The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 43, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 25, 1916 Page: 1 of 4
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Thirteenth Year tue$»ay Lampasas, Texas, April 25, 1916 tuemax Namier 43
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PANAMA
MID
H-A
STRAW
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You will see here the newest
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Panamas and Bangkoks.
The finishings and trimmings are very
high grade. Step in and give them
the once over; we believe you will
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See the new “Pershing’’ Hat on display
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The Saving Habit
la the beginning of prosperity. The boy who
saves in his youth is independent in his man-
hood and rich in his old age. Saving the little
things brings capacity for larger things. The
small savings kept from waste will make you
independent, make you rich.
Save in Our Bank
Deposit your surplus, be it ever so small,
in our bank, and it will grow to a sum
of which you will be proud, and which will
enable you to invest with profit. It is our
pleasure to help our patrons in every way.
MAKE OUR BANK YOUR BANK
The Peoples National Bank
J. C. RAMSEY, President J. F. WHITE, Cashier
W. H. BROWNING, Vice-President ED HOCKER, Assistant Cashier
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CYLINDER TROUBLE
The Daily Leader three months for one dollar.
DODD BROTHERS ARRESTED IN CLARKSVILLE
CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ROBBERY
Sheriff Albert R. Mace of This County Given Credit for Clue
Fixing Suspicion—Will Be Returned to Marble Falls
The San Antonio Express of Tuesday gives the follow-
ing account of the arrest of the Dodd brothers in connec-
tion with the robbery of the Marble Falls Bank and the
murder of Bookkeeper Heinatz. The Dodd family is known
in Lampasas. The clue which finally led to their arrest is
credited to Sheriff A. R. Mace. The story follows:
Two men, giving the names of
Charles and William Brown were
arrested last night at Clarksville,
Tex., charged with robbing the
First National Bank of Marble
Falls, Tex., and the murder of
Cashier Heinatz, on October 25,
1915. The suspects are supposed
to be Herbert and Lewis Dodd,
28 and 29 yearB old respectively,
who are alleged to have com-
mitted the double crime. The
remarkable manner in which all
traces were covered by the crim-
inals, the suicide of a sister of
the acoused men, and other un-
usual features, mark this oase as
one of the moBt daring in the
history of Texas bank robberies.
Judge Clarence Martin of
Fredericksburg, formerly judge
of the District Court, conducted
the investigation which resulted
in the capture of the two sus-
pects. He is in San Antonio,
and last night he was informed
of thS successful culmination of
the search.
While six months have elapsed
sinoethe robbery, it has been
but one week since the first due
as to the identity of the robbers
became available. On April 17
Judge Martin was informed by
Sheriff Albert Mace of Lampasas
that he had reason to believe the
Dodd brothers had committed
the crime.
The investigation was imme-
diately taken up and the orime
reconstructed whioh laid a trail
twice across Texas from the Red
River to the Gulf to the Pacific
Coast, and back to Clarksville,
where the arrests were made.
The movements of the two men
have been traced in detail and
Judge Martin last night recon-
structed the orime in a remarka-
ble story. The two Dodds, Judge
Martin declared, are" known to
have boarded the Santa Fe train
near Lometa on the day of the
robbery, detraining near Lam-
pasas, and walked to the vicinity
of Marble Falls. There they kill-
ed a turkey and had a turkey
dinner. Then they ohinked up
an old boat and rowed down the
Colorado river to Marble Falls,
hiding under a bridge till 3
o’clock p. m., when they pro-
ceeded to the bank to perform
the holdup. One man entered
and threw down a gun on Hein-
atz and Tate, the other remain-
ing outside. Heinatz made for
his gun under the counter, but
the robber outside then entered
and shot him through the hand
and* shoulder, and again when he
was down through the body. A
orowd rushed into the bank at
the shots but were driven out by
one of the “hold-ups” while the
other scoured about $3,000 in
gold, silver and currenoy. They
ran out of the bank and to the
river, encountering a small boy
en route, who not knowing the
robbers, told them of the rob-
bery; they also met an old man
who asked if the fishing was
good. Taking to the boat they
rowed up stream to a point where
they had eaten the turkey, de-
vised two pair of stilts and walk-
ed through the cedar brakes,
where their trail was lost. A re-
ward of $l,60o was offered for
information leading to their cap-
ture, but until last week no tan-
gible clue as to the identity of
the men was discovered.
