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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Northfield Tragedy, or the Robber's
+Raid by J. H. Hanson
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+Title: The Northfield Tragedy, or the Robber's Raid
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+Author: J. H. Hanson
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+Release Date: January 6, 2014 [Ebook #44609]
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+***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NORTHFIELD TRAGEDY, OR THE ROBBER'S RAID***
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+                         THE NORTHFIELD TRAGEDY
+                          OR THE ROBBER'S RAID
+
+                         A THRILLING NARRATIVE.
+
+    A HISTORY OF THE REMARKABLE ATTEMPT TO ROB THE BANK AT NORTHFIELD,
+                               MINNESOTA.
+THE COLD-BLOODED MURDER OF THE BRAVE CASHIER AND AN INOFFENSIVE CITIZEN.
+                   THE SLAYING OF TWO OF THE BRIGANDS.
+      THE WONDERFUL ROBBER HUNT AND CAPTURE GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED.
+         BIOGRAPHIES OF THE VICTIMS, THE CAPTORS & THE NOTORIOUS
+                 YOUNGER AND JAMES GANG OF DESPERADOES.
+
+
+
+
+                             By J. H. Hanson
+
+
+
+
+John Jay Lemon
+26 Minnesota Street
+St. Paul, Minnesota
+1876
+
+
+
+
+
+
+THE NORTHFIELD TRAGEDY.
+
+
+
+
+
+LAYING OUT THE WORK.
+
+
+Between the 23rd of August and the 5th of September a company of strangers
+made their appearance at different localities in the State of Minnesota
+attracting attention by their peculiar bearing, remarkable physique, and
+decidedly southern phraseology. They would appear sometimes in pairs, and
+at other times there would be as many as four or five in company. At one
+time they would be cattle dealers from Texas, and again they were
+gentlemen in search of unimproved lands for speculative purposes, and then
+again they were a party of engineers and surveyors prospecting for a new
+railroad when they would make enquires about roads, swamps, lakes and
+timber lands, carefully consulting maps they had with them (published at
+66 Lake Street, Chicago, 1876), and when opportunity offered Andreas'
+State Atlas of Minnesota. These men visited St. Paul, Minneapolis, St.
+Peter, Red Wing, St. James, Madelia, Garden City, Lake Crystal, Mankato,
+Janesville, Cordova, Millersburg, Waterville, and Northfield, putting up
+at the best hotels, spending their money freely, and creating a general
+impression of free handed liberality. But there was a certain air of
+audacity blended with their _sangfroid_ and easy manners which led men to
+think they were no ordinary persons and aroused speculations as to their
+true character and vocation. The registers of the hotels honored by these
+guests bear the names of King, Ward, Huddleston, &c., generally written in
+one line, but subsequent developments prove these to be merely _nommes de
+guerre._
+
+On Saturday, Sept. 3rd and Sunday five of these strangers were in Mankato,
+and attracted universal attention by their peculiar carriage, suave
+manners, and fine, almost _distingue_ appearance. They were well dressed
+and rode good horses, and sat their horses like men who were bred to the
+saddle. They made several purchases in the town, and one of them visited
+the City Bank and obtained change for a fifty dollar bill. When riding
+through the streets they showed their excellent horsemanship with a great
+amount of display and swagger entering into conversation with several
+citizens upon the merits of the animals they rode. They did not all stay
+at the same hotel, two of them registering at the well known and justly
+celebrated Clifton House while two others stopped at the Gates House, but
+it is not known where the fifth man put up. Two of the men, however, spent
+most of the night on the Sunday at a low brothel kept by the notorious
+character Jack O'Niel. This foul den of infamy is just outside the city
+limits on the opposite bank of the Minnesota river, and is surrounded by
+heavy timber. A more fitting place for a thieves' rendezvous, and for
+hatching plots or dark deeds, could hardly be imagined. It should be
+stated here, that after the visit of the two strangers, Jack O'Neil went
+to the Sheriff of Mankato and informed him that three young men--living in
+Mankato were plotting at his house to rob and probably murder an old man
+supposed to be possessed of considerable wealth, and residing at Vernon,
+some eighteen miles from Mankato. He made arrangements for the sheriff to
+overhear their conversation which resulted in the arrest of three young
+rowdies, Mark Ingals, George Peabody and James Quane, who were frequenters
+of O'Neil's infamous den.
+
+
+
+
+
+                            A MURDER PLANNED.
+
+
+It appears that an old man named Gallager, living in a log cabin on the
+skirts of the woods surrounding Vernon, was supposed to have in his
+possession a considerable sum of money. The old gentleman lived alone, was
+known for his parsimony, and thought to be "a penurious niggard of his
+wealth." The plan of these young villians was to go to the house of the
+supposed miser, disguised, pretend to be "lost chicken hunters in the
+woods," and induce the old man to come out and show the way. Getting him
+into the woods they were to extort from him by threats the whereabouts of
+his supposed hidden treasure, if threats failed, they were to have
+recourse to torture, and that failing to murder!
+
+O'Neil accompanied these scoundrels reaching the house of Gallagher about
+2 o'clock. They enticed the old man out _a la programme,_ one placing
+himself on each side of him the two others bringing up the rear. After
+getting some little distance from the house, and as they were passing a
+shed the one walking behind with O'Neil raised his fist armed with brass
+"knuckle dusters," and was about to deal the old man a stunning blow on
+the head, when he was seized by the Sheriff, who was lying in ambush
+within the shed. The three were conveyed to Mankato jail and locked up,
+and subsequently committed for trial upon the evidence of Jack O'Neil and
+the Sheriff. There are those who think the whale affair was a "put up job"
+by the notorious Jack to get rid of the three men who were in his way,
+_and this occurred an the morning of Tuesday, the 7th of September._
+
+
+
+
+
+                         JESSE JAMES RECOGNIZED.
+
+
+Returning to the five strange men in Mankato, they are next seen on the
+streets on Monday morning when a young man, Chas. Robinson who was
+acquainted with the notorious Jesse James, went up to one of them and
+remarked, "How do you do, Jesse, what brings you up this way." When the
+man addressed eyeing the speaker keenly from head to foot, replied, "I
+guess you have mistaken your man" and vaulting into the saddle, galloped
+away. With this incident, the five men who had attracted so much notice,
+excited so much admiration, and aroused many vague suspicions, disappeared
+from Mankato. The same day five similarly dressed, similarly mounted, and
+similarly appearing, strangers, arrived in Janesville, a village, on the
+Winona & St. Peter railroad, in Waseca county, about 18 miles from
+Mankato. As at Mankato they stopped at different hotels, two slaying at
+the Johnson house, and two at the Farmers' Home. No one know where the
+fifth slept, but on leaving the village on the Tuesday morning they halted
+some little distance out, and one, taking off his duster, rode back toward
+the village waving it over his head; he was followed in the maneuver by
+another when all four rode away. It is thought this was a signal for the
+fifth man, who, it is supposed, stopped at some house in the neighborhood.
+
+Those, who stopped at the Johnson house, never made their appearance at
+the public table until all of the rest of the boarders had finished their
+meals, and during their stay in the town declined to admit a chambermaid
+to their room to arrange it. After their departure several packs of
+playing cards were found in their room torn up and thrown on the floor,
+and several handful of buttons of various sizes were scattered about,
+showing that the inmates had been indulging in a protracted game of
+"poker." The girls who waited on them at table, say they were quiet and
+polite, and never made any trouble.
+
+Cordova is the next place these "gay cavaliers" turn up, all five of them
+staying at the same hotel, three occupying one room, and two another with
+a commercial traveler, W. W. Barlow, of Delavan, Wis., who describes them
+as polite, jocose fellows. They talked considerably of cattle, and from
+their language and peculiar dialect, Mr. Barlow thought them to be cattle
+dealers from the south. They left the hotel at 7 o'clock in the morning,
+politely raising their hats as they rode off. Cordova is about eighteen
+miles, almost directly north from Janesville.
+
+The next night, Wednesday, saw these five men housed at Millersburg, about
+twenty-four miles west and north of Cordova, in Rice county. They left
+here at an early hour on Tuesday morning, and at about 10 o'clock appeared
+in the streets of Northfield, which lies about eleven miles north-west of
+the latter village.
+
+On the same Wednesday evening, four men who answered the description of
+some of the bandits stopped at a hotel in Cannon City. The landlord thinks
+they were Bob Younger, Bill Chadwell, and the two men who finally escaped.
+He says that the next morning, the 7th, while three of the men were at
+breakfast, one retired to his room and remained a long time with the door
+locked. After all had departed, the chambermaid discovered a bloody shirt
+and a portion of a pair of drawers, one leg of the latter being torn off
+and carried away. The drawers were soiled with blood and matter, such as
+would come from an old inflamed gun wound, and it was evident that the
+wearer had such a wound on one of his legs. This is considered evidence
+that the man arrested in Missouri, in October, and supposed to have been
+one of the James brothers, was really him, but the alibi proved by that
+party appears to be sufficient to prove that it was not.
+
+It will be seen by the foregoing that there were originally nine men
+engaged in the plot, which gives plausibility to the opinion held by many
+that the terrible tragedy which followed was the result of a plan
+conceived by some Minnesota desperadoes, who engaged these desperate
+southern cut-throats to assist in it.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                NORTHFIELD
+
+
+is a thriving, pretty, little village, situated pleasantly upon both banks
+of the Cannon river just thirty-nine miles from St. Paul, in Rice county,
+on the St. Paul and Milwaukee railroad. A neat iron bridge unites the
+northwest and the southeast sides of the town, and just above the bridge
+is one of the finest mill races in the State, the water in its incessant
+flow roaring like the ocean and appearing like a minature Niagara. There
+is a large flouring mill on either side of the river belonging to Messrs.
+Ames & Co. The public buildings are not surpassed in the State for their
+beauty of design and adaptability of construction, and the Carlton college
+is another institution of which the town may well be proud. Placed as it
+is in the center of a rich farming district, the citizens are considered
+well-to-do, and the bank transacts a large business.
+
+The five strangers appeared on the streets at an early hour of the morning
+of September 7th, and attracted a great deal of notice from the citizens,
+some of them recognizing two of the men as a party who visited the village
+about a week before, stopping at the Dampier House.
+
+At about 11 o'clock two of these horsemen drew up at Jeft's restaurant on
+the northeast side of the river and asked for dinner. Jeft told them he
+had nothing ready, but could cook them some eggs and ham. The men told him
+to do so, ordering four eggs each. Their horses were left standing untied
+at the back of the premises. After ordering their dinner the two men went
+out into the street and after some time returned, when they were joined by
+three others and all sat down to their meal. They entered into familiar
+discourse with the proprietor of the house, and asked him what was the
+prospect of the forthcoming Presidential election. Jeft's reply was that
+he took no interest in politics, when one of the men offered to bet him
+$1,000 that the State would go Democratic. They still chatted on and
+seemed to be waiting for some one. At length they left and mounted their
+horses which were a sorrel, a cream color with silver tail and mane, a
+black, a bay, and a brown, all fine animals, sleek and clean limbed, and
+showing indications of blood. After leaving the restaurant, the five
+horsemen crossed over the bridge, two remaining in bridge square and the
+other three, riding up to Division street dismounted, and tied their
+horses to the posts at the side of the Scriver block. They then sauntered
+up toward bridge square, and after talking for some few moments leaning
+against a dry goods box in front of Lee & Hitchcock's store (Scriver
+block,) they walked back toward the bank which they entered. Three other
+horsemen then came upon the scene and commenced at once to ride up and
+down the street in dashing style, and calling upon the citizens who from
+their doors were watching the eccentric proceeding, to get back into their
+houses, commenced firing pistols in the air with immense rapidity.
+
+Greater confusion could not be imagined than now ensued. Wherever persons
+were seen upon the street, a horseman would dash up to them in full speed,
+and pointing a long barrelled glittering pistol at their heads order them
+to "get in you G--d--s--of a b." The streets were cleared in a few moments
+and stores were closed in quicker time than it takes to tell it.
+
+But though taken at a disadvantage, when many of the men were out at work
+or away chicken hunting, the scare of the Northfield boys was but
+momentary. Collecting their perturbed thoughts men rushed about in search
+of fire arms, but this most necessary desideratum for a successful
+encounter with a body of desperadoes or madmen, armed to the teeth, was
+found to be very scarce on
+
+
+
+
+
+                            THIS EVENTFUL DAY.
+
+
+Mr. J. B. Hide, however, succeeded in getting a shot gun with which he
+blazed away at the marauding scoundrels, or escaped lunatics, for it was
+not at first exactly understood what the fellows were. Mr. Manning, armed
+with a breech loading rifle, came coolly upon the field of action, backed
+by Mr. L. Stacey and Mr. Phillips, while Dr. Wheeler armed himself with an
+old breech loading carbine and placing himself in a room (No. 8) in the
+third story of the Dampier House, delivered two very effective shots.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                THE BATTLE
+
+
+was now at its height, and firing was raging in downright earnest.
+
+Manning, from the front of the Scriver block, Bates from the clothing
+store of Mr. Hanauer, and Wheeler from the window directly over the
+clothing store, and unobserved by the daring scoundrels, made it lively
+for the desperate gang, and kept them from passing into Mill Square.
+
+One of the gang was about mounting his horse and while stooping over the
+pommel of his saddle with his back toward Wheeler, that gentleman took
+deliberate aim and fired.
+
+The fellow pitched right over his horse falling on his head to the earth
+where he lay gasping for a few moments and soon was everlastingly still.
+
+Manning in the meantime was not idle, and while Wheeler was searching for
+another cartridge, he advanced from his retreat and seeing a horseman
+riding towards him up Division street, he took a steady deliberate aim and
+fired. The man immediately turned his horse and started off a few paces
+rapidly, but the horse steadied his pace, the man rocked to and fro, and
+suddenly the horse stopped and the man fell over to the ground, when
+another horseman galloped up, sprang from his horse, turned the fallen man
+over and took from him his pistols and belt, then springing again to his
+saddle, he rode up the street.
+
+Another scoundrel alighted from his horse and getting behind it commenced
+a rapid fire down the street, seeing which the intrepid and cool Manning,
+with all the _nonchalance_ in the world, raised his unerring rifle and
+stretched the living barricade lifeless at the bandit's feet. The enraged
+brigand then ran towards Manning, fearless of the formidable weapon of
+Bates, and sheltering himself behind some packing cases under the open
+stairway of Scriver block, he commenced a rapid fusilade, evidently with
+the intention of keeping Manning from firing up the street at others of
+the gang.
+
+But Wheeler had succeeded in finding another cartridge and returning to
+the room from which he delivered his first shot, a young lady, who had
+remained at the window coolly watching the fight throughout, pointed out
+to Wheeler the man who was keeping Manning from effectual work.
+
+"Only aim as true as you did before" said
+
+
+
+
+
+                              THE BRAVE GIRL
+
+
+"and there will be one the less to fight" and Wheeler fired.
+
+Instantly the villain dropped his hand upon his thigh, and the girl cried
+out, "Oh, you aimed too low," thinking the shot had taken effect in the
+middle third of the right thigh.
+
+Wheeler at once left the room in search of another cartridge which
+unluckily he was unable to find. The wounded man who had changed his
+pistol to the left hand and discharged several shots at Manning, now
+turned about, and seeing Bates inside his store with a pistol in his hand
+and thinking it was from this source he had received his wound, as quick
+as a lightning flash sent a deadly missive at the unsuspecting Bates.
+
+The ball crashed through the intervening glass of the store front, and
+burnt a scorching track across the victims face from ear to nose.
+
+But during this time a bloody and terrible tragedy was being enacted in
+the bank.
+
+A scene exhibiting a greater amount of reckless daring, and brutal
+ferocity; of intrepid courage, and heroic fortitude; ending in a most
+dastardly, and
+
+
+
+
+
+                      APPALLING, SICKENING, TRAGEDY
+
+
+could not be imagined than the one which was in progress in the bank while
+the street fight already described was going on.
+
+Just a few moments before the raiders commenced their wild career on the
+streets, three men rushed into the bank, holding in their hands large
+pistols, the glittering barrels of which they directed toward the three
+gentlemen, Messrs. Heywood, Bunker and Wilcox, who occupied the desks
+behind the counter. Springing over the counter these desperadoes shouted
+out
+
+
+
+
+
+                          "THROW UP YOUR HANDS,"
+
+
+"we intend to rob the bank."
+
+"Which is the Cashier?" one demanded, and instantly approaching Heywood,
+commanded him to open the safe. "I am not the cashier," was the reply.
+
+The man then turned to Bunker, and made the same demand, but he also
+denied that he held that important post. The fellow next addressed the
+bewildered and fear-stricken Wilcox, whose terror prevented him from
+answering.
+
+The baffled man again turned to Heywood, and with oaths and threats
+endeavored to make him open the safe.
+
+Heywood replied that he could not, when the scoundrel fired a pistol close
+to his ear, and said "if he did not at once open the safe he would scatter
+his brains."
+
+The brave Heywood still insisted upon his inability to comply.
+
+The ruffian then seized him by the collar and dragging him toward the safe
+drew out a long, keen edged knife, and posing it over Heywood's throat,
+threatened to cut it from ear to ear if he did not at once open the safe.
+
+But the brave man, faithful to his trust, stolidly refused, when the
+robber released his hold of his collar and went into the safe vault.
+
+Now was the opportunity for the faithful Heywood.
+
+"If I can but get that ponderous door closed," thought he, "and spring the
+bolts upon the scoundrel, the"
+
+
+
+
+
+                        VILLIANS WILL BE BAFFLED,
+
+
+"and my integrity saved from suspicion."
+
+It was a supreme moment of dreadful anxiety to him, and such the intense
+excitement of his feelings, that when he rushed upon the door to close it,
+his strength was unequal to the task, and before he could recover himself
+to renew the effort, a powerful hand seized him by the throat, and threw
+him back from the vault, at the same time a ruthless arm struck him to the
+ground with the butt end of a pistol.
+
+Taking advantage of this struggle between Heywood and the robbers, Bunker
+sprang to his feet and bounded toward the back entrance of the premises.
+
+But before he reached the door a sharp report and the crashing of a ball
+showed him that he had only miraculously escaped from having his brains
+scattered by one of the bandits. Bounding out of the bank he ran madly
+down Water street, not however till another shot from the murderous
+revolver cranched through his shoulder.
+
+At this point another of the band of ruffians hastily entered the bank and
+exclaimed:
+
+"Clear boys, the game is up."
+
+The three men instantly jumped upon the counter and made tracks for the
+door.
+
+But one man paused in his headlong retreat, and seeing Heywood reaching
+for his desk, turned round and leveling his revolver at the devoted head
+of the faithful teller, fired, and without a groan, the brave man fell to
+the floor,
+
+
+
+
+
+                     HIS LIFE BLOOD STAINING THE DESK
+
+
+and seat with its crimson stream.
+
+In the street the baffled and retreating murderers sought their horses and
+vaulting into their saddles they were soon rushing with frantic haste out
+of town westward.
+
+It was some few moments before the citizens could sufficiently recover
+themselves to take in thoroughly the entire situation.
+
+There lay in the open street a few paces from the bank entrance a bandit
+in all the hideous ghastliness of a bloody death. A few feet from him was
+stretched the lifeless body of a noble horse, while further down the
+street on the opposite side another grim corpse lay in a pool of seething
+gore.
+
+Windows in all directions were shattered, and door posts showed scars of
+imbedded bullets.
+
+Reluctantly the assembled citizens approached the bank, and the sight
+which there met their horror stricken gaze caused a thrill of indignation
+to seize upon every nerve; and strong men turned pale as they clinched
+their fists and set their teeth, registering an inward oath to wreak
+vengeance upon the miscreant perpetrators of the dastardly outrage.
+
+There lay poor Heywood! the man who dared death and defied three of the
+most notorious scoundrels who ever "cracked a crib" or broke a scull, who
+resisted torture, and finally gave his life blood in defense of his trust.
+
+Who was the man to carry the appalling news to the young wife and tell her
+that he, upon whom hung her very life, had left her for all time--that he
+had been torn from her and hurled into dread eternity by the ruthless hand
+of the bloody assassin!
+
+Who was stout enough to bear the gore covered mangled corpse to the new
+desolate and grief stricken home!
+
+But there were those who were willing to pursue the
+
+
+
+
+
+                          RED HANDED MURDERERS.
+
+
+Some overcome with indignation, impetuously prepared for the chase, but
+others, perhaps more determined men, who were willing to follow on to the
+very death, were not so hasty in their departure, but as time proved were
+prepared to pertinaciously follow up the trial with the tenacity of the
+bloodhound.
+
+Two of the former, Davis and Hayes, immediately sought for horses and none
+being so ready as those of the two dead robbers, seized them, sprang into
+the saddles, and were soon in hot pursuit.
+
+Both men were well armed with rifles--one an eighteen shot Winchester with
+globe sight. At every point they heard of the retreating villians upon
+whom they were gaining rapidly. Dashing through Dundas, Hayes and Davis
+kept up the pursuit till at last they saw a group of horsemen surrounding
+a wagon from which they were apparently taking the horses. As the pursuers
+advanced one of the horsemen turned from the wagon, and advancing a few
+steps up the road ordered the pursuing men to halt.
+
+Davis and Hayes instinctively obeyed, and strange to relate, these two men
+who had been so impatient to commence the pursuit, now that they were
+confronted by the audacious scoundrels found their courage waning, and
+they halted.
+
+Nor did they again find their courage return, but they sat there and saw
+the marauders after securing one of the farmer's horses again boldly dash
+away.
+
+After the robbers had gone, Davis and Hayes leisurely wended their way to
+Millersburg where they awaited the coming of the other pursuers, two men
+standing but little chance against six such desperadoes.
+
+It is true that Davis and Hayes had the advantage of the bandits in arms,
+but it is doubtful after all, if there are many men to be found who would
+have done differently, confronted as they were by six stalwart fierce
+knights of the road well armed and unscrupulous in shedding human blood,
+as they had shown at Northfield.
+
+After the departure of Davis and Hayes, about thirty citizens organized
+into a pursuing party, some mounted on horses, others were carried in
+wagons and buggies, and all set out in full speed along the road the
+robbers had taken.
+
+Meantime the
+
+
+
+
+
+                        TELEGRAPH WAS SET AT WORK,
+
+
+and messages were sent to all points. Unfortunately the operator at Dundas
+was not in his office, and although the call was repeated for an hour no
+response was made. Had this gentleman been at his post, the people of
+Dundas would have been prepared to receive the bandits on their arrival.
+
+It has been expressed as a wonder by many that the gang, before making the
+raid, did not cut the telegraph wires, but it appears from the confession
+of one of them, that their plan was a much better one. They intended to
+have destroyed the telegraph instruments before leaving, only the
+unexpectedly hot attack which was made upon them by the plucky boys of
+Northfield, completely demoralized them.
+
+The first indication received at St. Paul of the daring raid, was from the
+following telegram to Mayor Maxfield:
+
+
+
+
+"Eight armed men attacked the bank at two o'clock. Fight on street between
+robbers and citizens. Cashier killed and teller wounded. Send us arms and
+men to chase robbers."
+
+                                                             JOHN T. AMES.
+
+
+
+
+This telegram reached St. Paul at about 3 p. m. The first train leaving
+the city for the scene of hostilities at 4 p. m., was the Owatonna
+Accommodation, on the Milwaukee & St. Paul road. From St. Paul were
+dispatched, Chief of Police King, detective Brissette, officers Brosseau
+and Clark, and Deputy Sheriff Harrison. At Mendota Junction, the party was
+joined by Mr. Brackett and posse of police, consisting of Capt. Hoy, A. S.
+Munger, F. C. Shepherd, J. W. Hankinson and J. West, of Minneapolis, all
+well armed with seven shooters and rifles. At Rosemount, Farmington and
+Castle Rock, the excitement was immense, many persons at these points
+getting on the cars and proceeding to Northfield.
+
+The train arrived at the scene of the most daring crime ever perpetrated
+in the State at 6:20, the whole platform being crowded with an excited
+populace.
+
+
+
+
+                            THE DEAD BANDITS.
+
+
+The police were at once led by the sheriff to an empty store where were
+lying the inanimate and ghastly forms of the two bandits who had been shot
+down by the intrepid Northfield citizens. One was found to be six feet
+four and a half inches in height; his body exhibited a splendid physical
+development, with arms and limbs of thewy muscles and skin as fair and
+soft as a lady's; his face was of rather an elongated oval with sharply
+cut features; high cheek bones, well arched brow and deep-set blue eyes.
+His hair was a very dark, reddish auburn, inclined to curl. He wore no
+hair on his face, but was closely shaved, and did not appear to be more
+than 23 or 25 years of age. He was clothed in a new suit of black clothes,
+worth about $25 or $30, a new colored shirt and good boots. The ball which
+brought him down entered about three inches, in a line with the left
+nipple and toward the center of the chest and completely riddling the man,
+passed out on the same side beneath the shoulder blade. On his person was
+found the card of the Nicollet House livery stable, St. Peter, on which is
+printed the distances of the principal cities in this part of the State.
