JUST
50
YEARS
AGO
Fifty
years
ago
April
7
1914
bullets
whined
and
men
crumpled
on
the
streets
of
New
Hazelton
when
a
gang
of
men
attempted
to
rob
the
Union
Dank
of
Canada
In
broad
daylight
in
that
Dulkley
River
town
That
they
were
Russians
was
gener
generally
¬
ally
assumed
and
members
of
a
large
organized
gang
of
hold
holdup
¬
up
men
operating
In
Washington
and
British
Columbia
Their
personal
stories
are
unknown
The
three
who
went
to
jail
refused
to
talk
Whether
there
were
ten
men
or
seven
In
the
party
has
never
been
clearly
established
either
ctually
there
were
seven
men
who
raided
the
bank
and
only
one
their
leader
escaped
wounded
but
with
some
1100
taken
from
the
tellers
com
compartment
¬
partment
It
was
thought
that
the
gang
members
had
remained
at
the
robbers
camp
In
the
woods
to
guard
the
retreat
of
their
companions
The
wounded
leader
alone
stumbled
back
to
ithe
hide
out
having
eluded
the
avenging
citizens
led
bv
bier
Rev
Donald
Redmond
McLean
the
Fighting
Parson
Second
robbery
It
was
the
second
robbery
of
the
bank
The
first
and
more
successful
raid
took
place
on
the
evening
of
November
10
1913
The
staff
had
gone
across
the
street
to
have
supper
The
robbers
forced
a
rear
window
and
four
of
them
entered
the
bank
premises
As
John
Mc
McQueen
¬
Queen
the
cashier
and
Reay
W
Fenton
a
clerk
returned
from
their
meal
they
were
pounced
upon
and
McQueen
was
shot
In
the
face
as
he
turned
towards
the
door
More
than
16000
was
stolen
and
all
trace
of
the
bandits
disappeared
with
them
The
robbery
caused
a
sensa
sensation
¬
tion
The
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway
was
nearlng
construc
construction
¬
tion
Hundreds
of
rough
for
foreigners
¬
eigners
were
about
the
place
It
was
thought
but
merely
a
suspicion
that
the
robbers
had
been
working
on
the
grade
and
had
made
a
study
of
the
situa
situation
¬
tion
and
picked
the
time
when
the
bank
was
empty
to
make
their
visit
There
was
only
a
meagre
police
force
stationed
at
Old
Hazelton
four
miles
away
Citi
Citizens
¬
zens
promised
themselves
and
each
other
that
they
would
act
If
any
similar
occurrence
took
place
Rifle
tofers
New
Hazelton
was
an
active
and
busy
place
Its
citizens
were
energetic
and
resourceful
Nearly
every
man
could
use
a
rifle
and
none
better
than
Rev
D
R
McLean
the
six-foot-tall
parson
who
in
his
youth
had
been
a
cowpuncher
and
whose
skill
as
a
veterinary
was
a
boon
to
the
settlers
of
the
district
Shortly
after
10
oclock
on
the
morning
of
April
7
1914
Rev
McLean
was
on
his
way
to
the
village
pump
on
Pugsley
Street
when
he
heard
shots
They
came
from
the
direction
of
the
bank
He
turned
and
saw
E
D
Tatchell
bank
manager
and
Harry
Lewis
a
cafe
pro
proprietor
¬
prietor
running
and
shouting
The
preacher
did
not
need
to
hear
what
they
were
saying
and
the
long
-
legged
parson
sprinted
for
home
but
not
to
hide
He
grabbed
his
rifle
and
returned
towards
the
bank
There
was
an
ore
pile
on
Pugley
Street
near
the
bank
and
the
minister
dropped
behind
this
In
this
position
I
called
to
a
man
outside
the
bank
door
masked
and
holding
a
rifle
point
pointing
¬
ing
in
my
direction
to
come
out
and
hold
his
hands
up
Rev
McLean
told
officials
later
In
Instead
¬
stead
he
fired
at
me
I
was
be
behind
¬
hind
the
ore
pile
and
his
shot
struck
the
rock
He
continued
to
shoot
and
I
exchanged
shots
with
him
The
parson
ran
out
of
am
ammunition
¬
munition
but
the
bank
manager
who
had
borrowed
a
revolver
went
to
Lynch
Bros
store
for
more
ammunition
for
the
war
warrior
¬
rior
minister
B
A
Smith
a
hotel
proprietor
was
by
now
sharing
the
cover
of
the
rock
pile
with
the
preacher
and
they
were
blazing
away
at
the
bank
door
Other
citizens
were
bom
bombarding
¬
barding
the
place
as
well
One
rifleman
was
pouring
lead
through
the
front
window
raking
the
interior
of
the
bank
This
forced
the
bandits
out
Into
the
open
Head
for
woods
Shortly
afterthis
Mr
Mc
McLeans
¬
Leans
narrative
related
seven
men
emerged
from
the
bank
and
shooting
In
our
dir
direction
¬
ection
as
they
ran
headed
for
the
woods
Three
of
the
seven
fell
between
the
bank
door
and
Thirteenth
avenue
Two
were
killed
and
the
third
with
his
hip
blasted
by
bullets
dropped
to
the
sidewalk
and
started
to
crawl
towards
a
tented
cabin
nearby
Later
in
the
day
I
saw
him
lying
on
