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THE MORNING OKEGONTAX. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1922
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Denver Bank Guard Is Slain
by Bandits.
U. S. AGENTS OPEN FIRE
LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF
IRELAND.
Terrific Battle Is Waged In Street
While Loot Is Transferred
by Armed Outlaws.
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tack compartment ol the reserve
truck and he was shot by the leader
of the bandits. Linton fell to the
pavement, but managed to crawl to
the sidewalk, where he lay during
the course of the fight.
After the escape of the highway
men Linton was removed to the
county hospital, where he died,
without regaining consciousness.
Employes and government guards
employed at the mint were afraid
to shoot freely at the bandits for
fear that they might kill members
or the reserve bank crew.
When the work of transferring
the currency from the guards' car
to their own car had been com
pleted, the bandits re-entered their
automobile amid a rain of bullets
from guards in the second story of
the mint and sped away on Colfax
avenue toward the civic center.
Wounded Bandit. Polled Inside.
As the car gathered impetus the
leader of the highwaymen. Standing
on the running board, turned to
ward the government building as
though to fire a final volley at the
guards. As he did so Peter Kiedin
ger, a guard who was on duty at
the main entrance, fired with a
rifle at the bandit, who was seen to
crumple up on the running board,
and who was pulled inside the car
by the driver. Kiedinger is positive
that he wounded the fugitive.
The BWift-moving car forced a
machine driven by A L. Bethke,
assistant city attorney, into the
curbing and against a fire plug,
which was broken off. This did
not check the speed of the fleeing
car for an instant.
Five riot cars, the first carrying
Manager of Safety Downer and Po
lice Chief "Williams, answered the
first call from the mint. One of the
police cars was wrecked In a colli
sion at Sixteenth street and Court
place, but the occupants of the car
escaped injury.
Money Property of Bank.
The money was the property of
the Denver federal reserve bank,
the mint merely being a depository
for it due to the lack of sufficient
vaults In the bank building. Accord
ing to K. J. Grant, director of the
mint, a receipt for the money had
been issued by J. K. Olson, cashier
of the bank. Just prior to removing
the money outside the mint, where
the bandits obtained it. Manager
Eurkhardt of the reserve bank later
published a statement saying that
the entire amount was covered by
Insurance.
Director Grant also announced
that the number of every bill in the
consignment was on record and that
banks throughout the country would
be warned to be on the lookout for
them.
Gunfire In Terrific.
So terrific was the gunfire during
the clash that more than 30 distinct
bullet holes were counted In the
transome above Hie main entrance
to the mint and In the windows of
the second story of the building,
The granite walls of the government
. building likewise were chipped
where the bullets struck. Buildings
across the street also showed the in
tensity of the fire of the guards.
Windows In various stores and
apartment houses over the stores
were riddled and many narrow es
capes from bullets on the part of
roomers were reported to police
Headquarters.
Misa Catherine Feist, an employe
f a restaurant directly across the
treet, declared that she was at
tracted to the door by the shoot
ing and wag emphatic in her decla
ration that In addition to the
bandits who leaped out of the car
she saw two men hiding behind
telephone poles nearby, who ap
parently were Members of the gang.
Youth's Account Thrilling:.
; Paul Clar, 17 years old, gave a
thrilling account of the engage
' ment. He declared he was standing
directly across the street from the
mint when the bandit car, heavily
curtained, drew up. He said:
"Three of the men, all carrying
shotguns, jumped out and rushed
up to the guard standing nearest
the reserve bank truck. I couldn't
hear what they said, but they ap
parently were telling him to open
the wagon. He shook his head
and then cne of the bandits struck
him a terrific blow. I don't know
whether it waa with his fist or
a gun. The guard staggered under
the blow and crumpled to the pave
ment. "At the sound of a shot a num
ber or guards came running from
the mint and started firing. They
were ahooting at the bandits, who
began shooting back. One of the
bandits remained in the car hunched
down behind the wheel.
Guards Begin Firing.
"Just as I dodged behind a build
ing the guards began peppering the
front of it. I saw one of the bandits
shooting at the lock on the door of
the truck. The first sht shattered
the window of the truck. Then I
had to get around the corner to
avoid being shot.