+He had also on him an advertisement of Hall's safes cut from a local
+paper. His pockets were well filled with cartridges, and he had round his
+waist, beneath his coat, a cartridge belt. There has been some dispute as
+to the identity of the man, but it is now pretty well settled that he is
+Bill Chadwell _alias_ Bill Styles.
+
+
+
+
+                             IDENTIFICATION.
+
+
+There were two men from Cannon Falls, who came to view the bodies before
+the interment, with the expectation of identifying one of the latter as a
+brother-in-law of one of the two. He said if it was his relative, a bullet
+scar would be found under the left arm. The scar was there, but the man
+would not say whether the fellow was his relation or not. The man whom the
+big fellow was thought to be, is
+
+
+
+
+                              [BILL STYLES.]
+
+                               BILL STYLES.
+
+
+                               BILL STYLES,
+
+
+a former resident of Minneapolis, who has a brother-in-law still living
+there. This Styles left for Texas some time ago. It is said he was a
+desperately bad man. It is told that his sister received a letter from him
+a short time before, saying that now he had lucrative employment, and if
+she wanted money he would send her some. He also wrote in his letter that
+he would shortly be up this way, and would call on her. This sister was
+adopted by a minister residing at Cannon Falls. A letter recently received
+from the father of Styles proves beyond doubt the identity of the man.
+Styles' father now lives at Grand Forks, D. T., and says that his son has
+for some time lived in Texas. The father expresses no surprise at the
+untimely end of his son, and says he was always a wild wayward boy with
+whom he could do nothing.
+
+
+
+
+                              CLELL MILLER.
+
+
+                             [CLELL MILLER.]
+
+                              CLELL MILLER.
+
+
+The other man was five feet eight inches in height, but much stouter built
+than the taller, with hair of the exact color, and like his inclined to
+curl. His face was rounder and covered with about two weeks growth of
+beard; the eyes, like the other's were blue.
+
+The clothing was quite new, even to the shirt, which appeared to have been
+put on that day. He also wore a white linen collar (new) and a white linen
+handkerchief round his neck. On his feet were striped half hose and good
+boots, but of different make, one boot being finer and lighter than the
+other.
+
+Gold sleeve buttons, gold pin and gold or filled case watch and chain,
+with linen ulster duster and new felt hat of fine quality, "John Hancock"
+make, completed his costume.
+
+Beneath his clothing he wore a money belt of leather, but it was empty.
+About a dollar and fifty cents had been taken from the two men, but Chief
+King, in researching this fellow, found four dollars more. The wound was
+an ugly, jagged bullet hole, very large, and with the edges much torn,
+toward the center of the chest and about four inches below the heart.
+There were also several small shot wounds on the body of this one and
+three on the forehead; his hat was also riddled with shot, and it was
+evident that he had been hit twice from a shot gun, for several of the
+shot wounds were in the back. From photographs sent to the St. Louis
+police, the man was at once recognized as Clell Miller.
+
+
+
+
+                      SCENE OF THE BLOODY ENCOUNTER
+
+
+The empty store in which the two corpses lay, is on Mill Square, which is
+immediately over on the south side of the handsome iron bridge which spans
+the Cannon river just below the mill race. On the north side of the square
+is the flouring mill of Ames & Co. On the west is Scriver's block and two
+or three small stores, among them that in which the bodies lay. On the
+east side is the office of the Rice County _Journal_ and a wagon shop, and
+on the south is the Dampier House, under which are three stores, the last
+eastward and just opposite the corner of the Scriver block, is the
+clothing store of Mr. Hanauer. The Scriver block has also a frontage of 80
+feet on Division street, 22 feet of which is occupied by the First
+National Bank of Northfield, in which one of the saddest and most daring
+tragedies was perpetrated--the heartless and deliberate murder of a
+faithful and brave man in the defense of the valuable property under his
+charge.
+
+There are some four or five wooden buildings below the bank on Fourth
+street, and it was in this narrow space, from Mill Square to Fourth
+street, that the great fight which startled the whole country took place.
+Many indications of the fearful contest in bullet holes were found in
+every direction.  Windows were pierced and shattered and balls must have
+been thrown around for a time as thick as hail, for the whole encounter
+took place within the short space of fifteen minutes. The conflict was a
+sharp and bloody one, and speaks volumes for the coolness and intrepidity
+of the citizens of the little provincial town.
+
+From Mr. Bates, who took a prominent part in the encounter, the following
+was learned:
+
+He said at about 11 o'clock his attention was called to four men who came
+from over the river. They came over the bridge and were mounted on four
+splendid horses. The men were well dressed, and Mr. Bates says, four
+nobler looking fellows he never saw; but there was a _reckless, bold
+swagger_ about them that seemed to indicate that they would be rough and
+dangerous fellows to handle. Altogether he did not like the looks of them.
+
+Again, at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, as he was standing at the
+entrance of the store, talking to Mr. C. C. Waldo, commercial traveler
+from Council Bluffs, he saw the same men ride past--three came up the
+street from mill square and one down, street meeting within thirty feet of
+the bank. They dismounted and tied their horses to the hitching posts and
+two, he thought, went into the bank and two came down to the staircase
+leading up into the upper stories of Lee & Hitchcock's buildings, and here
+they stood leaning against the banisters talking. Commenting upon their
+fine physique, and upon their unusually good mounts, Mr. Bates and Mr.
+Waldo withdrew to the far end of the store to look over some sample
+trusses.
+
+They had not long been so occupied when they heard several shots fired in
+rapid succession, and the thought flashed upon the mind of Bates at once,
+that the bank was in danger--Mr. Waldo stating that he cried out:
+
+"Those men are going for the town, they mean to rob the bank." Mr. Bates,
+however, does not recollect saying anything, he became so excited. He
+remembers, though, rushing to the door, and seeing some men riding up from
+the bank--they came riding towards him with long pistols in their hands and
+called out, "Get in there you son of a b----."
+
+Mr. Bates at once seized a shotgun and ran back to the door, but the gun
+would not go off. He then put down the gun and seized a fine seven shooter
+which was _not_ loaded, and as the men came down again, (they were riding
+to and fro, evidently intent upon keeping people from going towards the
+bank), he standing behind the door jambs, called out.
+
+"Now, I've got you." And pointed the empty pistol as if drawing a bead on
+them.
+
+They turned their horses suddenly and fired at Mr. Bates, the ball
+crashing through the plate glass. There were other men at the bank firing
+down the street. The next he saw was Mr. J. S. Allen running down the
+street from the bank, and two shots were fired at him.
+
+Mr. Manning, of Mill Square, whose store is adjoining the block in which
+the bank is, next came upon the scene. He ran out of his store with a
+breech loading repeating rifle, and took a deliberate aim and fired from
+the corner, Mr. Bates calling out:
+
+"Jump back now, or they'll get you."
+
+Next Mr. J. B. Hide came up with a double-barrelled shot gun and
+discharged the two barrels, and retired to re-load. Mr. Phillips also took
+a turn at the scoundrels, and L. Stacy delivered a cool, deliberate aim.
+Mr. Bates next heard a report over his head and saw one of the desperadoes
+fall from his horse. The horse made a faltering plunge forward and then
+suddenly stopped and the man pitched over with his face to the ground and
+in a few moments was dead. This shot was fired by Henry Wheeler from an
+old carbine from out one of the windows of the Dampier House.
+
+Mr. Manning was still firing, and as he crept to the corner Mr. Waldo
+called out:
+
+"Take good aim before you fire." Immediately after this shot one of the
+horses started up the street and the rider began to reel and swing to and
+fro and suddenly fell to the ground just opposite Eldridge's store.
+Another horseman immediately rode up, dismounted, and spoke to the
+prostrate man, who was stretched out at full length, supporting himself on
+his outstretched arms, when he rolled over on his back. Then the other man
+took from him his cartridge belt and two pistols, and, remounting his
+horse, rode off.
+
+Another horseman, finding Mr. Manning's fire too hot, dismounted from his
+horse and got on the opposite side of it for protection, when an unerring
+ball from the breech loader brought the horse down, the man running behind
+some boxes which were piled beneath the stair-case before mentioned, and
+now ensued a
+
+
+
+
+                             LIVELY FUSILADE
+
+
+between this fellow and Manning, the scoundrel keeping himself well under
+cover, but a ball from Wheeler's musket struck the fellow in the leg, half
+way above the knee.
+
+He at once changed his pistol to the left hand and grasped the wounded
+limb with the right, still trying to get at Manning. Finding himself
+getting weak, he turned and limped off up the street, but, seeing Bates
+with a pistol in his hand, he sent a ball whizzing toward that gentleman,
+grazing the side of his cheek and the bridge of his nose, and burying
+itself in a collar-box in the store.
+
+Mr. Bates says he feels the ring of that ball in his ear still, and the
+ball, he says, he will ever keep as a souvenir of the hottest day
+Northfield ever saw.
+
+The man limped away, and when he got opposite to Mr. Morris' store, he
+cried out to his retreating companions, "My God, boys, you are not going
+to leave--I am shot!"
+
+One of the party, riding a sorrel horse with a light tail and mane, turned
+and took the wounded man up behind him.
+
+
+
+
+                        MR. F. WILCOX'S STATEMENT.
+
+
+Mr. Wilcox, the teller of the bank, stated that he, in company with Mr.
+Heywood and A. E. Bunker, were in the bank at about 2 o'clock, when three
+well dressed, powerful looking men entered by the door, which was open.
+They held large revolvers in their hands, and one of them cried out:
+"Throw up your hands, for we intend to rob the bank, and if you halloo, we
+will"
+
+
+
+
+                          BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT.
+
+
+They then asked which was the cashier, to which Mr. Heywood replied, "He
+is not in." They then sprang over the counter and demanded the safe to be
+opened. Addressing each in turn they said: "You are the cashier," which
+each denied.
+
+Seeing Heywood seated at the cashier's desk, one of the ruffians went up
+to him with his long, narrow-barrelled pistol and said:
+
+"You are the cashier; now open the safe, you ---- ---- son of a ----."  Mr.
+Heywood said:
+
+"It is a time-lock and cannot be opened now." One of the men then went
+into the vault, the door being open. Heywood at once sprang forward and
+closed the door of the vault, shutting the robber in, when another of the
+men seized Heywood by the collar and dragged him away from the door and
+released the incarcerated robber.
+
+The man who came out of the vault--a slim, dark complexioned man, with a
+black moustache, then called to the others to seize the silver which was
+lying loose (about $15) and put it in the sack. They did not do this, but
+seized about twelve dollars in scrip and put it into a two bushel flour
+sack which they had with them. The dark complexioned man, who appeared to
+be the leader, then again attacked Heywood, insisting upon his opening the
+safe, threatening to cut his throat, if he did not, and actually drawing a
+big knife across his throat.
+
+The heroic and faithful teller, however, was not to be deterred from his
+duty, and would rather
+
+
+
+
+                            SACRIFICE HIS LIFE
+
+
+than betray his trust. Some few moments--it seemed ages to the bewildered
+and terror-stricken lookers-on--were spent in Heywood's struggling to break
+from the murderous villain and gain his liberty.
+
+At length he broke away, and regaining his feet, ran toward the door
+crying
+
+
+
+
+                                "MURDER!"
+
+
+The man at once struck him with a pistol and knocked him down, and,
+dragging him to the safe door, commanded him to open it. But the intrepid
+clerk stolidly refused, when the villain shot at him, but did not hit him.
+
+Evidently the shot was intended rather to intimidate him than injure, but
+the scoundrel had reckoned without his host, for the effect was lost upon
+Heywood.
+
+But upon the discharge of the pistol Bunker made a start for the back door
+and ran for dear life, one of the robbers pursuing and firing, the shot
+taking effect in the shoulder. Bunker, however, reached the street (Water
+street) and ran to Dr. Coombs' office.
+
+During the whole of this time four or five men were riding up and down the
+street, shooting in every direction, and keeping up an incessant fusilade.
+
+One of the men outside came riding up furiously and called for the men to
+leave the bank.
+
+
+
+
+                             "THE GAME'S UP."
+
+
+he said, "and we are beaten."
+
+The three men in the bank then sprang over the counter and rushed to the
+door, and Heywood staggered to the chair, but, as the last one was getting
+over the counter, with one hand on the cashier's desk, he turned round and
+deliberately fired. Heywood fell senseless to the floor! The man then
+sprang on the rail and out at the front door, and he (Wilcox) cleared out
+of the back door into Manning's hardware store.
+
+Wilcox was not sure whether the ruffian struck Heywood when the latter
+staggered to the cashier's chair, and he did not stop to see if he was
+dead when he fell. He said the reason he did not try to get out or help
+Heywood was that one of the men stood over him with a pistol in his hand.
+
+Mr. Allen said he saw three men cross the bridge and go toward the bank.
+They were all big, powerful men, well dressed. One had sandy
+side-whiskers, shaved chin and blue eyes. Another, wore a black mustache,
+and was a slight but tall man, and better dressed than the others. The
+third man was heavy set, with curly brown hair, and beard of about one
+week's growth. They had tied their horses and talked a while, when another
+came up, and he went into the bank. Mr. Allen then waited half a minute,
+and then walked up to the bank to see what was up.
+
+"As I got to the back door," he says, "one man came out and grabbed me by
+the collar, and said 'you son of a----, don't holler,' drawing a revolver. I
+got out and made tracks as fast as I could, two shots feeing fired after
+me."
+
+Mr. Ben Henry says that he was first attracted to the strangers by seeing
+the horses tied, and he went up to one and was examining the saddle, when
+one of the men came up and said,
+
+"What are you doing here?"
+
+"Looking at this saddle," was the reply "I want an article like that, and
+thought perhaps I could strike a bargain with the owner."
+
+Drawing a pistol, the fellow cried out:
+
+"Now you git'" And he _did_ "git," but as he walked away a bullet came
+hissing by his head and struck a wall close by. Henry deliberately picked
+up the ball and put it in his pocket, but made long strides for home.
+
+It appeared that the object of the men on the street was at first only to
+keep people back from the bank, and not a desire to murder
+indiscriminately, but when they found that the Northfield people would not
+scare worth a cent, and that real work was before them, they showed all
+the
+
+
+
+
+                      SAVAGE BLOODTHIRSTY PROPENSITY
+
+
+of their nature, and wherever a face showed itself, whether it was man,
+woman or child, the robbers fired murderously at it, crashing in windows
+in a lively style.
+
+Early Friday morning it was reported in Northfield that Brissette and Hoy
+had joined their forces at Morristown and had a hot encounter with the
+gang, which had been reinforced by three others. The police succeeded in
+killing one man and capturing the wounded man carried from Northfield. The
+robbers then took to the woods and the police held them there. This report
+was proved at a later date to be a complete fabrication, but so excited
+were the people that every rumor received credence and grew in dimensions
+as it was handed round by the busy throng of news seekers.
+
+
+
+
+                                THE BANK,
+
+
+It is in a small apartment, about 20 by 50 feet, situate in the Scriver
+block, folding doors in the center of the front opening into Division
+street. It has a counter three feet high, running across to within three
+feet of the west wall, and going back the whole length of the building.
+This counter is mounted by a thirty inch glazed rail, leaving a space of
+two feet in front, where the men jumped over, scratching the counter with
+their boots. Inside of the center is the safe vault fitted with the
+Detroit Safe Company's doors, and to the left is the cashier's chair where
+poor Heywood fell a victim to the assassin's hand. A blotting pad lay upon
+the desk stained with the life-blood of the murdered man.
+
+
+
+
+                          HEYWOOD'S DEATH WOUND.
+
+
+Poor Heywood was shot through the head, the ball entering at the right
+temple and passing downward and inward, scattering his brains all about,
+and doubtless depriving him instantaneously of consciousness, and putting
+him completely beyond all suffering, although he breathed for about twenty
+minutes, but did not speak. In addition to the bullet wound, there was a
+slight scratch in the right side of the neck as from a knife.
+
+                   [BREAKING THE NEWS TO MRS. HEYWOOD.]
+
+                    BREAKING THE NEWS TO MRS. HEYWOOD.
+
+
+Mr. E. E. Bunker was not considered dangerously wounded, the ball passing
+in at the back of the right shoulder, below the point of the shoulder,
+passing downward and forward and upward, coming out just above the
+clavicle, making only a severe flesh wound. This wound, however, was very
+nearly being a fatal one, as the ball passed close to a principal artery,
+which no doubt, had it been severed by the deadly missive, would have
+produced death by hemorrhage.
+
+Since the capture at Madelia of the Younger boys, Mr. Bunker has given his
+recollections of the bank raid, and as it differs in several points from
+others already given, we embody it in this narrative. It will be seen that
+the narrative recognizes two of the men who entered the bank as Charley
+Pitts and Bob Younger.
+
+
+
+
+                        MR. E. E. BUNKER'S STORY.
+
+
+Mr. Bunker said that himself, Mr. Heywood and Mr. Wilcox were sitting at
+their respective desks, when they heard a heavy rush from the bank door to
+the counter. They turned round and saw three men climbing over the counter
+and with their knees on it and revolvers pointed directly at the three
+bank officers. A man presumed to be Jesse James, and who acted as leader,
+called out, "Throw up your hands, we are going to rob the bank." James
+then ran across the room and passed Heywood into the vault, which was
+open, but seeing the safe door closed, turned back from the entrance and
+seizing Heywood by the collar who, from being older than the others and
+from the position of his desk, was naturally supposed to be the cashier,
+ordered him to open the safe, Mr. Heywood said it was a time lock, and it
+could not be opened. The other said that was a d--d lie.
+
+Charley Pitts then came up on the other side of Heywood and threatened to
+kill him if he did not immediately open the safe. One of the others called
+out, "Let's cut his throat and be done with it." Heywood commenced
+shouting murder and repeated the cry three or four times. They then
+hustled him about, and James struck him on the head with the butt end of
+his pistol, knocking him down. He was then dragged towards the vault,
+where he lay with his head partially in the vault. James then drew the
+knife across Heywood's neck, who did not say anything, appearing to be
+partially insensible, when another of them stooped down and fired close to
+the prostrate man's head, the ball penetrating a tin box containing papers
+in the vault.
+
+All this time I was on my knees on the floor, with Bob Younger standing
+guard over me. I had a revolver under the counter, where I stand, and
+which was in full view, and I endeavored gradually to edge over and obtain
+possession of it, but Bob saw the attempt, and seeing the weapon, put it
+into his pocket, saying, at the same time, that I could do nothing with
+this, and it was of no use. He then placed it in his pocket and commenced
+searching me, but did not take anything from me. The pistol was a Smith &
+Wesson, and we always regarded it as an excellent weapon. Bob having
+turned his head partially around to see what was going on in the other
+part of the room, I raised my head with the view of giving the alarm to
+any one I saw in the street, but my movements were quickly observed by Bob
+who pulled me down, saying at the same time, that I had better keep quiet
+for, if I attempted to rise again he would kill me. He then inquired where
+was the cashier's till, and I pointed to a box containing some nickels and
+scrip, the former done up in cartridges. He seemed to know very well there
+was more loose money than that, and he told me he would kill me if I did
+not show him the till. I did not answer him, and he pulled out a drawer
+containing stationery, but the drawer having some $2,000 he did not open,
+supposing, probably, that in its contents were the same.
+
+Meantime, while the two men were engaged with Heywood, James told Bob
+Younger to bring out the sack. Bob took out a green bag and thrust a
+handful of scrip into it, but did not take any of the nickels.
+
+The distance from where I was to the rear of the bank, is about 25 feet,
+and the rear door of the two hardware stores adjoin the rear door of the
+bank. I thought if I could make my way out in this direction, I would have
+a chance of giving the alarm, so that the citizens would come to the
+rescue. In making this movement, I should have to pass where Mr. Wilcox
+was sitting, and I made a slight motion for him to move so that I could
+get past. He saw my motion and shifted his position. The man who stood
+over me having his attention directed to the proceedings of the others, I
+started, but was immediately followed by Charley Pitts, who fired at me,
+the ball going through the blinds of the door and lodging in a brick
+chimney, but not striking me. There was a stairway leading down, and Pitts
+standing on top of that, fired down on me, I having reached the bottom at
+the time, fired again, the ball just striking me below the scapula,
+passing through the thin portion of it, and down, passing out about half
+an inch below the collar bone, the course traversed being about seven
+inches, and narrowly missing the sub-claviel artery, where the wound would
+have been fatal.
+
+I think it was James that said, while keeping us down, "don't one of you
+move; we have fifty men on the street, and you will be killed if you
+move." The safe was not locked at all, but there was only about $15,000 in
+it, which they might easily have secured.
+
+Mr. Bunker said he recognized the body killed at Madelia, as that of
+Charley Pitts, and also identified Bob Younger, by the likeness published
+herein.
+
+
+
+
+                           NICHOLAS GUSTAVSON.
+
+
+Several citizens of Northfield narrowly escaped with their lives during
+the encounter. A Norwegian, Nicholas Gustavson by name, was struck with a
+bullet at the right side of the head, just at the ear, the ball running
+under the scalp and out at the top of his head. He says when he was
+struck, and for several minutes after, his whole left side was paralyzed.
+But after a few minutes of unconsciousness, he was able to reach his
+boarding house, but the next day he was unable to rise from his bed. It
+was evident that the skull was fractured, and depressing upon the right
+lobe of the brain, and if the patient was not opportunely relieved by
+trepanning the skull, the man must succumb. Subsequent events proved the
+correctness of this view, for the operation was not performed, and the
+poor fellow expired on the eleventh--four days after the dreadful tragedy,
+thus adding another victim to rekindle the fire of indignation in men's
+minds.
+
+Illustrative of the dangerous nature of the weapons of the lawless
+ruffians carried, it should have been stated that balls fired from one
+side of Mill Square struck and completely riddled buildings on the other
+side of the square, a distance of one hundred and fifty yards.
+
+
+
+
+                               THE INQUEST.
+
+
+Friday afternoon the coroner, Dr. Waugh, from Faribault, held an inquest
+upon the bodies of the two scoundrels who met with such a richly deserved
+end, and the following gentlemen were sworn as a jury: A. H. Rawson, S. L.
+Bushnell, R. Silk, J. L. McFee, R. Plummer and C. W. Gross. The jury were
+not long in arriving at the following verdict: "That the two unknown men
+came to their deaths by the discharge of firearms in the hands of our
+citizens in self-defense and in protecting the property of the First
+National Bank of Northfield."
+
+The same jury, with the coroner, held an inquest over the remains of the
+lamented victim of the raid. The witnesses who gave evidence were E.
+Hobbs, ex policeman J. S. Allen, F. Wilcox and E. L. Fuller, whose
+statements were similar to those the same gentlemen made to the writer,
+and recorded elsewhere in these pages. The verdict found was: "That J. H.
+Heywood came to his death by a pistol shot fired by an unknown man
+attempting to rob the First National Bank of Northfield."
+
+
+
+
+THE ROBBER HUNT.
+
+
+
+                               ON THE ROAD.
+
+
+The desperate freebooters had dashed from Northfield with but five horses,
+one, the brown mare carrying double. They rushed ruthlessly on, taking the
+entire road, and demanding that those they met should "take to the ditch."
+A short distance out of the city an old German farmer with his heavy team
+loaded with "garden truck," met them on a narrow road on each side of
+which were deep gullies. Drawing his pistol the leader exclaimed with an
+oath, "take the ditch G----d d----n you." Over the old fellow went scattering
+his vegetables, breaking his wagon and harness, and sprawling himself in a
+sea of stagnant mire.
+
+After several hours the frightened agriculturist succeeded in getting to
+town, and related a wonderful story of being attacked by fifty giants
+fifteen feet high, mounted on fire breathing steeds, and carrying
+twenty-five pound cannons in their hands!
+
+
+
+                         THE DASH THROUGH DUNDAS
+
+
+was made at full speed, causing the greatest excitement. All were now
+mounted, but a horse taken from a farrier, Empey, near Northfield,
+evidently found it difficult to keep pace with the trained nags belonging
+to the robbers.
+
+A short distance out of Dundas the gang stopped at a farm house and
+borrowed a pail which they took to a spring near by. Here they paused long
+enough to water their animals, and wash the desperate wound which Bob
+Younger, (as was afterwards found) had received directly through his right
+elbow, and which besides bleeding profusely had become almost unbearable,
+even to a man of his determination and vigor. Throwing the pail by the
+side of the road, the squad hastened on, little thinking of the pursuit
+which was being organized in the rear.
+
+As it is now known that the squad, as it now remained, consisted of Cole,
+Jim and Bob Younger, Charlie Pitts, and probably the James boys, their
+names will be used in this narrative hereafter, wherever they are known
+from their own statements to have been.
+
+As the horse taken from the farmer Empey of course wore no saddle, it
+became necessary for the comfort of its rider that one be impressed. To
+accomplish this, two of the gang called at the house of a farmer living a
+short distance from the road, and telling that
+
+
+
+                 THEY WERE OFFICERS AFTER HORSE THIEVES,
+
+
+borrowed a saddle. This took place at 41/2 o'clock, and a half hour before,
+the landlord of Cushman's Hotel in Millersburg saw the other four pass his
+house on a gallop. He says that three of them stopped at his hostelry the
+night before. He saw the other two pass some time later, but did not
+recognize among the six, the man that made up four whom he had
+entertained.
