The Bloomfield Times

A Town Held by Robbers.

Early on the afternoon of the 30th ult., five mounted men rode into the town of Columbia, Adair county, Ky., and having dismounted at the Deposit Bank, two of them with pistols in their hands held the horses while the other three with drawn revolvers entered the bank. One of the intruders demanded the keys of the safe. Another attempted to shoot James Garnett, a bank employee, but he struck up the robber's weapon, although his hand was burned by the explosion. All the bank officers escaped from the building except the cashier, who, although under fearful threats, refused to unlock the safe. He was shot dead, and the marauding party pillaged all the valuables outside the safe, which they were not able to unlock.

While this was proceeding the party outside fired their pistols in all directions, driving everybody off the street. The town seemed panic stricken, until the robbers mounted their horses and dashed off. The citizens organized and started in pursuit, and at the last accounts were gaining rapidly on the fugitives. The amount stolen was not large. If captured, the robbers will probably be lynched.