"When there was a lull in the
firing I looked out and saw the ban
dits Jumping for their car. One of
them sprang on the running board
on the opposite side from the mint
and crouched down. Another one
jumped In behind the driver. Just
as he did so a shot from one of the
guards struck him in the face. I
saw the blood rush out and the ban
dit slump down in his seat as though
he were hurt badly. The fourth of
the gang Jumped in the rear seat
and the machine tore up East Col
fax. (
"The wounded guard was lying
on the sidewalk in front of the mint
The other guards ran up to him as
I ran across the street. One of the
guards had taken his coat off and
was putting it under the head of the
wounded man.
Bandits Wear Overcoats.
"All the bandits wore overcoats.
They were big husky men, wearing
white collars and looking like
'sports.' "
Clar said when he examined the
front of the building that sheltered
him it was riddled with bullets.
During the afternoon a suspect
was taken info custody by the
police but after a questioning of
more than an hour ne was released.
The only tangible clew that the
police have on which to work Is a
bloody sawea-otr snotgun which
was picked up in the street about a
half block away from the mint
wlicfe it had been dropped from the
fleclis bandit car. The sua waa
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STRAITS CONTROL TOPIC
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Russian Minister Derides Pro
posed Guarantees of league;
- Ismet Is Less Insistent.
Pacific-Atlantic Photos.
TIMOTHY HEALY WITH FREE STATE TROOPER.
loaded and the shells were filled
with extra size buckshot.
Roland K. Goddard, chief of the
secret service In Denver, assisted by
Roy A. Nelson, postal inspector, as
sisting police in Investigating the
robbery, declared after finding a
number of bullets in the mint fired
from the bandits' guns that they
had used .38-caliber revolvers.
Chief of Police Williams ' an
nounced tonight that clews that
might result in. the capture of the
bandits probably would be obtained
by means of fingerprints found on
the bloody shotgun 1 dropped from
the bandit car as it sped away from
the scene of the robbery. "The gun
was handled by several persons,"
declared Chief Williams, "but we
have taken every print, and Ber
tillon officers now- are classifying
the prints In the hopes of identify
ing at least one of the bandit ganjr."
A theory advanced during the
early investigation as a result of the
finding of a door in an inner office
shattered by a bullet, that possibly
the bandits had had inside, as
sistance from someone who had en
tered the building under the .guise
of a visitor, was abandoned late this
afternoon when the bullet which
went through the glass in the door
was found. It was the Bame as the
bullets found in the main entrance
of the building, and proved merely
to be one fired from the outside by
the bandits.
Police Guard AU Roads.
Chief of Police Williams an
nounced that Denver police were
guarding all roads leading out of
the city, but that he believed the
bandits still were in hiding in Den
ver. Orders issued to policemen by
Chief Williams said:
"Stop every car on every road out
of Denver and make every man ac
count for himself and shoot if you
find the robbers."
"The funds stolen in today's rob
bery were not the property of the
Denver mint," declared R. J. Grant,
director of the mint, in a statement
issued late this afternoon, in which
he gave it as his opinion that two
of the bandits were wounded. In
formation bulletins issued to all
time, for our men to distinguish
between the bandits and the fed
eral reserve employes and it was
not until they ran for their ma
chine and started away that our
men could open fire.
Four Declared in Gang.
"There were at least four men in
the gang and it was reported there
were two or three men posted as
lookouts.
"They attacked as the men in
charge of the money were about to
place it in the wire cage inBlde
the machine. They ordered the
guards to throw up their hands.
One of the men failed to do so.
They shot him dead.
"We have all the numbers of the
bills.
"We know that two of- the gang
were wounded. One of them was
shot in the hand. He dropped his
shotgun and when we found It later
it was covered with blood. Another
one was also wounded.
"An Investigation of the robbery
was started immediately by fed
eral secret service officers. Thus
far It has extended to an exam in a
tion of witnesses and the story of
the holdup. No announcement can
be made at this time as to clews.
LOS ANGELES BANKS LOOTED
WHAT CONGRESS DID AS
ITS DAY'S WORK.
Senate.
Bill to enlarge debt refund
ing commission in order that
the minority may have rep
resentation, offered by Har
ris, democrat, Georgia.
Ship subsidy debated, Borah,
republican, Idaho, and Brook
hart, republican, Iowa, speak
ing in opposition.
Announcement made that
holiday adjournment will run
only from Friday night to
Tuesday morning.
Nomination of Pierce Butler
to be an associate justice of
the supreme court favorably
reported from judiciary com
mittee by unanimous vote.
House.
Received annual appropria
tion bill for department of
agriculture totaling J38.031,
613. Adopted naval appropria
tion bill in committee of whole
calling for 325,000,000 with
out record vote. '
Voted down amendment call
ing upon president to enter
into negotiations for associa
tion of league of nations to
assure peace.
