The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-08-05
n Second
Look . . .
By MARY ANN ClSAR

| ne Cumberland DdIlk IOpDGly y
of July 26 brought to the mind
of many local people the famous
1882 robbery Of the Citizens Ma
tional bank in Caldwell. Madge
Ferguson was telling me about
it as she has good reason to re-
member it quite vividly.
Madge was managing the Fas-
hion Shop at that time and the
Citizens National bank was locat-
ed in the present Building and
Loan building. Madge walked
into the bank that afternoon and
thought the man standing on the
other side of the counter was a
bank Inspector, not uncommon
to see in those depression days.
She changed her mind quite
quickly when she saw the ''in-
spector" poke a gun into the
ribs of Thurman Hazard, cashier
at the bank; Hazard was led
to the back room by the gun
man.
Before Madge caught her
breath, she felt a little nudge at
her elbow and looked around
into the teeth of a gun, too. The
quiet, armed robber told her to
be quiet and go to the back room
and she wouldn't be injured.
Madge did the same thing I'd
have done - she obeyed. In no
time at all, there was nice
group of people on the floor of
the back room, with their hands
tied behind them and arranged
in a circle, facing each other.
All Madge was worried about
was that her daughter, now Mrs.
John Hazard, wouldn't wander
into the bank, looking for her
mother, but this didn't happen.
The robbers took off with the
loot but it wasn't too long be-
fore the law caught up with
them. The trial was held in
Noble county, with Judge Smith
on the bench, l believev, and the
sentences were stern. Banks
were falling of their own accord
IN those days, without robbers
coming in and relieving them of
cash.
Can't get away from banks but
| noticed new night depository
has been installed in the west
wall of the Farmers & Merchants
bank the past week. This will
certainly accommodate the local
merchants, especially on Satur-
day night, when the stores are
open until. 9 o'clock o., m.
want you all to turn to the
back section and read the ''Koon
Holler Reporter" this week. /
don't always agree with Uncle
Sam but he went to hat against
those sloppy comic books that
the kids are reading day and
night. There are crusades by the
P.T.A., the various churches and
youth organizations of all kinds
against the reading material,
some of which would shock a
veteran of three wars. The bad
guy always get caught, you
know, but he certainly is made
up to be a hero in the eyes of
the kids, and he always gets ga
dirty break from those coppers. -
We really can't blame the kids
for thinking of criminals as
heroes, because one of the worst |
criminals ever convicted in the
state of California has been |
blown up" into a glorified per-
sonality. Personally, / believe he |
should have concentrated on /
writing books instead of terroriz-
ing people at night, before the
state gave him a comfortable /
cell in which to pour out '1iter-
airy wonders" A law official in
California was quoted as saying
that there may be a stop to capi-
tai punishment if man dies
a hero's death in the electric
chair. Incidently, how many of
you have actually looked over
some of those comic books your
kids are reading?
Our boy, Vince Daniel, was
quite the highlight in the fire
mems parade last Friday night.
Vince staggered along, made up
as a drunk, carrying hose and
drlbbling water all over the
place. The people loved him.
Hope you got to see the parade.
There was a wonderful festival
at the home of the Ursuline Nuns
at Old Washington last Sunday.
They were formerly located in
Caldwell, in fact were here for
over 25 years. Everybody was
meeting old friends and I under
stand Gar Spence, a former pain
ter of Caldwell, now of Zanes-
vile, won the handmade bed
jacket at the rattle.