The People v. Black

The Lansing State Bank, in Lansing, Cook county, was robbed about ten o’clock A. M. January 16, 1924. Four men entered the bank with guns, ordered the persons in the bank to hold up their hands and robbed the bank of $9381 in currency. The robbers then escaped in an automobile. William D. Black and Robert Mattingly were subsequently indicted for the robbery. Black was arrested in Colorado and Mattingly in Minnesota. They waived extradition and were brought back to Cook county, where they were tried in October, 1924, found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary. They have…