+
+Mr. Cushman says the men were extremely well-behaved, using no liquor, and
+indulging in no profanity or vulgarity. They retired early and arose late.
+He speaks of one as evidently the leader, he appearing like a man who had
+never done any manual labor. His horse was cared for by the others, and
+his quiet directions were promptly obeyed. The men talked but little,
+saying that they were from Illinois and were civil engineers looking over
+the country, to decide upon the feasibility of building more railroads in
+that section. This party had left Cushman's house at 9 o'clock Thursday
+morning, and had leisurely ridden the ten miles to Northfield.
+
+
+
+                               THE PURSUIT.
+
+
+In the meantime there had been mounting in hot haste, and detachments in
+wagons and on horses had started from Northfield to undertake to head off
+the bandits on what is known as the Dodd road. This road the robbers
+seemed to have missed, and, notwithstanding their earlier start, they did
+not arrive at the town of Shieldsville, fifteen miles away, until after a
+squad of five men had reached that point. These men were in a saloon
+refreshing themselves and telling their wonderful tale, when the rough
+riding marauders dashed up in front of the place. The boys were attracted
+to the door by the noise of the horses' hoofs, and two or three started
+for the wagon in which their arms had been left. This movement was
+promptly checked by the leader, and the lads slouched back to the saloon.
+
+The bandits leisurely proceeded to water their animals, and while doing so
+an inquisitive old party standing by enquired "where they were going?" All
+laughed at this query and one, pointing to Bob Younger whose arm was still
+bleeding, replied that "they were going"
+
+
+
+                        "TO HANG THAT D----D CUSS."
+
+
+After having watered the horses the desperadoes seemed in no haste, but
+practiced with their pistols on the pump shattering it to pieces. Soon,
+however the order was given and all dashed away, going toward Waterville.
+
+The dash and daring of the robbers had electrified the people of the town
+so that nothing was done, but after they had got well off, the gallant
+squad of pursuers started on the trail. Soon they were joined by others,
+augmenting the force to seventeen, and the bandit band was sighted in a
+ravine about four miles from Shieldsville. The attacking party opened fire
+from the brow of a hill but their arms consisted of rusty shot guns, and
+small pistols, hence nothing was accomplished. When the attack commenced
+the bandits wheeled in platoon and discharged a harmless volley at the
+pursuers.
+
+The horse of one of the robbers fell, and it was supposed that he had been
+shot, but he quickly recovered. As the bandit sought to mount him again,
+he found his girth broken, and in obedience to an order from the chief, he
+mounted behind his comrade, and the gang moved off at a round trot. The
+abandoned horse was found to be the one taken from Empey, and the saddle,
+the one borrowed near Millersburgh.
+
+
+
+                               A BALKY NAG.
+
+
+An hour or two later the bandits seem to have lost their road, for they
+called at the house of a farmer named Sager, and demanded a horse, saying
+they were after horse thieves. Sager is a prudent German, and required to
+see their authority. They laughed at him and secured his horse, but on
+attempting to mount him, they found him balky, and were obliged to abandon
+their plan. They then forced the farmer to accompany them quite a distance
+to point out the road, first asking the route to Waterville, but finally
+deciding to take the Cordova road. Sager went with them to the edge of the
+town of Kilkenny, and left them in a large meadow going towards Cordova.
+
+In this field the bandits resorted to all known means to destroy their
+tracks, and esconced themselves in the mysterious depths of the Big Woods,
+where it was impossible to track them, as the thousands of hogs which root
+up their living there, had almost entirely displaced the sod, and it was
+not an easy matter to distinguish the footprints of man or beast.
+
+Many have the impression that the bandits were sheltered Thursday night by
+a notorious character living in the woods on the west side of Kilkenny,
+but according to the statement of those captured, they lay hidden in the
+thickets.
+
+
+
+                          THE PURSUIT GROWS HOT.
+
+
+During Thursday night excited crowds had gathered in all of the towns in
+the vicinity that could be reached by telegraph. Men of every class
+volunteered to join in the hunt, and they came armed and mounted in every
+conceivable style. The great majority had arms of little account, and a
+large portion of the volunteers were entirely defenceless. There were many
+intrepid men who joined in the pursuit in an earnest manner, and many
+younger ones who started as they would in a chicken hunt, for sport and
+excitement.
+
+The telegrams had summoned the chiefs of police, detectives and several
+members of the police forces of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and at six
+o'clock Thursday evening, Chief King, Detective Brissette, Sergeant Clarke
+and patrolman Brosseau and deputy sheriff Harrison, of the former city,
+and Chief Munger, Detective Hoy, and officers West, Hankinson, and
+Shepherd, of the latter place, were on the scene of the tragedy.
+
+Under direction of Chief King, the St. Paul squad followed the trail of
+the robbers under charge of Detective Brissette, while Detective Hoy and
+his party proceeded to Faribault intending to start from there and attempt
+to head off the robber band. Every point of egress from
+
+
+
+                              THE BIG WOODS
+
+
+was thoroughly picketed during the night, probably two hundred volunteers
+being engaged. Early on Friday morning Sheriff Asa Barton, of Rice county,
+who had been up all night arranging the guards, commenced to accept new
+recruits and dispatch them as rapidly as possible to the front, providing
+every weapon that would snap a cap, that could be obtained in the
+vicinity. His labors were arduous and incessant, but his splendid
+constitution and indomitable perseverance enabled him to endure throughout
+the three weeks that the hunt continued. The number of robber hunters
+cannot have been less than five hundred during Friday.
+
+The pursuers dispatched from Faribault were headed by brave, intelligent
+men, among whom were Col. Williams, J. H. Harding, Dr. Hurd, T. Loyhed,
+Mr. Baxter, James Hunter and Sam Dunham, chief of police of this city.
+
+Nothing was heard of the bandits during Thursday night, but on Friday, it
+was found that they had started in a westerly direction. It was difficult
+to pick their trail, as men and horses shod in every manner had passed
+over the roads during the night and morning. Rumors of all sorts came in
+from all points, and the leaders scarcely knew what to do, but they wisely
+determined to maintain their line of pickets.
+
+It can truly be said that these knights of the road traveled on their
+reputation, and they were looked upon as such desperate and sanguinary
+foes that few men would have been willing to meet them except at
+considerable odds. The pickets had been liberally placed, but the squads
+were necessarily small, as an area of more than four miles square was
+guarded. At most places only two or three guards had been placed, and
+through one of these squads a
+
+
+
+                             WONDERFUL ESCAPE
+
+
+was made. It was supposed that the bandits would try to break the line at
+a northerly point, toward Cordova, hence their track to the southwest was
+unlooked for.
+
+At seven o'clock Friday morning two men called at the house of a Mr.
+James, on the Cleveland road, and asked his wife, he being away, if she
+had seen anything of two little black mules that had strayed or been
+stolen. Being answered in the negative, they asked how far the river was
+behind the house, and if there were any swamps between. She told them the
+river was about one-quarter of a mile back, and that there was a swamp
+which she thought they could pass.
+
+One of the men then inquired which direction was south. Mrs. James
+informed him, when he said he guessed she was mistaken, but on taking out
+a pocket compass, he acknowledged that she was correct, and made a polite
+apology for contradicting her. On leaving, they bade her a pleasant "good
+morning."
+
+The gang then attempted to cross the Little Cannon river behind James'
+house but could not get through the swamp, and returning they took to the
+road going toward Waterville. After proceeding a short distance they
+accosted a party of five men working on the road. They said they were in
+pursuit of the robbers, and asked if the two bridges, one above and one
+below were guarded. When told they were they asked if there were any fords
+between. On learning that there were two, they said that they had better
+take care of them, and immediately started across the fields to the river.
+
+No sooner had the bandits left, than Mr. James, who had been told by his
+wife of the visit of the men, came up. After a hurried consultation, in
+which it was decided that the party that had just passed were the robbers,
+James with three of the men hastened to the upper bridge about a quarter
+of a mile away, and reported to Major Rogers, who with two men held that
+point. A portion of the squad immediately started for the fords, James and
+two others going to the lower, while Rogers and the remainder stopped at
+the upper one about forty rods away.
+
+The swamps and growth had retarded the progress of the bandits, but James
+had scarcely gained his position when the gang appeared on the opposite
+bank of the river leading their horses. They were carelessly talking, and
+made directly for the ford. Just as the leader stepped into the shallow
+stream, James exclaimed, "Come on boys,"
+
+
+
+                           WE'VE GOT THEM NOW,
+
+
+at the same time discharging an ineffective charge of small shot at the
+front robber. At this the leader shouted, "This is too hot, boys, we must
+take to the woods," and all hastened back up the bank. But as they moved
+away, they must have heard the retreat of the pickets, who broke and ran,
+one leaving his time-honored Prussian musket in the brush, and another
+losing his valuable set of false teeth, for after moving up into the woods
+for a distance of not more than twenty rods, they wheeled and crossed the
+ford in the coolest and most deliberate manner. The alarm was immediately
+carried to Waterville, and the base of operations were soon changed. In
+the meantime the St. Paul party, with several active and intrepid
+Northfield men, had been actively on the trail, and just at dusk a sight
+of the enemy was obtained as they were breaking across a distant cornfield
+for the cover of the woods.
+
+
+
+                             TRADING HORSES.
+
+
+But before this the bandits had visited the farm of Ludwig Rosseneau, in
+Elysian township, and impressed two horses. The farmhouse is entirely
+secluded from the road, being nearly half a mile back. When the gang
+arrived there with their five horses, two of them went to the barn, while
+four remained at a small bridge near by. Mr. Rosseneau and his son went to
+see what they wanted, when they asked if he had any horses. One said he
+was the Sheriff of Rice county, and that he must have two horses and a
+guide, for he was after horse thieves, showing a large document, which the
+boy Wilhelm, who had been to school, says was a map of Minnesota. When the
+old man objected, the rascals drew their pistols and quickly closed the
+bargain. Two horses were brought from the stable and saddled; one was
+mounted by one of the gang, and the Rosseneau boy was forced to accompany
+them on the other. The simple German peasants had heard nothing of the
+Northfield tragedy, and hence were not particularly frightened, although
+greatly annoyed. The cavalcade passed from the farm, the leader ordering
+the boy to guide them through the woods to the old state road. It was a
+difficult country to ride through, but the boy knew the road and traveled
+along, talking in boyish style and getting short answers, until the chief
+ordered him not to talk so loud. On arriving at an opening near the road,
+a halt was made, and the lad was placed upon one of the robbers' horses,
+which was disabled by a cruel gall caused by the girth under his forelegs.
+He was told to remain there until they returned, which would be soon.
+After waiting about half an hour, another lad came up and told him of the
+robber raid. Young Rosseneau quickly understood his position and made
+quick tracks for home. He says that after the robbers left him they dashed
+into the woods across the clearing, and galloped away as fast as possible.
+The next morning Rosseneau's horses were found in their pasture near the
+barn.
+
+
+
+                           ANOTHER HORSE TRADE.
+
+
+Subsequently it was discovered that during the night of Friday a horse had
+been taken from the pasture of John Laney, 11/2 miles from the village of
+Elysian, and a handsome sorrel mare badly chest foundered placed in its
+stead for value received. This farmer made a good trade as did Rosseneau,
+for his own horse came home early Saturday morning.
+
+The hunted bandits were in a country from which it seemed impossible for
+them to escape, it being almost surrounded by lakes and swamps. A close
+guard was kept, and all expected that a capture would surely be effected
+on Saturday. There were hundreds of men on the hunt, but it is useless to
+say that the search was thorough, for if it had been they would have been
+found. Saturday passed and also Sunday, and no sign of them was
+discovered. Many became discouraged and weary, and as the weather had been
+wet and cold, large numbers of the pursuers returned to their homes.
+
+However, the hunt was continued by many persistant men from all parts of
+the Stale. As their labor was unrewarded by any discoveries of importance
+until Monday and Tuesday, the symmetry of the narrative will be maintained
+by following the robbers according to their own statements.
+
+
+
+                             SAFE FOR AWHILE.
+
+
+Up to Friday night they had succeeded in procuring food from farm-houses,
+at one place going in and helping themselves to the entire cooking of the
+family. Wild plums and grapes had also contributed to their wants, and
+they had not suffered much, except Bob Younger whose wound was extremely
+painful. After trading horses at Laney's, Friday night, they rode to a
+point in the woods about three miles back of Elysian and a short distance
+from German Lake. Here, less than one hundred and fifty yards from the
+road, after turning loose the three borrowed horses, they tied their three
+remaining horses to trees, and made a rude shelter with their rubber
+blankets in which they passed the night cold and wretched.
+
+Saturday morning they broke camp, and after tying their blankets around
+themselves with their bridles, they abandoned their faithful steeds, and
+started forth on foot, leaving five saddles behind them. They moved slowly
+and cautiously, and during the forenoon they discovered a sort of island
+which proved an excellent hiding place. In the center of this
+little-explored tract, they found a pretty pond of water, and feeling
+secure they established a regular camp, making a good fire, and taking
+comfort generally. So safe did they feel that they shot a hog and a calf,
+but not succeeding in killing them the first time, although the shots went
+straight through their heads as they aver, and as the animals made good
+time in escaping, they lost a savory feast, not daring to fire more shots.
+During the most of the time the bandits had proceeded on foot leading
+their horses through the woods, and their feet had become terribly sore
+while their stockings were entirely worn out, and while resting here they
+dressed their
+
+
+
+                          LACERATED EXTREMITIES
+
+
+and bound them up in socks improvised from their underclothing. But they
+dared not rest here too long as the corn fields and potato-patches on
+which they depended for subsistance were at an inconvenient distance, and
+their hunters might flush their camp at any moment. Saturday night they
+again took up their tedious march, and about daylight went into camp a
+mile from the German Catholic church in Marysburgh, the bell of which was
+plainly heard by the robbers when it rung for early mass. They concluded
+not to attend church that day, contrary to the usual custom of Cole
+Younger at least, and a luxurious breakfast of roasted corn and baked
+potatoes was prepared. This camp was within a few rods of the edge of a
+clearing, showing the remarkable boldness of the gang. Here two small boys
+saw three of them walking just outside the woods, and reported it, but
+little faith was placed on their story, as the general impression was that
+the bandits were still in the woods behind Elysian or had made a break on
+their horses to the Minnesota river, and hence to parts unknown. Their
+camp of Friday night had not then been discovered; and it was supposed
+that they were still in possession of their horses.
+
+In all the time intervening between Thursday afternoon and Monday morning,
+the robbers had made but about thirty miles, and although surrounded at
+times by
+
+
+
+                        AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED MEN,
+
+
+they would not have suffered at all except for the cold and rain. In the
+Sunday camp a portion of a bloody shirt gave evidence that Bob Younger had
+been compelled to again dress his wounded arm.
+
+Slowly the robbers proceeded, and their next camp was some four miles
+directly south of Marysburgh on the banks of Lake Madison in Blue Earth
+county. From here a bold strike was made directly west nearly nine miles,
+to a point but about 21/2 miles back of the city of Mankato, where, finding
+an empty house in the woods on the Kron farm they slept comfortably Monday
+and Tuesday nights. During the most of this time they had lived on fodder
+corn uncooked, hazel nuts, grapes and wild plums, but Tuesday morning they
+made a requisition on a German farmer and procured a good breakfast. At
+the table they sat with their overcoats on, and their
+
+
+
+                      BOWIE KNIVES BY THEIR PLATES.
+
+
+They were uncommunicative, inoffensive and polite, and paid liberally for
+the hospitality shown them.
+
+The hunt had continued while the bandits were escaping as above related, a
+reward of $1,000 offered by Governor Pillsbury, $700 by the Northfield
+bank, and $500 by the Winona and St. Peter railroad inciting many to
+action. The state reward was afterwards increased to $1,000 for each man
+dead or alive. However all were off the scent, the objective point of the
+pursuers being the woods back of Elysian from which the pursued had
+quietly passed. The headquarters of the robber hunters were made
+
+
+
+                              AT JANESVILLE.
+
+
+On Saturday, Sept. 9th, a party consisting of A. A. Keller, Russell M.
+Church, F. Martin and W. Rhine started across the country from Northfieid
+to Faribault, and catching there the train, proceeded to Owatonna, where
+they were joined by a party of some thirty well armed citizens.
+
+Telegrams were sent to Waseca for a special train to carry them to
+Janesville. Finding a case of needle guns at Owatonna for Brisette, they
+took them on with them, arriving at Janesville at one o'clock. They found
+Brisette and his men there. They had been on the track of the gang from
+the first, often getting sight of them, and never for an hour losing their
+trail till Saturday, when they failed to see them during the whole day.
+
+Early in the morning the party was divided into companies and took to the
+woods, determined to hunt the villains up. Besides the parties sent out in
+squads to the woods, other parties were out in each direction up the
+Winona and St. Peter R. R. on hand cars.
+
+The whole country around Janesville was alive, and hundreds of volunteers
+were rushing about in search of arms to join the pursuers. By noon on
+Sunday there were at least three hundred men on the war-path, seeking for
+the fugitives and anxious to secure some portion of the reward offered for
+their capture.
+
+The telegraph was kept in lively operation, and every rumor was sent from
+point to point, and mounted messengers carried the news along the lines of
+outposts, keeping the men well informed on the events of the day.
+
+At about 3 o'clock a messenger came riding up to headquarters, his horse
+reeking and foaming, and the man's manner portending news of the utmost
+weight and importance. Hurrying in to the depot he handed the telegraph
+operator a paper containing the information that the fugitives broke cover
+near Elysian and were making for Waterville. To inquiries he answered that
+three of the robbers were seen and one was riding a cream-colored horse,
+and that the police were hard on their track.
+
+Telegrams were at once sent to Eagle Lake, Owatonna, and other points,
+repeating the exciting tale and asking that the posts along the line
+between Waseca and Janesville be made especially strong--the supposition
+being that the thieves would try to cross somewhere between those two
+points. In prompt reply to these telegrams a special train was dispatched
+containing over one hundred men, well-armed, from Northfield, Winona,
+Rochester, Owatonna and Medford, and these were left in squads often
+between Waseca and Janesville, twenty-two of them coming up for
+instructions and news.
+
+These twenty-two were under the command of C. Runnels. Many were
+
+
+
+                           VETERANS OF THE WAR,
+
+
+and they seemed to be under good discipline, all obeying their leader's
+orders with alacrity. This party it was thought better to use as a company
+of patrol, who were to visit the outposts between this section and Waseca.
+
+
+
+                           THE ST. PAUL POLICE
+
+
+and the five Northfield scouts came in about 9:30 o'clock Saturday night,
+and to the surprise of numbers of people waiting for news, reported that
+they had no news to tell. They knew nothing of the dispatch which had
+awakened such lively interest.
+
+The party had been out all day, having left Janesville at 8 o'clock with
+four wagons and some on horseback. They proceeded first to Elysian and
+passing round the lake then proceeded on to Marysburg, within four miles
+of which they fell in with Hoy and
+
+
+
+                         THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE,
+
+
+when all started by different routes to Eagle Lake, from thence they came
+to Janesville after spending twelve long hours on the road, but throughout
+their whole course they saw and heard nothing of the robbers.
+
+Subsequent developments proved that the news brought in by the mounted
+messenger was a canard founded on the fact that some of the robber hunters
+had been amusing themselves by "playing robbers." The false alarm,
+however, did no harm, and only stirred men to double diligence, and the
+writer who spent the whole night of Sunday in visiting the outposts and
+guards along the Winona & St. Peter railroad found them all on the _qui
+vive,_ and he is confident if the bandits had shown themselves that night,
+they would have fared badly.
+
+The alarm telegraphed to St. Paul brought out again Chief King and another
+body of police and citizens among whom was Hazen, of Cincinnati, who
+thought he recognized in photographs of the two dead bandits, Bill
+Chadwell and Charles Pitts.
+
+
+
+                           FINDING THE HORSES.
+
+
+Monday night, a party, headed by Sheriff Dill and Brissette, and including
+the St. Paul police, and several determined men from Northfield, after a
+tedious hunt arrived at the house of John Dehn about a mile from the place
+where Brisette had lost the trail on Friday night.
+
+The detective was in a quandary not understanding how the horses at least
+could have got through the line of pickets that had been maintained. One
+of these animals was of a dun color, or as the country people called it "a
+yaller hoss," and would have been noticed among a cavalry regiment.
+
+The mystery was soon to be solved however. A portion of the squad took
+refuge in Dehn's hay loft for the night, and at daylight Tuesday morning
+as Mr. Mills Church, of Northfield, an old war veteran, was peeping from
+his roost, he saw two hard looking horses, peering over the farm gate,
+evidently envying the inviting stack of oats within.
+
+Church immediately went to them, and found they were two of the robbers'
+horses without doubt. One was a bright bay with white face and three white
+feet, and the other was a handsome brown mare. Both were very thin and
+showed marks of exposure, and deep rowelling on their sides. The brown had
+large galls each side of her back bone made by the saddle, and these were
+covered by thick scabs that had been forming at least three days. Both
+wore halters, that of the bay being without a strap, while a piece about a
+foot long hung to the halter of the brown, it having been chewed off by
+the wearer.
+
+The nags were well cared for, and their trail was immediately taken up
+while their tracks were fresh, but the horses had stopped to graze so
+often thus doubling and changing their course, that it was almost a
+fruitless task. Feeling that Dehn's house at which they were found was
+probably the first one the horses saw, a
+
+
+
+                         LONG LINE OF SKIRMISHERS
+
+
+was formed, and a thorough search of the woods made. At about 7 o'clock
+the left of the line came upon the last camp where the robbers were in
+possession of their horses. Dr. Hurd of Faribault was in advance, and as
+he came to the spot, the noted buckskin horse whinned and stamped showing
+most unmistakable signs of delight at again seeing a human form. The camp
+was located so near the road that it is a wonder that it had not been
+discovered. At each of three saplings a horse had been tied, the yellow
+one in the middle. They had been given as long range as possible, but
+there was no feed for them except the bark and wood of the trees to which
+they were tied. These were eaten as high as the horses could reach and
+deep into the roots. The ground around was stamped hard, and there were
+evidences that the poor animals had made desperate efforts to escape. At a
+short distance away pronged stakes were found which showed that the
+fleeing men had found shelter in a most uncomfortable manner. They had
+probably thrown blankets over the frame and stopped to dress the wounded
+man. There was no trace of eating or sleeping. Behind a log near by, all
+the saddles of the five laid in a pile, an old russet-leather saddle, much
+defaced, at the bottom of the pile, very wet. This showed two shot marks,
+from one of which a medium-sized pistol bullet was taken. Two others on
+the pile were black, solid-seat saddles, one new, open, black McClellan,
+one new russet McClellan. The black McClellan was marked underneath, at
+the front, $8.50, with the cost mark above: two old blankets and three old
+gunny bags were found. The robbers carried away all the bridles and good
+blankets.
+
+The horses at Rosseneau's and Laney's were then procured and the entire
+five were delivered to Commissioner Scott of Rice county, it being the
+feeling that that community should have the benefit of what was recovered.
+
+
+
+                              EXCITING NEWS.
+
+
+Excitement had again subsided, and after the capture of the robbers'
+horses in a state indicating that they had been abandoned for several
+days, the opinion gained ground rapidly that the robbers had made tracks
+on foot and were many miles away. The hunt had virtually come to an end,
+was the thought of many, and a general movement was made by the pursuers
+toward those homes to which of late, they had become strangers. The St.
+Paul police had started for home, and the Minneapolis force was already
+there. The indefatigable and energetic sheriff of Winona, was even
+contemplating an abandonment of the chase when news was brought into
+Mankato, which at once aroused excitement to its highest pitch. A farmer
+had been captured by the bandits, and with arms tightly bound behind him,
+compelled at the muzzle of a revolver to accompany them on the road to
+pilot the way beyond Mankato. Hearing that this unfortunate was the man in
+charge of Mr. Shaubut's farm, the writer sought out the man
+
+
+
+                                 DUNNING,
+
+
+who told him that about six o'clock on Wednesday morning the 13th, he
+started from his house in search of the cows. He had scarcely passed the
+barn going towards the woods when six men came upon him. They were for the
+most part powerfully built men, well dressed, with linen dusters and
+blankets strapped up in bridles. The men came up to him and said they were
+
+
+
+                           LOOKING FOR ROBBERS,
+
+
+and guessed he was one of them. He protested that he was not, when one
+said they would take him with them anyhow, and proceeded to bind his hands
+behind him with a bridle rein. They then insisted, upon his showing them
+the way past Mankato, so that they might strike the Minnesota above,
+asking him questions as to whether they would be likely to find any boats
+upon the river, and if it was possible to ford or swim across. Dunning
+begged them to let him go, when they told him they were
+
+
+
+                         THE NORTHFIELD ROBBERS,
+
+
+but if he would show them the way and keep a silent tongue in his head
+they would send him a handsome present. He still begged to be released,
+stating that he had a delicate wife and young children, and if he should
+be away from the farm he would lose his situation, and then what would his
+family do during the winter? The robbers thought he seemed a good sort of
+a fellow, and if they could only trust him, perhaps they might let him
+return, but could they trust him? Dunning protested by all that was sacred
+that they might, and promised if they would only let him return home, he
+would not breathe to a living soul that he had seen there and he expressed
+a hope that they would get through safe and sound without being captured.
