GUN PLAY

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 81, 3 February 1928, Page 6

GUN PLAY

CASHIER OBEYS RULES TWO BANDITS SHOT. ("Sun" Specihl.) PORTLAND (Oregon), Jan. 20. Arthur, Deromest was yesterday I>romotod from assistant to head cashier at the Scott Lank. He celebrated the event in the evening by reading the. rules, for the -hew job, and discussing them with liia wife. The printed instructions /advised cashiers to have efficient weapons /hahdy in case of hold-ups, so Demorest maa-ched to the bank this morning with a loaded hunting rifle oviqr his atrm. His third customer after the opening hour was la bandit, who ordered everyone into the vault while he procejedecl to sweep £SOOO into a gunny-s-ack. Demorest shot h'i'm through the heart, and his second bullet killed, the. robber's companion, .['he remainder of the gang outside tliej 'ba'nk fled in.a motov car,'while the 'flashier emptied Ins magazine in their wake.. ..,,.,,, „,,,,,,,, ; , . "