Are there any Payne researchers out there who would claim this bank robber? He likely belongs to my line, but I'm missing a few details to connect him positively. Would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows this bank robber's parents. Thank you. Sherry Sandi Gorin wrote: >Washington Post, 17 July 1937. > >"Ky. Bank Robber Seized by G-Men On Indiana Farm. > >"Reuben PAYNE, 29, gunman who robbed a bank at Summer Shade, Ky., June 29 >and escaped after a gun battle with local police, was captured by Federal >agents yesterday on a farm belonging to his step-father 5 miles from >Delpha, Ind., it was announced by the federal bureau of Investigation. He >was en-route to Louisville, Ky., last night for arraignment before a United >States commissioner. > >"Payne entered the Summer Shade bank alone, armed with two .38-caliber >revolvers, and took cash totaling $500. On leaving the bank he ran into >police officers, emptied both revolvers at them and escaped into the woods. >Payne's two companions, Elmore Huntley and Fred Perkins, were waiting in a >car, but were captured. > >"Search for Payne was taken up by Federal agents and led to his discovery >at the farm. Agents from the Indianapolis office of the F.B.I. raided the >residence late yesterday afternoon and took Payne without a shot. Payne was >unarmed. > >"Payne served two terms in the Kentucky State Reformatory. > >"Perkins and Hunley are being held at the Louisville jail in $25,000 bond, >harged with bank robbery and conspiracy to rob the Summer Shade bank." > >No information was given as to where Payne resided. > > > > > >Sandi's Puzzlers: >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html >SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html >GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ > > > >==== SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY Mailing List ==== > > > > > >