The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 14, 1882, Page 6

sername ‘WAS IT FRANK JAMES | Who Ordered the Brookfield Bank Cashier to Throw ar Hands and Shell Ont. Six Masked Robbers Heavily Armed and in Broad Daylight! Get Away with $4,000. Further and More Complete Details Concerning the Brookfield Bank Robbery. How tke Deed was Done—the id Metnods Employed—Over Seven- ty-Five Men in Pursuit Tne Robbers Take tothe Woods—the | g Party Come up and a Fight Eusues THOUGHT AND SPECULATION. Brookfield, June 7.—Not for years, and possibly never. has Brookfield passed through which were witnessed exciting scenes here to-day, and to-night the whole town, or as have nothing many of citizens .as re- fi about save the g main town, can cat bank It come, eis robl the afternoon. ae ery Of i:zke a as all these robberies thunder-clap in a clear sky, and the! audacity ot the deed, and the dare- devil bra pletely paralyzed the people that lit- tle attempt at checking the robbery could be made. The six robbers, all masked, rode up to the Bank of | Brookfield a few minutes before | 3:30 0’clock. The bank at that) time was in charge of the cashier, John Ford, who was quietly pursu- | ing his ordinary duties. Three of | the men who had gone into the bank | approached the counter and \ | -ado ot the robbers, so com- SUDDENLY DRAWING REVOLVERS, Jeveled them at Mr. Ford, and or- -dered him to hand out the money or | they would killhim. He hes tated a moment, but the dangerous click of the revolver, and the admonition “hurry up, by G—d, dead man,’’ forced him to yield to the situation, and he then delivered to or you're a} ever between $3,000 and $4,000 in currency and specie. | The robbers thereupon retreated — still covering Ford with their weapons. They passed out of the door, and, mounting their horses, rode rapidly out of town, geing im a northeasterly direction. The cashier immediately rushed out and gave the alarm, and thereupon commenced a wild and, in | many respects, ludicrous pursuit. | ‘The excited citizens poured after the | robbers on horseback, in express wagons and carts, and even drays were pressed into service. The rob- | pers rather derisively turned and, fired several shots at the parties who | were slowly PRESSING TOO CLOSE UPON THEM. In the hurried flight one of the} robbers dropped a package which | was found to contain $500. This was promptly returned to the bank. | The pursuit, as may be surmised, was altogether fruitless, and the rob- bers made good their escape. The! city marshal and sheriff haye, how- eyer, continued on, the trail, and} posses of men are scouring the coun- | try in all directions. There are many theories as to the course taken by the robbers, the most popular being that they have struck for the hilly and heavily-timbered Grand river country where they would be comparatively safe from capture. Another is that} they are a part of the Ray cai! or Clay county gang, and that they} will sooner or later turn up in the | old haunts. ‘The question of Frank | widely — discussed. Opinion is! pretty evenly divided. . | WAS FRANK JAMES THERE. | There are positively no means of | settling this question from any points of identification, for the mien were / heavily masked, and the only clue | is height and possibly the tone of | voice. Ofcourse in the general ex- citement everybody has his ‘theory ! and means of identifying the man, | but is pretty certain that they will all fail. A dispatch was received from | } | cality. | general alarm has through this and adjoining counties | ‘ county | appeared. west of the place. They tnere three weeks, and during all that time haye been heavily armed seeming to exercise no precaution to conceal their revolvers. Who the men were is not known. ! were complete strangers in the lo- Farmers in the vicinity also report that from time to time within the last few weeks strange men have been seen ACTING AND MOVING SUSPICIOUSLY. Last Saturday seyeral horses were stolen, and it is thought certain that the supposed tramps and the Brook- field bank robbers are identical. A been sent out and along the line of road. The ‘most intense feeling prevails and | should the robbers be caught the will be saved the expense of a tnial. The effect of the robbery on the bank be slight, and Mr. Ford, the cashier, says to-night that to-morrow morn- ing the bank will be opened and business will be conducted as before. He was asked if he thought the rob- bers really meant business, and re- plied that from what he had read will about bank robberies in other places } he did not wait to give the matter thought. concluded to hand oyer atonce. Fordisa_ very efficient bank officer, and very popu- lar with our citizens. much but The following more detailed ac- count of the Brookfield bank robbery Wednesday is taken from the Kan- sas City Evening Star of Thurs- i s day: Brookfield, Mo., June 8.