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OFFICER SLEW FOUR MEN. J i Army Captain Robbed Bank and I>id Wholesale Murder. Camp Funston, Kansas. Jan. 13.? Details of the manner in which Capt. | Lewis J. Whisler robbed the bank at > the army cantonment here and killed with a hand axe four of five men "who were in the building were told to army officers today by Kearney Wornall, who himself seriously "wounded, was the only survivor of the captain's fury. For forty-eight hours Wornall, "who was cashier of the bank, had k- "hovered between life and death. But W today his progress was so satisfactory to the army physicians that they i permitted him to tell the full story * of the tragedy which ended in the death of Capt. Whisler, self-inflicted at the moment of detections yesterday. No Money Found. ' In the meantime a. systematic search of the cantonment has failed to reveal any money which was stolen from the bank by Capt. Whisler. It transpired today that a note Capt. Whisler wrote after he had decided to kill himself, was addressed " to a young woman at Ottawa, Kansas, but army officers are making every effort to keep secret both her name and possible relation to Whis. ler. Wornall's story differed slightly from that which had previously been pieced together as army officers had Questioned him during his infrequent intervals of consciousness. Today Wornall told how he was in the bank with C. Fuller Winters, vice president of the National Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Mo.; John W. JewL ell, editor of the Camp Funston paI per; Carl Ohlson, of Kansas City, and O. M. Hill, a clerk in the bank, y "when Capt. Whisler came to the bank. i Whisler Enters Bank. |k It was about 7:30 o'clock Friday evening. The door was unlocked and .Whisler gained entrance to the building. Walking around the counter, he drew a heavy automatic pistol and told the men he was "short in his account," and he believed that this was the "best bet" to remedy k it. ; Wornall says that the officer's re/ marks were treated as a joke until ^ * he took an axe from under his over|f coat and struck Mr. Winters with its I flat side. All of the men were then ^ forced to lie face down on the floor A while Whisler selected money, most^Jy bills of large denomination, and X-threw them into a sack. Wornall * \ says he then was forced to bind the other men. His own hands were tied by the officer and all of them were J: gagged. J Remembers No Further. [ Here, says the staff officer who reported Womall's statement, the cashier's mind is blank and he recalls I nothing that happened until he be1 Ao-mA /wvnaMmis in an ambulance on J vcwjy vvumwavow the way to the hospital. Y Wornall had been found by a senrnm try wandering aimlessly outside the hank about an hour after the crime was committed. He could not answer questions, but mumbled untelligibly according to the sentry: "Don't strike him again. Are you , a fiend?" and finally murmured, "Bank robbed." Then the alarm was given. That Wornall knew perfectly well what he was doing list night when | he positively identified the body of k Capt. Whisler as that of the robber < was attested today by a staff officer K who was present at the identification. R B6fore the body of the army officer r <| was wheeled into Wornall's presence the wounded cashier was made to ft' read from a magazine to show that he could see and understand, ft Recognizes Body. 7 Then Whisler's body, dressed in his olive drab campaign uniform and upright in a chair, was wheeled into i the ward and placed before Wornall. | "That's the man. That's the capI tain," exclaimed Wornall, according to the staff officer's story. Wornall then made a sworn statement that -aroc the man who had rob VY UIOICI v~w [ bed the bank and committed the murders. ^^P After the crime, it now has been established, Whisler went to the quartermaster's office, where he removed the blood stains from his Wf hands and garments. He then proceeded to a class in French. B When an order came from headW quarters that all company commanr ders report yesterday the captain L seemed to know that detection was at fc hand. It was then that he shot him1 self to death. B^. Wornall in describing the tragedy said Whisler after looting the safe had reached the door when Winters said to Wornall: "You recognize him, * ' * one \roro r? flint' B aon i y U U . ivuiuan uuoi' \<>vu vuv? lie did. HB The murderer turned to Winters r and said: "You know me, do you?" L "I sure do, you black scoundrel," B was Winters's reply. Wornall says at this point the man r TO ENSLAVE ITALIANS. Germans Elan to Make Men and Women Work in the Fields. Ottawa, Jan. 11 .?AH food supplies in private homes to be given up. and