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Morris Contractor Surrenders After Seneca Bank Robbery
Maynard Davis a 50 year old Morris painting contractor and school board member surrendered to Sheriff John E G Olson of Grundy county and confessed to the Tuesday holdup of Community State Bank at Seneca. He was turned over to FBI agents and slated for arraignment before Commissioner C S Bentley Pike in Chicago. Davis carried 757 dollars on arrest and admitted robbing the bank due to financial troubles. The cashier William Steep and executive vice president Elmer Maier reported the bandit fled after taking 964 dollars from a cage with 22 000 remaining in another drawer. Davis said his 1951 car left him in a ditch and he used some funds to pay bills. He will be represented by Atty. Davis Root of Morris.
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Morris
John E. G. Olson
Grundy County
Community State Bank
Seneca
Maynard Davis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Olson
C. S. Bentley Pike
U. S. District Court
Chicago
Davis
Cac
Osacume
State
Atty
Grundy County Court House
Sherif
John Black
Benk
Black
William Steep
Elmer Maier
Steep
Maier
Davis Root