Boone County Recorder . banditsFriday held up and robbed the bankat Tyro, Kan., this county, securing$2,fi0(), after which they lied towardsthe Oklahoma lino, Ex-Frlsco Mayor Released, Charge ofExtortion Being Dismissed. San FranclscdV—=_ Eugene was released from jailTuesday night, after presenting bondsin the sum of $150,000. The charges cT~ extortion* agalnsThim on which he had not been triedwere dismissed. In the superior court Tuesday after-noon Judge Frank H. Dunne made anorder dismissing Schmitz from cus-tody on the indictment on which hewas convicted in pursuance of the de-cis
Boone County Recorder . banditsFriday held up and robbed the bankat Tyro, Kan., this county, securing$2,fi0(), after which they lied towardsthe Oklahoma lino, Ex-Frlsco Mayor Released, Charge ofExtortion Being Dismissed. San FranclscdV—=_ Eugene was released from jailTuesday night, after presenting bondsin the sum of $150,000. The charges cT~ extortion* agalnsThim on which he had not been triedwere dismissed. In the superior court Tuesday after-noon Judge Frank H. Dunne made anorder dismissing Schmitz from cus-tody on the indictment on which hewas convicted in pursuance of the de-cision of the supreme oourL Forest Burns in ; N. C. — Passengersarriving on an Atlantic Coast linetrain from Fayetteville report afierce forest fire in the vicinity ofTomahawk, 50 miles west Four men of the community, onewhite and three negroes, who hadturned out to fight, the flames, werecut off, and one of them is dead. Thefire was fanned by a strong wind andswept everything before LUNATIC TRIES TO ROB BANK. Money and Threatenscial with Death. Offv Omaha, Neb.—A bold attempt wasmade Tuesday to rob the Merchantsbank at Thirteenth and Farnamstreets by a man who, although atfirst thought to be a desperate crim-inal, is now believed by the police tobe a lunatic. The man gave his name as L. , formerly of Rockford, Hewalked into the bank soon after itopened and menacing Vice-PresidentLuther Drake with a bottle which hesaid contained nitro-glycerin, demand-ed $5,000 cash. Mr. Drake, thoughbelieving for the moment that his lifeand those of his fellow officials andemployes of the bank might be in im-minent danger, conferred calmly withthe would-be robber until other offi-cials called the police and the manwas taken into custody. Tests by thepolice seem to showLthat the contentsof the bottle were harmless. Judge Gordon Rules Against InsuranceCompanies in Raid Cases. Hopkinsville, Ky.—Circuit Judge Gor-don handed down a far-reaching d
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