BANK ROBBERY STILL MYSTERY AFTER YEAR First 
anniversary of the sensational one-man robbery 
of the Bank of Ellaville will be reached 
Monday with no immediate prospect of solution. 
Federal investigators reportedly have been working 
on the case since several hours after the hold-up,
but have failed to clear the mystery.  Often during 
the year rumors have gone around that the bandit 
has been captured and induced to confess, and other 
similar talk, but queries to bank officials have
proven them false.  Ellaville got its thrill of a 
lifetime that lovely October morning when the word 
was passed that a sockless, blue-eyed daredevil had
stolen an announced sum of $5,000 while townspeople
were going about their way in much the same gait as 
on many other Monday mornings in many other months 
for a long, long time. There were those, however,
who were chilled rather than thrilled by the stick-up, 
for Cashier Harry F. Dixon and Assistant Cashier 
Mrs. Harold Ware found out, as Harry expressed, 
" .............. it feels to look down the
barrel .............."

Reference Data:
The Ellaville Sun  Friday October 7, 1938  Vol. 2, No. 15,  USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514