—Early | in the afternoon astranger of medium height and dark complexion entered the bank and asked for a gold dollar in exchange fora silver one. Mr. John Ford, cashier of the bank, and his sister-in-law, Miss Clara Scott, were the only occupants of the room riously about tor a moment or two, lett and visited the Linn county bank upon a similar errand and then dis- Ata quarter past four, just as Mr. Ford was closing the the vaults ot his bank, four men, all wearing disguises consisting of long dark beards and wigs, rode up tothe corner of the street near which the bank is located and one of them took charge of the horses while the re- maining three passed down the street to the bank. One ot these men took his station in front of the door and covered the sidewalk from both ways with a pair of Remington revolvers, while the other two entered the bank and with drawn revolvers, covered both the cashier and his fair companion and demanded the contents of the and mounting their horses they rode out of town at a tremendous pace in | the direction of Kirksville. Although they were but a tew minutes in the operation of draining the bank, a crowd of citizens col- lected about the scene of the robbery, but being unarmed kept at arespect- ful distance trom the robbers. Fi- {nally a merchant named Parker se- cured a Spencer rifle and fired upon the robbers as they were mounting. He missed them, however, and pertorated an awning post and a | plate-glass window. In half an hour after the robbery atleast forty citizens and officers were mounted and in hot pursuit of the robbers, who were all well mounted. Their identity is a mystery here, as all their faces are strange. But there is a rumor to the effect that Jim Cummins is the leader of the gang, although this would seem to be contradicted by the fact that a short time atter the robbers had lett a telegram was received from Sheriff Williams, of Kirksville, asking that tour men answering their description be arrested, as they had stolen the horses in their possession. Later the sheriff aud a compamon arrived im person and stated that the four men. stoie the horses they rode in; James being one of the’ parties 1s/ Kirksville Saturday night and the of- | ficers hn: since. ad been following them ever Of the four, two came to Kirksville several weeks ago and i } rented a farm near the town, where ; Créek, they were soon joined by two men later by two women. The first two gave their names as Fox and Ward, but the others are not known. The party spent most of their time at re- volver practice, while on the farm, and when the horses—fine ones— pwere missed they were tracked to this farm, but before a posse of men could be collected the thieves had fled, leaving the women alone. They came in this direction and the timing of the and_ their presence in the city fits so closely They ! vault. | It was passed out without a question, | have been | both as to the amount secured, the | identity of the robbers and eyerything ' concerning the affair, including many | Judicrous reminiscenses which tur- nish feo.! for the mght operator and | kindred wits. Your reporter called upon Mr. Ford, the cashier, at 2 0’clock this morning and learned from him the | history ot the raid so far as he was concerned. He says that when they Idressed him in the manner they | did with the revolvers pointed straight at his head he did not hesitate but proceeded to turn over what cash there was wi tion. This | consisted ot b er coins to the amount of $4,0co or $4,500. He ing $450 aged to get althouzh in doing so they kage of bills amount- ling to $50c e man who seemed to be the leader took up a_ position in front of the vault, where he could cashier gave up all ad when the booty the others de- he would crowd ot gave then | in silver ; away with dropped o1 | see whether the | there was or not was secured he made liver it all to him bef start, notwithst citizens was in omentarily. So long was he in stowing the cash away about his person that he come neare being captured but managed to elude those who attempted to sur- round him and get aw At this morning two 1 from the pursuit, and the robbers took to the rk. The pursuers ae | fore d | the best horses taking the lead. and ly all the time until after 6 o’clock when the robbers turned into 2 woods pasture about 20 miles nozth of the city, and taking the bank of Middle Yellow creek dodged their pursuers. Neighborhood Notes. Pleasant Hill Review: Mr. Ed. Mathews, of Pleasant, Hill’s boys, but Butler, was town this week enjoying himseif with ‘his old friends. He back to Butler Wednesday morning. one now of in | went | ec | Springfield Leader: The rain has | ‘at that time, andthe former waited | | upon the man who after looking cu- the The Memphis track interupted work on i | road the past week. is | | point Mr. Diggings says he will reach by the toth. when a mixed i this city to that | | train will run fro | | point. Joplin Herald: The average town dog seems to have an errone-} IN BUTLER, MO.) ous idea te the use fer which piles of tresh vegetables in front of grocery stores, Per- j haps the dog thinks persons who sre intended. j eat vegetables have no rights which | he is bound to respect. | Joplin Herald: W.B. Strong and Thomzs Coyle. contractors on the Gulf extension te Memphis were fired at from the brmsh a short dis- tance south of Marshfield, on the 25th. Coyle was wounded and his i horse received several shots. There | was no clue tothe persons who did \ the shooting. | Harrisonville Democrat: We pre- sume Cass county has never before had so many acres in cultivation as to-day. Never before—barring chinch bugs—has the prospect for a large yield been excelled. wheat it is true, was winter killed, but the great bulk of land sown to wheat promises an enormous yield. | Wheat har- | vest will probably begin in ten days | fields have ; been seriously damaged by chinch | Ft. Scott Record: or two weeks. A few bugs, but the less sustained by them has been greatly overestimated. As a rule the crop now stands thickly on the ground, the heads are large and filled out to the end and the grain 1s well filled. Springfield xfress: The The case of one Hascal Haseltine charg- | ed with an attempt to drown _ his wife, was investigated by a commit- tee of the. Brothers of Freedom, was expelled in disgrace from the order. 