Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-16
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Of MINT ROBBERS
IS FOUND FROZEN

DEN Elk, Col, Jan. l0.-The
daring bandit who stood upon the
running board of al automobile as
the men who robbed a federal re-
serve bank truck of $500, 900 in
front of the Denver mint on De
cember Is last. sped away amid a
rain of bullets from mint guards,
paid with his life.
He was shot and instantly killed
by one of the guards CT the Denver
mint, who fired at the fleeing bandit
gang, it was established at a cor
oner's autopsy held here today.
The bandit, who, according to po-
lice, was the leader Of the band and
who was shot as he arose on the
running board of the fleeing auto
mobile to take a final si2ot at his pur-
suers, died from a bullet wound in
| the5h heart.
Bertillon measurements of the
bandit were requested by Kansas
City police today to establish posi-
BILE connection of the bandit with the
$4,000 robbery of the Drovers' Ma
tional bank in that city.
The Kansas City robbery occurred
q few days prior to the robbery here
Deserted by his pals, the body of
the dead rObber-believed to have
been the leader Of the band-was
found last night in a private ga
rage in the fashionable Capitol Hill
residence district.
A gaping wound near the bandits
heart told the story. In his pocket
was a large calibe revolver, while
rifle and a pump shotgun were
found in the car. The man, whose
clothing and hands bore evidence
that he was not accustomed to
manual labor, rented the garage
about a week before the mint rob
berry occurred. When the new ton
ant did not pay his rent yesterday
the owner and Frank w. MCGEE, q
plulllbCL with d SilOlJ lICCI -JSS w llO
had become suspicious, invest -3at-
ed. The dead bandit was found
stretched out in the front seat of
the car. He was frozen ard an
oVercoat had been thrown over him.
Police believe the bandits home
was in Chicago. The initials ~. F.
H." were found on a handkerchief
in his pocket. His necktie and
shoes We're bought in exclusive Chi
cagO retail stores.
>t Had No Money
That the dead man did not profit
much in the huge loot obtained by
his confaderates was indicated when
police found only one silver dollar,
three 25-cent pieces, two dimes and
a scent piece in his pockets.
Eight shells to fit the pistol in the
bandits pockets We're found in his
coat. Five mems caps, from which
the Signatures Of the makers had
been torn off, were found in the
bandit car or nearby.
The automobile had been stolen
from Brighton, Col, in October,
last.
The dead man was described as
being thirty-five years old, short
and heavy set. /
The robbery of the federal re-
serve guards took place at 1890
o'clock on the morning Of Deem
Der 10 last. The daring of the rob
bers and the utter abandon which /
they displayed during the hold-up
and their apparent disregard for !
human life characterized the rob |
berry and the murder as the most |
ever staged in Colorado |
Driving up alongside a federal re-
serve closed delivery automobile /
truck as four federal reserve guards !
were carrying 100000 in new 5-dol- |
lar bills from the mint where it had |
been kept as a measure Of safety, |
The men opened fire.
Man Who Directed Robbery
The leader, believed to be the man |
found dead in the stolen automobile |
last night, directed the terrific fire |
at the approaching reserve bank |
guards and, aided by his cCnfeGer
ates, captured the currency, all Of
which was in new bills Of the Kan.
sas City Federal ; Reserve bank.
laced it in their car ana drove
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