Three Men Get $2000 In One;
Youth Gets $1000 in Another.
LOS iCNGELES. Dec: 18. The
Walnut State bank at Walnut Park,
a suburb, was held up late today
by three masKea men who escaped
with between J2000 and $3000 In
currency.
The Southwestern State bank, on
Western avenue near Sixth street,
was robbed at noon by a youth who
obtained 11000.
A well-dressed young man, with
his right hand wrapped in a ban
dage, laid a check for 1000 and a
letter before R. B. Brundage, the
cashier.
"You are looking into the barrel
of a revolver in this bandage," said
the letter. "I want you to OK this
check, go to the paying teller with
m and get the money."
Mr. Brundage did as directed. He
stepped with the man to the win
dow ocoupied by Paying Teller J.
Harvey Clark ajd directed the
leiier to casn me cnecK, wnicn ne
did, giving the bandit $20 bills.
"I want you to ko with me." the
bandit then told Mr. Brundage, and
he walked the latter a block down
the street, passing three policemen
who stood chatting on the corner.
"You can go now," said the bandit,
"and thank you, you've been awfully
kind." With that he disappeared
around a corner and the cashier
went back to the bank, calling the
policemen on the way. The latter
began immediate search for the ban
dit, but .decided he had driven away
in an automobile that had been
parked near where he left the
cashier.
Sarah A. Moore, who died July 29,
1921, leaving - Anna L. Moore, a
daughter, only $10 out of a $9000
estate, was opened in the probate
court here today. In the complaint
as filed it is alleged by the daughter
that Homer W. Moore and Lena L.
Moore-Walther, brother and sister
of Mrs. 'Moore, by means of false
statements alienated her affections.
DEER SUICIDE IN PLUNGE
Robust Buck Leaps 50 Feet Off
Cliff at Estacada.
Another sensational suicide, caused
by plunging off a 50-foot cliff near
the new dam of the Portland Limit
& Power company at Estacada, com
mitted by a robust buck deer, was
reported to the state game commis
sion yesterday.
The body of the deer was discov
ered, Its handsome neck broken, be
low the cliff. No wounds beyond
those attributable to the fall 'were
found. The ground above the bluff
showed no sign of struggle or chase.
The deer's footprints were seen near
the edge.
FORTUNE GRANTED CHILD
GJRL, 14, TO GET $20,000
YEARLY FROM ESTATE.
Mother Complains She Is Unable
to Support Youngster Out of
Meager $50,000 a Year.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Surrogate
Foley today granted to Miss Mar
garet Alicia Sparrow, 14 years old,
permission to use $20,000 a year of
the $350,000 of Income that has piled
up from an estate of $3,400,000 left
by her father, Edward Grant Spar
row, Michigan lumber king, with
headquarters in New York and Lan
sing, Mich. The allowance was made
upon application of the girl's
mother, Mrs. Margaret B. Sparrow.
The lumberman's widow asked the
surrogate for an allowance of $24,-
000 for her daughter on the ground
that little Margaret was growing
fast and needed more than the
mother herself was able to afford
out of her income of $50,000 a year.
The surrogate, however, thought
that the $20,000 with the usual help
from her mother, would enable lit
tle Margaret to keep the wolf from
the door for a year, at which time
she will be at liberty to ask for a
greater allowance.-
Under the terms of Sparrow's
will. Died in 1913, the town house in
New York and an income of $50,000
went to the mother. Then, after a
number of charitable bequests, the
residue was to go eventually to the
two children, the son, Edward G. Jr
getting three-fifths and the daugh
ter two-fifths. The son was 21 in
1920. When he is 30 years old he
will receive his share. Miss Mar
garet's income is piling up on her
at the rate of $56,000 a year with
10 or 15 years yet to go before she
gets all of it.
Salem Reduces Fire Losses.
SALJ3M, Or., Dec. 18. (Special.)
Salem's fire loss in 1922 was less
than half of that in 1921. according
to a report prepared here today by
the chief of the local fire depart
ment. Thi3 year's loss was $S2,-
696.33, while for 1921 the loss was
$152,000.73.
HUGHES' PARTY SECOND
Nationalists Lose Ten Votes While
Labor Gains at Elections.
