Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-01-05
BANDITS LOOT
BANKS VAULTS.
AT SAN MARCOS.
Over $4,000 in Cash and
Large Amount in Liberty
Bonds Secured by Band OF
Seven Bandits, Is Report

lHtl sion. Jan. y. The state bank
lud truSE company VI San Marcos.
Teyas. Was Tubhrd this msrning 1T I
y eapck IN four unidentified bandits after
they had entered the telephone exchange.
cut al local come ii"n> and held the
employees NJ bat with pistols An un-
confirmed report says $luuuD WINS taken
from the bank.
Reports here said the telephone lines
were mt at 2:i3 o'cl"' K and that the
bank vault was dsnamifcd. four separate
explosions being heard. the first al go
and the last IL n lock
Possess uf officers and san Marcos
citizens ARE hui un fhr tfail III thr bandits
who are said to have gone III the dircc-
tion oi Aiartindale. little town near san
Marcos.
An cnrluNe Of \ bakery. which IN Iu-
rsstrd directly under The telephone cN
change. attempted ~ run for help bui
was siuppcd ~ one "a the bandits and
held ia the bakery at the point of "a
pistol while the either robbers had coin-
aietcd their work
Early this morning complete chr N
~ ttc luss had uur beer made IN lanL
officials.
SAN ANTONIO. Jan. 5.-Will g.
Iiari,rr. president of the State Bank and
Trust Company NJ San Marcos stat
ea ever fhr long distance Telephone
NJ at THAT ihr rrhlcfS get between
$lU.WO and $4,000 III cash and
an undetermined amount of Liberty
bonds. Thrs failed % reach the main
MONEY vault. H. said bus took all the
MONEY ani bonds III ths wrfcr vault
H. said That there appeared NJ ~ ~iN
~ ~ec,n hadnii~. -Four ~ them stood
guard al street corners aud compelled all
who approached the bank 60 halt.
San AAipnip off crs ARE en route IN
San Marcos \" try and gct finger prints
from Ihr safe 'ihcA are also guarding
s4era road leading AZ this eitA ia the De-
liei Use bandits may have headed this
way.
The San Antonio officers. armed with
ript gums and rifles. guarded tlse county
rnad~ to thr nurih M San Antonio from
the tinir VI the reported robbery until
dawn without getting into contact with
the robbers
The explosion that wrecked the bank.
ac oriiug Az Information reaching here
Was ~,i loud and ihr drtunaiiun so ter
rifir that thr entire population ~ san
Marcos was aroused from siumber.
t.lass doors and windows of buildings
ia ~ immediate vicinity of the bank
were shattered.
Local drfr i,r anil police authorities
expire ~ed the belief that Notwithstanding
the robbers may have made hiE' liaui.
they are believed 90 have been amateurs
IN the matter IL explosives. llesrrlp-
tiutS of thr blast. thcN say. Indicate
THAT perhaps lu M twenty times the
amruHi WI dynamite nr soup" necessary
must haa" been used III tearing down the
banks vault.
The san Marcos telephone operator
told the local d"frciiyc department that
shr dvtrysrh an interruption NJ the trlc-
phone service shortly after \: o'el"ek-
The explosion occurred at ! o'clock.
1; was immediately after the bank safe
had been blown that the operator reach
"a San Anioniu over a single wire that
had been overlooked TN the robbers.
II Mas upon this message and before
the alarm came ia from Sheriff Allen
that chief of Police Van liiper AMI the
other officers were speeding over roads
10 Tie north ia an effort q intercept
the robbers.
l;crau~c w thr scant description ~ the
robbers and TIE time gained III the get
away local officers expressed doubt the
hand would be run down.