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The Silsbee Bee isVOLUME 58 — NUMBER 4.1SILSBEE, TEXAS 77(156THURSDAY, DECEMBER !), 167626 PAGES IN .*{ SECTIONSBank Robbers Captured In Actn#T°U Two masked gunmen fnw Dallas and the driver of the!'.)(),ooo bondsBn■ Ja23.all of Da I lan brother. \Way km Due According to the police’ report, the Brewer brothers walk'd into the bank at about 10:20 ind asked to see bank president v M. Wilson Jr. When they were told that Wilson wasn’t in pulled their gunsedrybodyut....^ „lt;gjg..-,*a*i*»%»*** s ^MOMENTS AFTER HE STEPPED OUT of the bank James Edward Brewer was put into this police car and taken to the Hardin County jail. Here Brewer was looking out the window of the patrol car at the crowd that gathered to see what the commotion was all about.ON IHCKERSON REMEMBERS'Those Barrels Looked Like Syrup Buckets'ise barrels of that nickle-ijoin me.” Hickerson stated, dewing', looked like heard some loud shouting nip buckets pointed atjdownstairs and figured it w as the way City Mana-jsomeone telling a joke. Hickerson explained; thought nothing of it, he said, that nut him os he; “After I drank my coffee, ito toe mam lobby ot|ancf Cecil didn't' Bank last Fri-cnt dccome up tothe st, t nor into the bank. As I r, I walked liekle-plateu tasked ban-swearing at get back by rest cf theirs at Silsbee State! people. I had my hands in my ip of cot fee. I’d come) pockets, and 1 slowly pulled te bank to cash m.'j,hem out and put them over my and Cecil Cobble j head,” Hickerson remembers.•Both the guy with the der-gcr and the other one in the tit were very nervous,” kerson observed. “They kep'jiy iiii ning. Hickerson was) arKj roUnded the.. ie o! more than two duz.-njniain ]ol,1)V ()f t;,e who wme held at gun-!|OUndert tjn, conu, urn mi about 15 minutes onlr!.;^( jnlo ,J when two gun-\\I'iidmg rin..rr an ; ., n illa.- men walked into the le*— |dito. He started 1 bank and demanded money.! , ai!Cj (o rj nu, to Hii'keison reported that heithe vault with theMir,•sident):e Kept ►Weekeh iythiistepsudde, funny bee just as soon kill anyway. He also -ntclhiny happen-i lumeh with him ) go, iliekersonin the vault had nul a lady (Bar-m) in there and.'a rd ,;d.,»111• 11 at :800;uve Toy' for TotsPolice Sfa*ionople, wondering wh.d had been shot, n said. Then they e u;. m;o tlie vault and the ciwor. 1 could see .1 tne quor, I hey had just the ou.er barred door, there were policemen mg outside the bank end i was very concern-people didn’t get in the. gel hurt.next thing I know, LtSavings Firm Officer Forgets Alarm, Finds Police At DoorAfter the hank robbery at Silsbee State last Friday, the Silsbee Police Department has been a little bit on edge, and rightfully so. Wednesday morning, the local law enforcement department received signals from alarms at four different businesses in Silsbee.Officer O’Neal Itucsing. who responded to all four alarms, with shotgun in band, quickly reported that the alarms at first Savings Association, Savon Drug, Buck Jones 1, urn her Co. and Hardin C ounty Savings all went off within a three - hour period.David Stanley, executive vice president of First Savings was met Wednesday morning by Officer Ifuesing, and a IT-gunge shotgun as he walked out the door of his office. Stanley, who forgot to turn oil the alarm, quickly told Officer Buesiug that he was the executive vice president ot the company and that nothing n.is wrung. Ifuesing lowered the shotgun, climbed back in his ear, only to be called to three more alarms during the working hours.:es and into the obby back by the vault At this time, one of the bank employees touched a silent that put in a call to the police station that the bank was icing robbed, and officers Billy avcnport, James Ohrich and L T. Cole, Police Chief A1 Bur-eson, and Lt. Jim Doanc an-wered the call and surrounded he bank Meanwhile, inside the bank lie robbers had gathered ali he bank employees and customers and anyone else who walked in, back by the vault. One of the masked men kept ruup by the vault while the other took Jack and Mrs. B a r b a r a Thompson into the vault foi the money.Whiic the three were in t h « vault, a shot rang out, and many in the bank thought th u either Evans or Mrs. Thompson had been shot. The slug had struck the floor, ricoehetted old the floor, striking one of the vault drawers and landed in one of the currency sacks. Up-investigation, it was later found that the gun had disc'd accidentally when the robber had attempted to pick up the heavy money sack with the hand in which he was holding the gun.As the two started out tin bank's west door, they were met by officers Davenport and Ohlrieh and Lt. Duane, who were armed with rifles and a ed-off shotgun. They wen told by the police officers tlt; drop their guns and the money and were quickly placed undeiAt this time, Capt. Pringle (and Lt. Wade of the Texas Highway Patrol, who had been . passing through town, had stop-jped to cash a eheck at the bank.theCHECKING THE BULLET HOLE in the vault isDavid Cobble, vice president of Silsbee State, Sgt. Dennis Allen and Officer James Ohlrieh of the Silsbee police Department. At first, officials felt the shot was fired to scare Jack Evans and Mrs. Barbara Thompson, who were in the vault getting the money for tho robbers, but later it was determined that the shot went off accidentally when the holdup man picked up the heavy money sack with the hand which held the gun.Mrs. David Wright Recalls Bandit's OrderDavid Wright.ring theofSheThey eatiKalong right aslocal officers were disarmthe bankrobbers and as. isin the an■e.t. along withHardin Columy Sheriff’s OftLt. Do;itte then enteredbank and i•eleased the grouppeople frotn the vault. Manythe prisotiers were vimshaken by-the episode, and «lady, whowas a heart pat itwas takento the hospitalambulant edue to the exc:ment. butwas later sent hoiThe third man, Wav IDuckett vvas apprehended1 mmbertonby T, xas HamHaskell Tayloi. Quick thinkib.v oflker 1Davenport halt;l hevd a ear parked m town parking lot. A ident i I led as DuckettSeveral Businesses To Be Closed On Friday, Dec. 24A number ot businesses will be rinsed Friday, Dor. 21, ami many others will close early that day, according to Farley M. Bowers, executive vice president o! the silsbee Chamber of Commerce.Financial establishments will he dosed all day Friday and open for business Monday, Dec. .. Oilier businesses will cl ise early Friday afternoon and open again at their regular times oil Monday, Dec. 27.Ten District Games Onis standing at the heck counter when she hoard taiicone say, “This is a hold-ip,” and she turned around to liscovcr that it was the realWendered ;ir the v ,.ult and 1 recall that gunman said , t m, thing like.id t he ;It it did ■r bee a USMrsmg people around, ;’s seem to frighten e she !; ied to shame or his language and ed that his actionsedit■ to ihis race. »i by the h didn’t v One ofDo.h c A. »Budci the.* and Sgg Dentn d the oank am n the vault. lliek-of the Silsbee Hank did, and also to Hu yens ol Sthsbee vvbo wei time aattemptedDhbertli.Mvs should i»e tin luc station.Burleson also 1 Lions ( Inti would PUe In ibdi the drive by Dec, 20, ali toys slimed le in by U due “Let’s make -nmc d happv for C hristmas.** rlcsen said. “I hope every -e will do their pari.”SISD To Open Bids On Field House Rcpt»irIt'es Are Todoy For Wrs. Hezel lolkrhat was to follow instj ui lions. David most of the abuse
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