1923 Ottawa Bank Robbery Remembered by Local Woman
Ninety year old Eleanor Smith Ross recalls the 1923 First National Bank robbery in Ottawa when four armed bandits grabbed more than 175000 in cash bonds and valuables. Fifteen people were forced to vault as the thieves fled in a Buick. No one was caught.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Eleanor Smith Ross
S. Cedar
First National Bank
Second
Main
Ottawa
First National
Hickory
Ottawa Herald
Ralph S. Hanes
Hanes
Leo Furness
Ross
W.H. Jones
Jones
Second Street
Furness
Kansas City
Officer Shot During Bank Robbery Across Town
Police say shots were fired on the north side near the bank as officer Hanson confronted a cream colored car involved in a robbery. The suspect, hit, died. three bystanders were questioned and released. FBI KBI and local agencies aided the investigation. Hanson, not wearing a vest, had not fired a weapon before this incident. Ottawa’s last armed robbery was in 1923. Officials urge witnesses to contact authorities.
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Hanson
Poplar
Red Jacket
Towe
Mulberry
Manuel Baldovino
DPS
Barton County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Franklin County Sheriff's
Kansas Highway Patrol
Ottawa
Second and Main
Ottawa Herald
Sheriff's Office
Kansan ends Britons grip on pancake race title
Carla Patterson, 30, Liberal Kansas, and mother of two, won the Shrove Tuesday pancake race in 67.55 seconds on a 415 yard course, narrowly beating English rival Alison Steel who finished in 68 seconds amid strong headwinds. The result ties the series at 20-20 with spectators, officials, and dignitaries present.
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Liberal. Kan
America
Carla Patterson
Rosa Perea
Olney
England
Alison Steel
Steel
Joan Finney
Bill Graves
John Carlin
Chicago
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Jeff Herrman
Dewinien
Steve Zuk
Richard Towe
Bruce Hanson
Santa Fe
Peoples National Bank
Liberal
S. Main
Dave
Emmett
Brown's Welding
Mike Blane
N. Main
Resusta A
Business Wealth Life Family Life Insurance Co
Madison, Wis
Jerry Harper Law Offices
Mass
Lawrence
J.D
Ll.m
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