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Shielded By A Babe Cunning Strategy Of A Kansas Robber Terror-stricken Mother Forced To Prepare A Meal While The House Is Surrounded By Armed Men--bandit Finally Capitulates

Shielded By A Babe Cunning Strategy Of A Kansas Robber Terror-stricken Mother Forced To Prepare A Meal While The House Is Surrounded By Armed Men--bandit Finally Capitulates image
Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
December
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Corniug, Kas., Dec. U. Aftei a deS' pcrate battle in which a mother's stolep babe in the arr.is of a safeblower l;ept at bay and helpless an angry mob ot citizens, two men were n.rrested and safely pj-t behin.1 Iron bars in the Séneca jail. '1 . , held for safebiowing at this plac Wednesday night. One is an old auto, said to resemblo (eorge Taylor, the Meeks family escaied murderer, and the other is barely m re than a youth. They steadfastly :; ru.se to disclose their klentity. Wednesday night tlie safe in the ofBce of the .Tackson Crain company at this place was rifled and the schooll'iuse brokea into, where two musliu euitains were torn dowu and carried away. Deputy Sheriff Charles Andrews aiïd City Marshall Bensing at once took a buggy and went in pursuit, overtaking the pair about five miles out. The iL.er. were accosted but made no reply. Andrews again askejj them to walt a moment, wheu both Khipped out revolvers, covered their pursuers and hastily retreated to the timber. The offlcers hurried to a nearby school house and with the aid of the children soon got the inhabitanta up i arms. Meanwhile, two zealous corn huskers espied the robbers in their cornfield and with shotgun and rifle commanded them to surrender. The pair meekly submitted until the farmer lads, confldent of their game, picached, when a fusillade of shots from the revolvers of the besieged made them the victors and the farmers the prisoners. The owner of the farm drove up with hls wagon to carry off the outlaws, only to be himself made captive. At the commaml of the robbers, enforced by drawn revolvers, all mounted the wagon and were drlven to the farmer's house. Here they were confronted by the officers. But the law had no terrors for two desperate meu fortified behlnd three husky farmers' bodies. After considerable parleyiug and shifting for advantage, the younger robber became separated from his companion and quickly became the victim of Sheriff Andrews. The eider robber eompelled his living fort to retreat to the house and enter. There he marched the trio upstairs and made them lie face down on the floor, threatening death to the first who should try to see what was going on. Aa they were marching up the stairs at the polnt of revolvers tiie robber stooped over the eradle in the room below and snatched a 5-month-old babe, telling the terrorized mother to hasten him some supper and as she loved her child to teil no one that üe vas in the house. ! With one man safely in their power Í the officers brought him to Corning and tcok back a large posse. By 7 o'clock the farm house was surrounded by three or four hundred armed men withj Y.'inchesters, shotguns and revolvers. The outlaw in the face of all this domonstration ordered a light to be put on the stairs so that he might see his crowd and eat hia supper. With three citizens and the baby in his clutches his orders were obeyed. One of the posse requeated him to surrender. He replied that he would if he be allowed to keep his guns. A f ter some consultation his proposition was agreed to and the old robber lies safe in the Séneca ja il with his young confedérate. Several sets of burglar tools, camping outfit and eight gold watches were some of the plunder recovered.

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Ann Arbor Register