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jMIlt;VOL. XIV. NO. 19.Flora, Indiana, Friday, September 30,1898.Lenon s BankRobbedgate. Just at this time the posseployed by the Nat’onal Safe and :from Flora came into town andlLock Company examined the!Bold Burglars Blow Open The Vault TuesdayMorning and Escape with About $12,000.were told of the fellow s actions, wrecked vault Wednesday andA hand car was secured and the pronounced it the most completeposse started in pursuit. Thefugative. seeing that he was bejob he ever saw. and evidentlydone by experts.oodsbut it was not lone ;ntil he wasBANKER LENON WAS SHOT surrounded He was uiken tothe railroad track and searched,Mr. Lenon has offered for- mthe arrest and conviction of the!of robber-, and ten per cent of allmoney recovered. *he all the while protesting hi? I Up to the 1'■XT' Cwe iro to press, jWith His Own Shot G-un Which Was Taken n nlt;x-ense of any connection with ‘ Thursday afternoon.nere noFrom The Bank.the bank robbery and claiming new developments ine ease.Blood Hounds on the Trail of the Fugatives.A Suspect Jailedthat he onlv had12.However,fpu | ^ ^ * M1 he baruc \vuoneneu lor!)•I •e the search was completed 1 business as soon41I I ra nobesides two gold watch- I depositors will not lose auythinsr.es \\e found.be-The posse lieving they had one of the rightBold, bad robbers visited Flora i a mile north of town tne bur-Tuesday moining, and as a result; glars boarded a hand car. whichWilliam H. Lenon, owner of the I they halt;l taken from the toolmen, returned him to Burrows,secured a rope, fastened one endabout his neck, threw the otherDr. T. O. Gasawav. of LoiransjKirj, visited his parents westtown last week.oover a limb, and stretched ;t unFarmers’ Bank, suffers from agun-shot wound, fired from hisown gun in the hands of one ofhouse and left north of town astil he was black in theface,butthey entered, and escaped,he would not confess that he wasthe desperate robbers, and while Mr. Lenon was standing in hisA ]osse was made up, compos-.guilty. He was then turned overed of determined men. many ofown yard, just across the streetfrom his bank; his bank buildingis a mass of tangled ruins andwhom had money on deposit inthe looted bank, and started inpursuit of the fleeing robbers.to Sheriff Bridge and taken tojail He is a short, heavy set.sandy complected man. and worea slouch hat. He had on a pairTne Sedalia blood nounds wereabout 112.000 is missing fromthe vault.About 2:40 o’clock Tuesdaysend for and when they asrrivedtney were given the scent from aof gloves with blood stains onthem, but he accounted for theblood by saying his nose hadmorning Mr. Lenon was awakened by the sound of a muffled explosion. His suspicions were aroused and he hurriedly arosea track left in some fresh limejust opposite the bank. Thedogsbeen bleeding. On his arm wastatooed the word “Bingman.”followed the track north on theand went down stairs and intorailroad to where the robbers hadHe was recognized as being oneof a gang that was here duringFrank Daggy went to Lebanonlast week where he w 11 work for a couple of months.Mr. Shoer Taylor and Miss EffieSines, of Galveston, are the!* guests of Miss Ida Sines, west of town.Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Moke, of Monticello. were attending the fair and visiting friends here afew days.• tA bright little son arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs. Henry Shafer, north-east of town last Thursday. Sept. 23.Now is the time to prepare for business. Write to the Union Business College, of LaFavette. Ind.. and see what they are offering.boarded the hand car. Theywere taken to Camden and givenfair week, and who was then regarded with suspicion.Frank Galbreth came down last Thursday to attend the fair. He said he hardly knew the town, it had made so many improvements ! since he left here.the yard, where he saw what the trouble was. His Dank hadbeen entered by burglars, whohad blown open the vault; a manstood in the street guarding theresidence, and when Mr. Lenona fresh start at the Vandalia toolhouse, where the robbers hadabandoned the hand car. Thedogs followed the track to theedge of a large forest near ClyThe watches taken from himwere brought here for identification. but the numbers on them donot correspond with the numberson record at Shirar’s jewelryappeared he was met with thecommand. “Get back there, youand two shotsfrom a shot gun,belonging to Mr.Lenon, which nad been takenfrom the bank. Lenon repliedwitk a 22-calibre revolver, andseveral shots were exchanged.One charge from the shot gunmers. and there they lost thetrail. Telegrams had been sentto the authorities in all the adjoining cities to be on the lookout for suspicious characters.store, where the watches stolenLeKo.y Knettle. son of Nelson Knettle. of Pomoray, Washington. was visiting his grandfather and other relatives in this neigh-■3borhood last week.from ths bank were bought. Thefellow was released Wednesday.the evidence against