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Lusk deceased, > sent: to the court his petition, prayig an order for the sale ot so much of real estate of said dec ning debts due ate, and yet unpaid tor want sufficient assets, accompanied by the counts, list and inventories required law in such cases; on examination ofitis ord 2d, that all persons ested in the estate of said deceased be tified that application as aforesaig been made, and unless the cont shown on or betore the first day g next term of this court, to be held on 2nd Monday of May next, an onder | be made tor the sale ot the whole, of much of the estate of said faswillbe suff nt for the payment said debts; and it is further ordered, 4 this notice be published in some paper in this State, for four weeks} | he next term of this court. State of Misa Usr County of Bates, ) 1,D.V. Brown Judge and exo | Clerk of the Probate Court, held in for said county, hereby certify that toregoing is a true copy of the orig order of publication therein refe: as the same appears of record in my; 1 fice. Y SS. : Wness my hand and gealg said court. Done at offite Butler, this 11th day of 1882. D. V. Brows Judge ot Probate, se | A.D. Order of Publication, STATE oF Missourt, HA | County ot Bates. eee In the circuit court of Bates county, souri, July term 1882. £ | Mary Hanes, Plaintiff vs. Elias Hanes, this day comes the Plaintiff 4 by her attorney betore the signed clerk, ot the circuit court i tion and files her petition and affid leging, among other things, that def ant is not a resident of the state of souri: Whereupon it is ordered by clerk in vacation that said defendam’ notified by Publication that Plaintif commenced suit against him ip court, by petition and affidavit the and eral nature ot which is to a decree ot divorce from the bonds of rimony heretotore contracted with detendant upon the growns ot barbarous treatment and desertl that unless the said detendant Ell be and appear at this court, at term thereof, to be begun and 4 ae | the court house inthe city of Bi said county, on the roth day of Jub | dered accordingly and on or before the sixth day @ term‘ if the term shall so long co and if not, then on or betore the of said term—answer or plead to id cause, the same w as contessed, and judgment will Andivis fu Jered, that acopy hereof be pi according to law, in the Butler weekly newspaper printed and p in Buth Bates county, Misso tour weeks successively the last to be at least four weeks betore the day of the next term ot said court J. R. Jenkins, Circuit? A true copy trom the record. [Seat Witness my hand and scal ot the circuit court of county, this 16th day y 4.R. Jenkins, Circuit ‘ fi 24 Order of Publication, rATE Or Missouri. | 4 | County of Bates, ** | In the circuit court of Bates county; souri, in vacation, May 15, ¥ | The state of Missouri at th to the use ot F. M. Trimble collector of the ue ot Bates ty in the state of Missouri, pl | George W. Norman and Charit! iN package makes 5 gallon | his wite and John A. Ran wife defendants. Civil action for delinquent tam ow at this day comes the plait in by her attorneys, before # signed clerk of the circuit court county, in the state of Missouri,| tion and files her petition | stating amongst other things above named defendants, man and Charity Norman his John A, Randall and his wife, name is unknown are non-res state of Missouri. Whereupdés dered by the said clerk, in vac said defendants be notified by p that plaintiff has commenced, against them in this court by pe z affidavit, the object and general mi which is to entorce the lien of the Missouri for the delinquent taxes ¥ years 1872, 1874, 1875, 1877) 3% | 1879, amounting in the € sum of $21.34, together with costs, commission and fees, lowing described tracts of in Bates county, Missouri, to four in block five in Walley’s the city of Butler and that ui defendants be and appear att of this court, to be begun and the city of Butler, Bates county, on the second Monday in July, on or before the sixth day term shall so long continue, 2a@ réing © 26, 4 a 3 nal et then betore the end of the plead to said petition accot the same will be taken as . judgement ripen acon prayer of said petition, an Peribed real paoke soldjto satisfy’ And it is further ordered by | aforesaid that a copy hereot be in the Butler, Times, a per printed and published in B county, Missouri, tor four sivelv, the last insertion to four weeks betore the first dav term ot said court. 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