MELBOURNE, Dec. 18. (By the
'Associated Press.) The allotment
of "preference" votes for members
of the federal house of representa
tives in last Saturday's general elec
tions shows the nationalists, the
party of Premier Hughes, second in
the standing, which is: Labor party,
30; nationalist, 28; country party
and liberals, 17.
In the last house the nationalists
had 38 members, the labor party 24,
and the country party and liber
als 13.
The figures for senate are meager,
but Indicate an increase in strength
of the labor representation.
LAUSANNE, Dec. 18. (By the As
sociated Press.) "Organized im
potence" was the definition which
M. Tchitcherin. the Russian foreign
minister, gave of the league of na
tions during a heater oeDaie De
tween him and Lord Curzon this
afternoon in a session devoted to
the discussion of plans for control
of the Turkish straito.
The United States, Germany and
Russia do not recognise the league,
said Tchitcherin. "The. league Is
not even able to control a single
Polish general in Vilna. It i un
able to accomplish anything In the
Lithuanian dispute. What good are
the guarantees of such an organization?"
Tchitcherin declared - the allied
proposals for the regulation of the
straits were directed against Russia
and put a premium on navalism and
militarism. i
These proposals," he added, "are
designed to separate Turkey and
Russia. It is an allied scheme which
offers fallacious protection to Tur
key, but grants passage or the
straits to warships, which would ex
pose Russia's south coast to attack,
Tile project forces Russia to arm.
and the guarantees are completely
illusory for Turkey."
Turk Less Obstinate,
Both J Tchitcherin and Ismet
Pasha offered new suggestions con
corning control of the straits. Ismet
was mild and accepted in principle
most of the proposals made by the
allied powers, but Tchitcherin was
extremely hostile and demanded that
tne Russians' proposals be consid
ered at length in the subcommission
a'ong with the new Turkish pro
posals. Lord Curzon denied this request,
saying it was impossible to continue
the deliberations indefinitely. He as
Eerted that concessions had been
made to the Russians by providing
in the allied proposals that no fleet
shall be admited to the Black sea
which is stronger than the strongest
tavy possesssed by any Black sea
power. - , -
Tchitcherin repeatedly demanded
further consideration of the propos
als, which are diametrically opposite
to the plans favored by the allies
and the principles set forth by the
United States.
Curzon called attention to the tact
that Ryseia and Turkey are far
apart In their positions, and espe
cially emphasized that it was
Tchitcherin, not Ismet, who said the
guarantees of the league of nations
would be "illusory."
Russians to Be Curbed.
The members of the American
delegation, Ambassador Child, Rear
Admiral Bristol and Minister Grew,
all attended the session, but made
no remarks; they have expressed no
opinion about the allied proposals.
Lord Curzon refused to consider
Tchitcherin's motion for the refer
ence of the straits question to the
subcommission for reconsideration
and this subject will be taken up
again tomorrow morning. ' It is ap
parent that the allies are determined
not to permit the Russians to delay
the discussion further by advocacy
of closing the Black sea, which is
absolutely opposed to the view of
the allies and the United States and
even Turkey.
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Suit to Break Will Filed.
THE DALLE 8, Or., Dec, 18. (Spe-
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Bend Church Gets Evangelist.
BEND, Or., Dec.-18. (Special.)
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officers by the police department,
however, stated that only one of the
bandits had been wounded. The
one known to have been struck is
believed to have been the bandit
who waa standing on the running
board of the automobile as the ma
chine sped away from the mint.
"It has been customary for U3 to
keep money at the mint merely as
an accommodation for the federal
reserve bank, our vault being bet
ter suited for storage of the funds,"
Mr. Grant said in his statement.
Fight Lasts Two Minutes.
"When it becomes necessary to
transfer funds the treasury wires
us and upon the presentation of
receipts from the bank we release
the funds to them. The Instant the
money leaves the cashier's window
we have nothing more to do with
the funds.
"The men in charge of the money
were employes of the federal re
serve bank . and the money itself
belonged to the bank. The Denver
mint was not connected with the
robbery in any way except that it
occurred in front- of the mint and
our employes tired on the bandits
as they rode away.
"The fracas lasted about two
minutes. I was Interviewing an ap
plicant for a position, when the
alarm in my office, which is part of
a general alarm system throughout
the entire building, was rung. The
indicator light board showed the
trouble to be at the front door.
"The robbers Were pumping lead
into the front door to keep us In.
About four or five of the mint em
ployes ran outside in the face of
the gunfire and shot at the bandits.
Two or three shots were fired at
them from the second floor of the
mint and others fired from the first
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