In Addition to the 100 police who answered the holdup alarm, thousands of spectators were attracted to the scene at the Southwest Bank. The curious came to view the battleground long after the shooting was over.
Police crouched behind parked autobmobiles in front of the Southwest Bank to exchange shots with holdup men inside. More than 40 shots were fired before two of the bandits were wounded and capture.
Scene of the wild gun battle, where police shot it out with a gang of Chicago bandits trapped as they held up the Southwest Bank. Thousands of persons were attracted to the area.
Bank employees and customers poured out into the open air, weeping from the effects of tear gas bombs hurled into the building by police, as soon as the shooting was over.
Bank officials, after the battle, counted the money which the bandits had scooped into the bag before they were caught in the police trap. Police said more than $141,000 was in the bag.
The alarm which brought police to the Southwest Bank at Kingshighway and Southwest Avenue and foiled a $141,000 holdup was set off when Dillon Ross, president of the bank, notified the telephone operator to telephone police. Arthur G. Zinselmeyer,cashier, saw one of the bandits shoot himself when capture was imminent. Paul D. Geisler (pictured above) a salesman of 8501 Pilot ave., a customer