+The robbers held a short consultation among themselves, in which Dunning
+thought he heard proposals of shooting him on the spot. It was to him
+
+
+
+                      A MOMENT OF DREADFUL SUSPENSE,
+
+
+and he shook with very fear, but to his inexpressible relief one of the
+men said that they had agreed to let him return home--they did not want his
+family to suffer for them. They then asked him his name and postal
+address, which they carefully noted down, repeating their former promise
+of a handsome present if they got safely off, and if he kept his faith
+with them.
+
+One of the men asked if they could not get to the river from where they
+were by leaving the timber and crossing the level open flat, and if they
+could not swim the river easily. To which Dunning replied that they would
+be discovered almost immediately if they attempted to leave the woods,
+advising them to keep under cover as much as they could. With this they
+released his arms and set him free, they the while seating themselves upon
+the ground and watching him till he got out of sight. He at once ran home,
+and after getting his breakfast, he crossed over from his house to the
+residence of Mr. Shaubut, and told him the whole story.
+
+
+
+                               MR. SHAUBUT,
+
+
+who is a banker in Mankato, brought the news to town, which set the whole
+city into commotion. Men of all classes hurried about for arms. The
+telegraph wires called up from Janesville the few men who still lingered
+there reluctant to give up the chase. The same lightning messenger brought
+men from Winona, Waseca, Owatonna, and Faribault. St. Peter, and Le Sueur
+sent in their quota of armed citizens. The message found the redoubtable
+Hoy at the Nicollet hotel, where he was narrating to an admiring throng
+his exploits at Elysian, and brought him back to the regained trail; the
+same message arrested the St. Paul police on their homeward journey at
+Blakely, and, in an incredibly short time
+
+
+
+                         A THOUSAND EAGER HUNTERS
+
+
+crowded into the streets of Mankato seeking information and anxious for
+orders. The ubiquitous Dill was there with his disciplined men. Baxter was
+there and Sheriffs Finch, Davis, Barton, Long and Harrison, Mayor Wiswell
+and Captains Holmes and Owens. Thus were the counties of Winona, Blue
+Earth, Rice, Waseca, Faribault and Ramsey represented by their sheriffs
+and men. The five Northfield boys, who had never for an hour given up the
+hunt, were there and ready again to guard, mount and scour the woods.
+
+Davis, of Winnebago, whose story of the robbers' appearance the evening
+before at Indian Lake, was so little heeded, was now almost lionized, and
+it was surprising how many were all at once found who believed in the
+famous horse thief catcher from the first.
+
+It was necessary that some system be pursued; accordingly General Pope, of
+Mankato, was appointed generalissimo of the forces, and that gentleman at
+once set about a plan of organization. Bridges must be guarded,
+cross-roads and by-paths watched, patrols sent out, and skirmish lines
+established. One would think by the measured tramp of armed men, the
+bustle, the eager excitement, the groups of mysterious gossips, that
+Mankato expected a seige from the combined forces of all the hostile
+savages paying allegiance to Sitting Bull, rather than that the men were
+called out to capture six fugitive robbers.
+
+But the people seemed determined. Their looks seemed to say that they were
+tired of playing this game of hide and seek, and were for once in
+downright earnest and bent upon bringing this thing to a quick and
+decisive close.
+
+It was a miserably wet morning, the rain descending in a continuous
+shower, and the air was filled with a damp chilliness, which rendered
+out-door vocations particularly disagreeable. The streets and roads were
+filled with slimy mud--griming and sticking, to the intense misery of
+pedestrians. But the rain and the mud and the cold could not deter the
+excited populace, and even women caught the infectious fever of excitement
+and dared the elements in search of news. All the city was on the tip-toe
+of expectancy, but the hours glided slowly along and no news was brought
+in from the skirmish lines or outposts. Reports, it is true, were rife,
+and many a thrilling tale of manly courage and sanguinary encounter was
+whispered by mani-tongued rumor. At one time the robbers were all
+slaughtered, at another, a brave citizen was sacrificed, but enquiry
+proved them to owe their existence to fertile imaginations. Evening at
+last closed in upon a miserable day, and the tired, wet and hungry hunters
+began to return. The Clifton house was filled with them, the congenial
+host doing his best to appease their ravenous appetites, after which the
+weary men stretched themselves at length upon the floors of the parlors,
+offices and halls to snatch a few minutes' refreshing slumber. Meantime a
+strong guard was placed at every point around the city, and mounted men
+patrolled the streets all night.
+
+At about midnight some of the men on guard heard peculiar whistles at
+different points, which seemed to be replied to, the call resembling the
+low note of the quail, and the answer, the high note of the same bird.
+Report was made of the circumstance at "Headquarters," and while a
+discussion was progressing as to whether the men were not mistaken, and
+their ability to distinguish between the veritable bird call and its its
+imitation, a mounted messenger came dashing in with the news that three of
+the robbers had
+
+
+
+                           CROSSED THE BRIDGE,
+
+
+over the Blue Earth river and had escaped toward South Bend. The news
+spread like a prairie fire, and in an incredibly short time the streets
+were alive with armed men hastening down toward the point at which the
+fugitives had broken the line of outposts. Sheriff Dill, who, had retired
+but a few minutes to the well-deserved comfortable bed put at his disposal
+at the Clifton, was soon up and away with a posse of men. Other leaders
+were equally alert, but all mentally, and some physically, too, cursed the
+blundering guard, which had permitted itself to be caught napping. Enquiry
+soon ascertained the fact that
+
+
+
+                         SOME ONE HAD BLUNDERED.
+
+
+It appears that General Pope in arranging for the night guard had provided
+for a strong body of men being placed upon each of the bridges over the
+Blue Earth, this being considered the vulnerable point in the line, but a
+telegram coming to him stating that the railroad bridge would be specially
+guarded by the railroad officials, he removed his guard from that
+structure, and, as it proved, opened a direct way for the brigands'
+escape. The railroad authorities had placed two men and a boy on the
+bridge to guard it, and about two o'clock they saw three men approaching
+in single file. The guard stood on one side and the men advanced and
+walked deliberately on to the trestle work and passed over, the heroic
+guard being too much frightened to even breathe. As soon as the fugitives
+had got fairly past, the boy rushed down to the covered bridge and alarmed
+the guard there, who at once sent a mounted messenger into the city to
+tell the miserable tale. Nothing during the whole hunt had such a
+humiliating effect upon the people as this fiasco, but they were doomed
+ere long to receive as great a disappointment.
+
+The night was one of almost Egyptian darkness, and men could do little
+good tramping through muddy lanes and through dripping woods without a
+trail to guide them. The resolve, therefore, was to await the break of
+day, when at the earliest hour of dawn a close hunt and hot pursuit would
+commence. Accordingly with the gloaming, Hoy, of Minneapolis, with a
+number of Mankato men and others, started out and they were soon shown
+
+
+
+                                 A TRAIL
+
+
+which led across the railroad bridge along the Sioux City line into a
+melon patch, back to the road and on across the Garden City road. The
+engineer of an incoming train motioned the pursuers toward the thick woods
+covering the slopes of Pigeon Hill, some two hundred yards from the State
+road. But on went the chattering, noisy trail-hunters, chasing each other
+up the line. Quickly they came to a halt and found they had overrun the
+trail. Doubling upon their tracks they came back several yards and found
+the foot-prints turned off into the woods. Their attention was now
+attracted by a strong smell of burning feathers, and looking up toward the
+beautifully wooded acclivity, they saw a thin, pale column of smoke
+issuing from the luxurious foliage and spreading itself out like a hazy
+film.
+
+At this point there seems to be conflicting statements as to what was
+done, some asserting that Hoy at once made a dash toward the campfire;
+others say that he spent several minutes consulting and ordering his own
+men back to Garden City road to surround the camp. One man, Mr. Hansen, of
+Mankato, says that he actually saw one of the robbers and wanted to fire,
+but Hoy would not let him, stating that he might hit some of the pursuers
+instead of the pursued. Both Cole and Bob Younger afterward stated that
+Hoy did not charge into the camp at all. Be this as it may, the camp when
+entered was found to be deserted. When the writer entered the
+
+
+
+                              ROBBER'S CAMP,
+
+
+a bright, clear fire was burning, in front of which, toward the railroad,
+a long pole was wedged in between some saplings, over which had been hung
+the coats and blankets of the band. The front part of a shirt was found,
+stained with blood. One wristband was wanting, but that found at the camp
+discovered on the previous Sunday, exactly corresponded with it. The shirt
+was of good quality and had evidently never been laundried. Bob Younger
+afterwards told the writer that the garment belonged to him. A
+blood-stained handkerchief (new) with border torn from two sides was
+found, with a large blue weather-proof coat, a brown linen duster, nearly
+new, a piece of drugget about two yards square and two bridles. One of the
+bridles had a very severe Mexican bit, and was afterwards recognized by a
+Mankato man as being one that he had exchanged at St. Peter for a milder
+one. Near the fire were two fowls and a chicken skillfully dressed and
+jointed ready for broiling, and several cobs of corn, some of it partially
+roasted, and some of it showing marks of teeth, as though some of the men
+were too hungry to wait till breakfast was ready. At the back of the camp
+fire the hill ascended precipitously, and in the dead leaves were
+distinctly seen the trail of the disturbed bandits. Reaching the summit of
+Pigeon Hill, they crossed the Garden City road and entered the heavy
+timber and dense underbrush leading down to the Blue Earth river. The
+whole of this wood was filled with men, a party of about two hundred men
+forming a skirmish line about three paces apart and marching completely
+through it down to Jones' ford. It was now about mid-day, and it was
+thought the outlaws had doubled on their track and were concealed
+somewhere in the thick coverts of
+
+
+
+                           BEAUTIFUL MINNEOPA.
+
+
+Accordingly toward this lovely spot were the forces concentrated, and all
+the afternoon the wide space fronting the Rev. D. T. Rowland's residence
+was filled with armed men. Although this delightful spot is well known to
+pleasure-seekers, it is doubtful if ever before it was the scene of so
+much bustle and animation, and the two beautiful daughters of the reverend
+gentleman were kept busily employed attending to the wants of their
+countless guests.
+
+The whole neighborhood was thoroughly searched, the deep and shadowing
+glen, the rocky chasms, the towering heights were all searched through and
+through, not a thicket nor a cave, nor a gloomy recess in the tortuous
+course of the serpentine Minneinneopa escaped the ruthless tread of the
+pursuers. No one could form an adequate idea of the number of men engaged
+in the hunt if they remained themselves with one party or in one place. As
+the writer was taken from one point to another, along highways and by ways
+by a spirited span of colts, supplied by Mr. B. D. Pay, he was astonished
+at the number of skirmishers he met. There were men of
+
+
+
+                     ALL AGES AND ALL NATIONALITIES,
+
+
+mounted and on foot, shadowed by every tree and covered by every bush.
+Could it be possible for an escape through such a formidable line!
+
+Driving up from Rush Lake towards evening weary and hungry from the day's
+exertion, the writer was hailed by three men hastening across from heavy
+timber to the right of the Garden City road.  Halting, he was told
+excitedly that the three men crossing from Garden City came upon a dense
+thicket overhanging the Blue Earth river where they heard voices. They
+stopped and listened when they distinctly heard a voice.
+
+"There is a good shelter here, why should we move."
+
+It was raining at the time. The men from Garden City waited and watched,
+but they saw nothing. After some time they fired off their shot guns, but
+no response was made. For four hours the men kept guard over the place,
+and as night was coming on they thought they would go out in search of
+help.
+
+The writer at once alighted from his buggy and being joined by some dozen
+armed men, they approached the spot indicated. The cover was almost
+impenetrably dense, and it was impossible to see a dozen yards in any
+direction, and the hunt ended in failure, some of the party believing that
+the three men from Garden city had given way to a strong imagination. But
+at
+
+
+
+                     AN INTERVIEW WITH THE YOUNGERS,
+
+
+at Madelia, the writer was told that after leaving the camp at Minneopa
+Falls, the band went in a south-easterly direction to the Blue Earth, and
+then followed up the river for half an hour where they lay in a dense
+thicket all day. The men in concealment heard the pursuers, heard the
+shots, and saw one at least of the party within easy pistol range of them.
+At nightfall many of the hunters returned to Mankato, but still more
+remained out all night performing picket duty after an arduous day's march
+through the woods and over a rough country.
+
+
+
+                            THE LINE ADVANCED.
+
+
+The search of Thursday having proved fruitless, as night approached the
+line was thrown some five miles in advance due west, and a cordon of
+pickets was stretched from Judson, on the Minnesota river, to Garden City,
+on the Watonwan river, a distance of at least thirteen miles. The line
+passed through the village of Lake Crystal, the pickets being liberally
+disposed at all of the roads, crossings, fords and ferries. Brissette,
+Harrison and Clark, aided by W. Erwin, of St. Paul, (a most admirable
+organizer and active commander,) and Baxter, of Faribault, having charge
+of the arrangements, and acting under the orders of Gen. Pope, who had
+changed his headquarters to Lake Crystal. The town board of that place
+responded with the most commendable promptitude to every expressed desire
+of the leaders, providing provisions for a large number of men and horses,
+and furnishing transportation for the pickets to their several locations.
+
+At an early hour in the evening the picketing was completed, and the
+commander-in-chief with his aids watched through the night, momentarily
+expecting the arrival of
+
+
+
+                           COURIERS WITH NEWS,
+
+
+everything being arranged to mass a great number of men at any point from
+which tidings of the bandits should be received. Shortly after midnight
+startling news was brought in, and it transpired that the wily bandits had
+again selected the weakest place in the line, and succeeded in passing a
+stupid crowd of sleepy pickets.
+
+
+
+
+A NEW DEPARTURE.
+
+
+
+                             ANOTHER ESCAPE.
+
+
+It appears that at a crossing over a small creek on the outskirts of Lake
+Crystal, ten guards had been placed. Nine of them had procured hay and
+ensconced themselves in the bushes to enjoy a quiet sleep. A young man
+named Richard Roberts, of Mankato, alone was faithful to his trust, and
+while the others slept he kept his ceaseless vigil. The night was pitchy
+dark, but the brave boy had become accustomed to it, and his ear was
+rendered wonderfully acute. At about midnight he thought he heard the
+sound of horse's hoofs on the deep sand of the road, and he got a position
+where if any one passed he could read the outlines against the sky. Soon a
+horse appeared bearing two riders.
+
+Stepping from his bush he cried "halt," when the two men slid over to the
+further side of the horse. Dick then raised his rifle, and as the bandits
+undertook to rush their horse past him, he fired. The animal gave a start,
+throwing his riders, and ran rapidly away.
+
+The two men must have been hit in the legs, but they were not disabled,
+for they immediately gained their feet and dashed into a cornfield near
+by, where their trail was lost until morning. In falling they made deep
+indentions in the sand, and one lost his hat, which was of fine make and
+nearly new. Before young Roberts had time to start in pursuit, the
+frightened horse again dashed by him in hot haste to his home about two
+miles back. Early in the morning of Friday a farmer named John Vincent
+came into town, and reported that one of his horses had been used by the
+robbers during the night.
+
+
+
+                            BORROWING A HORSE.
+
+
+All of the farmers in the vicinity had been warned to take the strictest
+care of their horses for fear that the robbers would appropriate them. In
+accordance with these suggestions Mr. Vincent had turned his horses into a
+concealed meadow, and locked his barn strongly, after removing all except
+his cart harness to the house. However, the cunning robbers found the
+animal, and breaking into the barn improvised a bridle with a halter and
+an old bit, cutting the long lines of the cart harness for reins, girth
+and stirrups. The next morning the poor old black horse, which bore an
+admirable reputation for honesty, was found meekly standing in the door
+yard evidently ashamed of the Tam O'Shanter ride in which he had assisted.
+He was dirty, and lame, and his sides bled from the wounds inflicted by
+the cruel spurs of the bandits.
+
+
+
+                            ON THE NEW TRAIL.
+
+
+A large number of hunters were soon on the scene of the affair and efforts
+were made to follow the trail with lanterns, but nothing was accomplished
+except to establish the identity of the robbers by the impress of a boot
+leaving a
+
+
+
+                        SMALL HEEL AND SQUARE TOE,
+
+
+and which had been the guiding mark wherever the trail had been struck. At
+daylight the trail was found by the impatient hunters, and it was rapidly
+followed to the Seymour farm about four miles away across the fields. Here
+the fleeing villains had unceremoniously helped themselves to a splendid
+team of large gray mares, owned by Geo. Rockwood, who was engaged in
+haying on the farm. These animals were reputed to be the best in the
+county, and their subsequent achievements proved that their reputation was
+merited. The robbers had appropriated bridles, but finding no saddles they
+proceeded, riding bareback. It is supposed that they stole these horses at
+about three o'clock Friday morning, and it was nearly six o'clock before
+it became known, so that pursuit could be organized.
+
+Couriers were dispatched to recall the pickets, and no time was lost in
+arranging a pursuit.
+
+
+
+                           BREAKFAST AND A HAT.
+
+
+Soon news arrived by telegraph that the robbers had called at the house of
+a farmer named Jackson, two miles northwest of Madelia, at 6 o'clock, and
+asked for something to eat. On being told that breakfast was not ready,
+and urged to dismount and wait for it, they said they did not want
+breakfast, only a loaf of bread. The good wife gave them what they asked
+for, and they insisted upon paying for it. Mrs. Jackson finally accepted
+ten cents.
+
+One of the visitors was hatless, and he asked if they could not provide
+him with an old one, as his had blown off into a swamp. Mrs. Jackson said
+that they had only a new one which she had bought for her son the day
+before. This the robber persuaded her to sell him for $1.50, and then both
+started off at a brisk pace.
+
+At 1:30 p. m., the fugitives called at the farm of Andrew Nelson, four
+miles directly west of Madelia, and asked a few questions in regard to the
+roads, and at two o'clock they called at another house on the same errand.
+They made excellent headway, for later in the afternoon they were seen
+near Mountain Lake, some seventeen miles from Madelia. The alarm had been
+flashed ahead over the wires, and squads were turning out from all points
+in hot pursuit.
+
+
+
+                        CAVALRY RAID BY RAILROAD.
+
+
+As soon as possible a special train consisting of an engine and two
+box-cars was dispatched to Lake Crystal and placed at the disposal of Gen.
+Pope, by the active and accommodating manager of the Sioux City railroad.
+Two squads of eight carefully chosen men each were detailed to proceed
+under command of Sheriff Barton, of Rice county, and Detective Hoy, of
+Minneapolis. Barton's detachment transported eight horses, but Hoy decided
+to rely upon the farmers for his stock.  The former went directly to
+Windom, and the latter to Mountain Lake, from which points they started
+north, hoping to intercept the robbers. However, their efforts were
+futile, as it was subsequently learned that the desperadoes had passed,
+and were headed in a northwesterly direction.
+
+
+
+                        ON THE BOUNDLESS PRAIRIE.
+
+
+On the evening of Friday, the railroad was again resorted to and a squad
+was dispatched to a point certainly in advance of the bandits, hoping to
+arouse the inhabitants away from the railroad and telegraph. On the train
+was Sheriff McDonald, of Woodbury county, Dakota territory, and it was
+arranged between him and Sheriff Dill, who led the squad, that he should
+proceed immediately to Sioux City, organize two squads, and make for Sioux
+Falls by two routes. An account of the last days of the hunt for these two
+fugitives in this State will be found in the following special telegram
+forwarded by the writer to the St. Paul _Pioneer-Press._
+
+
+
+                            THREE DAYS' HUNT.
+
+
+"I took the train for Heron Like, with Sheriff Dill and ten men, including
+Brissette, Clark, Harrison, Brosseau, Gail, Avery, Richardson and Church.
+Arrived there at 11:30, roused the inhabitants, and were soon under way in
+teams for Lake Shetek. The citizens were eager to assist and ready to go
+to the front. At sunrise took a farmer's family by surprise, but got a
+good breakfast, our tired squad tumbling into warm beds. We were left by
+the inmates of the house to sleep an hour and a half, and then started,
+feeling better for a chicken stew. Reached the town of Currie, Lake Shetek
+township, at noon. Traveled in heavy farm wagons over bad roads. Here
+found the little community ready to assist in any way. Our theory was that
+the robbers would take"
+
+
+
+                   ONE OF THREE TRAILS PASSING BETWEEN
+
+
+Shetek and Luverne, and on the way out left six pickets to guard the lower
+trails--Brissette, Clark and Brosseau, one squad; three Winona men another;
+Erwin and Harrison were mounted well and served as scouts. It was thought
+that the most likely course for the robbers was by the upper trail, hence
+the scouts accompanied the commander, in order to communicate with the
+pickets eight and five miles below. Dill quickly found men at his
+disposal, and soon had twenty pickets posted north and south. Just at
+night Erwin and Harrison dashed in and reported that the robbers had
+called at the house of Mr. Swan, at the crossing of the Des Moines river,
+Lime Creek township, five miles south of Shetek, at two. This was on
+Saturday. There was only a woman at the house. The description of the
+outlaws was accurate. They were still on the gray horses, stolen near Lake
+Crystal. They did not get off their horses, and asked for bread. The woman
+asked them to come in, but they declined, and after they got bread and
+milk, they asked for meat. They said they were after horse-thieves, and
+started southwest. Later they were seen at the Lutheran church, in the
+town of Center, Murray township, from which point they went southwest,
+striking the
+
+
+
+                        LAST HOUSE ON THE FRONTIER
+
+
+at section twenty-two, town one hundred and six, range forty-one, at 4:30.
+They were tracked here by Avery, Gail and Richardson, of Winona, and a
+courier brought the news to the scouts. This news caused Dill to decide
+that they were making for the "Lost Timber," a natural hiding place.
+Recruits were called for and couriers dispatched to call in the pickets in
+other directions, to concentrate on that point. A squad consisting of
+thirty was raised, ten being mounted. No time was lost, and through the
+cold, dismal night,
+
+
+
+                              A FORCED MARCH
+
+
+was made to Lowville, where we arrived in a big thunder storm, at one,
+Sunday morning. Rested here for a hot lunch at Bartlett Low's until five
+o'clock, when the extra horsemen started across the broad prairie to the
+famous "Lost Timber," which it was calculated was in advance of the
+robbers, as it was supposed they must rest after their superhuman efforts.
+The roads were heavy. We reached the destination at ten, and found Erwin
+and Harrison with six riders, who had been skirmishing all night at the
+spot, and had established
+
+
+
+                            CAMP COLE YOUNGER.
+
+
+They had picketed their horses in a deep ravine, and deployed men on the
+row of high mounds commanding the prairie, and five miles down "Lost
+Timber" valley. On arriving there, Dill's pickets were carried out three
+miles each way, and a watch kept for four hours. Scouts were sent down the
+valley, and and the pockets or ravines examined. At two p. m., no tidings
+being received, a council was held, and it was agreed that the robbers
+must have changed their route. Dill had been sanguine in regard to the
+Luverne route, and he, Church of Northfield, and I took a team for that
+point, leaving most of the party to push on to Pipestone, on the northern
+trail, knowing plenty of men could be started from Luverne. A ride of
+twenty tedious miles brought us to this point at 7:30 p. m. Found the town
+in an uproar of excitement, as news had been sent from Worthington and a
+special train dispatched with twenty men to guard the trail passing the
+town. About noon Sunday, a man named Rolfe, living eleven miles north of
+town, on the west bank of Rock river, came in and reported, that at 7:30
+while he was away from the house, two men called at his house and asked
+for breakfast. They got off their gray horses, and went into the house.
+The woman asked them to take off their rubber coats. They refused to do
+so, and seemed very lame, and shuffled along,
+
+
+
+                        UNABLE TO LIFT THEIR LEGS.
+
+
+Mrs. Rolfe asked if they were sick. One said their horses had ran away and
+broke the wagon on the prairie, and they were forced to take to horse. He
+said he had got the rheumatism and his comrade had broken two ribs in
+falling from the wagon. This one gave evidence of a bad wound in the right
+side, and could scarcely sit up to eat breakfast. He refused tea and asked
+for milk. When they paid for their breakfast they did not unbutton their
+coats, but reached up under. It took a long time to mount, and they had to
+climb upon the fence and slide on to their horses. Both wore rubber coats,
+one torn on the right side, and one had fine boots with small heel and
+square toes. The boots were red from walking through the grass. They had
+bags filled with straw for saddles, and old ropes looped for stirrups.
+They moved slowly away southward. The robbers stopped at the house of
+Davis, in Springwater, and were given bread and butter. They staid fifteen
+minutes. From here they crossed the road northward from Luverne. As these
+reports came in, the citizens were roused and the
+
+
+
+                             PURSUIT WAS HOT.
+
+
+They had been noticed by parties driving into town. At three they were
+seen by Mr. Howard, who thought they were pleasure riders. They drove on a
+high knoll and surveyed the country then traveled on at a moderate gait.
