. e. Olson. cashier; C. T..
Linton, J. Adams and William Havener.
left the entrance of the mint and were
walking toward their machine at the
curb.
Two br three men carrying guns
leaped from the bandits car and with
a shout OF Hands up!' opened fire on
the reserve bank employees.
Linton tried to throw the money into
the grilled back compartment OF the re-
serve truck and was shot by the leader
of the bandits. H died at the county
hospital without regaining consciousness
Employees and guards at the mint
were afraid to shoot freely at ths
bandits for fear they might kill mem-
bers Of the reserve bank crew
As soon as the robbers got the cur
rency to thVr own car they sped
away throi Ugh n rain OF bullets from
guards IN the second story of the mint
The leader. of the highwaymen. standing
on the running board. turned toward
the Government building as though ia
fire. Peter Kiedlinger, a guard at the
main entrance. fired with a rifle. The
bandit crumpled up on the running
board and was pulled inside the car
The money was the property of the
Denver Federal Reserve Bank. the mint
merely being n depository. The loss
was covered by Insurance and the num-
Der Of every bill In the consignment
Is on record.
stores and Homes RiddIed.
So terrific was the gunire during the
robbery that forty bullet holes were
counted In the transoms above the main
entrance to the mint and in the windows
of the second story. The granite
walls OF the Government building are
chipped where other bullets struck
Windowsin stores and apartments across
the street were riddled by the fire of the
guard.
j. II. olson, cashier OF the Denver
branch bank. In charge OF the guards
who were transferring the money from
the mint to the truck. had the most
precarious position of any one partici-
pating.
I'VE had just gotten the money from
the mint when car drove UP and
heard some one say Hands up 7 started
20 rush into the mint for help. The
guards inside the mint started to shoot
at me.
"I never held up my hands After one
of the mint guards had shot at me
screamed for him not to shoot me but
TO shoot Mt the bandits. Who are your
he asked. told him. and then he
directed his fire in the direction Of the
bandits"