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Robbedu' *yNocona Boot Co.Bandits Take5.Has Annual Picnicfrom First NationalyThe Nocona Boot ment and employees nual picnic at the Tuesday night, with ent.Co.’s manage-held their an-Country Club about 65 pres-y.r.iyie,hrej-ofi-A.rtryidieMr. Fooshee made a talk of encouragement, which was greatly appreciated.Those enjoying this delightful affair were Mrs. J. L. Stelzer, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Keller, and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fooshee, S. L. McCool, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Tony MeGrady, H. D. Crox-ton, Herschel and E. W. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Hewett. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lemon and daughter, Zana Rhue, Mrs. Dovie Shackelford, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Paine and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Barnett and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Welch and family, A. V. Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. G. R.Vice and family, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Paine and family, Horace Henry.Eill Hagler, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Ray and family, Wayne Jackson. Jack Goodspeed, Mrs. Hank Goodspeed and son, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Elwert, Mr. and Mrs. William Stouder, and Claud Whiteaker.Bank in Hold-upoCOTTON REPORT;r,IS,:r,Is.According to Bob McDonald, manager of McDonald Gin Co., there has been 511 bales of cotton ginned here this season, and 516 bales weighed in the cotton yard here.Fifteenid in CanningThree unmasked bandits robbed the First National bank of Saint Jo of about $750, kidnaped four bank officials and customers and made their escape shortly after 11 o’clock, Wednesday morning. The four hostages wrere released unharmed near the edge of town.A passe, formed within a few minutes after the robbery, was reported at 12:30 to be only about two miles behind the speeding car of the bandits on the Decatur highway. The armed trio entered the bank, a man in overalls and gray cap sta-i tioned himself near the door. A second man wearing a brown suit and green hat, went into the cages and scooped the money in the tills into a sack. A third man, wearing a black suit went to the office of the president, H. D. Field Sr. and announced that the bank was being held up and ordered Mr. Field and a customer, Mrs. C. Brooks, who was in his office, to hold up their hands. A time lock prevented robbing of the vault.Mr. Field said later that the man was visibly excited and that his voice trembled as he gave his orders. Bank employes said he would be easily identified by an infection on the left side of his nose.The bandits rounded up Sam Roach, cashier. George A. Wright, assistant cashier; Allen Agee and Chauncey Morgan, customers, and forced them into a waiting automobile. *They changed their original plan to take Mr. Field, when George Wright interferred and told them that the bank president was in poor health and in no physical condition to stand any undue excitement or ill treatment.iss ] of the owners of the products and 53,175 went into the warehouse of ie | the county relief administration.In this district there are also Federal Meat Canning Plants at Fort Worth and Dallas. These plants had put up 4.679.207 cans of meat in the period between July and October.From the above we have figured out the following very interesting information:In this district of 15 counties Montague county averaged 11,710 cans per sealer, while the other 14idrs.tousieis,r-r;s;s-neil-tyve:rsrs.Mr. Field and Mrs. Brooks were the only two persons left in the bank. As the four men were being loaded into the waiting car by the bandit trio. George Pedigo of the Citizens National bank, was crossing the street to the First National to make his morning clearance and noticed them. The hostages were warned to make no sign or gesture to Mr. Pedigo and it was not until he went into the bank that he dis-1 covered the robbery.The car in which the bandit escaped was in Saint Jo Tuesday night and purchased gasoline at the J. B. Randall service station. Mr. Randall said they returned and refilled the tank at his station a short time before the hold-up. The car was a black Ford V-8 sedan andcounties averaged 4,514 cans per carried an Oklahoma license, thefirst three numbers of which were421.Olficers were notified immediatelysealer. Montague county with 12 pressure cookers averaged 9.759 cans per cooker, while the other 14 coun-Aoi WiLh I? ?°0kers aT'aPd 3’I I after The robberf*‘and “joined'the488 each Montague county has pu pcs,e of local ciUzens in the chase_ it, cVl.a Httle better than 13 per cent Sheriff H. T. Chandler and NoconaCity Marshal Olin Roberson headedveirsesof the total number of cans in the district.The county should indeed proud of this splendid record. o-beone posse. The section near here where the car used in the robbery of the Paradise bank was found was being closely watched by one posse. -o--
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Nocona News
Nocona, Texas, US
Fri, Oct 12, 1934
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