men, women and children to work in the fields fcr sixteen hours a day, for the benefit of the invaders are set forth in regulations imposed by the Austro-Germans upon the people of the conquered portions of Italy, according to the text of a Teutonic proclamation now in the hands of Reuter's Limited, and made public here today. T^- "1 nnmnlv with thp TPSTll r&iluic iu v/uujpi.i ?ivu v-v .eolations, the proclamation states, will call for severe punishment, including the imprisonment of men and women and the beating of children. The proclamation reads in part: "A house to house search will be made for all concealed arms, weapons and ammunition. All victuals remaining in a house must be delivered up. Every citizen must obey our labor regulations; all workmen and children over fifteen years old must work in the fields every day, Sunday included, from 4 o'clock in the morning until 8 o'clock in the evening. "Disobedience will be punished in the following manner: Lazy workmen will be accompined in the work and watched by Germans. After the harvest they will be imprisoned for six months and every third day will be given nothing but bread and water. Lazy women will be obliged to work and after the harvest will receive six months' imprisonment. Lazy children will be punished by beating. * The commandant reserves the right to punish lazy workmen witn twenty lashes daily." COOLER BEHIND THE BARS. Jasper Man Condemned to Death Captured by Former Sheriff. Ridgeland, Jan. 9.?Aleas Cooler, who made a sensational escape frdm the Jasper county jail in June, 1917, i was captured last night near Hardeeville, S. C., by ex-Sheriff H. H. Por-j ter, Constable M. J. Floyd and Lu-1 ther Boyles, of this place. Cooler i was convicted of the murder of W. I ? D. Thomas; an Okeetee Club woods rider, at the February term of court in 1917, after a three-cornered legal battle, which lasted in the Court of General Sessions for a week. Will Davis, who is now in the county jail, was also convicted at the same time of the murder of Mr. Thomas, both Davis and Cooler having beien tried together. They are under death sentence. At the trial both defend ants claimed that the other defendant killed Thomas. ' It Is understood that Cooler was captured about 12 o'clock last night at the home of Constable Bennett, who is a constable in Beaufort county. Cooler was also a constable to Magistrate Heyward in Beaufort county at the time of his conviction. When arrested last night Cooler, it is said, was in bed, and was captured without a struggle, as he was not armed at the time. He was immediately brought to Ridgeland by exSheriff Porter, and this morning carried to Columbia to be placed in the penitentiary for safe keeping. When asked this morning where he had been, he stated that he had been at home; that he gathered his corn, pulled his fodder and had been working on his farm as he had always done before being convicted. Cooler's and Davis's cases are now on appeal to the Supreme Court of South Carolina. Provide Equipment for Fighting Men. " ?" i~ monv If inHc arp XVciW laid ui Uiuuj nm\4k/ v.? needed for the equipment o:i United States troops. Jute, silk, fur, and linen, all find their way into the uniform of an infantryman, in addition to the wool and cotton which are used in greater quantities. A half ounce of silk is used in the standard yellow gloves and a slightly larger quantity in the riding gloves. Silk is also found in the service hat and undershirt. Linen enters the equipment list in only one article, the shelter tent. Jute is used in breeches, coat, and overcoat; fur in the service hat. Mussel pearl, ivory nut, and bone form the buttons on different articles of the uniform. Aluminum is used in the bayonet scabbard, canteen, cup, knife, and meat can. in tne slicker are nine and a half ounces of rubber. Horsehide and leather, wood, iron, steel, bronze, brass, zinc, copper, tin, and lead are used in various articles. The military-service flag of the Lighthouse Service, department of commerce, contains 1,206 stars, one for each employee of the Lighthouse Service now serving in the military forces of the United States. hesitated and then suddenly leaped at them, swinging his hand axe He struck the helpless men down one by one. Wornall was the lasl struck. Don't Experiment ikdi g. With Your Car Many autoists have taken their cars to unreliable repair shops only to find the work unsatis- r IT ^7 {0^, factory. To those, especially, X 1 of we wish to serve. We are experts and will positively repair J your car as it should be. Fur- "ll y^v/ M therinore, our charges will be \ J fll no more than you have been paying for inferior work. 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