The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-19
Amid FusiIIade of Bullets, Masked Men Hold Up U. s. Officers and Secure Fifty Packages of Currency of $4,000 Each in Notes of S5
ONE RoBBER BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT
Entire HoId-Up Staged in
 Less Than One Minute, Re-
 serve Board Officers Say. Bandits Reported to Have Been Seen Fleeing From City
By Associated Press

DENVER, Dec. 1S.-Masked ban- dits, heavily armed and without regard for human life, today staged. the largest and most sensational daylight robbery in police annals, on the doorsteps of the United States mint here.
 Charles Linton, a guard for tho federal reserve bank, was killed by a rain of bullets from the guns of the bandits, who escaped with $200,000 in currency.
 Armed guards in the second story of the mint building poured fusil- ade of bullets at the bandits as they fled in q touring car. One of the robbers-even more daring than his confederates--who stood on the running board of the speeding auto mobile and fired final voiley at the mint guards, was believed 10 have been seriously wounded. He was dragged into the speeding ban dit car and was carried away.
 The whole robbery occupied not more than one mlnlte, according to mint officials. Police officials estimate the time at less than five minutes.
 Automobile Seen
 The money was being transferred from the mint to a delivery truck of the federal reserve bank, standing at the curb and was in fifty pack ages of s4, 900 each. All of the money was in s5 denominations.
 Police expect to be aided in their search for the escaped bandits by the fact that one was shot,
 An automobile carrying seven men, two wearing masks and one droop- ing over the edge of the machine, bleeding profusely, was reported to police as having been speeding south ward out of the city shortly after the robbery. Police riot cars have been despatched in pursuit of the car.
 The disregard of the bandits for human life marks the robbery, ae- cording to police. as one of the most determined in police annals. With sawed off shotguns, two of the ban dits bombarded the front door of the mint as they leaped from their automobile. Fifty government em- seized shotguns and rushed to the doors or windows of the mint, shoot- ing at the holdup men. who returned the fire and at the same time calmv proceeded to load the fifty packages of currency into their own car.
 shots Rip Through Buiiding
 Fussilades of shots ripped through buildings across the street and spat against granite walls as the guards and bandits exchanged shots.
 The four members of the federal reserve bank crew employed in the transfer of the funds, J. F. Olsen cashier, C. T. Linton, J. Adams and William Havener, had just left the entrance of the mint and were walk ing toward their machine standing near the curbfng when another cir containing the bandits drove up alongside of the wire enclosed truck.
 Aeording to witnesses, two or three men carrying guns leaped from the car and with a shout of hands up opened fire,
 Linton, according to information obtained by police. attempted to throw the money into the grlied back compartment of the reserve truck at the. holdup's command and he was shot by tho leader of the bandits. Linton fell to the pavement. He was removed to the county hos pital where he died without regain- ing consciousness.
 Afraid to Shoot
 Employees and government guards were afraid to shoot freely for fear they might kill members of the re- serve bank crew.
 Their work of transferring the cur rency completed. the bandits re- entered their automobile amid rain of bullets and sped east on colfax avenue toward the Civic center.
 As the car gained Speed the leader of the highwaymen. standing on the running board, turned toward the government building, as though to fire a final yoiley at the guards.
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