New Britain herald., 1927-06-23

and into the thick un- derbrush ip the woods before they sighted the bandits car. It was a witnesses of the holdup and the en- zinc was hot. The markers had been removed and foot prints in the soft sand showed that the pair had gone southwest
 Some of the officers took up the chase and others hurried out to spread the alarm. A posse of sev- eral hundred men recruited from southington. Bristol. Plainville and other towns was quickly formed and armed with all sorts of weapons. There were pistols. double barreled shotguns, single barreled shotsunA rifles and even ancient muskets.
 The woods. one of the widest tracts in the section. surrounds a large lake owned by the Forestville Fishing club known as Grannis lake. From the point where the car was abandoned to the Mount Vernon road there stretches a densely cov- cred swamp which made it almost for anyone to make way to the west.
 All roads leading out of the woods were covered and soon eight state policemen under two sergeants were on the scene. They started a syB- tematic search of the woods.
 As the posse increased in num- bers with each group of citizens which arrived. the position of the bandits became more precarious. Parties in automobiles searched each wagon trail leading into the woods while the cordon of police and citizens secured through the un- derbrush on foot.
 A car containing Ralph Thomp- son, son of Constable G. R. Thomp- son of southington, and Arthur we'll known baseball pitcher. nosed its way down little used lane. As they approached an old wooden bridge, they sighted a man carrying a light coat and a black hand bag. AS soon as he saw the car. he lodged into the woods to his right and started to run. Thomp- son. unarmed, jumped out of the car and gave chase while Lindstrom. who had revolver. turned the car about and headed it around to the other side of the patch of woods.
 On Judy Lane which runs parallel with the one on which the man was first seen, Callen and Cunningham, the two Plainville men. were pa trolling in an automobile. Callen on May Is was discharged from the Plainville constabulary on charges involving extortion while Cunning ham is Governor John H. Trumbull's private chauffeur.
 Offers Weak Explanation
 DeMarco emegered from the woods near the two men and they quickly covered him. He tried to explain that a man had given him
 he satchel and asked him to carry 1t to Lake Compounce. He stated hat there was only clothes in the oag but when ordered to open it, q suit was found and beneath it. q arge quantity Of bills gold and silv- 1T. He was not armed. Callen and Cunningham. joined in the mean lime by Thompson. proceeded with their prisoner back to the road and Deputy Sheriff Furrey of he Plainville constabulary. DeMarcc was handcuffed and taken to the Bristol police station where he was questioned and held last night.
 Cashier Olson went to Bristol but he said that he did not wish to see he man until today because Of the highly nervous state in which he vas. He was brought face to face with the prisoner. but he stated that ne couldn't identify him one way or he other but might be able to to- lay.
 Members of the searching parties ,ombing the woods, discovered the place where the robbers had evi- lently divided the money secured al he bank. Paper bands which are lsed to secure packages of various denominations of bills were found. Some were marked 100 in ones'' i others in twos. lives and twenties.
 $4,40O Taken by Yeggs
 Justin Elliot of Southington who represents the insurance company which issued the policy covering the | 'ank. notified the company of the loldup and robbery. A check-up at he institution following the close of he days business at o'clock yes- | erday afternoon showed that $4,400 ! lad been taken. At 1 o'clock. the in- | urance company issued a check to i he bank covering the loss and then ! 'ffered a reward of 10 per cent of ! he amount recovered to the men , the bandits. This puts ] 'allen. Cunningham and Thompson n as candidates for share in ap- , s150 for the capture of ! )eMarco. He had on his person and n the travelling bag s1,516.75. in old. silver and bills.
 In speaking of the holdup. Cash er Olson, after the first excitement lad died away. gave vivid descrip- | ion of the daring act. He was in the ank with his wife although 1t was t first erroneously reported to be fiss Minnie Enslie a clerk employed here who was present. Miss Enslie gas out to lunch and the teller was n a vacation. Mrs. Olson, who Is a was aiding her husband n the business at the bank and Olson himself was in the tellers age.
 Cashier Looks Into Gun
 As he busted himself about the II