THE BANKS HERALD Banks, Oregon, Thursday July 17, 1913 BURGLARS VISIT BANKS GIVEN HOT RECEPTION Nothing like it ever took place in Banks before, and it is to be hoped never will again. Two young men, strangers in community, came into town last Friday, loitered abut during the day, and in evening proceeded to steal good from the Kinton & Schulmerich store. Mr. Kinton noticed the fellows and suspicioned them, so after closing, seeing the men still on the street, he watched to see what they were up to. It wasn't long before they were seen fooling around one of the side windows, and then one effected and entrance and crawled in. Help was called from the hotel and armed with guns Messrs, Kinton, Wilson, Walker, Engen, and Foltzenlogel hurried over to the building. Some going one way and some another, they encircled it and came upon one of the fellows by the window. He leveled a gun at Kinton, Walker and Engen and demanded them to throw up their hands. They ducked, and at that instant Wilson fired at him and he shot at Kinton, both shots coming pretty close to hitting. He then got down and crawled under the store. All this time the fellow on the inside was trying to get out, and finding his way at the window blocked he broke through the front doors and made a dash across the street, and as he ran Wilson empted his revolver at him. He stumbled over the crosswalk and fell, fired several shots from a revolver, and flew out of town. By this time more town's people had been awakened and were gathering about and all went after the man under the building, to keep him there till Sheriff Reeves who had been telephoned, and his deputy Mr. Applegate arrived. Every place of escape was watched, and whenever he peeked out he was ordered back with several guns looking at him. The Sheriff arrived at about 12:30 and finding where the follow was he and his deputy went under the store and brought him out. He had hid his revolver and when the sheriff asked him for it he denied having one, but it and his other tools were found under the store. He was taken to Hillsboro and after being lodged in jail gave his name as George McGrew. Sheriff Reeves thinks he belongs to the gang that has been robbing other stores in the county, and articles since found in his lodging house room in Portland tend to strengthen that belief. NOTES Someone urged Max, Burt Friday's dog, to go under the store, and McGrew shot at him, the bullet cutting the nape of the dog's neck. Bullets fired by the fellow who escaped penetrated the side of W.S. Atlee 's store wall and were found in the store. The prisoner is a good type of the class whose lives are spent in the under world. The fellow who entered the store disturbed nothing, and did nothing but try to get out and away. Some religious person rang the church bell thinking to call out the fire company, but there was no response. [The notes were part of the original article] I do not have any connection to the persons named in this article. Richard 'Tony' Kirk My Washingon county families PETERSON - HILL -ALFORD - KIRK and all from Buxton.