Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1893 — BOLD BORDER BANDITS. [ARTICLE]

BOLD BORDER BANDITS.

Bank at Waverly, Kan., Robbed—Bandiss •- - - Captured# At 3 o'clock Friday afternoon Cashier Duvall and Assistant Cashier Converse, of the Bank of Waverly were the only persons in the bank and had started to balance up the cash for the day. Suddenly two masked men appeared 'at the from door. Leveling revolvers the robbers compelled them to hold up their hands and to stand side by side. One robber covered both, while tho other robbed the cash drawer and had gone into the vault, when T. O’Neill, a merchant, entered to make a deposit. The robber who was guarding Duvall and Converse turned and fled. The robber in the vault followed suit. In the meantime O’Neill had given the alarm. Business men near by hastily armed themselves. They arrived just in time to see the robbers mounting their horses in the alley at the rear of the bank. P. Ingleman at the head of three or four men, ran down the alley on foot. One of the robbers raised his revolver and fired. The bullet struck Ingleman over tho heart, producing instantdoath. Then a dozen shots were fired, but no one was hit. A posse, Ijpwver, siirronnrled the robbers two miles from Lebo and arrested them. The amount of the money stolen was something less than $2,500. Ingleman leaves a wife and several children and was in rather poor circumstances.