+Shortly after, Sheriff Rice and three others in pursuit came very near
+them, so they could have reached them with their rifles, but were
+
+
+
+                             AFRAID OF THEM,
+
+
+and were blamed for not shooting. This party followed seven miles without
+attacking, and lost the trail after dark, three miles east of the
+Palisades, on Splitrock river, in Dakota. About half an hour after, Rice
+met a boy who said they had passed, and told him some fellows were
+following, giving him
+
+
+
+                           A VULGAR INVITATION
+
+
+to report to the pursuers. They evidently felt easy, as they were in
+familiar territory, and asked the boy where they could cross the river. He
+directed them to two crossings, and they started towards the lower, but
+had not crossed at six. They were in a country hard to hunt, full of
+knolls and ravines. The stage from Sioux Falls this afternoon brought in
+the two gray horses, which were found at the house of Mr. Nelson, on
+Splitrock river, below the Palisades. The robbers called there between six
+and eight o'clock Sunday evening. Kelson lit a pipe and sat on the fence
+talking. One robber asked if he was
+
+
+
+                      GOING TO SIT THERE ALL NIGHT,
+
+
+and inquired about the fords and roads. After Nelson went in, the outlaws
+changed their grays for his two horses, both black and blind, one in both
+eyes, and the other in one. Nelson saw their revolvers. They rode the
+blacks until two o'clock Monday morning, but made only ten miles, when
+they changed for a pair of grays, five miles north of Sioux Falls. The
+blind horses probably did not suit them. They went through Sioux Falls
+about five Monday morning, and overtook the Yankton stage. They asked the
+driver where he was going. The driver told them, and asked them the same
+question. The robbers did not answer, but turned back into Sioux Falls.
+This is
+
+
+
+                              THE LAST SEEN
+
+
+of the two supposed to be the James brothers, as far as known in this
+State. Their course has been almost directly west by compass. I think they
+would have taken the northern trail, but were driven south by Dill's
+division in that direction. The fugitives were robbed of rest they
+intended to take, and were forced to make eighty miles without stopping,
+thus showing that they had good horses.
+
+Various reports have been received recently in regard to the escaped
+bandits, but they are probably safely away and among their old familiar
+scenes.
+
+A few determined spirits followed into Dakota, but the great body of the
+pursuers returned disappointed to their homes, and resumed their
+avocations, only to be again stirred and inspired in a few days by the
+remarkable events which will be found in the succeeding chapter.
+
+
+
+
+THE CAPTURE.
+
+
+
+                            "WHAT'S THE USE?"
+
+
+was the bitter ejaculation of pretty well every man who had for two long
+weeks persistently kept on the trail of the gang of desperadoes who
+perpetrated the Northfield outrage, and by Wednesday evening, the 20th,
+the pursuers had for the most part returned to their homes with the full
+conviction that the chase was up, and the bandits had made good their
+escape. To some it was more than humiliating that after so many times
+being completely within their grasp, the scoundrels had succeeded in
+eluding them, and this too, so often through blundering and neglect. It
+seemed no consolation that the robbers had lost more in the State than
+they had ever done elsewhere. The two dead carcasses at Northfield, the
+captured horses, the wounded, fleeing men were impotent to assuage their
+disappointment and heal their wounded pride.
+
+Many exciting reports came from all quarters, but they were only met with
+incredulous laughter. The bandits were gone, and that was an end to the
+matter. People began to look upon the whole hunt as a huge joke, and
+admiration soon showed itself for the plucky six who could in the face of
+such fearful odds make good their escape. But there were those who still
+thought that at least four of the robbers were still in the
+neighborhood--the man wounded at Northfield, and the three who had not
+crossed the river, for notwithstanding the fact that J. Devans, of South
+Bend, said that he saw _five_ men in South Bend, whom he was positive were
+the robbers, on the morning that the three crossed the bridge, no one gave
+credence to his tale.
+
+This man asserted that he had occasion to get up about half-past two
+o'clock to get some water at the pump, his wife being sick, when he passed
+five men in the lane near South Bend Hotel. They wore long linen dusters
+with belts, and carried blankets done up in bridles, and he was positive
+they were the robbers. He saw them leave and go on to the railroad, two
+walking ahead, and the fifth man who was taller than the others, walking
+behind and seeming to stoop greatly and walk with difficulty, carrying one
+arm in a sling. Bob Younger's statement to the writer seemed to confirm
+Devan's story.
+
+There were not a few people in Mankato who believed that Jack O'Neil had a
+hand in the escape of the raiders. It will be remembered that this man
+figured conspicuously as an informant in a case spoken of at an early
+period of this narrative. Rumor had it that this O'Niel had still in his
+vicious den the wounded man concealed. To satisfy the public mind, a
+strong body of men crossed over the ferry and thoroughly searched O'Niel's
+premises in which were found, besides the unfortunate female denizens,
+five as low looking vagabonds as were ever seen outside of prison walls.
+Although the search was fruitless, there are many people in Mankato who
+still think, now that the hunt is over, that the notorious Jack cleared
+his house of Ingalls, Peabody and Quane, because he expected the
+Northfield raiders on their return trip to stay and make use of his house.
+Many arrests were made of innocent persons in the eagerness to catch the
+robbers, and it was absolutely dangerous to be a large man of unusual
+appearance, especially to be alone in the woods or on country roads. There
+was one instance of a capture on suspicion which placed two horse thieves
+within the grasp of inexorable justice, that of the capture of the two men
+at St. Peter, who stayed at the old Wardlow place one night and rode off
+suspiciously at an early hour of the morning. These men who gave their
+names as John Chafer and George Ranks, proved to be two horse thieves from
+Iowa.
+
+But the hunt was at last given up in despair and people had gone back to
+their homes, when a lad came dashing into Madelia shouting out to every
+one he met, that the
+
+
+
+                           ROBBERS WERE FOUND.
+
+
+Exhausted and out of breath from his long and rapid ride, it was some few
+moments ere he could sufficiently recover himself to tell an intelligent
+story. To Col. Vought, the landlord of the Flanders Hotel, the boy gave
+his statement.
+
+The following is condensed from the sworn statement of the captors, and
+was published in the "_Madelia Times:_"
+
+Early on Thursday morning, September 21st, a Norwegian boy named Oscar O.
+Suborn, while out milking, saw two men pass his father's house. This boy
+lives eight miles from this place in a direction a little west of north,
+in Linden township, Brown county. In a few moments, he set down his pail
+and went to the house of Mads Ouren, and told what he had seen. Besides
+Mr. Ouren, there were there, Anton Anderson, Ole Stone and J. F. Devine.
+The latter said at once he believed it was the robbers, and that the
+people should be notified. Those there proceeded at once to do so. A gang
+were commencing to thresh nearby, so their horses and all others in the
+vicinity were ran off as fast as possible. The boy returned home and was
+there told that during his absence, the two other men had come to the
+house and called for something to eat. Said they were a fishing party,
+were in a hurry and could not stop for breakfast. The boy then jumped upon
+his father's horse and came full speed to this place with the news. When
+within a mile and a half of town, his horse fell down and threw him off
+into the mud, but he re-mounted and hastened on. Arriving here, the first
+he saw were Sheriff Glispin and T. L. Vought. The latter grasped his gun,
+mounted his horse and was off, closely followed by J. Severson. They were
+soon joined by Sheriff Glispin, after having left orders to others to
+come, and Will Estes. About three or four miles out they were met by a
+young man named Flittie, who
+
+
+
+                           HAD SEEN THE ROBBERS
+
+
+and guided them to where the villains were. When the party came in sight
+of the robbers, the latter were at the house of John Sharphold. Seeing
+their pursuers coming they seemed to try to fortify behind a heap of
+earth, but when the party scattered out in an attempt to surround them,
+they made off. They waded in a slough near by, and when passing over a
+rise of ground beyond, Glispin and Will Estes fired at them with their
+rifles, just grazing the shoulder and cutting the shirt of one, as they
+afterwards learned.
+
+This caused the miscreants to hasten their pace, and while those pursuing
+were crossing the slough and going cautiously up the hill (fearing an
+ambuscade,) they had made quite an advance. As they were on foot, it was
+now evident from the direction they were taking that they knew the
+country, and were making for Doolittle's herd. It was not long before they
+reached the Hanska slough which they waded, The party in pursuit, who were
+proceeding in a form of line, came to the slough and finding they could
+not cross, Glispin and Estes went down the slough and crossed at the house
+of A. Swingler, who showed them a cattle crossing. The Sheriff sent
+Severson to show those citizens coming, which way to proceed. Vought went
+up stream and crossed, and about this time was joined by Dr. Overholt, and
+coming down to the right of the robbers, fired occasionally to attract
+others. Dr. Overholt shot with his rifle and hit one of the robber's
+canes. Glispin and Estes coming up on the left, fired several shots, and
+the robbers returned the fire, and being at close range, the bullets flew
+thick about the pursuers, grazing Glispin's horse.
+
+About half past 12 o'clock Will Estes ran out of ammunition and was
+obliged to come to town, informing those whom he met where to go, and as
+soon as he arrived here sent telegrams to St. James of movements.
+
+In the pursuit, Glispin, Vought and Overholt saw Doolittle's herd and bore
+to the right to prevent the robbers from capturing the horses, and crossed
+the river at J. Doolittle's; some men were ordered to stay there as guard.
+
+
+
+                        FINDING THEMSELVES FOILED
+
+
+the bandits went to the river opposite Andrew Andersen's house and called
+to him to bring over his horses, that they were after the robbers. He took
+the hint however and ran the horses off. The robbers then passed up the
+river to the next house and crossed at a ford; then passed through
+Anderson's cornfield to a granary, then seeing teams that Mr. Horace
+Thompson, President of the First National Bank of St. Paul, had out
+hunting, they started east toward them, but Mr. Thompson and his son put
+coarse shot in their guns and faced them, seeing which the robbers turned
+north down the bluff and crept along in a band in the brush to the bank of
+the river.
+
+Sheriff Glispin, and others, came down to Andersen's house, and citizens
+arriving, the Sheriff posted pickets along the bluff on the south side of
+the river, to watch the robbers. Among these, August Fedder and Wm.
+Shannon were by the house, Ole Stone on the bluff, and G. W. Green on a
+point east of the picket line on the north side. At this time J. Dolittle
+came down and said the guards at his house had gone, and the Sheriff, T.
+L. Vought and Dr. Overholt returned there to see to it, and the latter was
+stationed there by the Sheriff.
+
+Meanwhile citizens were arriving on the north side of the river, and some
+of them saw the robbers go into the brush. About 1 o'clock Capt. W. W.
+Murphy arrived and having definitely ascertained where the villains were,
+and also that the citizens were unorganized, all willing but no one
+deciding what to do, he appeared to take in the situation immediately and
+at once took command and found every one well pleased to obey. After
+giving directions concerning the horses, he led forward to the north bank
+of the river, the stream being about 20 feet wide, and the prairie
+reaching to the water edge. Here he posted the men at equal distances,
+each with instructions how to act. The names of the men so posted were
+Geo. P. Johnston, T. Toren, W. H. Borland, C. Pittis. D. Campbell, Geo.
+Carpenter, Joe Crandall, H. Juveland, H. H. Winter, Chas. Ash, E. H. Bill,
+E. A. Loper, J. E. Smith, D. Brayton, J. A. Gieriet, Jack Delling, W. H.
+H. Witham, Robt. Shannon, W. Bundy, Isaac Bundy, G. Christopherson, and in
+a few moments these were joined by F. D. Joy, G. W. Yates, H. P.
+Wadsworth, O. C. Cole and several others.
+
+                [DIAGRAM OF THE BATTLE FIELD AT MADELIA.]
+
+                 DIAGRAM OF THE BATTLE FIELD AT MADELIA.
+
+
+After giving instructions on the north side of the river, Capt. Murphy
+mounted his horse, and crossed the river on a bridge to the east of where
+the robbers were. Soon after, he reached the place where
+
+
+
+                     THE BANDITS DESCENDED THE BLUFF
+
+
+into the brush, when they saw H. Thompson, and gave some necessary
+instructions there--the Sheriff being absent with T. L Vought at J.
+Doolittle's. Capt. Murphy after having a hurried consulation with. Ben
+Rice, put his horse in charge of Alba Crandall, who led several other
+horses, whom he posted on a slight knoll. Then he stepped to the edge of
+the bluff and called for volunteers to skirmish the brush, which is in a
+circular form and contains about 5 acres and is situated in the northeast
+quarter section 20, township 107, range 31. This brush is willows and
+plumtrees, interspersed with vines. Ben Rice and Geo. Bradford immediately
+volunteered, followed by Chas. Pomeroy and James Severson. At this moment
+T. L. Vought arrived, who immediately dismounted and joined. Sheriff
+Glispin then came up and joined the party just as they were starting off.
+The Capt. gave the men orders to keep in line at an interval of 3 or 4
+paces and in case the enemies were found, to rush upon them; to examine
+their guns carefully, and to shoot low. The line advanced as fast as
+possible into the brush and passed through to the river, then made a wheel
+to the left and passed up the river westward, with the right of the line
+near enough to see the water. After advancing in this direction about ten
+rods, a shot was fired from a very thick clump of willows, at a distance
+of fifteen feet from the right of the line. As the shot was fired, the
+robbers were seen obsecurely in a kneeling position, close together.
+Glispin returned the fire on the instant with a breech-loading carbine,
+and dropped to load. As four of the robbers commenced firing as fast as
+possible, they being armed with Colt's, and Smith and Wesson's six
+shooters, army size. Capt. Murphy opened fire at this close range with a
+Colt revolver; Rice discharged his carbine, then fired his pistol; Vought
+and Pomeroy fired with double-barreled shot guns, and Bradford and
+Severson with carbine and rifle. Just at this time Captain Murphy received
+a 44 calibre pistol shot, the ball striking a
+
+
+
+                             BRIAR ROOT PIPE
+
+
+in his vest pocket, smashing it to pieces, tearing the pocket to shreds,
+and the ball lodged in the lining of his vest. The blow raised a painful
+contusion on his side. Bradford also received a slight wound on the wrist,
+drawing blood. The bandits then retreated a little, firing as they did so,
+and being discovered by the men posted across the river on the north side,
+several shots were fired from there. Most of the charges in the skirmish
+line being exhausted, a slight cessation of firing took place, when the
+robbers cried out to cease firing, as they were all shot to pieces, the
+only one able to stand being Bob Younger, he held up his hand in token of
+surrender. He was immediately ordered to advance, several guns of the
+skirmishers being held on him till he was relieved of his belt and arms by
+Capt. Murphy, and assured of protection from further injury. Bob had
+received one wound in the breast; Cole and Jim Younger were completely
+riddled--Cole having received eleven and Jim five wounds--they were laying
+near together. Charley Pitts lay further to the right of the line, dead,
+having received five wounds, three of which would have caused death.
+
+The robbers had two revolvers a piece, and some of them were ivory
+handled, nickle-plated, the finest ever seen in this part of the country,
+and their belts full of bullets.
+
+After their surrender they were taken in charge by Sheriff Glispin, who
+had them taken to this place in a wagon, followed by the enthusiastic
+crowds, composed of those engaged in the capture, and those met on the way
+down, the place where they were taken being about seven miles from here.
+We are told that it
+
+
+
+                           LOOKED LIKE AN ARMY
+
+
+coming as they neared town, and when cheers were raised over the victory,
+the bandits swung their hats, too.
+
+When they arrived here, they were taken to the Flanders House, and their
+wounds dressed by Drs. Cooley and Overholt.
+
+They were kept under guard at the hotel. During their stay here they were
+seen by over three thousand persons, and their wounded appearance and
+pretenses of contrition drew forth a manifest sympathy from some, but this
+humane conduct of such has been very much exaggerated.
+
+On Saturday morning, Sheriff Glispin, with B. Rice and Captain Murphy as
+special deputies, started with the wounded bandits for Faribault, arrived
+in due time and delivered the prisoners to the Sheriff of Rice Co., that
+being the county in which their crime was committed. The dead robber was
+taken to St. Paul, by Geo. P. Johnston and G. W, Yates, and delivered to
+the State authorities for identification. Thus was the career of this band
+of notorious outlaws brought to an end for the present, with only two of
+the eight who came into the State escaped, and they wounded. They have
+raided in thirteen States, but Minnesota proved too much for them, and it
+is hoped this severe lesson will deter all others of the same stamp from
+attempting to rob, especially in this State.
+
+
+
+                           A VISIT TO MADELIA.
+
+
+The first news which reached St. Paul, was "Robbers surrounded in a swamp
+at Madelia, send long range rifles."
+
+This telegram, however, did not excite so much interest as similar
+messages had done before, for the people had got weaned of sensational
+telegrams, but still there were about a score of men willing to go out
+once more; among these was Chief King and a company of the St. Paul
+Police, including Brissette. When the train reached Shakopee, however, the
+news was received of the capture, when King sent back part of his men, the
+others going to gratify curiosity in seeing the prisoners. The news was
+expected at nearly every stopping place with the further information that
+Monty's train would return from St. James and bring the men on to St.
+Paul.
+
+
+
+                               AT MANKATO,
+
+
+the excitement was immense. A vast concourse of people--including hundreds
+of women--had congregated at the depot and cheered the St. Paul train as it
+drew up. The cars had hardly come to a standstill when a whistle was heard
+and the discordant clang of a bell which foretold the approach of another
+train from the west.
+
+A general rush of the assembled throng was at once made to meet the
+incoming train--Monty's--which was thought to contain the captured bandits.
+Cheer after cheer rent the air and broke upon the evening's stillness as
+the train slowly moved up toward the station, but when it was announced
+that the prisoners were not on board,
+
+
+
+                              DISAPPOINTMENT
+
+
+took the place of exultation, and many retired with their bitter
+conviction that the whole thing was a hoax. Twenty minutes for supper, but
+more than three-fourths of that time had been spent by the writer in
+interviewing the Mankato party, which had returned from the sanguinary
+field.
+
+From these he elicited the fact that four of the men were actually in the
+hands of the Madelia people, and would be sent down in the morning.
+
+
+
+                           ARRIVED AT MADELIA,
+
+
+the writer hastened to the Flanders House, where he was informed the three
+prisoners, all wounded, were in bed. Finding the courteous and obliging
+landlord, he was soon allowed to pass the guard at the foot of the stairs,
+and ascending, he entered a small chamber, where two men lay in one bed.
+The first glance told the fact that one of the men was
+
+
+
+                              COLE YOUNGER,
+
+
+a large, powerful man, with bald head and sandy whiskers and moustache,
+answering the description, given so many times of this man. He is pretty
+badly wounded, and at the time was somewhat delirious, so that nothing
+could be gleaned by questioning him.
+
+His body was full of wounds, mostly caused by buckshot. His worst injuries
+were about the head, several shot having penetrated the skull and embedded
+themselves at the base of the brain. It was evident that some of these
+leaden missiles had lodged among the nerves of the right eye, as that
+organ was closed and inflamed, and appeared to be forced forward. On
+entering his head, these shot had broken down the palate arch, and the
+pain experienced by the prisoner must have been intense. Lying by his side
+was
+
+
+
+                               JIM YOUNGER,
+
+
+who is a little shorter, and not nearly of such powerful build. He had
+quite a number of wounds, the most serious of which was through his mouth,
+the balls having displaced all of the teeth on one side, and broken the
+roof of his mouth. His lips and cheeks were terribly swollen, and he could
+articulate with the greatest difficulty, although he appeared to desire to
+talk to his visitors.
+
+In another room, about ten yards from the first, lay
+
+
+
+                               BOB YOUNGER,
+
+
+by far the finest looking man of the whole gang, and apparently the
+youngest. He is six feet two inches in height, well proportioned, with
+brawny arms and thick neck. His features are well-defined, well cut lips
+and expressive mouth; the chin is prominent and rounded; he has a small
+sandy moustache, and a beard of about two weeks' growth. But the most
+remarkable feature, after the chin and mouth, is the heavy
+
+
+
+                        PROJECTING CAPACIOUS BROW,
+
+
+such as phrenologists would give to men of wonderful mathematical ability.
+This man has two wounds, one an old one, or rather of some days' standing,
+and supposed to be the result of Wheeler's carbine practice at Northfield,
+which caused the disarticulation of the right elbow joint. His other wound
+is from a ball entering the right side, just below the point of the
+scapula, tracing the sixth rib and coming out near the nipple. This is a
+mere flesh wound, and not at all dangerous.
+
+At first he seemed rather reluctant to talk much, and when asked his name,
+he said it was George Huddleston, to which the writer replied, "Oh, I know
+who you are," when he said, with a cheering smile, "Yes, most people know
+me in St. Paul. I stayed at the Merchants, and was there when the Red Caps
+went to Winona to play the Clippers. I afterwards went over to Minneapolis
+and stopped at the Nicollet, but on my return to St. Paul, I registered at
+the European."
+
+"But are you not a brother to the two men in the other room?" was asked.
+
+"Yes, we are brothers; we are all brothers, sir," was the reply.
+
+"And they say you are the Youngers. Of course, I know Cole, but I would
+like to know if you are Jim or Bob?"
+
+"I will tell you in the morning," he said. "I would rather not say
+anything now. The others will tell you anything you wish to know."
+
+But by chatting familiarly with him, many facts of interest were elicited.
+He spoke of the Northfield escapade, and said it was the first of the kind
+he ever was in. When asked about his wound in the right arm, if it was not
+from the carbine of Wheeler, he stated that he thought it was from the
+pistol of Bates--he did not see Wheeler. His arm dropped on his leg as
+described, he said, which led to the belief that he was wounded in the
+leg.
+
+In speaking of the dead men at Northfield, the writer said that there was
+some uncertainty whether the big man was Miller or Pitts. The prisoner
+promptly said, with a smile, "It was not Miller."
+
+He expressed himself freely as to his poor
+
+
+
+                        OPINION OF THE DETECTIVES,
+
+
+and gave an account of his party's wanderings from Mankato. He said all
+six crossed the railroad bridge together. They came right through the town
+on the railroad track. They knew, he said, the other bridge was guarded,
+for he saw the guards; and then, hastily correcting himself, he said:
+
+"We knew the bridge was watched, and then hastily crossed over on the
+trestle bridge. We got some melons out of a garden, and on the right of
+the railroad, a little further down, we got two old hens and one chicken,
+the only fowls on the place, and then went on to the place where we were
+disturbed when getting our breakfast ready. We had it all ready to cook
+when"
+
+
+
+                             WE HEARD THE MEN
+
+
+"running and shouting up the line and as quickly as we could we got out
+and crossed the State road (Garden City road.) If we had not left our
+bridles, the police would not have known we had been there. I had but one
+arm and I seized my blankets. If I had had two, I should have tried to
+carry away some of the chicken, for we were dreadfully hungry. After
+crossing the road we went southeast to the river, ran half a mile up the
+stream and there laid down all day."
+
+Asked if he did not hear shots fired, he said he did, and saw one of the
+pursuers within twenty yards of him,
+
+"At night," he continued, "we made across the railroad track again,
+crossing two or three miles up towards Lake Crystal, and then took a
+northerly course to the road running due west from Mankato. We then
+entered the Minnesota timber, where we stayed two nights. Then we made the
+first of the Linden chain of lakes, I think, and remained in that
+neighborhood three nights, where we got some chickens. Up to this time we
+had been"
+
+
+
+                             LIVING ON CORN.
+
+
+"We were very imprudent, this morning, in going to the house for food, but
+we were so hungry."
+
+He said the name of the bald-headed man was King, and the one lying dead
+was Ward. He would tell more, he said, in the morning.
+
+The man has a wonderfully easy manner of speaking. His voice is soft but
+strong, and marvelously sympathetic and emotional.
+
+
+
+                               THE DEAD MAN
+
+
+was next interviewed. He was 5 feet 93/4 inches in height, rather slight,
+with regular features, black straight hair, stubby moustache, black beard
+of short growth. His hair is not dyed, and is, therefore not a James, for
+they are light complexioned. Hands rather coarse and covered with black
+hair. He was shot, with a heavy ball, between the second and third ribs,
+and one inch to the left of the breast bone. He had also had a buckshot
+wound in the right arm, five inches from the point of the shoulder and
+another five inches from the right hip, striking behind.
+
+This man has been identified as Charley Pitts, and recognized by Mr.
+Bunker as the man who shot him through the arm.
+
+The writer next found the boy who brought in the news to Madelia of the
+robbers being in the neighborhood.
+
+
+
+                           OSCAR OLESON SUBORN,
+
+
+is a lad of about seventeen, who said he lives about eight and one-half
+miles from Madelia, at Linden, Riverdale township. He said that at about
+seven o'clock in the morning, his father was milking, when two men came
+past, walking, and said "good morning" and went on. He was coming to the
+house with milk pails at the time and walked up to the gate, but could not
+see the faces of the men. But he could see one had a black moustache and
+the other red whiskers. They went past but he said, "I knew right away"
+
+
+
+                          THEY WERE THE ROBBERS,
+
+
+and ran out to my father and said, "there goes the robbers." But his
+father said they were not, and told him to go and attend to his milking.
