1926-11-19-sr-p2-swift-justice-for-bank-robbery

November 19, 1926 Spokesman-Review Page 2:

Swift Justice for Bank Thugs.

DAVENPORT, Wash, Nov, 16.—Justice overtook two of the robbers who held up the Reardan Farmers’ State bank yesterday, 24 hours after the crime. Pleading guilty, James Kelly and Robert Williams this afternoon were sentenced by Superior Judge Joseph Sessions to 10 to 26 years In the state penitentiary,

Meantime “Blacky,” third of the, bandit trio, is leading Deputy Sheriff Ray Kurtz and a posse of 12 on a wild chase north of Reardan. A telephone report from Kurtz to Prosecutor J. H. Johnston here tonight said the posse had located the spot where Blacky slept Monday night, and it is believed the fugitive is heading northwest in timber along the Spokane river, north of Davenport.

Ranchers in the river district have been warned. The convicted bandits declared Blacky was lightly clad, and officers think hunger and cold will force him to surrender before morning. They have patrolled all highways and side roads all day, and say Blacky could not have reached Spokane,