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TWO REMAINING BANDITS OF BANK HOLDUP IN CISGO TRAPPED NEAR SOUTH BENDBand Of 100 Pursuers Assembled Awaiting Orders From Rangers For Final Onslaught On Fugitives: Marshal Ratliff Admits IdentityJaws Of Wounded Cisco Robber Locked From Infection Caused By BulletsA posse of more than 100 men was gathered near the goosa neck of the Brazos river between South Bend and Oil City ear. ly last night awaiting orders from Texas Rangers Tom Hickman and Oonzallaus, who were in Graham perfecting plans for a final onslaught on two ambushed bandits, believed to have par. ticipated in the robbery last Friday of the First National Bank of Cisco. The two men were located near the bend of the river late yesterday as they were frightened in the act of stealing an automobile from a farmer named Dennis, it was said.One of the men is believed to be the leader of the bandit gang. Both he and his pal are badly wounded. A third is in the county jail at Graham suffering from serious wounds inflict, ed when he was shot down by pursuing officers near that city early this morning. He has made no statement.Two men detained for investigation in the county jail at Al-bany, Texas, arrested early Monday, admitted late today that they had dressed the bandits’ wounds and had given them foodSunday. Charges of aiding and abetting in the robbery havebeen filed against them.A Wichita Falls physician and two women, held in the Al. bany. jail since their arrest early Monday. v.'ei3 also charged with aiding in the robbery in complaints filed Tuesday after they had made statements to officers. They had not dressed the^bandits’ wounds, but were on their way to aid them when they were arrested near Albany about 2 a. m. Monday, officersquote them as saying.A fourth suspect in the rob. bery, which brought about the death of Police Chief Q. E. Bed. ford of Cisco, was L. E. Davis, Wichita Falls, who died late Saturday night in the Tarrant county jail at Fort Worth from wounds received in the gun battle. It is believed by officers that only foui men held up the bank. X- ^ -Picked Up at CiscoThe trail of the three bandit* was picked up in Cisco at 5 o’clock yesterday morning when Carl Wylie 22, residing near Putman, appeared at the city hall in Cisco after hav« ing been forced to drive the trio during the night. He reported thatthe bandits had stolen a Ford roadster and allowed him to go hie way.Sheriff Jim Foster of Youngcounty mobilized a posse in Gra* ham, barricaded the road leading into South Bend from Cisco, and waited. Soon the car appeared butturned within 200 yards of thebarricade. The posse gave chae and were almost upon the outlaws when they suddenly stopped thoGRAHAM, Dec. 27.—The banditcaptured near South Bend thismorning after ho fainted fromexhaustion while he and twocompanions were running from their stolen automobile into the timber as a passe fired ut them, tonight admitted that he is Marshall Ratliff of Cisco. He is believed to be the man n ho posed as “Santa Claus” when the First National bank oi Cisco was robbed Friday.Iiatliff 3 jaws are locked from effects of wounds 1 n both cheeks, the upper lip and in the chin. He also has wounds 4 the lower limbs and in one arm. Although Infection had set up in the old wounds, evidently inflicted in the gun battle at the scene of the robbery, hysicians attending him In the Young county jail state tnat he may* Tub” Wilson, assistant chief(See RATLIFF, Page 3)lt;S«f* BANDITS, Page 3)
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Abilene Morning News
Abilene, Texas, US
Wed, Dec 28, 1927
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