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CAPTURED; SAIDESHE NEEDED CASHid’yTO FEED CHILDTwo Male Companionsll oCornered and Arrest-oned in Ohio Woodsav^ WOMAN SHOOTS' AT BANKER111;is-011aionrfAttempt to Hold UpMonroe, Ohio, Institution FailsIhit-00t n-(Bv Associated Press)MONROE. Ohio, Jan. 5—An hourand a half after two men and a girlfailed in an attempt to rob the Monroe National hank, they were cornered and arrested in a woods near here.nefwhere they hid after their auto crash-fined into a culvert.The trio registered nc Mrs. America Longsworth, 10. of Franklin, Ohio,p-!mother of a 7-month-old babv, and asar in-Xoel Craft. 16. Middleton, Ohio., andirRex Wireman. 20, also of Middleton.d.toThey were captured Tv a posse whosaid the robb“vs surrendered withouta struggle, although they were armedI with a machine gun and a revolver.Austin Smith, cashier of the hank,who had experience with bank roh-bers, said one man holding a machinegun walked into the hank and stoodtbv a door while the girl, revolver inhand, told him to ’‘come on with it.ftSmith made a move as if to pick upsome currency, hut came up with aitrevoh\*r and fired at the woman.The girl shot hack at Smith andifled. The robbers’ auto was wreckedwhen it crashed into a culvert. Thei*iH ! young mother and her youthful companions jumped from the wreckage.running through the woods. A farmer saw the occupants running andnotified police.Officers took the trio to the hank.where they were identified by Smith1Mrs. Longworth told police her husband had been unemployed formonths. She said she needed money_ t buv food for her babv.
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Carbondale Free Press
Carbondale, Illinois, US
Mon, Jan 05, 1931
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