Pearl Dodd, a sister of the two
suspeots, oame into information
that led her to believe her two
brothers had committed the
orime. She in an unguarded
moment told her sweetheart, and
in turn it reached |the /ears of
Sheriff Mace of Lampasias, who
started an investigation. Shortly
after this information became
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known Miss Dodd took her own
life. Albert Dodd, a brother of
the two acoused men, was ar-
rested at Lometa, Texas, April
16, by Sheriff Mace and charged
with the crime. He was in pos-
session of a large sum of money
whioh he claimed to have re-
ceived from his two brothers in
Los Angeles. With this as a
due the case was built up until
every move of the two men have
been traced from the time they
entered the cedar brakes with
the stolen money until their sr-
rest at Clarksville. The gold
and silver was buried in the
oedar brakes along the Colorado
river, and the two men walked
overland to the San Antonio &
Aransas Pass Railroad at Boerne
or Waring, where they bought
tiokets and boarded the train for
San Antonio.
Passing through San Antonio
the two men went to Corpus
Christi, where they hired a boat
and rowed out into the bay,
where they disposed of the re*
volver taken from the dead body
of the oashier. Returning to Cor-
pus Christi they bought a horse
and buggy and returned to Lam-
pasas county. There they picked
up another man and went to
Uvalde county, where they hunt-
ed for a time till the affair blew
over. From there they returned
to the cedar brakes near Marble
Falls and dug up the buried
money.
Having reburied the money
near Lampasas, where another
brother was oamped, the two then
went overland to Frederick, Ok.,
where they were informed by
their brother that they were sus-
pected of the crime. They imme-
diately returned and dug up the
money where it was buried in
San Saba county and passing
through Marble Falls, went to
Los Angeles. There they bought
an automobile and started baok
aoross country, after sending
money to their brother Albert at
Lometa and to their mother, Mrs.
L. T. Dodd, at Marble Falls;
Sheriffs Albert Mace of! Lam-
pasas and Hugh Miller of San
Saba were sent to Los Angeles
to take up the trail while Judge
Martin went to Wiohita Falls to
interview the mother. There he
learned that the two Dodd broth-
ers, under the ;names of Charles
and William Brown, had camped
in the outskirts of the oity Fri-
day night and left some time in
the night, going toward the Okla-
homa state line. Telegrams were
dispatched to all the Sheriffs
along the border and topeaoe of-
ficers in all the towns. Tbs two
men were minutely dssoribed,
and as the oar bore a Los An-
geles number it was easily iden-
tified. ;The arrest followed yes-
terday afternoon at Clarksville
and Judge Martin was notified
of the capture. Sheriffs" Mace
and Miller were intercepted in
San Antonio on-their way to Los
Angeles and have gone to Clarks-
ville to bring the two prisoners
back to Marble Falls for trial.
Deputy Sheriff ^Emmett Ram-
sey had a phone "message from
Sherff Mace who ;is at Clarks-
ville, Tuesday morning, stating
that he had identified the men
under arrest as the Dodd broth-
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ers who are alleged to have rob-
bed the Marble Fails bank and
killed the cashier, fieinatz. Lo-
cal officers are said to have r§-
oeived a full confession of the
crime a short time ago from a
brother of these two? men and
have sinoe been close on their
trail. The brother is now being
held in jail at San Saba, as an
accomplice. In his phone mes-
sage Sheriff Mace Stated that he
would probably take the Dodd
brothers to Austin.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 43, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 25, 1916, newspaper, April 25, 1916; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth905814/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.