Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-10-25

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usual closing hour of the office was
five o'clock, but on the 30th day of
November, 1926, it was kept open
until six o'clock. The reason for that
was it is required by law. That was
the last day upon which taxes were
to be paid before they became de-
%linquent, and taxpayers are permitted
to pay taxes until six o'clock that
day.
Something unusual did occurr after
five o'clock on the 30th day of Nov
ember. 1926 in connection with my
office.
@. And state what it was?
A. About five forty-five or five
fifty, when l was putting the currency
in the round safe. after counting it
over, what we had received that day,
l was standing in the vault there by
the safe, and l heard someone say
Hands up, and there was a man
standing right outside the vault by
the taLie. There was a man stand
ing right outside of the vault by the
table, and with a gun pointing at
me. He told me to put my hands up
and come out of there, and / don't
know, | was kind of dazed for a min
ute; / don't know. He told me again.
Hands up" put my hands up. He
told me to come out; / walked out,
then he told me to lay down on the
floor and | did, and as / was turning
around to lie down on the floor, fac
ng the east, another man was on the
other side of the wicket in the Gust
omer's part of the office, outside of
the wicket and he also had a gun out,
and about the time / went out he
climbed over that counter, that wicket,
and came in to the main office. And
after that,-the first fellow he was
kind of a short fellow; the other fell
ow that climbed over the wicket he
was tai, and the tall fellow he went
into the safe and looked around"
@. In the safe or in the vault :?
A. In the vault where the safes were,
and shortly after that my deputy, she
had just stepped out a minute before
this happened, and shortly after ]
laid down on the wloor / heard her
rattle the door, and the two fellows
two robbers, they kind of mumbled
or talked together, and | heard one
fellow go over there to the door, al
|, though / couldn't see it because
was laying facing east, and he opened
l the door. | heard him tell her to lay
down or get over under the counter
: and she did. An then as far as
can tell the little fellow he wa,
watching us with a gun, and the biz
fellow he was in the safe cleaning i
{ out; in the vault where the safe
! WERE"
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don't believe it could have been NOR
than a minute or maybe two minute'
from the time / first saw the mel
until my deputy came. Prior to tn
: time Miss Hovet came, ! believe TIL
tall fellow had gone into the vault
9 /. was required to lie down right il
! the main office, right due east and
little south of the vault door wher
the safes were. About the center o
the floor there was a table we use
Z for keeping records and books an
u they told me to lie down between thos
- tables and the vaults in the Office
Nc between those tables and the wal. j
Il the office and that is where l lai
; down.
. I was put in fear by reason of tn
= actions of the two men. Each @
q them had guns. / couldn't see the
q faces because they had some kind {
: a mask on, handkerchiefs- both (
" them. | could not ecognize the voit
' Of either of them and / had nevt
. heard the voices since that I know o
y / said / heard the door rattle ar
'. one of these robbers went to open II
door. / couldn't see very well VIII;
- t%ranspired then because / was layir
on the flor facing the other wa
I heard something said to Miss How
but / couldn't tell exactly what
was.1 couldn't hear what was said a
ap ter she came in, only that / could he;
them moving from the door and
As little further north, right in lii
ne where ! They were movir
TO north in the office until they con
We about in line, about where ! was la
ing on the floor. From what
M learned afterwards, she was requir'
S. to lie down, or sit-kind of sit on h
ne knees or hands underneath the count
along the west wall. After | hi
ne laid there awhile, the big fellow,
IN came out Of the vault and he told I
I'D to get up; pulled a gun ON me, a
ne told me to walk in the vault. TIL
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