Ellis said to Chief Marsh, “Crime was a reflex action of the spirit in a response for a need for cruelty, greed, and survival. Here we have a group of men out for crime, injury of the innocent, and damage to society. They are public enemies. I am not up to your standards. I am a law official but have not the power to prevent or stop this event from succeeding. So I request your expert assistance.” Chief Marsh replied,” This news of yours is just dynamite. Well you risked your skin by going there on a stake out. If they caught you, likely your life would have been in grave danger. I suppose I can place eight men in street clothes with ID an weapons concealed in the bank lobby. Nearby I will have more men in uniform in vans and cars as a back up. What we may run into could cause a horrible battle with people being hurt. We must stop them!” Over about three hours they looked at maps of the bank and streets there and made a plan for defense.
The robbery afternoon came. Seven black cars parked outside the First National Bank. The men went inside. Guns were pulled. Threats and orders were given. Innocent people in the lobby were frightened for their lives. The vaults were opened, loot was found and removed. The undercover police and some of those outside in uniform displayed weapons and yelled brisk challenges to the robbers. Machine gun volleys sent staggered sharp reports into the silence. Three undercover policemen and five bystanders fell to the floor in pools ob blood with screams of painful agony from their wounds. The robbers hurried outside and into their waiting cars. Police gunfire downed three of them. The firepower of the law was no match for that of the Satan’s Skull gang. The machine