The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-12-05
COMPLETE STORY OF BANK
BANDITS WORK AT NASHUA

year in the state penitentiary
might be imposed and that there
is no maximum term provided by
law. Upon setting December s as
the date for sentencing, the judge
said he was allowing the defend
ants time to return some of the
stolen money, the total of which
vas said to be about $4,000. He
asserted failure to do so would be
taken into consideration in fixing
sentences.
The following Is a somewhat
condensed version of Adams con-
fession statement:
On Monday Cleve Wick and Ray
Taylor came ove to the Abbott
place where l was combining flax,
between ten and eleven o'clock.
When we got to the corner of the
field we turned around and stop
ped the machines and l went over
and talked to the boys. They
asked me if they could e me at
noon and | told them they could.
! discovered there was a piece
broken on the combine that l
would have to fix right away. l
took that piece off and l rode to
the shop with Cleve and Ray on
the running board. After We got
it fixed Ray Taylor and I went out
to tie a together and then he
put the proposition to me that he
had a cinch job, that there would
be anywhere from five to twenty
thousand dollars. He said it was
the Jordan bank. l told him that
l was known in Jordan. Well, he
said, it wasn't necessary that l
be seer any more than just a
flash, that they figured on going
into the bank at night and wait
ing for them to open up. l told
him that I didn't want to be in it
at all. | told him that I figured
there was too big a chance some
body might have to do some shoot
ing and above all things l wouldn't
shoot no man that hadn't done me
no harm.
Well" he says, 1--WE will go and
take a look at it."
Couldn't Leave Combining
/ said, 81 can't go today, 1 have
got to help with this combining
and / might be able to get some
body to run the combine tomor-
'ow, If you r around here about
loon l will go with you"
They asked me to bring my
life. T told them T didn't have no
shells for it. He said he thought
lie could probably get some. I
old him l didn't see what good a
life would do and be said in case
We got tailed out of there why we
ould slow them up a little bit.
So on Tuesday they came
round just before noon. 1 said,
l have to get this: combine ready
o go before the, other fellows
an run it."
They went into town and ate
inner and 1 ate dinner at Abb
otis. After dinner l got in the
ar and started south. We went
. Wolf Point first. Ray said he
idn't dare be seen on the street
l Wolf Point, he sent Cleve Wick
nd myself down town to- get a
OF shells and some more sand
riches. We crossed the bridge,
-ent through Circle and drove
own to an old sheep ranch out
f Jordan about two miles. We
tayed there for about two hours t
nd talked the thing over When {
e got to town there seemed to
e quite a few around on the I
,reets yet. l told C1eve there
as no use wen to look at it
was too many around, so we s
list walked by the bank out on t
lie Main street to- the Tourist {
ark and there we found Ray Tay- l
r with the car, where he was G
ping to wait for us. I told him l
was no use to try anything, y
was an impossible proposition, Q
Id he backed up and backed into
deep hole, an old we'll or some S
ling. Cleve and 7 helped to get 4
car out of the hole by IT'S own
>wer and us pushing it out. u
We drove back to the old ranch
rain and put the a in a sheep ,
led and fixed the steering gear.
hen we went into the shack Il
built. a good fire and sat g
'ound there. I said, there amt
/, use to think of it, / said, / S
see where there Is a Il
in the world. Cleve said t
at he didn't give a damn, it was
right with him either way, but q
said he started on this job and S
hated to give it up. Well,
eve slept a while and then 1
ent to sleep on an old bed that a
as there, and finally, about nine
ten o'clock on Wednesday, I 0
Tess, there was three kids came
d tried to get in the shack, and n
don't know if W had been
leep or not, but i told them 10 q
t the hell out of there and they h
ent on away. Then he asked me l
lat I thought of the Nashua job, a
d I told him it didn't seem like b
very good proposition. a
I said, 81 don't like to IL my ii