+He milked one cow and put the pail inside the gate and ran up the rode
+which they had gone up. His father halloed after him to come back and to
+take care of the cows, for if they were the robbers, they would shoot him.
+He ran on to Mars Ouren's, and asked if he saw the two men pass by. He
+said he did not see any, when the boy asked the man to go with him to see
+where the men had gone, but he responded by saying he had no time. He then
+started off alone, and told Christensen's folks about it, and went on the
+roof of the house to look around, but could see nobody. He then hurried up
+to a big hill, and still could not see anybody. When he returned, his
+father told him that four men had been to get something to eat,
+
+
+
+                         SAYING THEY WERE HUNTERS
+
+
+and fishers, and asked where they could catch the best fish. The boy ran
+over to Ouren's again and told them--his father objecting to his going,
+saying the men would shoot him. His father hitched up the horse in the
+wagon, but, seeing the boy so anxious to go, said he might take one of the
+horses and go and tell the people what he had seen, if he went the east
+road. He at once started for Madelia, riding at the utmost strength of the
+horse, which once fell and covered him with mud.
+
+
+
+                       "I PICKED UP MYSELF FIRST,"
+
+
+"and then the horse," he said, "and was soon off again," shouting to
+everybody to look out, the robbers were about. But no one would believe a
+word he said. At last he came to the hotel and saw Thomas Vought, who said
+they might believe him, because he always spoke the truth. He then gave up
+his horse and returned in a wagon. The people left him to take care of the
+horses, and they went down to the north branch of the river, by Andrew
+Andersen's. He heard the shooting, but saw nothing till the men were
+caught.
+
+
+
+                          DURING THE WHOLE NIGHT
+
+
+the utmost order prevailed, and no word was spoken of lynching, everybody
+stating that if such a thing was attempted, they would protect the
+prisoners with their lives. An inquest was held on the dead man and a
+verdict found in substance that the man met with his death from the hand
+of one of the citizens of Madelia while resisting arrest.
+
+
+
+                           THE ROBBERS' LEVEE.
+
+
+The next morning the Flanders House was literally crammed with eager
+people, anxious to see the captive bandits, and the street in front was
+thronged with an equally anxious crowd.
+
+Cole Younger frankly acknowledged their identity, saying that he was Cole,
+born the 15th of January, 1844. The man lying by his side, he said, was
+his brother James, and the other, slightly wounded, Robert, their
+respective ages being 28 and 22 years.
+
+
+
+                            THEY HELD A LEVEE
+
+
+in their chambers, hundreds of people passing up to see them, old men and
+youths, aged ladies and young maidens, and a more singular sight is seldom
+witnessed. Many believe in their contrition. Both brothers spoke in
+feeling tones of their dead mother and living sister, and this touched the
+women wonderfully.
+
+Neither would say who the dead man was, excusing themselves by stating it
+is a point with them never to speak of each other's affairs, only of their
+own.
+
+The writer mentioned to them that the other two,
+
+
+
+                            THE JAMES BROTHERS
+
+
+were captured, one dead and the other dying. This seemed to affect them.
+Cole asked who was dead, the smaller or larger of the two, adding the
+caution, "mind I don't say they are the James brothers." When the writer
+said that they had acknowledged who they were, Cole then asked, "Did they
+say anything of us." When answered in the negative, he replied,
+
+
+
+                         "GOOD BOYS TO THE LAST."
+
+
+A photograph of the two men killed at Northfield was shown them, and they
+were told that the shorter was recognized by Kansas City people as
+Chadwell, and the taller as Miller; also stating that Hazen said the
+taller was Pitts.
+
+Cole said "they were good likenesses, and cannot but be recognized, but
+both detectives were wrong." He then added, "Don't misunderstand me; I did
+not say neither of them was Miller, but there is no Pitts there".
+
+No excitement was feared at Madelia. In fact, there was too much sympathy
+shown, and every kindness was bestowed upon the captive bandits. Caution
+was, however, taken to prevent their escape,
+
+
+
+                             ARMED SENTINELS
+
+
+being placed at the foot of the stairs and about the house.
+
+Friday, in this brave, plucky, generous little town of Madelia, was a day
+which will long be remembered, not only by the staunch hearts and true of
+the town, but also by hundreds upon hundreds of visitors, who then for the
+first time trod its streets, attracted there by the widespread news which
+suddenly raised the obscure name to a high position upon the roll of fame.
+
+The self-sacrificing heroism of six men made the fame of Colais in the
+olden time, and the plucky
+
+
+
+                           COURAGE OF SEVEN MEN
+
+
+has wrung from grudging fortune the renown of Madelia to-day; for
+throughout the length and breadth of the land, and wherever the pulsations
+of the electric message-bearer--the nervous system of civilization--was
+felt, the bosom of generous sentiment swelled with approbation, gratitude,
+and pride, when the tale of the cool dash and unselfish bravery of those
+seven Madelians was told. The united voices and hearts of the whole nation
+swell with gratitude and laudations for Madelia's sturdy heroism.
+
+All day Friday and all the night previous, there was a constant and
+ever-changing stream of visitors passing through the rooms occupied by
+Madelia's fated captives. One could but speculate with wonder upon the
+source of such an inexhuastible human stream.
+
+Not an inconsiderable moiety of the great total of visitors was of the
+gentler sex, and to one watching with interest the great bandits' matinee
+and evening receptions, the changing expressions upon the eager, expectant
+and occasionally indignant countenances of visitors, was of singular
+interest. A strong, energetic man would enter with knitted brow, and
+stern, unrelenting features, who would be followed by a timid,
+half-fearful, half-loathing woman's face. Then there were angry faces,
+curious faces, bold, proud faces--faces exhibiting every phase of human
+passion and human temperament--but they had scarcely passed the threshhold
+of either prison chamber wherein lay the objects of all-absorbing
+curiosity, when lo! presto! a metamorphose as sudden as it was complete,
+and as radical as it was rapid, had taken place. Doubt, wonder, and
+astonishment would grow into
+
+
+
+                                SYMPATHY,
+
+
+and often admiration. It is safe to say that out of every hundred visitors
+who looked only for a few seconds upon those daring and notorious men,
+ninety-nine came away with very different, almost opposite opinions
+concerning the lawless Younger brothers.
+
+Was it really true that anger, malice, revenge, cruelty, hard, unyielding,
+implacable hatred ever marred such countenances!--that cold, murderous,
+steel-like scintillations ever beamed from those eyes? Was it possible
+that blasphemous execrations and hellish denunciations ever polluted such
+voices and blistered those pleasant tongues? Was it really true that those
+three intelligent men--courteous and affable--had plotted and executed some
+of the most cold-blooded, atrocious diabolisms ever known in modern times?
+Questions, perhaps, like these, were asked of themselves by hundreds of
+visitors yesterday, and left unanswered satisfactorily.
+
+
+
+                               COLE YOUNGER
+
+
+was more demonstrative than either of the rest. He always respected
+religion, he told one lady. His mother, he said, was a good, praying,
+Christian woman, and two of his uncles were Methodist ministers.
+
+To another who urged him to pray for himself, for although "the prayers of
+the righteous availeth much," salvation must necessarily depend upon
+himself, he said: "I conceive prayer to exist in every action, every
+thought, and considering the eventful life I have led, I cannot say I have
+been a praying man. A splendid theme for earnest sermons," he continued,
+"is that divine mandate, 'Remember thy Creator in the days of thy
+youth.' "
+
+To another lady he said: "It is not my raising, but from the"
+
+
+
+                         FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES,
+
+
+"I am what I am. Accused of all manner of crimes before I had committed
+one, I am like the Wandering Jew."
+
+In expressing his gratitude for the kindness manifested by the ladies and
+the people generally, he said: "It takes a brave man to fight a battle,
+but a braver man to treat well a fallen foe."
+
+Every lady that entered his room he greeted courteously, and as she was
+leaving, he would ask her to pray for him and his brother--when James would
+chime in, "Not for us, never mind us, but pray for our dear sister."
+
+To a group of ladies who shrinkingly looked upon the two wounded men, Cole
+said: "Ladies, this is a terrible sight." When one asked him in trembling,
+gentle tones, "Do your wounds pain you?" his reply was, "Wounds do not
+trouble me, madam; I would as leave die as be a prisoner."
+
+
+
+                        WHEN ASKED ABOUT HEYWOOD,
+
+
+he said that ninety-nine out of a hundred would have opened the safe. "At
+least," he added, "I know I would."
+
+Asked why Heywood was shot, he said, "he supposed the man who shot him,
+whoever he might be, thought Heywood was going to shoot him. The fact that
+the man was on the counter and turned round, as the papers say, and shot
+him, is sufficient proof of this. Heywood went to his desk and the man
+thought chat he was about to take a pistol out of the desk." "That was an
+unfortunate affair," he continued, "and the man who did it, no doubt
+regretted it immediately."
+
+
+
+                               BOB YOUNGER,
+
+
+the youngest brother, is not disposed to talk cant, but answers questions
+frankly and promptly when directed to his own affairs, but he will not
+answer a word about any other member of the gang. When asked if he did not
+think Heywood a brave fellow, he remarked that he thought he acted from
+fear throughout. He was too much frightened to open the safe, or he could
+not do it. He (Bob) was was of the opinion that Heywood could not open the
+safe, and he did not wish to go any further with that job. When asked
+
+
+
+                          WHY HEYWOOD WAS SHOT,
+
+
+he said it was not on account of revenge, but simply in self-defense, "for
+what object could there be in such a cold-blooded crime, when the party
+must be the sufferers. It was a very unfortunate affair for us," he said.
+
+Bob did not hesitate to answer any question proposed to him which
+concerned himself. He volunteered the statement that he was one of the
+three who entered the bank, and it was he who tried to keep Manning from
+firing up the street. Being asked if he was not considered a good shot, he
+said he had always considered himseif a good marksman, but he thought that
+he would now have to forego all claim to being a crack-shot, after
+considering the unusually bad shooting he made in the bush when captured.
+
+To the boy who put the Mankato men upon the track, Cole extended his hand,
+and said:
+
+
+
+                            "READ YOUR BIBLE,"
+
+
+"my lad, and follow its precepts. Do not let them lead you astray. For
+your part in our capture I freely forgive you."
+
+Every opportunity he could get when ladies were present, he would ask them
+to pray for him, and he would incessantly talk on religious subjects and
+his previous history, laying the blame of his position to the "force of
+circumstances," tracing the beginning of his trouble to the "murder of his
+father by a band of militia thieves."
+
+He said that many of the great crimes for which he and his companions were
+blamed, he had nothing at all to do with.
+
+There were not a few of the visitors who were of the opinion that Cole
+Younger was
+
+
+
+                                FOXING IT,
+
+
+and that he was trying to play off the "pious dodge," awakening
+commisseration and sympathy from the tender-hearted and religious. The
+asperity and bitter irony shown when a lady less sympathizing and more
+matter of-fact than most of his visitors spoke severely of his disgraceful
+position and degraded life led many to think that Cole is a consumate
+actor and an arch hypocrite.
+
+When asked why they went to the Northfield bank, and whether it was not
+more risky than even Mankato banks, he said he told the others at the
+first that it was
+
+
+
+                         A DANGEROUS UNDERTAKING,
+
+
+and if they had taken his advice, they would not have gone out to
+Northfield. There was no means of getting away, for the roads were bad and
+the woods filled with lakes and sloughs. It would have been better for the
+band to have gone across the prairie from Mankato, for then they would
+have had some $30 each.
+
+He was asked if he had tried to shoot any one, when he pointed out the
+fact that seven of the men were almost within hand's-reach of them, and
+asked what good would it have done him if all the seven were killed. There
+were men enough at long range with rifles to shoot him and his party down
+at their leisure.
+
+While Bob Younger was conversing with the writer, a poor woman came into
+the room, sobbing, "Don't you know me?" she said, addressing Bob.
+
+"No, madame, I have not that pleasure," said Bob.
+
+"Don't you know me?" reiterated the woman between her sobs.
+
+"Indeed, I cannot recollect you, madame," replied Bob, gently.
+
+"Don't you remember the woman who gave you bread and butter?" she asked.
+
+"Oh yes, certainly; and most thankful were we for it," he replied.
+
+"Oh, forgive me, sir," she sobbed, "indeed, I did not intend to do it."
+
+"I have nothing to forgive," said Bob; "you were very kind to us and we
+shall not forget it."
+
+"But forgive me, sir," she persisted, "I did not mean to betray you."
+
+"Why, really, madam, we never supposed you did. We did not blame you at
+all. We are only very grateful for what you did for us."
+
+"But, sir. it was because you were at our house you were caught; but it"
+
+
+
+                            WAS NOT MY FAULT,
+
+
+"indeed it was not."
+
+Bob, concerned, "I hope you won't trouble about it, madam. It is nothing.
+We cast the die and lost, and do not blame you in the least. We are only
+very thankful for what you did."
+
+"But forgive me," persisted the poor woman, "I am so sorry," and she began
+again to shed tears.
+
+"I have nothing to forgive, only to be grateful for," said Bub, "but if it
+will make you feel better, I will say I forgive you,"
+
+The poor woman seemed to be greatly relieved and left the room, when Bob
+turned round to the writer with a concerned and troubled look, and asked
+the woman's name.
+
+"Mrs. Suborn, the mother of the lad who informed the people of your
+whereabouts," was the reply.
+
+"I shall never forget that name," said Bob.
+
+The cashier of the First National Bank of Mankato coming in asked Bob if
+he did not change a bill at his bank. Bob replied promptly that he did--a
+$50 bill, "But" said he, "you were not in the bank at the time, we were,
+however, merely giving you a call, only a little matter prevented it, and
+we unfortunately went to Northfield instead." The cashier asked what their
+intentions were in Mankato. To which Bob replied that they intended to go
+through both banks--the City and First National, and he thought that it
+would have been a much safer job than the Northfield. No doubt the "little
+circumstance" he alluded to as destroying their plans was the fact of
+Jesse James being recognized by Robinson, as related elsewhere.
+
+Friday evening at supper time, when the dining hall of the hotel was
+crowded, at one of the table, there were dark whispers and ominous
+
+
+
+                           THREATS OF LYNCHING,
+
+
+and some talk, of several hundred people coming up from St. Paul and
+Northfield to carry out the disgraceful threat. This was sufficient to
+rouse the precautionary energy of Sheriff Glispin, who at once appointed
+an armed guard, which filled the entire hotel. The guard and the populace
+generally were determined to protect their prisoners to the bitter end, if
+the worst came to the worst, and at half past eight o'clock the hotel was
+cleared, but on the arrival of the 9 p. m. train, it was found that the
+rowdies had either missed the train, or had abandoned the scheme, or the
+whole thing, (which was most probable) was a hoax.
+
+The talk at the supper table arose from a man recently from Mankato,
+asserting that the scoundrels should be lynched, offering to bet $500 that
+they would be strung up before morning. It was said that the man was
+intoxicated, but that was no palliation of his brutish threat.
+
+
+
+                       DISPOSITION OF THE CAPTIVES.
+
+
+As soon as the news of the capture was received at St. Paul, Captain Macy,
+secretary to the Governor, telegraphed the executive, then at the
+Centennial, the fact. The Governor promptly responded, directing Capt.
+Macy to order the Madelia authorities to bring their prisoners, with the
+body of the dead bandit to this city. Capt. Macy spent about two hours in
+telegraphing with the sheriff of the county, who at first strongly opposed
+the removal, partly on the ground the wounded men were not in a condition
+to be moved, but principally from a fear that had somehow taken possession
+of the minds of those taking part in the capture, that their removal to
+St. Paul would invalidate their claim for the reward offered for their
+arrest. To this latter objection Capt. Macy answered that the Governor
+would be responsible for the preservation of all their rights, upon which
+the Sheriff telegraphed they would be sent down by the morning train, on a
+sleeper tendered for that purpose, by Supt. Lincoln. Later, however, the
+sheriff, in consultation with citizens, changed his mind, and determined
+to send his prisoners on to Faribault, the county seat of Rice county.
+Accordingly they were placed in the cars at Madelia on Saturday morning,
+and at every station en route a curious and eager mob awaited the arrival
+of the train, anxious to get a glimpse of the notorious freebooters. At
+Mankato, half the city turned out, and arrangements were made at the depot
+for the crowd to pass through and feast their eyes upon the big show.
+
+At Faribault the crowd was comparatively small, owing, perhaps, to the
+fact that they were unexpectedly brought on by a freight train, but when
+it got generally noised about that the infamous desperadoes were lodged in
+the jail, people of all classes and both sexes thronged the building
+anxious to gain admittance.
+
+
+
+                               AT ST. PAUL,
+
+
+Capt. Macy received a telegram from Sheriff Barton, of Rice county, as
+follows: "I start for Madelia in half an hour. Will bring them by St.
+Paul."
+
+Saturday morning thereafter, about eleven o'clock crowds began to gather
+along the bluffs and on the bridge and in any position in which a view of
+the Sioux City train (on which it was supposed the robbers were being
+brought to the city) could be obtained. The train was seen crossing the
+river and immediately the crowd commenced swarming like a hive of bees. As
+the train approached, and when it came in front of the open space above
+the upper elevator, the rear platform of the cars appeared to be crowded
+with people, one man waving a roll of white paper. Then the excitement
+seemed to culminate. Crowds rushed down the streets in danger of being
+crushed under the wheels of buggies, wagons and vehicles of all
+descriptions, which dashed down the streets at a rate which set all
+ordinances at defiance, and scattered the mud around in a promiscuous
+manner. At reaching the levee a crowd of fully three thousand people in a
+terrible state of excitement, were assembled, some climbing up on the
+still moving train in spite of all efforts of the officers to prevent
+them, while others ran ahead of the engine and alongside. It soon became
+evident, however, that the prisoners were not aboard, and a rumor got
+afloat that they had been taken off the train at Chestnut street and
+brought to the county jail from thence.
+
+Then there was a scattering among the crowd, and a race was made for the
+jail, where the moving mass was equally disappointed. Here a large number
+of persons had already congregated and secured seats around the several
+entrances of the portico of the Court House, and everywhere where there
+was a chance of seeing anything.
+
+Here they waited patiently for a while, when some one started a story that
+the prisoners would be brought through the Fifth street entrance, and a
+run was made up Cedar street for that point. On arriving there they were
+assured that no prisoners had been brought into the jail through that
+entrance, and the idea began to creep through their brains that they had
+been badly sold. Some, however, could not be persuaded but that they would
+be smuggled into the building, when the crowd had dispersed, and after
+waiting for a considerable time longer, reluctantly coming to the
+conclusion that there was no chance for them to satisfy their curiosity
+with a sight of the desperadoes, slowly and reluctantly left the ground,
+and the square surrounding the jail was soon abandoned to its usual and
+casual passers by and occupants of the several offices.
+
+The dead man, Charley Pitts, was brought on to St. Paul and placed under
+the care of Dr. Murphy, Surgeon General of the State, for embalming. He
+was exhibited to an admiring throng of St. Paulites, who being
+disappointed in not having the big show of real live bandits, were obliged
+to content themselves with the dead one.
+
+
+
+                           MR. JAMES MCDONOUGH,
+
+
+chief of police at St. Louis; a member of the police force of that city;
+and Mr. C. B. Hunn, superintendent of the U. S. express company, arrived
+in St. Paul on Saturday morning. These gentlemen came for the purpose of
+establishing the identity of the robbers. They were satisfied those killed
+at Northfield, were Bill Chadwell and Clell Miller, immediately
+recognizing their photographs.
+
+Chief McDonough is a straight, fleshy gentleman, with a military bearing,
+a keen eye, and the appearance of a man possessed of the executive ability
+requisite to control and conduct so great a force of men, (over five
+hundred,) as compose the splendid police force of the city of St. Louis.
+He had obtained from Hobbs Kerry, one of the gang engaged in the bold raid
+on the train at Otterville, Mo., July 7th, detailed descriptions of the
+other members of the gang, and early yesterday morning he visited the
+capitol to view the body lying there. As soon as he looked upon it he
+recognized it as Charley Pitts, whose real name is George Wells. Every
+mark was found as detailed by the captured robber, and the chief was
+evidently pleased to find that he had succeeded in getting so much truth
+out of one of the members of a gang whose honor is pledged not to "peach"
+on their comrades. One of the most noticeable peculiarities of Pitts, who
+is a man of most powerful build, is his extremely short, thick feet. They
+require but number six boots, and look inadequate to support the ponderous
+form above. His hands, which are also small and fat, were roughened by
+work, and covered with black hair, exactly as Kerry had said. From Mr.
+McDonough, it was learned that Pitts is one of the men who are summoned
+when "dirty work" is on hand. His home is in Texas, and he is known as one
+of the boldest and most successful horse thieves in the country. His
+knowledge of horses is so great, that the care of the stock of the gang is
+always confided to him.
+
+
+
+                      DETECTIVES' TRIP TO FARIBAULT.
+
+
+Having decided the identity of Pitts, the officers returned to the
+Merchants' Hotel, and it was arranged that a special train should be
+procured to transport them, in company with several officials of this
+city, and a few well known citizens, to Faribault to interview his
+
+
+
+                            BROTHERS IN CRIME.
+
+
+The train was ready at about 1:30, Superintendent Lincoln having, at very
+short notice, provided an engine and an elegant passenger coach. Among the
+few that took passage in the train, were Chief McDonough, Mr. Russell, and
+Superintendent Hunn, of the United States Express Company, all of St.
+Louis; Mayor Maxfield, Chief King, Captain Webber, Captain Macs, Dr.
+Murphy, Col. John L. Merriam and his sons, W, R. Merriam, cashier of the
+Merchant's National Bank, and master John L., Jr., who was with his father
+at the time of the Gad's Hill robbery three years ago; Superintendent
+Lincoln (who was also a victim of the same raid), Col. Hewitt, R. C.
+Munger, H. H. Spencer, of West Wisconsin railroad; Mayor Ames, of
+Northfield, and
+
+
+
+                        A LARGE NUMBER OF LADIES,
+
+
+who desired to look upon the desperate fellows, but who evinced no more
+curiosity than their male comrades.
+
+The run to Faribault was accomplished at about 4 o'clock. During the ride
+a most open discussion of the situation of the affair took place, and
+there was no concealment of the disappointment felt of any of the bandits
+being taken alive, and the desire was freely expressed that the three
+
+
+
+                              BLOODY BANDITS
+
+
+should not be permitted to take advantage of the clemency which the laws
+of Minnesota afford to a self-convicted murderer.
+
+The news that a special train was _en route_ had been kept so quiet, that
+on arriving at Faribault, no persons were at the depot except the officers
+of the road and Mr. Case, with several omnibuses. It had been arranged
+that only a select few should visit the jail with the detectives, and but
+eight persons, including the writer were admitted, the remainder of the
+party separating and seeking a lunch before they interviewed the outlaws.
+
+During the entire day there had been a constant stream of visitors from
+the adjacent country, who came in all sorts of conveyances, the citizens
+of Faribault giving way to them and awaiting a quieter time to call on
+their distinguished guests.
+
+The jail was surrounded by men and women when the chosen delegation
+arrived, but by an arrangement with Sheriff Barton, the crowd was
+restrained, and the St. Louis gentlemen, Mayor Maxfield, Chief King,
+Captain Macy, Dr. Murphy, Messrs. Lincoln and Merriam, and representatives
+of the St. Paul dailies were admitted.
+
+On entering, Bob Younger was found sitting near the corner of the cage,
+quietly smoking a cigar with a newspaper on his lap. Cole was lying on a
+pallet at the end of the twenty foot jail outside the cage, with a cigar
+in his mouth and a daily paper before him. The lazy bandit was being
+fanned by a boy, and seemed wonderfully comfortable. The third man was
+lying on a cot just inside the bars, and was evidently suffering severely
+from the wound in his mouth.
+
+Cole Younger was found communicative as usual. Chief King, showed him
+pictures of the two James boys, taken eight years since, and he
+immediately knew them, but said nobody would recognize them from those
+pictures now. On looking at his own picture he acknowledged it as one of
+the best he ever had taken, but when he looked at that of Charley Pitts,
+he said he knew no man of that name. Chief King said: "But you know this
+man as Wells," when Cole responded, "There are Wellses in every part of
+the country."
+
+At this time Mr. Ames, of Faribault, came up and asked what part he took
+in the affair at Northfield. He declined to tell. Mr. A. then said he
+thought he rode a white faced horse, and was the man that shot the Swede.
+Cole denied this. Ames said that man was observed as the best horseman of
+the crowd. Younger then said one man was as good a rider as another. He
+was raised on a saddle, his father having been a herder and stock man, and
+besides, he had served several years in the cavalry. The gentlemen then
+spoke of the killing of Heywood as a cowardly act. Cole said it was the
+result of impulse, as they did not intend to kill anybody. Their plan was
+to accomplish their ends by dash, and boldness, and to do the robbing
+while men were frightened. This was denied by the Northfield man, who
+claimed that they tried hard to kill Manning. Cole then said that they did
+not try to kill him, using his name as if he knew all about it, but fired
+all around him. Mr. Ames said that could not be true, as shots were found
+in the railing of the stairs behind which Manning stood. Younger denied
+this, and said they desired to kill no man, as it would be of no use to
+them. Ames then said he believed they had killed a hundred men, when Cole
+said he had no time to talk with such a man, he had been captured by brave
+men, and was being treated better than he deserved, that he did not fear
+death, but hoped to be prepared for a better world. He said he was tired
+and needed rest. At this, an impulsive gentleman standing by said he
+wished he would soon take his long rest. Cole seemed offended at this, and
+said it was "of no" use to talk to illiterate people, they could not
+
+
+
+                       "APPRECIATE A SUBLIME LIFE!"
