Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 311, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1920 — BANK BANDITSABE CAPTURED [ARTICLE]

BANK BANDITS—ABE CAPTURED

Citizerfs of Culver, Ind., Give Battle to Yeggs From Chicago. TRY TO FLEE WITH SIO,OOO Men Wounded During Fight—One of Robbers Shot—Outlaws Used Nitroglycerin to Blow Open Safe. Culver, Ind., Dec. 30.—Citizens of thitf town fought a pitched battle with five Chicago bandits, who held up the Culver State Exchange bank and then attempted to escape with SIO,OOO in booty. All five bandits were captured. The casualties: Jake Sains, a grocer; shot three times in the head and neck and probably fatally wounded. Jerome Beichel, a local stock buyer' of the town, shot in the hip; may recover. An unidentified bandit, shot in the body; wound perhaps fatal. The bandits descended on the town shortly after 10 o’clock in the morning and sped directly up -to the bank in a high-powered automobile. One of the men remained at the wheel while the other four, armed wiLh two revolvers apiece, dashed into the bank.

Bandit Shoots at Boy. As the bandits rushed through the swinging doors of thq/institution. Earl Adams, a boy, fled to the street, dashing past the robber chauffeur who shot at him, and into Sain’s grocery store, directly across from the bank, on the main street of the town. Beichel and Sains were iu tlie grocery. In a few excited w T ords Adams told the tale of the robbery and the men, after" arming themselves with weapons, ran into the street and began to fire upon the bandit car. The driver, a tall thin man, returned the fire, wouding both men. The fusilade of shots aroused the town. Men carrying rifles and shotguns dashed into the street. Blow Safe; Get SIO,OOO. One of tlie quartet who had gone into the hank, came out with a satchel containing SIO,OOO. the contents of the safe which- the with a charge of nitrogl.veeryin. % As he got into the tonneau of the machine containing his comrade, a bullet from one of the guns of the villagers caught him in the body and he fell to the floor of the car. By this time fifty citizens were within sight of the robbers, and the frightened chauffeur started the car slowly down the street. When he had driven a hundred feet away from the bank, the three remaining bandits appeared, revolvers in hands, and attempted td reach the machine. Volley From Villagers. A volley from the villagers caused them to turn their backs and run. The bandit car was far ahead, and before tlie trio could reach it, they were beset by a score of citizens and placed under arrest. Chief of Police Will Murphy of Culver Immediately on seeing the captured robbers to jail, telegraphed the authorities of all cities between Culver and Chicago to be on the lookout for the pair who escaped. Half an hour robber car had left Culver, word was received from the chief of police of Knox. Ind. that the pair had been captured a* they were speeding through that town Several armed constables had forced the machine to stop at the points ol rifles.