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Domestic News
October 31, 1903
The Scranton Chronicle
Pascagoula, Scranton, Jackson County, Mississippi
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Three bandits dynamited and robbed the Burrton State Bank in Kansas of about $2,000 between midnight and 1 a.m. on Oct. 24. The alarm system failed; a posse pursued the suspects after they fired shots near Patterson.
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DYNAMITED AND ROBBED.
The Burrton (Kas.) State Bank Dynamited and Robbed of Two Thousand Dollars.
Wichita, Kas., Oct. 24.-A telephone message from Burrton, at 3:30 Friday morning, said that three bandits had dynamited and robbed the Burrton State bank, between midnight and one o'clock. The amount taken was about $2,000. The bank officials are reticent, and will not give facts. There is no watchman, and the alarm system was found to be out of order, and an investigation resulted in the discovery of the robbery. Telephone messages were sent to surrounding towns and from Patterson, five miles away, it was telephoned that three men had approached the town, and when challenged had fired a volley and rode off. Nobody was injured. A posse, 40 strong, at once started for Patterson. The sheriff and parties interested are out, and authentic information can not be obtained at this hour.
The Burrton (Kas.) State Bank Dynamited and Robbed of Two Thousand Dollars.
Wichita, Kas., Oct. 24.-A telephone message from Burrton, at 3:30 Friday morning, said that three bandits had dynamited and robbed the Burrton State bank, between midnight and one o'clock. The amount taken was about $2,000. The bank officials are reticent, and will not give facts. There is no watchman, and the alarm system was found to be out of order, and an investigation resulted in the discovery of the robbery. Telephone messages were sent to surrounding towns and from Patterson, five miles away, it was telephoned that three men had approached the town, and when challenged had fired a volley and rode off. Nobody was injured. A posse, 40 strong, at once started for Patterson. The sheriff and parties interested are out, and authentic information can not be obtained at this hour.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Burrton Bank Robbery
Dynamite
Bandits
Kansas
Where did it happen?
Burrton, Kas.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Burrton, Kas.
Event Date
Oct. 24
Outcome
about $2,000 taken; nobody injured; posse of 40 started pursuit.
Event Details
Three bandits dynamited the Burrton State Bank between midnight and one o'clock, robbing it after the alarm system failed. Discovery led to alerts; suspects fired shots when challenged near Patterson and fled.