Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-11-18
Bandits Toll is Mounting
Sheritfs Offer Big Rewards

Since Sept. 23 no less than four banks,
four stores and warehouses and one post
office in northeastern Montana and south
ern Saskatchewan have been robbed. In
addition, two men we're assaulted in this
state during the same period, one of them
dying of wounds received, and an unveri-
fed story relates of the highway robbery
of two farm hands.
None of the bandits who were affiliated
with any but the Glentana bank robbery
have been captured. At least one of the
gang which committed this robbery has
been revealed. and though he now is serv-
ing sentence in North Dakota bastile,
it is said officials have obtained from him
full confession of his connection with the
robbery.
Officials throughout northeastern Mon
rana, Saskatchewan and North Dakota
have been constantly on the watch for
the bandits. Several times the robbc-s
have slipped through the gordon ard es-
capped. They have successfully defed even
airplane pursuit.
Now at least three men are being sought
as being connected with robbery of the
First State bank, Froid. They are j. N.
Roberts, alias Art Williams. alias Art
Henshaw; Harry G. Locke and Tom
dutch" Garry, alias Tom Thompson.
Sheriff j. H. Anderson, Wolf Point. is Of
ferine $500 reward for each, 10 be paid
upon arrest and conviction.
Sheriff Rodney Salisbury, Sheridan coun-
ty, is said to be offering reward for cap
ture and conviction of Thompson, chare-
ing him with the murder of Michael Ken
nedy
A summary of crimes committed since
Sept. % reveals the following The three
men for whom rewards are posted are
specifically charged with the Froid bank
robbery, with Thompson also wanted for
the alleged murder of Kennedy Follow
ing is the summary.
Sept. 23-Pioneer State bank. GIentana
was robbed in early morning. Robbers
obtained $500 in silver, failed to blow the
safe and escaped in an automobile.
Shortly afterwards, Lester and Donald
Barge and Richard Brumfield were cap
tured in Ward county, North Dakota, by
Sheriff w. w. Slauvbaught. Minot He
delivered the Barge brothers to Williston
aud Brumfeld to Bowman county. Brum-
field was wanted for alleged robbery of a
bank a, Gascoyne. Lester Barge was held
and charged with the murder a year ago
of H. N. Peterson, " heelock bank cash
ier. who was killed during bank holdup.
Donald faced charge of robbing the
same bank last August. Sheriff Ben Oh
son, Valley county. and C. H Roberts,
assistant county attorney, both of Glas-
gov, report they obtained complete
statement of the Glentana robbery from
Brumfield
Oct. 5-Micheal Kennedy, 40, a bach
elor farmer living nine miles north Of
Raymond, near The Canadian border, was
severely beaten by two masked men the
night of Oct S. hired man by the name
of Medders, who lived with Kennedy, al
so was assaulted Telephone connections
had been severed and the pair escaped in
Kennedy's car. Kennedy died a few
days later and the car was found in a
straw stack near Faxville. Thompson
was connected with this crime through
John Keller, Raymond, who identified a
pipe said to have belonged to Thompson
and which was found at the Kennedy
home. Thompson lived with Keller until
shortly following the Kennedy affair, it is
said.
Oct. l4-First State Bank. Froid owned
by State Senator ]. w. Schnitzler. veal
thy farmer banker, was robbed of 81 900
in currency and silver and bunch of
bonds by three unmasked bandits who
entered the bank at in the afternoon,
locked the cashier, one customer and
clerks, including three girls. in vault
and made their escape in car. Some
$4,000 in cash was overlooked by the
bandits. Wires on Senator Schnltzler's
airplane had been cut previous to the