+
+
+Cole said he did not ride his fine horse up here, but bought the one he
+rode of French, of St. Peter. When told by a visitor that they did bad
+shooting, he said if they would prop him up at the side of the road he
+would plug his hat with his left hand at ten rods every time. He said he
+was the man that took the pistols from the dead man at Northfield; and
+said he took his handkerchief out of his belt as he took it off. He
+declined to tell the name of the dead man, as it was understood none
+should tell about another dead or alive.
+
+Col Merriam sat by the side of Cole, and said, "Younger, I am not certain,
+but I think I have seen you before." "Where was this?" said Cole. The
+Colonel said it was at Gad's Hill three years ago when the raid was made
+on the train. This, Cole denied, and said that at that time he was in St.
+Clair county, in Southwestern Missouri, where his uncle, Judge Younger
+resides. He said he would refer to his uncle, who is a judge, and was a
+member of the legislature, and also to a minister there. He further said
+that on the day of that raid he and his brother Robert were there, and
+that he preached in the afternoon, commencing at four o'clock.
+
+Col. Merriam feels sure that Cole was there, judging from his figure, his
+hair, and particularly by his voice. Mr. Lincoln is also certain that he
+was one of the men on the train at that time, although he wore a cloth
+with eye holes over his face. Master Merriam, who was also on the train,
+is not certain, but thinks he has seen the villain.
+
+Bob Younger was asked if he was in the Gad's hill raid, but denied it,
+saying he was in Louisiana at that time, thus contradicting Cole. Bob says
+he is a novice, and has only been in a few scrapes.
+
+While some of the visitors were talking with the boys, Mr. McDonough, his
+aid, and Dr. Murphy, were examining the prisoners for marks of
+identification, and no trouble was experienced in placing Cole and Bob
+Younger, but the identity of the one that claimed to be Jim, was doubted
+by the detectives, as James was badly wounded in the hip on the 7th of
+July last, and they thought he could not possibly be able to stand a
+campaign like this at present. They were of the opinion that he was Cal.
+Carter, a Texas desperado, and one that has seldom worked with a gang
+until lately.
+
+Every point of identification as given by Hobbs Kerry, was discovered on
+the Younger boys, even to the ragged wound on Bob's hand, where the thumb
+had been torn off and badly attended to.
+
+Dr. Murphy said none were dangerously injured, and "are sure to get well
+unless he doctors them." He made a careful examination and said they had
+only flesh wounds, and that the men could be about in a few days. None of
+the prisoners were shackled, and as the writer came out (he being the last
+one of the visitors), Cole Younger got up from his bed and walked across
+the jail as lively as he.
+
+When the robbers were captured their clothes and boots were found in a bad
+state. The three living robbers had each five dollars in their pockets,
+and the dead one had one dollar and a half. According to the statement of
+Bob Younger, all of the money, watches and jewelry they had was given to
+the two robbers that escaped, as they felt that their chances of getting
+away were much the best.
+
+
+
+                         IMPRISONMENT AND TRIAL.
+
+
+Great fears were entertained that the Rice county jail at Faribault, would
+not be of sufficient strength to hold the three famous bandit brothers, of
+whose great desperation and accomplishment in the art of prison breaking,
+the most wonderful and exaggerated stories were circulated throughout the
+State. Sheriff Ara Barton, however, did not hesitate to accept his
+distinguished boarders, and probably a thought of their escape from him
+never entered his mind. He had the bandits in his care, and he proceeded
+in the most systematic manner to provide for their remaining with him. No
+effort was made to strengthen the jail, but a series of guards was
+arranged so that the inside and outside were both constantly under the eye
+of watchful guards. The only fears entertained by those having the robbers
+in charge, were that there might be efforts made from the outside, either
+by a mob who would seek to lynch the brigands, or by their own friends,
+who would undertake to liberate them. For both cases, Sheriff Barton was
+prepared.
+
+
+
+                         A COMPANY OF MINUTE MEN
+
+
+was formed by citizens of the city, and the bell of an adjacent engine
+house was connected with the guard room of the jail by a wire. In case of
+any attack, these fifty men, armed with repeating rifles, were to
+rendezvous at a certain point from whence, under their captain, they would
+proceed in order to the jail. Another wise precaution taken by the Sheriff
+was in the locking of the doors of the jail, which are about 18 inches
+apart. He kept the key of the inner one himself, while the guard inside
+retained that of the outside door. At a private signal, the guard would
+reach through and unlock the outer one, when the Sheriff would find use
+for his key on the inner one. Several guards kept constant watch night and
+day around the jail, and at its entrance, a cannon loaded with a blank
+cartridge stood, ready to give a general alarm. As an instance of how
+perfect the arrangements were, it may be stated that on one occasion when
+the fire bell sounded, in less than three minutes the jail was surrounded
+by men, some carrying guns, some bludgeons, and some farm tools. Any party
+foolish enough to have undertaken the rescue of those
+
+
+
+                              THREE BANDITS,
+
+
+would have been made short work of, while a mob, with the intention of
+disposing of them unlawfully, would have been met with a determined
+opposition, for the entire male population of Faribault were determined to
+support the Sheriff, and bring the murderers to trial.
+
+Notice of the arrangements about the prison were published, and all people
+were warned from approaching the jail in the night time, but one man,
+belonging to the police force of the city, thought he was so well known to
+the guards that he could safely visit them, and one evening he walked
+toward the prison. One of the guards challenged him, but instead of
+replying, he raised his hand to his coat, to make his silver star visible,
+and at the same moment, the guard mistaking the movement and supposing
+that the man was reaching to his breast pocket for a pistol, fired,
+inflicting a wound that proved fatal soon afterwards. Thus was another
+tragedy added to the list, and the horror of the affair was intensified.
+
+Thus for a month everything moved quietly along about Governor Barton's
+hotel, and he remained unmoved by the hundreds of threats and propositions
+he received. He is a brave man made of stern stuff, and when a proposition
+was made to him to remain neutral while a posse that was being organized,
+opened the jail and took the bandits out to
+
+
+
+                            THE NEAREST TREE,
+
+
+he coolly told their messenger, who was a prominent man in the State, and
+a personal friend of his, "that if they came, no matter who they were,
+they would be shot down like dogs." This remark was repeated to the party
+who proposed the lynching, by Mayor Nutting, and people began to think it
+was best to abandon the project of anticipating the law, while the Younger
+boys remained in such hands. However, there is no doubt but that a summary
+disposal of these bloody cut-throats would have been widely endorsed by
+the best men of the State, as the feeling existed that no villians ever
+merited death more than they, while under the law of Minnesota, they could
+escape with a life sentence, with the possibilities of escape or pardon.
+
+
+
+                             INSIDE THE JAIL.
+
+
+Under the best of medical care the Younger boys rapidly recovered from
+their wounds, and in less than two weeks, Cole and Jim were up and about,
+looking as well as ever, except that Cole had suffered a partial paralysis
+of the right eye, which had a wild, rolling look, and which was forced
+forward to an unpleasant prominence, caused by the buckshot that still
+remained in his head, and which he refused to allow the Doctors to remove,
+as he said they did not incommode him.
+
+Jim's wounds on the outside of his face healed finely, and he proved to be
+a mild, pleasant and inoffensive fellow, appearing entirely incapable of
+such bloody work as that in which he had taken part, and strengthening the
+belief in the story that he had been prevailed upon contrary to his
+inclination. All of his back teeth had been carried away by the shot, and
+the roof of his mouth shattered, causing him much inconvenience in talking
+and eating, but his appetite was good, and he managed to do full justice
+to the liberal rations his hospitable host provided.
+
+Bob enjoyed perfect general health, but the wound through the elbow of his
+right arm promised to incapacitate him, as it was rigidly stiff. The
+surgeons decided on a severe operation, and Bob carelessly submitted while
+the joint was broken and re-set. Then a hinge-like holder was placed
+around the wounded limb, and by slightly moving the joint each day, the
+arm was saved, and he is now able to make himself useful at light work in
+the State prison.
+
+The bandits occupied the jail with a number of other prisoners, and were
+kept inside a series of strong iron bars that divided the cells from the
+corridor. Manacles were kept upon their legs, and the eye of a guard was
+never off them. They occupied their time in reading and writing, and Cole
+devoted himself almost constantly to reading the Bible, taking occasional
+instruction from the revised statutes of the State, relating the
+punishment of murderers. All were humble and patient, except that the
+independent Bob, when the subject of hanging was under discussion, would
+boldly claim that "they could not hang him for what he never did."
+
+
+
+                                IN COURT.
+
+
+On the 7th day of November, the district court of Rice county convened in
+Faribault. Judge Sam'l Lord presiding. The first duty of the sheriff, was
+to present the names of twenty-two grand jurors, which he did on the 8th
+inst.
+
+The Younger brothers had engaged Mr. Thomas Rutledge, of Madelia, as their
+counsel, and had subsequently associated with him, Messrs. Batchelder and
+Buckham, of Faribault, two of the most eminent lawyers of the State. The
+prosecution was in the hands of George N. Baxter, Esq., the county
+attorney of Rice county, and he had woven a strong chain of evidence about
+the prisoners, having traced them and their comrades through all their
+journeying from the time they entered the State until the raid was made.
+
+The prisoners' counsel had long interviews with their clients, and it was
+generally understood that, in case they were indicted for murder in the
+first degree, they would plead "not guilty." This was taking a risk, as in
+case they were found guilty, the death penalty could be inflicted at the
+option of the jury, and it would have been difficult to find a jury but
+that would have quickly pronounced a doom so much in accordance with
+public sentiment.
+
+The county attorney, Mr. Baxter, drew and presented four indictments for
+the consideration of the grand jury, one charging them collectively with
+being accessory to the murder of Heywood, a second, charging them with
+attacking Bunker with intent to do great bodily injury; a third, charging
+them with robbing the bank at Northfield; and a fourth, charging Cole with
+the murder of the Swede, and his brothers as accessories.
+
+When Cole Younger read the last named indictment, he appeared greatly
+affected, and said that he had not expected such a bill, as he did not
+kill the Swede. He said it had probably been done by accident, as none of
+them shot to kill. From the time the indictments were read by Cole, he
+became low-spirited, and studied the statutes and consulted with his
+lawyers more than before. Bob kept up, and declared that he would not
+plead guilty in any case.
+
+
+
+                              THE GRAND JURY
+
+
+that had been summoned included twenty two of the best men in the county,
+but the prisoner's counsel reduced it to seventeen, by challenging a
+number who had too freely expressed their ideas in regard to the affair.
+There is no doubt but that by continuing the same line of questioning the
+grand jury could have all been found wanting, but it was not the intention
+of the defense to delay the trial by reducing the number below the legal
+minimum, but simply to refer the bills to as few men as possible, feeling
+that the chance of their finding all of the indictments could be
+materially lessened.
+
+It took the jury but a very short time after they commenced their work to
+find four true bills against the prisoners, and the evidence given by the
+witnesses that testified before them, was but a recapitulation of what
+they were entirely familiar with. In the case of the Swede, whom Cole
+Younger was charged with killing, evidence was given by a man and a woman,
+both of whom testified that they saw Cole shoot him coolly and
+deliberately.
+
+
+
+                            IN THE COURT ROOM.
+
+
+On the day after the court convened, the sister and an aunt of the Younger
+boys arrived in Faribault. The sister, Miss Henrietta Younger, is a very
+pretty, prepossessing young lady of about seventeen years, and she
+conducted herself so as to win the esteem of all who met her. Mrs. Fanny
+Twyman, their aunt, is the wife of a highly respectable physician
+practicing in Missouri, and appears to be a lady of the highest moral
+character. These ladies passed the greater portion of their time sitting
+with their relatives, behind the iron bars, reading, talking and sewing.
+On Thursday, the 9th of November, the grand jury signified that they had
+completed their labors as far as the cases of the Younger boys were
+concerned, and the sheriff was instructed to bring the prisoners to hear
+the indictments read.
+
+This summons had been expected, and the boys were ready, dressed neatly,
+and looking wonderfully well after their unaccustomed confinement that had
+continued for more than a month. They quietly stood up in a row ready to
+be shackled together. Cole in the middle, Bob at the right, and Jim at the
+left. The shackles were placed on their feet; Bob being secured by one
+foot to Cole, and Jim by the other. When the handcuffs were placed on
+Cole, he remarked, that it was the first time he had ever worn them. The
+prisoners showed signs of nervousness, evidently fearing that the crowd
+outside would think it best to dispose of them without due process of law.
+However, nothing occurred except some almost inaudible mutterings among
+the spectators, but which were quickly quieted by right-minded citizens.
+Slowly the procession passed to the temple of justice, the prisoners
+seeing the sun and breathing the pure air for the first time in thirty
+days. In advance of them was an armed guard, led by the captain of the
+minute men, then came the sheriff by the side of his prisoners, the chief
+of police of Faribault, and his lieutenant, and finally another squad of
+minute men with their needle guns. On reaching the court-house, the guards
+broke to the right and left, and allowed none to enter except those known
+to their captain.
+
+The cortege passed to the court room by a rear stairway, and when the
+prisoners arrived in front of the Judge, the court-room was thoroughly
+filled with people, all gazing with the greatest curiosity on the three
+
+
+
+                             BLOODY BROTHERS.
+
+
+The shackles having been removed from the arms and legs of the prisoners,
+they were ordered to stand up while the indictment charging them with
+killing Heywood, was read to them by the county attorney. As their names
+were read, the Judge asked them if they were indicted by their true names,
+to which all responded in the affirmative. During the reading, Cole
+Younger never moved his sharp eye from the face of the attorney, in fact,
+his gaze was so intense, that Mr. Baxter appeared to feel it, and to be
+made somewhat nervous thereby. Bob did not appear to take great interest
+in the matter, and he gazed coolly about on the crowd.
+
+The sister and aunt of the boys were by their sides during this scene, and
+they walked with them as they returned to the jail under the same guard
+that escorted them forth. Until the following Saturday had been taken by
+the prisoners' counsel to plead to the indictment, and during the interval
+of three days the subject of how to plead was discussed for many hours.
+Bob was as independent as ever, declared he would not plead guilty, but
+the persuasions of sister and aunt finally prevailed, and when taken into
+court on Saturday in the same manner as before, each responded
+
+
+
+                                "GUILTY,"
+
+
+when the question was asked by the clerk. Judge Lord then, without preface
+or remark, sentenced each to be confined in the State Prison, at
+Stillwater, at hard labor, for the term of his natural Life. After the
+dread words had been uttered, the sister broke down and fell sobbing and
+moaning on the breast of her brother Cole.
+
+Thus these bloody bandits escaped the gallows where their many crimes
+should have been expiated, and in a few days from the time they were
+sentenced, they were on their way to Stillwater, under a strong guard, but
+no attempt was made to molest them, although large crowds were collected
+at each station on the railroads by which they traveled. Sheriff Barton
+knew well the citizens of his State, and he had no fear that he would be
+interfered with while discharging his duty. The bandits were accompanied
+to their final home in this world by their faithful relatives, who left
+them within the prison walls, taking away as mementoes the clothes which
+the wicked men had worn. The robbers were immediately set at work painting
+pails, a labor which called for no dangerous tools to prosecute, and a
+special guard was set upon the renowned villains, as it is not intended
+that they shall escape to again terrify the world by their wicked deeds.
+
+                          [JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD.]
+
+                           JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD.
+
+
+
+
+
+BIOGRAPHICAL.
+
+
+
+
+                           JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD,
+
+
+the brave victim of the desperate raid, was born at Fitzwilliam, N. H.,
+August 12th, 1837. He left home when about twenty years of age, and passed
+the better part of a year in Concord, Mass., and then changed his
+residence to Fitchburg, remaining there not far from a year. At the age of
+twenty-three, or in 1860, he came as far west as New Baltimore, Mich., and
+for some twelve months was occupied as clerk and book-keeper in a drug
+store. Moline, Illinois, then became his home for a short time, but the
+war of the rebellion raging, he went to Chicago and enlisted for three
+years in the 127th Illinois regiment. This was in 1862. Soon after he was
+ordered to the front and saw not a little of hard service on the march,
+and on the field of battle. He was present at the unsuccessful attack on
+Vicksburg, and also at the capture of Arkansas Post.  Not long after, his
+health giving way through exposure and over exertion, he was sent first to
+the hospital, and then sent, more dead than alive, to his friends in
+Illinois.  A few months later, recovering his health sufficiently to do
+light service, he was detailed as druggist in a dispensary at Nashville,
+where he remained until the close of the war, and was discharged in May,
+1865. The next year was spent, for the most part, with friends in
+Illinois, and then we find him, in the summer of 1866, in Minnesota, and
+in Faribault, and the year after in Minneapolis, in a drug store again. In
+the fall of 1867, he removed to Northfield to keep books in the lumber
+yard, for S. P. Stewart. Four years since he accepted the position in the
+bank which he held till all earthly occupations came to a sudden and
+untimely end.
+
+He was a man whose integrity and honor were never impeached, a good
+citizen and neighbor, a friend to be sought, and a loving and loved
+husband and father.
+
+
+
+
+
+                               THE CAPTORS.
+
+
+The following sketches of the intrepid captors who risked their lives in
+the bush to attack the desperate outlaws, was supplied by W. H. H.
+Johnston, Esq. for the _Pioneer-Press,_ from which it is copied:
+
+
+
+
+                          SHERIFF JAMES GLISPIN
+
+
+is an American, of Irish parentage, having a mother, sisters and brothers
+residing in Watonwan county. He is probably twenty-five or twenty-eight
+years of age, five feet six inches in height, rather light built, fair
+complexion, short dark brown hair, and, although in somewhat poor health
+last year, is one of the quickest and most wiry young men in the county.
+Possessing not only great physical strength and endurance, whereby I have
+seen him completely overcome, in several serious disturbances, larger men,
+boasting of their power and daring, but he has great magnetic and
+persuasive influence, and I have seen peace restored by his exceedingly
+quiet presence and determined glance, whereas only a few moments
+previously it looked threatening and dangerous. No tenderer or
+kinder-hearted man exists, unless duty compels otherwise. I know in doing
+business with him as an attorney and the evidence of the other lawyers
+will be the same, that in every respect he is honorable, fair, and
+impartial in the discharge of his duty, as well as a perfect gentleman. I
+always considered him a remarkable young man, all wire and grit. Four
+winters ago he was in Hon. B. Yates' store as a polite and obliging clerk.
+The next winter he went to work in a woolen mill at Minneapolis. He was in
+poor health; came to his home and was nominated on the Democratic ticket
+as a liberal, against the ex-sheriff, one of the most popular Republicans
+in the county, and Glispin carried by several hundred in a Republican
+stronghold. He served faithfully and well two years, and was re-nominated
+and re-elected again by a large majority, and is on the close of his
+second term, and I don't see any reason why he should not be a
+third-termer.
+
+
+
+
+                         CAPT. WILLIAM W. MURPHY,
+
+
+was born in Westmorland county, Pennsylvania, and is now about thirty-nine
+years of age. Went to California in 1854, and after spending several years
+on the Pacific coast, returned to Pennsylvania in 1861, and entered the
+service as Second Lieutenant, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, September, 1862;
+soon thereafter promoted to a Captaincy in same regiment for gallantry on
+the field of Piedmont, under Gen. Davis Hurter. During his term of service
+he received two sabre and three gun-shot wounds, was mustered out of
+service with his regiment, September, 1865. The following spring he came
+to Minnesota and settled at Madelia, Watonwan county. He was elected by
+the Republicans in 1872, as a member of the Legislature from Watonwan. He
+is well educated and an intelligent man, especially in the science of
+agriculture to which he gives great attention and is quite successful. He
+is noted as being a man of great personal daring and courage.
+
+
+
+
+                          COL. THOMAS L. VOUGHT,
+
+
+is a man of forty-five or forty-eight years of age; large, well built man,
+of fine, imposing personal appearance, and if he looks cross at any one,
+especially a robber, it would indicate that he meant "business." In fact
+he is noted as being extremely kind hearted and pleasant in his way and
+manner, but of great reserve force and determination when necessity
+requires. Years ago he fought the Indians in that county and weathered
+many bitter storms, long distances, night and days alone as stage owner
+and driver and United States mail carrier. He is now well known as the
+affable owner and host of Flanders Hotel, and has a large local and
+transient patronage.
+
+
+
+
+                             GEORGE BRADFORD,
+
+
+is a young man about twenty-five years of age, son of Morris Bradford,
+many years a county officer and old resident. He is a partner of J. N.
+Cheney, merchant, a quiet, handsome gentleman, of splendid business
+qualifications, of high integrity, regular and attentive to duty, and is
+highly respected by the community; he is well educated, and formerly was a
+school teacher in the county. He is very firm and unyielding when pushed.
+
+
+
+
+                             BENJAMIN M. RICE
+
+
+resides in St. James, is a young man, son of Hon. W. D. Rice, ex-Senator
+representing that county and district several terms in both branches of
+the legislature at St. Paul. Young Mr. Rice was engrossing clerk in the
+senate some years ago. He was born in the extreme south, and a resident
+there for several years, and possesses in a remarkable degree the fiery
+ardor, daring and impetuous power, characteristic of many southern
+men--even bordering on recklessness. No more lithe, wiry, or difficult man
+to encounter than he if crossed. He is very familiar with the use of
+revolvers and weapons, and the equal in accuracy to any one of the
+robbers. He is a shrewd and successful business man, warm hearted and a
+thorough gentleman in his manner and address.
+
+
+
+
+                             JAMES SEVERSON,
+
+
+is a young Norwegian, about eighteen or nineteen years of age, who came
+from Iowa to be a clerk two years ago in the large store of G. B. Yates.
+The jolliest and most popular young man, with everybody, especially his
+customers. He speaks several languages well. To his wit and gond nature
+everybody will bear witness, especially the ladies; he is a good salesman,
+industrious, correct, and to be depended upon; he is short, stout, and a
+little "daredevil" if any trouble is on hand.
+
+
+
+
+                             CHARLES POMEROY
+
+
+is the second son of C. M. Pomeroy, justice of the peace, and who is one
+of the oldest and most respected residents of the county. The young man is
+short, compact, powerfully built, and is strong, very quiet and
+unobtrusive, yet immovable and tenacious when danger threatens; he is a
+hardworking, industrious farmer boy, and anything that needs coolness,
+courage and determination to make successful, he would be chosen for it.
+
+
+
+
+                          [OSCAR OLESON SUBORN.]
+
+                           OSCAR OLESON SUBORN.
+
+
+                 [AS HE APPEARED WHEN CARRYING THE NEWS.]
+
+                  AS HE APPEARED WHEN CARRYING THE NEWS.
+
+
+                           OSCAR OLESON SUBORN,
+
+
+is American born, of Scandinavian parents, and bears a fine reputation for
+truthfulness and industry. We insert two cuts of this lad, one
+representing him as he appeared when he carried the news of the robbers
+presence to Madelia and the other one showing him as he appears when in
+his best clothes.
+
+
+
+
+                           THE YOUNGER FAMILY.
+
+
+[The principal points in the following sketch were furnished by the
+Younger boys and must be received as in a degree partial.--ED.]
+
+Henry W. Younger, the head of this branch of the Younger family was a
+native of Kentucky, but early in life he removed to Jackson county,
+Missouri, in company with his father's family. The family were thoroughly
+respectable, of more than ordinary intelligence, and comfortably provided
+with wealth. H. W. Younger proved to be a young man of superior ability,
+acquiring an excellent education, and occupying a prominent position in
+the political world. Ho served in the Missouri Legislature, and also as
+county judge in Jackson county. Col. Younger was married in 1830, and
+lived in Jackson county until 1858, during which time fourteen children,
+eight girls and six boys, were born to them.
+
+In 1858 the family moved to a larger farm near Harrisonville, Cass county,
+where his operations in farming, stock dealing and general trade became
+extensive, and his wealth rapidly increased. By his decided, and boldly
+maintained political convictions, he made many enemies--especially during
+the trouble which occurred between the people of his state and those of
+Kansas in regard to the admission of the latter as a slave state.
+
+When the civil war broke out in 1861, Younger espoused the Union cause,
+and on account of his wealth and prominence was made the especial object
+of the lawless depredations of the "Jayhawkers" of Kansas under Lane,
+Jemison and others. His property was destroyed, his stock stolen, and he
+with his family was obliged to flee for their lives.