him beinginsufficient to warrant the filingOfficer Tom Burns, of Frankfort,and Detective Welty. of Kokomo.of an affidavit.John F. Wickard. of Carrollton township, was kicked by a horse one day last week and injured so badly that he was confined to his bed for several days.arrived and took a hand in thesearch.lodged in the banker’s body taking effect in his left breast, faceand arm. Mr. Lenon retired toMeanwhile the town of FloraDetective Silas Morgan, of Logansport, came down Wednesday. He says he is confident heknows who the robbers are andwas all excitement. People fromcan have them all under arrest inall directions flocked into town tosee the wrecked bank and heara few days. He has been hot onthe trail and has several valuablethe house and going to a sidedoor up stairs, aroused CharlesE. Nobes, who lives next door.and medical attention was hastilythe latest news. Various reportsclews.Mr. Lenon was much improvedwere in circulation all day to the« * * *i_ lv , , , Thursday morning and was abieeffect that the robbers had been Jsummonsed. Mr. Lenon had afew days before removed theloads of buck shot from the gunand placed in shells loaded w’ithbird shot, otherwise it is probable that he would have beencaught and most of the stolenmoney recovered, but none ofthe reports could be believedthey were too conflicting. Mr.to ride out. His injuries are notnow regarded as dangerous. Hewsays the following amounts werein the bank at the close of busi-Lenon was removed to his fatb-ness hours Monday night: Gold,ers home in the forenoon.murdered outright. As it washe was terribly riddled with thesmall shot, the lightness of whichWhen the searching party returned Tuesday night the reportthat a Fuspect had been arrested15,600; currency, 17,000; silver,$1,000; Mrs. Jenny Myer's pocket book containing $J5; MissMaud Wingara’s pocket booknear Burrows, was confirmed.prevented them from reaching a jj^s capture was made after anvital spot.exciting chase. Tuesday morn-containing $J5; an envelope belonging to Wm. Hare, containingIt was only a few minutes untiling the fellow appeared at the any people were on the j restaurant at Burrows and order-scene. L. S. Myer and his sons ed breakfast. While he was eat-Dora and Roy had been awaken- jng the telegraph operator ated by the explosions and arrived$265 and another pocket bookcontaining $100. After businesshours about $200 was brought inby business men and placed in adrawer. There were also threethat place appeared and announo-just in time to see the robbers I ecj the bank robbery at Flora.making theii escape down the The stranger glanced around in railroad tracks in the directiona startled manner which was not-of Camden. Dora Myer followed heed by all present, and immewith a revolver, but afraid to diately arose, paid for his mealshoot for fear he migth shoot one from a iarge ron 0f bills, left theof the citizens of the town who piaCe and started up the railroadmight be following. About half | track toward Clymers, at a rapidnotes, aggregating $120. All isThere is an indication in the wheat market that the price will go higher and those who have been holding their wheat feel happy over their prospects.W m. Hair moved his family to the county farm Tuesday and took possession. His sale will be held next Saturday, after which Louis Myer will occupy the farm.L. F. Flora, of Peoria. Ills.,_ Ia son of A. J. Flo h,, east of town, arrived Thursday foi a visit with his parents and other friends. It has been eight years since Frank has been here, and he finds many changes, both in town and the surrounding country.Horses are selling at a much better price than at any time in the past eighteen months, and it is considered an unfavoiable time for selling. A good, sound animal will bring from $100 to $150. A shipper recently said that of a car load shipped to Chicago the ! least one in the entire lot sold for $100.Frank Flora and family, of Peoria. Ills., are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Flora, easf of town. Frank was familiarly known as “Shorty’’ some nine years ago and was well known to everyone here. Time has evidently dealt gently with him for he looks quite natural and is easily recognized by his old time friends.gone with the exception of $:1J7in silver which was scatteredover the room and was overlooked by the robbers. PostmasterBell also had about $500 worthof stamps in the vault, but they were also overlooked and were not damaged.E. M. Jones, an expert em-Delphi Times: Mrs. Levi Noble near Burrows, was driving overthe Rock Creek railroad crossing last Saturday morning when her horse became unmanageable because of a passing train and dashed in front of it. Mrs. Noble miraculously escaped, but the buggy was a total wreck. Mrs. Noble has a broken nose and is severely scratched about the head and body.
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Flora Fountain City Enterprise
Flora, Indiana, US
Fri, Sep 30, 1898
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