Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-19

? So quickly did the bandits
work that persons in the i'm
mediate vicinity were unaware
of what had happened until
guards from the mint rushed
Ito the windows and out of the
| main entrance firing at the
escaping highWaymen. Lin
ton, who was assisting in
guarding the currency, fell at
the first shot from the bandit
guns.
The bandits. described by guards at
the mint, who saw them. were ap-
parently about % years of age.
Linton. who was shot through the
abdomen, had been employed by the
federal reserve bank for many years
as a guard.
/ Every policeman in Denver has been
armed with riot guns and an intensive
search of the hospitals of Denver and
suburbs now is under way. in an effort
TO locate the bandit who is believed
To have been shot as he was entering
the waiting automobile to make his
escape The ear bore a Colorado license
No. 81 .001
Police expect To be aided in their
search for the escaped bandits by the
fact that one-apparentiy the leader
was shot seriously. if not mortally. by
government guard on duty ut the
mint as he turned to fire final voller
at the guards as the bandit car sped
away from the scene of the holdup.
A speeding automobile carrying seven
n,en. two wearing masks and one drop
ing over the edge of the machine. bleed
ing ,profusely. was reported to police
as having been seen speeding north
ward out of the city shortly after the
robbery. Police riot cars have been
dispatched in pursuit of the car.
Bloody Shotgun Found
A bloody shotgun. loaded with buck
shot is the only tangible clew the
police have on which to push their in
vestigationS The shotgun was dropped
from the bandit car as it sped away
from the mint following the robbery.
and probably at the time when the
wounded bandit leader was being drag
ged into the ear after being shot The
gun was picked up from the street and
taken TO police headquarters by
passerby. The gun was found to be still
loaded with heavy buck shot.
As police began to question eye wit
nesses as to the robbery. discrepancies
in the number of bandits actually en-
gagged in the holdup began to appear
Several witnesses declared they saw
three and four men, while Director
Grant of the mint declared. but two
men actually participated in the rob
berry, while a third remained at the
wheel in the automobile.
Transfer Irregular
The money was the property of the
federal reserve bank and was being
transferred from the mint TO the main
bank office here for distribution to
Denver, Colorado and Wyoming banks.
according to II. J. Grant, director of
the mint. The funds of the reserve
banks are. held in vaults at the mint
for the bank because of the lack of,
secure bank vaults in the headquarters
of the bank. 1t is released to the bank
on instructions from the secretary Of
the treasury. The transfer of the
money is very irregular according to
Director Grant. Some times three or
four releases being made in week
ana then again no money being released
over period of two weeks.
r. b. Jones, of r. r. Jones & Sons,
of Kansas City. with whom the loss
is insured has announced a reward, but
did not designate what it would be.
other than by saying that it would be
'hheral''
G. A. Worthington, deputy governor
OF the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City. said Monday night that the entire
amount stolen comprised S5 notes Of
the Kansas City Federal bank. the
serial numbers of which were broadcast
Monday night by radio. The notes, Mr..
said, were new and crisp.
The serial numbers were from 90
SO, ,001 10 2o.S76ooo. and from 90
lo4.o0f to 20,956.0o0.
Doors and windows of the mint show
hat the bandits used IS caliber guns,
according to statement made by Ro-
and X Goddard. chief es the secret
service in Denver. and Ray A. Nelson.
postal Inspector. who is assisting in
he investigation. Several bullets spent
heir force against the stone walls of
he interior of the building and were
,ieked up by Goddard
The theory that the bandits might
ave had an Reeomplice inside the build
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