Evening star., 1932-01-16

the opposite direction on the same thor
oughfare, it was believed the two cars
had passed each other only few blocks
from the bank.
Patron Found in Bank.
Deuterman was the first person to
leave the room into which he and the
others were herded. Quietly opening
the door, he cautiously stuck his head
out and peered down the narrow hall
way leading to the banking office
proper. There he saw a man standing
in front of the counter, apparently
writing something.
After moments hesitation, Deuter-
man called:
rs it all right for us to come out?"
Seeing the man did not understand
Deuterman asked:
Us there any one else out there?"
The man replied in the negative and
Deuterman and the others filed out.
The man, it was found, was ignorant of
the hold-up and had gone to the bank
to make a deposit.
Led to Back Room.
Mrs. Ready entered the bank while
the hold-up was in progress.
1T was about a quarter to o'clock" +"
she related, land when I noticed the
door was closed I thought had come
too late. A strange man opened the
door, however, and motioned for me to
come in.
II did so, and the man led me toward
the back of the Office, sort of pushing
me along. He was very courteous about
it, though. Despite the fact had never
seen the man before, it did not occur
to me that anything was wrong until
noticed a pile of broken glass on the
floor.
Showed Into Room.
ct thought that was kind of strange
but said nothing. And while was still
thinking about it, the man opened the
door leading to the back room and said:
well do business back here
"As entered the room noticed sew
eral persons lying face downward or
the floor I turned as If to leave, but
noticed a gun in the mans hand and
he told me to stay where I was. He
said something else, too, before he
finally closed the door, but I was too
excited to remember what it was"
The witnesses to the hold-up were
taken to police headquarters last night,
where they examined pictures of posi-
BILE suspects in the 'rogues gallery"
None was able to identify any of the
men, however.
Description of Bandits.
The police lookout describes each of
the men as well dressed" The man
who carried the machine gun and who
also held a pistol, was described as be-
ing approximately AZ years old, feet
1912 inches. gray hair, reddish smooth
face, wearing glasses, a gray fedora
hat, blue suit and grey topcoat. A Sec
ond member of the gang was said to be
about 80 years old feet inches tall,
weighing about $50 pounds, medium
build, dark complexion and foreign
looking He also wore fedora hat and
carried a pistol.
The third man whose description IS
in the hands Of investigators is said
to be about rs or 80 years old, feet
inches tall, weighing l40 pounds, dark
complexion, and also wearing a light
fedora hat. No description was given
for the driver of the car These de-
scriptions are practically identical with
the descriptions given of the visitors
to the Blanton Motor Co. Tuesday.
The bandit car, picked up by Traf-
fic Bureau cruising car last night, was
turned over to fingerprint experts for
possible evidence.
Police were holding three men and a
woman for investigation in a stolen
property case today, but it was eX-
planned by Investigators handling the
bank hold-up case that they had no
connection with that crime.
Police said. it was the first bank hold
up of it's kind since 1920, when SINH
lar occurrence took place in broad day
light at bank on Georgia avenue.