INDEPENDENCE FEARS YEGGS.
Local Bankers Ask for Additional
Police Protection There.
On account of the numerous bank robberies which have occurred during the past week throughout this part of the state, the Kansas City bankers who have interests in Independence asked for special police protection of the banks in that place last night. The report that the Rich Hill bandits were heading towards Independence was disquieting, and the bankers have suggested a unique manner by which robbery may be prevented in Independence.
It is the plan of the Independence police to visit the banks every half hour. If anything appears to be in a suspicious state the officers will immediately give a general alarm and all of the arc lights in the city will be turned on forthwith. It is believed that in this manner the bandits, should there be bandits, will readily be detected by citizens while they are trying to make their escape.
