The front page of the Scranton Tribune, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 15 March 1901, featured a story on the Halifax Bank Robbery that took place the day before in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
The headline reads:
BANK CASHIER MURDERED
Charles W. Ryan of the Halifax National Bank, the Victim of Desperate Robbers
DESPERADOES CAUGHT
With Drawn Revolvers Henry Rowe and Weston Keiper Held Up the Attaches of the Bank and Collect All the Cash
Mr. Ryan Attempts to Push Aside the Guns and in the Struggle Is Shot in the Groin Receiving Fatal Wounds
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Front page from Newspapers.com.
See also: Halifax Bank Robbery.