, 1923-08-17
CHASE THROUGH
STREETS
TODAY ENDS IN
QU|CkC CAPTURE.
"Short Of Money" Says
22-Y Old Robbef
In Explanation After
Holding Up Cashier.

DENVER. Colo, Aug. II
A bandit held up G. S. Simons,
teller of the Union State Bank
in the banking quarters today,
forced Simons to gather up all
the currency In sight and ran
from the building with 5000.
As the bandit sped through crowda
In the business district he soon found
he was being overtaken. The robber
sprang onto an express truck. Ha
was overpowered and captured. Az
police headquarters he gave the name
or Ray Mccoy. 22. and said his homs
was In Athens. Ohio.
Abraham Dolidow OF Denver and
Walter @. Eldridge of Golden were on
the truck and overpowered the rob.
ber.
At tho police station Mccoy said he
to town several days ago after
working as n section hand on a rail.
road near Denver.
Il was short of money" no is said
to have told police officers.
Bills amounting TO s340 were found
In his pocketn when searched at head.
quarters.
The bank Is located at Seventeenth
ana Arapahoe street in the lower H.
hancial district. The bandit left the
bank by way of tho side entrance
into street and ran toward
Eighteenth street. Chnnes Burton n
bank guard, was at his heels. rIn IN
hand, but feared to shoot for fear
of hitting pedestrians.
Sam Mandell OF Denver. who WINS
inside the bank at the time of the
holdup also aided in tho chase.
Mccoy ran to Eighteenth street.
turned down and ran I'D an alley be
tween Arapahoe and Lawrence
streets. emerging into Seventeenth
street. A police officer. hearing the
oommotion. Joined the chase. Dolidow
the expressman was driving down
Seventeenth street toward the Unios
station carrying q trunk for Ella.
ridge.
Mccoy sprang TO the truck runninx
board and shouted to the driver 10
drive fast, Fearing the possibility of
bullets from his pursuers the youth
tried TO squeeze into tho truck scat
between Doiidow and Eldridge. AS
he did SO, he lowered his reyoiver
for an instant and Dolidow grnbbod
the revolver and held 1t muzzie down.
ward. Mccoy. according to tho truck
driver. pulled the trigger several
times then but the weapon failed 70
explode,
Bldrfdge. meanwhile got the bandit
by the throat and pinioned him back
against tho steering wheel of the
truck. which had stopped by that
time. They wrested the gun from Nc.
Coy's hand,
Mccoy was turned over to Dur.
suing policeman.
After taking the youth to headouar.
ters. police officers visited his room
at a local hotel and brought his suit.
case to headquarters.
There were three men in the lfns
In front OF my cage said Teller
simon, IT waited on the first man.
who walked away and the ncxs man.
was this young fellow. who pushed
a badly torn 81 bill IN TO me and
asked me II I could mend II, I told
him I could. n after making a first
attempt with mending tape. I gave
him a new bill and laid the torn ono
aside.
II looked up into the muzzle Of his
gun II nl happened very quickly
SC quickly that the man in line be-.
hind the bandit didn't know what WINS
going on until he saw him backing for
the door. stuffing money into his
pocket and keeping tho gun trained
on me.
When I got my breath. I holiered
to the guard. to go after the stlckup
man. I had pushed out a small pile
~ hi1Iu Tho hanJTt AlA-A4 -
get all 1 had for he was in ahurry.
I'll have to check my cage thorouah-
ly before I can tell Just how much he
got. 1t wasn't much over $500.
That's my first experience al be-
ing held up" said Simons. i've been
In the banking business for II years.
]. NJ. Greenblatt. cashier OF the
bank picked up $40 In bills and silver
off the floor and the walk outside the
bank. The bandit had dropped the
money in bis flight.