the employees and customers into the safe and took $6,000 in cash and $4,000 in bonds from the vault. When the bank treasurer, Frank Steelman, failed to open the safe, he was hit with the butt of a pistol and suffered a severe scalp injury. The assistant cashier, Mrs. Schultz, opened the safe and then fainted. The bandits escaped in a grey Hudson sedan in the direction of Evansville, being last seen near Wadesville. A farmer near Griffin, Indiana reported that the men held him up and was commanded to tell them where they could obtain a boat to cross the Wabash River. By March 11, reports had the gang spotted at King, Indiana in Gibson County. Peace officers throughout the midwest were wired descriptions of the men and advised to take no chances. Guards were placed along every road in southern Indiana with orders to 'shoot to kill'. Fort Wayne police were also investigating the gang's involvement in the robbery of an A & P store on March 21, 1925. Stopped by police in Kokomo, Indiana, March 22, 1925 On March 22, 1925, Earl Northern, along with Everett Bridgewater, was arrested by Kokomo, Indiana police on suspicion of possessing a stolen car. The certificate of title was in the name of Lester Isaacs of Indianapolis. However, the possession of the Ford roadster they were driving was found to be legitimate and they were released. This car was later identified as one that was used in the getaway from the South Kokomo bank robbery. Pierpont later visited local attorney C.T. Brown, along with Dewey Elliott and Pearl Mullendore after midnight on March 22, 1925 to explain that two of his friends had been detained at the police station and needed representation. Pierpont, using the alias Mason, refused to give the names of his friends who were detained, but gave him a gold certificate worth $100.00. In the morning, the attorney learned that the suspects had been picked up for auto theft but had later been released. South Side State Bank, Kokomo, Indiana, March 27, 1925 At 1:30 in the afternoon of March 27, 1925, five armed bandits entered the South Side Bank at Kokomo, Indiana in a bold daylight holdup. The bandits made off with $4828.40 in cash and $4300.00 in Liberty bonds. Escaping in a blue Moon touring car, the bandits were witnessed by local resident, J.E. Fernung, switching