San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-13
MAN WANTED IN
BANK CASE NOT
CAPTURED YET.
Three Kelly Field Soldiers
Held Here Charged
With Robbery.
OTHER ONE ESCAPES
Rangers File Complaint in
San Marcos Bank
Robbery.

Sheriff Ellis of Caldwell. county
and a detachment of rangers from
Austin were still securing the coun-
try in the vicinity of IIuling at late
hour Saturday night in an effort to
capture Frank Smith, who, with
Mack w. Fouse, Berry Clark and
Elro Smith, are charged by COM
plant at San Marcos with having
participated in the robbery of the
San Marcos State Bank on January
5. Fouse, Clark and Elro Smith, who
were arrested by Ranger Capt B..
c. Baldwin at San Antonio Saturday
are in Jail, their whereabouts known
only to the rangers.
Sergeant Miles. in charge of ranger
headquarters, said late Saturday night
that he expected information concern
ing the search at Luling and Captain
Baldwin earlier in the evening OK
pressed the belief that Smith would
be captured. Smith escaped when al
most within the grasp of the Off
GERS.
Arrest Three Here.
Complaints against the four men
who, rangers declare they have posi-
tive information, were implicated in
the looting of more than $4,000 from
the San Marcos bank, were filed at
San Marcos Friday night by Adjutant
General Thomas d. Barton and Cap
tain Baldwin. Coming to San An
tonic the rangers arrested three of
the men. Frank Smith was known
to have been ut Sabinal.
When the Uvalde county sheriff,
on information from Captain Baldwin
sought to arrest him, it was found
that he had gone to Luling. Sheriff
Ellis, of Lockhart, upon request of
Captain Baldwin, went to Luling to
make the arrest. He entered a gar
age where Smith was working and
inquired for him. The man approach
ed said Smith was at lunch but would
be back. The sheriff then went to
Smiths home. There, according to
Captain Baldwin he became involved
in an alteration with Smiths brother
in which the latter was badly batter
ed up. Meanwhile, Smith, the man
to whom Sheriff Ellis had spoken at
the garage, had made his getaway.
Sheriff Ellis Immediately formed a
posse and began search for him.
He was reinforced by rangers from
Austin and every effort will be made |
to capture him. Captain Baldwin de-
clared late Saturday that Smiths
break for liberty strengthens his be- |
lief that the rangers have captured
the right men.
Make Certain Admissions.
p The "tip" upon which the rangers
brought about the arrest of the three |
men is said to have been gained from |
a telephone conversation. Three of
the men were members of a Signal |
Corps detachment at Kelly Field, |
Captain Baldwin said, while Frank |
Smith recently purchased his dis
charge from the army The three |
men, the ranger captain said. had |
been heard to call one another "bank |
robber" around the camp and had
been heard to vow that they would |
not "sQueal." So far questioning of |
the three men in custody has brought |
out little concerning the robbery al |
though it is asserted that one of the |
men has made certain admissions.
A small portion of the money it |
is understood, was recovered from |
one of the men and rangers believe |
that certain marks of Identification |
establish the fact that it is really the
San Marcos banks money. The re- |
mainder, rangers believe, is cached
somewhere.
The explosive used in blowing up |
the San Marcos vault is believed to
have been part of that stolen in Aus
tin shortly before. The four men,
Captain Baldwin said, were seen in |
an automobile fitting the DESCRIPTION |
of the one used in the robbery. The |
reason the "job" was pulled with so
little noise, Captain Baldwin declared
Saturday, was because a freight en-
CINE was making considerable noise |
nearby at the time.
Ed ,Tyrren Assists.
Captain Baldwin Saturday said he
had found certain tools in the posses |
sion of the men which he believes were |
used in the robbery. He also believes
he has the fatigue clothes worn by |
the men at the time.
Two OF the men were kept at ran
ger headquarters all Saturday morn |
ing and questioned closely. 1t was
very difficult, Captain Baldwin de-
clared to get anything out of them
although he believes that the men will
talk eventually. Meanwhile army au-
thorities and Ed Tyrrell of the United
States bureau of Investigation are
assisting the rangers in their efforts
to clear up the entire robbery.