the
side
sidewalk
¬
walk
In
front
of
the
cabin
while
the
doctor
dressed
a
gaping
wound
in
his
hip
Meanwhile
young
Reay
Fenton
experienced
In
being
robbed
plunged
back
into
his
bedroom
for
his
revolver
Ho
grabbed
it
and
turned
to
re
enter
the
bank
banking
¬
ing
room
Framed
In
the
door
doorway
¬
way
was
a
masked
robber
Fen
Fenton
¬
ton
pointed
the
revolver
at
him
The
bandit
dodged
back
and
shut
the
door
It
was
lucky
for
Fenton
that
he
did
for
the
gun
had
miss
fired
but
the
robber
did
not
realize
it
The
clerk
dropped
to
the
floor
and
with
his
back
to
his
bedstead
braced
his
feet
against
the
door
While
this
was
going
on
the
other
gangsters
were
trying
to
get
Bishop
to
open
the
main
part
of
the
safe
They
had
scooped
out
some
1100
that
was
In
the
cage
and
In
the
com
compartment
¬
partment
of
the
strong
box
where
the
bulk
of
the
money
was
kept
But
Bishop
did
not
have
the
combination
In
order
to
try
to
persuade
him
the
robbers
starting
shooting
with
automatic
pistols
about
his
feet
It
was
those
shots
that
were
heard
by
the
preacher
and
by
others
and
gave
the
alarm
Tatchell
the
bank
manager
had
stopped
for
a
moment
to
chat
with
Harry
Lewis
on
the
street
corner
They
heard
a
clatter
clattering
¬
ing
and
shouting
Inside
the
bank
and
went
to
Investigate
They
found
their
way
barred
by
an
armed
man
at
the
door
They
ducked
round
the
corner
of
the
building
and
away
yelling
that
the
bank
was
being
robbed
The
response
to
their
calls
for
help
was
quick
and
decisive
Businessmen
and
substantial
citizens
had
been
waiting
for
Just
such
an
event
Rifles
ap
appeared
¬
peared
as
If
by
magic
and
fol
following
¬
lowing
the
opening
of
the
battle
between
the
gunmen
and
the
par
parson
¬
son
afusillade
swept
the
street
Found
camp
Citizens
raced
In
pursuit
of
the
desperadoes
as
they
fled
towards
the
woods
after
tho
three
had
dropped
One
by
one
three
others
were
down
wounded
and
only
the
leader
of
the
gang
dripping
blood
made
good
his
escape
The
fighting
was
over
by
the
time
the
police
arrived
from
Old
Hazelton
but
they
H
M
J
W
Two
wounded
bandits
New
Hazeltons
shooting
preacher
led
citizens
against
bank
robbers
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Favorite
port
of
call
for
bandita
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fakjLk
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w3t
Dead
robbers
after
abortive
attempt
reinforced
by
men
from
other
detachments
and
specials
searched
the
whole
district
About
four
miles
up
the
track
and
half
a
mile
from
It
In
the
woods
they
came
upon
the
camp
There
they
found
the
blood
bloodstained
¬
stained
clothes
of
the
wounded
man
who
had
changed
his
gar
garmentsbut
¬
mentsbut
they
never
appre
apprehended
¬
hended
him
The
wounded
man
who
crawled
Into
the
tented
cabin
lingered
until
May
4
at
the
hospital
when
ho
died
The
other
three
less
seriously
hurt
came
before
Judge
Young
of
the
County
Court
and
were
each
sentenced
to
20
years
In
prison
and
deporta
deportation
¬
tion
to
Russia
at
tho
end
of
their
terms
It
was
learned
that
originally
the
gang
whom
one
man
said
numbered
10
Intended
to
rob
the
bank
at
Smlthers
but
they
had
been
drinking
In
their
bush
camp
at
Hazelton
and
having
looked
the
situation
over
decided
to
knock
the
bank
over
at
that
place
One
thug
said
that
he
had
been
recruited
in
Vancouver
the
first
Intention
being
to
commit
robberies
at
Prince
Rupert
Be
Beyond
¬
yond
those
vagrant
scraps
of
information
the
gunmen
would
say
nothing
The
police
never
learned
the
names
of
the
two
men
who
were
killed
The
man
who
died
at
the
hospital
gave
the
name
of
Wano
Dratnoff
but
that
was
all
he
told
about
himself
By
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Province
Sept
8
1944
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of
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Centennial
effort
will
be
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Correspondent
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of
the
education
department
of
the
Community
Programs
Branch
will
address
an
open
meeting
in
the
Civic
Centre
Wednesday
at
8
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a
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Centennial
¬
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