+
+Early in September 1862 as Col. Younger was driving into Harrisonville,
+with a large amount of money about him he was robbed and murdered in his
+buggy. Even after having disposed of the father, his enemies were not
+satisfied, and their aggressions were directed against the inoffensive
+widow and her family of young children. They were forced to burn and
+abandon their own home, and the poor woman found no peace until finally
+she died in Clay county, Missouri.
+
+
+
+
+                              THE CHILDREN.
+
+
+The oldest son Richard had died in 1860 at the early age of 23, after
+having acquired a liberal education, and became an esteemed member of the
+Masonic order.
+
+Of the eight sisters six grew up, four being well married, one of the
+others dying within a few years, and another still living in maidenhood,
+being the one spoken of herein.
+
+The sons that lived to suffer from the aggressions of the enemies of their
+father were Thomas Coleman, James Henry, John and Robert Ewing, three of
+whom are now in the hands of the law officers of Minnesota, and
+incarcerated in the prison at Stillwater.
+
+No apology would be accepted by the public for the course which these men
+have pursued since the death of their parents, and no apology will be
+offered.
+
+"To err is human; to forgive, divine." Forgiveness was not found in these
+men. Revenge was the impulse that actuated them, and now they accept all
+mankind as foes. With their education and activity they might doubtless
+have become esteemed members of other communities, but they preferred to
+allow their resentment to lead them until they became outlaws and branded
+criminals. They have stated that they have deliberately chosen their
+profession, and are prepared to abide by the consequences. The judgment of
+the world is fixed, let a higher power render the verdict.
+
+
+
+
+                             [COLE YOUNGER.]
+
+                              COLE YOUNGER.
+
+
+                         THOMAS COLEMAN YOUNGER.
+
+
+This man whose name has become a terror throughout the entire west, was
+born January 15th, 1844, in Jackson county, Missouri. He was a bright,
+active lad, and somewhat wild. His education is not such as he might have
+acquired if he had availed himself of the advantages afforded him in his
+early youth. He was always full of daring, and was reckoned a keen young
+chap. He appears to have provoked the hatred of certain officers of the
+militia under Neugent at the early age of seventeen, and their
+persecutions, whether just or unjust, caused him to desert his home, even
+his plan of attending school at a distant place being interfered with.
+
+Early in 1862 Cole joined the famous Quantrell band of guerillas, with
+whom he remained until late in 1864, when he enlisted in the Confederate
+army. He became a captain, and remained in the service until the war
+ended, when he went to Mexico and California, where he stayed until 1866.
+
+Cole now resolved to settle down and redeem the family farm, which had
+been sadly neglected. His enemies, however, would not permit him to work
+in peace, and he together with his brothers James and John were forced to
+go to Texas, where they intended to make a new home for their mother, but
+she died in 1870, before their plans were completed.
+
+In March, 1875, a preamble and resolution was introduced into the Missouri
+house of representatives, relating the crimes charged against the Younger
+brothers, and granting them full amnesty and pardon. It was, however,
+defeated by a small majority.
+
+Cole Younger possesses talents of no ordinary degree, and his claim that
+he could never live a reputable life is absurd, as he could have
+established himself in a distant community or in a foreign land and
+prospered, if he had so desired. This is proved in the case of his brother
+James, who, when the Northfield raid was planned, was living and
+prospering in California, where he had accumulated quite a sum of money
+and was in a fair way of becoming well off. Money was needed for the
+enterprise, and after frequent solicitation he was induced to return to
+his old life and embark his savings in the speculation that has proved so
+terribly disastrous, and has consigned him to a living tomb.
+
+Cole appears to have early cultivated a taste for the wildest of
+adventures, and with a ferocity and cruelly almost fiendish, the taking of
+human life, when it interfered with his plans appears to have been no more
+to him than the use of hard words among ordinary men. During his
+connection with the Quantrell gang he was the boldest and bloodiest of the
+outlaws, and was guilty of many terrible deeds when his passions got the
+better of his judgment, while at other times he would treat his defeated
+antagonists with a magnanimity which showed that there was really a heart
+hidden away somewhere about him. At times he would spare none of his
+enemies, shooting them down like dogs, even when wounded and unable to
+defend themselves, and at other times he would himself nurse and comfort
+his most hated foe.
+
+His statement that he NEVER KILLED A MAN except in legitimate conflict, is
+of course absurd, and none will believe that a man who has had so
+desperate an experience as Cole Younger can place any high value upon
+human life. At horse races, in gambling hells, on the prairies, in
+railroad trains, and in quiet valleys, he has pursued his nefarious
+profession, and satisfied his revenge or gained money by force of arms,
+intimidating and killing those who came in his way.
+
+It is told that at a certain horse race he had wagered money on his horse,
+but one of the crowd, all of whom were enemies of Cole, by a cowardly
+trick caused his horse to lose. He forbade the stake-holder to deliver the
+money to his opponent, and when he insisted upon doing so Cole drew two
+large pistols and as he dashed away he discharged them into the crowd
+killing three men, and escaping unharmed.
+
+The exploits of Quantrell and his men have been so often published that it
+is not necessary to rehearse them at this time, but in nearly all of the
+most desperate and bloody encounters of the desperate gang Cole Younger
+played a prominent part. He was appointed to lead the most dangerous
+expeditions, and his success was such that it appeared as if the DEVIL
+HIMSELF WERE AT HIS ELBOW.
+
+One of the most sad and cruel murders that Younger was forced to commit,
+was when, after a visit to his grandmother, he was met on the threshold by
+his cousin, Captain Charles Younger, who belonged to the militia of the
+state. The cousins shook hands, after which Captain Younger informed his
+relative that he was his prisoner. Instantly Cole drew his revolver, and
+placing it in front of his cousin's face fired, killing him instantly.
+Although the vicinity was filled with militiamen the guerilla made good
+his escape with his usual luck.
+
+
+
+
+                            WHOLESALE KILLING.
+
+
+It is related that at one time Quantrell's company, after an encounter
+with a party of jayhawkers, found fifteen prisoners on their hands. As was
+the custom, arrangements were speedily made to put them to death. Among
+the arms captured was an Enfield rifle, and as none of the guerillas had
+ever seen one before, it was decided to test its merits, as they had heard
+that its force was terrible. The poor prisoners were placed in a row one
+behind the other, and Cole Younger, claiming that the weapon ought to kill
+ten men at a shot, deliberately fired at fifteen paces. The rifle
+disappointed the bloody executioner, as it killed but the first three men.
+Seven shots were fired by the cruel marksman before the fifteen were
+disposed of.
+
+
+
+
+
+                         AS A FOOT-PAD AND ROBBER
+
+
+Cole Younger is charged with having been connected with a great number of
+wild adventures where stages, railroad trains, banks and stores have been
+robbed, and his connection with them is not doubted by many, although he
+has proved by respectable parties that he had nothing to do with some of
+them.
+
+A series of desperate crimes commenced to be committed as early as 1868,
+and it was evident that a regularly organized band existed. It was, and
+is, believed that the Younger brothers and the James brothers were the
+leading spirits of the organization, and that it consisted of desperate
+characters living in all parts of the western states as far south as Texas
+and north through the territories. In 1868 a bank was robbed in
+Russellville, Ky., and a good haul was made. In the same year the bank at
+Gallaten, Mo., was attacked, and the cashier, J. W. Sheets, was killed.
+
+In August, 1873, the safe belonging to Wells, Fargo & Co's express company
+was taken from a stage in Nevada territory, by four masked brigands, and
+broken open and robbed of about $12,000 in gold and greenbacks, while the
+driver and passengers were prevented from interfering by cocked guns held
+at their heads.
+
+In January, 1874, a stage en route for the Arkansas Hot Springs, was
+stopped at Gain's place by five men wearing army overcoats, and all of the
+passengers were forced to give up all of their money and valuables. There
+were a number of gold watches taken, the robbers declining to receive any
+silver ones, and the sums of money received ranged from $5 to $650. The
+robbers asked if any of the passengers had been in the Confederate army,
+and when one responded in the affirmative, his property was returned to
+him, with the remark that they only robbed Northern men, who had driven
+them into outlawry. Another man who was entirely crippled by rheumatism
+was not interfered with and was not robbed.
+
+In February, 1874, the First National Bank of Quincy, Illinois, was robbed
+of over $500,000 in money and bonds, but as the work was done in the
+night, it is thought that the Younger gang was not concerned in it, as
+they have never been known as burglars, but bold, daring highwaymen, who
+work openly.
+
+It is thought there can be no doubt but that the Youngers were among the
+gang that attacked the train at Gad's Hill, in 1873, as it was one of the
+boldest robberies on record, the passengers in an entire train being
+intimidated and robbed by a few men.
+
+Cole Younger was one of the principal actors in the Northfield tragedy,
+leading the squad which dashed through the streets to intimidate the
+inhabitants while his comrades robbed the bank. Undoubtedly he is accused
+of many crimes he never committed, but he has made himself a name that
+will long exist, as one of the most bold and reckless outlaws of modern
+times.
+
+He claims that he is now for the first time in prison, and one cannot but
+wonder how, in this age of intelligence and civilization, so terrible a
+freebooter could have carried on his nefarious business for fourteen long
+years almost unmolested.
+
+
+
+
+
+                           [JAMES H. YOUNGER.]
+
+                            JAMES H. YOUNGER.
+
+
+                            JAMES H. YOUNGER.
+
+
+The next brother, James H. Younger, is now about 29 years of age, and is
+one of the captives now in the State prison. He has suffered greatly from
+his wounds received at the time of his capture. He is a mild, inoffensive
+looking man, and would not be taken for a robber and murderer. He has
+always been the pet of the family, and after the fight at Madelia which
+closed his career as a bandit, his brothers Cole and Bob showed great
+anxiety about him.
+
+Cole said he did not fear death as it would be over in five minutes, but
+he entreated the attending doctor to "exercise his utmost skill on Jim,
+who was always a good boy." Bob also asked several times for Jim,
+displaying much concern for his welfare.
+
+When their young sister, Miss Ret Younger, visited them in their prison on
+the 3d of October, 1876, she was terribly excited in finding James in such
+a plight, and gave way to sobs and shrieks.
+
+James joined Quantrell's company in 1863, but in the autumn of 1864 he was
+taken prisoner in the skirmish which resulted in the death of the
+notorious leader, and was incarcerated in the military prison at Alton,
+Ill., where he remained until the middle of 1866. He has been more
+domestic in his tastes than his brothers, although he has been in many
+desperate scrapes, and when the Northfield robbery was planned he was
+living in California as stated elsewhere.
+
+
+
+
+
+                              [BOB YOUNGER.]
+
+                               BOB YOUNGER.
+
+
+                            ROBERT E. YOUNGER.
+
+
+This is the youngest of the boys, being now nearly 23 years of age. He is
+quite prepossessing in appearance, and excited the sympathy of the ladies
+especially in his captivity. His career of crime extends over about three
+years, commencing when he was charged with horse stealing in connection
+with his brother John. Until that time he had remained quietly at home,
+being the only protector his mother had until her death, and his sister
+since. Bob was one of the men in the bank at Northfield and was to have
+taken the money.
+
+
+
+
+
+                              CHARLES PITTS.
+
+
+This bandit who was killed at Madelia, is known throughout the south as
+Wells. He is presumed to be the man that shot the brave cashier. He is
+reputed to have been one of the most daring of southern horse thieves, and
+possessed a great knowledge of horses. His nature was brutal, and he was
+as bold and tenacious as a bull dog. The gang always engaged him when
+particularly dirty work was on hand, and when on a long tramp, as his
+horse education made him valuable in the care of stock. His body has been
+embalmed and is now in the possession of the surgeon-general of Minnesota,
+whose museum his skeleton will ultimately grace.
+
+                             [CHARLEY PITTS.]
+
+                              CHARLEY PITTS.
+
+
+
+
+
+                           THE JAMES BROTHERS.
+
+
+It is supposed that the two robbers that succeeded in escaping, leaving
+six of the gang in Minnesota, three captives and three dead, were the
+notorious James boys, Frank and Jesse. These bandits claim, as do the
+Younger brothers, that they were forced to a course of crime by the
+aggressions of their enemies.
+
+From the close of the war down to the present time these men have been
+outlaws, and a long list of crimes are laid at their door. Among others
+may be named the robbing of the bank at Russellville, Ky., in March, 1868.
+The attack on the bank of Gallaten, Mo., and the kilting of the cashier,
+J. W. Sheets, in December of the same year. Another bank robbery at
+Corydon, Iowa, in June, 1871. Another in Columbia, Ky., when the cashier
+was killed, and still another robbery of the bank of St. Genevieve, Mo.,
+May, 1873. The attack on the railroad train at Gad's Hill in 1873, the
+more recent robbery, in December, 1875, of the express company's safe on a
+train on the Kansas Pacific Railroad at Muncie, where $30,000 was secured,
+and the Otterville robbery on the Missouri Pacific Railroad last July. All
+are laid to this wonderful gang of bandits which includes the James and
+Younger boys and a working gang of perhaps fifteen others.
+
+In January, 1875, a desperate attempt was made to capture the James
+brothers by Pinkerton's detective police, by surrounding and firing the
+house in which their mother, now the wife of Dr. Samuels of Clay county,
+Mo., lived. It was a sad failure, one person being killed and several
+wounded. There are no good likenessess of these robbers extant, the only
+ones the police have being eight years old, and Cole Younger says they
+look nothing like them.
+
+                           [HEYWOOD'S BURIAL.]
+
+                            HEYWOOD'S BURIAL.
+
+
+
+
+
+                          NAMES OF CONTRIBUTORS.
+
+
+At a meeting of the banks and bankers of St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 19th 1876,
+the following gentlemen, Henry P. Upham, Walter Mann, and John S. Prince
+were appointed a committee to issue a circular appeal to the banks and
+bankers in the United States and Canada, requesting voluntary
+contributions in aid of the family of Joseph Lee Heywood, late acting
+Cashier of the first national bank of Northfield, Minn., who was instantly
+killed by a pistol shot by one of the gang of Younger-James Bros.,
+desperadoes. In answer to about seven thousand circulars that were sent
+out, the committee received Twelve Thousand Six Hundred and Two Dollars
+and Six Cents($12,6022.06), which, with the Five Thousand Dollars donated
+by the First National Bank of Northfield to Mrs. Heywood and her child,
+made the sum of Seventeen Thousand Six Hundred and Two Dollars and Six
+Cents, ($17,602.06), a handsome tribute to the brave and noble cashier,
+who sacrificed his life rather than betray his trust.
+
+It is estimated that upwards of Ten Thousand Dollars has been expended by
+the First National Bank of Northfield, the State and County authorities,
+and private citizens, in capturing the robbers.
+
+The following are the names of the contributors:
+
+
+
+
+                              MASSACHUSETTS.
+
+
+Monson National      Monson            $5
+Bank
+Merchants National   Salem             25
+Bank
+Geo. L. Ames         Salem              2
+Franklin County      Greenfield        25
+National Bank
+Adams National       North Adams       20
+Bank
+First National       Northampton       50
+Bank
+Lechmere National    East Cambridge    25
+Bank
+Framingham           Framingham        50
+National Bank
+Asiatic National     Salem             25
+Bank
+Geo. E. Bullard      Boston            10
+Salem Savings Bank   Salem            100
+Safety Fund          Fitchburg         20
+National Bank
+Naumkeag National    Salem            100
+Bank
+National City Bank   Boston           100
+C. C. Barry          {~DITTO MARK~}                 10
+Northboro National   Northboro         10
+Bank
+Mercantile           Salem             25
+National Bank
+Charles River        Cambridge         25
+National Bank
+Bay State National   Lawrence          50
+Bank
+Crocker National     Turners Falls     20
+Bank
+South Danvers        Peabody           25
+National Bank
+Worcester National   Worcester         25
+Bank
+City National Bank   {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Central National     {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Bank
+Merchants National   {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Bank
+Security National    {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Bank
+Quinsigamond         {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+National Bank
+Citizens National    {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Bank
+First National       {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Bank
+Worcester Co. Inst   {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+for Savings
+Worcester            {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Mechanics Savings
+Bank
+People's Savings     {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Bank
+Worcester Five       {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Cent Savings Bank
+Worcester Safe       {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+Dep. & Trust Co
+Salem National       Salem             25
+Bank
+National Granite     Quincy            10
+Bank
+Central National     Lynn              20
+Bank
+Townsend National    Townsend          10
+Bank
+Housatonic           Stockbridge       10
+National Bank
+Leicester National   Leicester         20
+Bank
+Conway National      Conway            15
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                NEW YORK.
+
+
+National Bank        West Troy           $10
+Bank of America {~DITTO MARK~}    New York             50
+Tanners National     Catskill             10
+Bank
+J. G. Munro          Buffalo              10
+Marine Bank          {~DITTO MARK~}                    10
+H. F. Spaulding,     New York             10
+President Cen.
+Trust Co.
+Brown Bros. & Co     {~DITTO MARK~}                    25
+Importers &          {~DITTO MARK~}                    25
+Traders National
+Bank
+Farmers &            Buffalo              10
+Mechanics National
+Bank
+F. R. Delano & Co    Niagara Falls         5
+Ten Banks in         Syracuse            100
+Lyons National       Lyons                 5
+Bank
+Manufacturers        Troy                 25
+National Bank
+First National       New York             25
+Bank
+Fisk & Hatch         {~DITTO MARK~}                    20
+E. P. Cook           Havana                5
+National Central     Cherry Valley        10
+Bank
+National Bank of     Salem                10
+Salem
+Merchants National   New York             50
+Bank
+Munroe County        Rochester             5
+Savings Bank
+Mechanics National   New York             10
+Bank
+G. H. Smith          Haverstraw           10
+City Bank            Oswego               10
+Manufacturers        Williamsburg         10
+National Bank
+Bank of North        New York             25
+America
+Manhattan Co.        {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Metropolitan         {~DITTO MARK~}                   150
+National Bank
+W. W. Astor          {~DITTO MARK~}                   500
+Gallatin National    {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Bank
+Executive            {~DITTO MARK~}                    55
+Commercial
+Mercantile Trust
+Co.
+First National       Red Hook             10
+Bank
+First National       Jamestown            10
+Bank
+Farmers National     Amsterdam            10
+Bank
+Chemical National    New York             25
+Bank
+New York Savings     {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Bank
+American Ex.         {~DITTO MARK~}                    25
+National Bank
+J. T. Foote          {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+First National       Champlain             6
+Bank
+Witmer Bros.         Suspension Bridge     5
+City National Bank   Jamestown             5
+Manufacturers Bank   Cohoes               10
+C. P. Williams       Albany               10
+First National       Rondont              20
+Bank
+Third National       New York             50
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                MISSOURI.
+
+
+Bank of Holden       Holden            $5
+People's Savings     Chilicothe         5
+Bank
+Third National       St. Louis         25
+Bank
+Montgomery County    Montgomery City    5
+Bank
+Boone County         Columbia          10
+National Bank
+First National       St. Joseph         5
+Bank
+Bank of Joplin       Joplin             5
+First National       Kansas City       10
+Bank
+Scotland County      Memphis            5
+Bank
+Farmer and Drovers   Carthage           5
+Bank
+Bank of Commerce     St. Louis         50
+First National       Paris             10
+Bank
+Lawrence County      Pierce City        5
+Bank
+Franklin Avenue      St. Louis         25
+German Savings In
+Waverly Bank         Waverly            5
+Aull Savings Bank    Lexington          5
+
+
+
+
+                                TENNESSEE.
+
+
+First National   Chattanooga   $10
+Bank
+Commercial       Knoxville       5
+National Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                  OHIO.
+
+
+Jos. F. Larkin &     Cincinnati       $5
+Co
+Ramsey & Teeple      Delta             1
+Farmers Bank         Wapakoneta        5
+Second National      Toledo           25
+Bank
+First National       Massillon        10
+Bank
+First National       Portsmouth        5
+Bank
+Harrison National    Cadiz             5
+Bank
+Commercial           Cleveland        20
+National Bank
+Barber & Merrill     Wauseon          10
+First National       Troy             20
+Bank
+Merchants National   Dayton           25
+Bank
+Youngstown Savings   Youngstown       25
+and Loan
+Association
+Wicks Bros. & Co     {~DITTO MARK~}                10
+Second National      {~DITTO MARK~}                25
+Bank
+First National       {~DITTO MARK~}                25
+Bank
+First National       Springfield      15
+Bank
+First National       East Liverpool   10
+Bank
+First National       Ashland           5
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                MICHIGAN.
+
+
+Second National      Detroit        $100
+Bank
+Second National      Hillsdale         5
+Bank
+First National       Plymouth         10
+Bank
+First National       St. Joseph       10
+Bank
+First National       Port Huron       10
+Bank
+Randall & Darrah     Grand Rapids     10
+National Bank of     Marshall         10
+Michigan
+Boies, Rude & Co.    Hudson            5
+First National       Houghton         50
+Bank
+First National       Dowagiac         10
+Batik
+Ann Arbor Savings    Ann Arbor        10
+Bank
+Perkins, Thompson    Hudson            5
+& Co
+First National       Hancock          25
+Bank
+Merchants & Miners   Calumet          15
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                 INDIANA.
+
+
+Richmond National   Richmond         $5
+Bank
+Fort Wayne          Fort Wayne       10
+National Bank
+Citizens National   Jeffersonville    5
+Bank
+First National      New Albany       25
+Bank
+Brazil Bank         Brazil            5
+Walkers Bank        Kokomo            1
+Citizens National   Greensburg        5
+Bank
+National Branch     Madison          25
+Bank
+First National      Richmond         25
+Bank
+Citizens National   Peru             10
+Bank
+First National      Tell City        10
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                ILLINOIS.
+
+
+First National       Marseilles       $5
+Bank
+Commercial           Chicago           5
+National Bank
+Chicago Clearings    {~DITTO MARK~}             1,000
+House Association
+Union National       Aurora            5
+Bank
+J. A. Beach          Bunker Hill       1
+"A Friend"           Girard            1
+Bank of Forreston    Forreston         2
+Geo. Wright          Paxton         1.50
+First National       Peoria           10
+Bank
+First National       Princeton         5
+Bank
+City National Bank   Cairo             5
+Peoples Bank         Bloomington       5
+Scott & Wrigley      Wyoming           5
+C. G. Cloud          McLeansboro       5
+Union National       Streator         10
+Bank
+Knowlton Bros        Freeport          5
+Alton National       Alton             5
+Bank
+W. F. Thornton &     Shelbyville      25
+Son
+Farmers National     Keithsburg       10
+Bank
+First National       Freeport         10
+Bank
+First National       Kankakee         20
+Bank
+First National       Ottawa           15
+Bank
+Citizens National    {~DITTO MARK~}                15
+Bank
+First National       Quincy           10
+Bank
+First National       Arcola            2
+Bank
+Edgar Co. National   Paris             5
+Bank
+Griggsville          Griggsville      10
+National Bank
+Cass Co. Bank        Beardstown        5
+First National       Knoxville        10
+Bank
+T. W. Raymond & Co   Kinmundy          5
+Ridgely National     Springfield       5
+Bank
+First National       Warsaw           10
+Bank
+First National       Shawneetown      10
+Bank
+First National       Rushville        10
+Bank
+Stetson,             Farmington       10
+Littlewood &
+Richards
+First National       Canton           10
+Bank
+First National       Centralia      2.50
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                  MAINE.
+
+
+First National      Brunswick         $10
+Bank
+West Waterville     West Waterville     5
+National Bank
+First National      Damariscotta        5
+Bank
+People's National   Waterville          5
+Bank
+Banks in            Portland          150
+
+
+
+
+                                 VERMONT.
+
+
+First National   Fairhaven   $10
+Bank
+First National   Orwell       10
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                ARKANSAS.
+
+
+National Bank      Fort Smith   $5
+Western Arkansas
+
+
+
+
+                               CALIFORNIA.
+
+
+Bank of Woodland    Woodland           $5
+Caisse d'Epargnes   San Francisco      10
+francaise
+Kern Valley Bank    Bakersfield      5.45
+First National      Oakland            10
+Gold Bank
+Nevada Bank         San Francisco     100
+Santa Barbara       Santa Barbara   10.80
+County Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                COLORADO.
+
+
+First National      Denver     $10
+Bank
+First National      Trinidad     1
+Bank
+Emerson & West      Greeley      5
+Colorado National   Denver      20
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                            DAKOTA TERRITORY.
+
+
+Mark M. Parmer   Yankton   2
+
+
+
+
+                              NEW HAMPSHIRE.
+
+
+Claremont National   Claremont   $10
+Bank
+Castleton National   Castleton     5
+Bank
+National Bank of     Lebanon      10
+Lebanon
+Littleton National   Littleton    10
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                  TEXAS.
+
+
+Ragnet & Fry       Marshall      $10
+J. R. Couts & Co   Weatherford     2
+Merchants and      Sherman        10
+Planters Bank
+First National     Parsons         5
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                              RHODE ISLAND.
+
+
+Roger Williams       Providence    $25
+National Bank
+Manufacturers        {~DITTO MARK~}              25
+National Bank
+Washington           Westerly       50
+National Bank
+National Phoenix     {~DITTO MARK~}              15
+Bank
+National Exchange    Providence     25
+Bank
+Centerville          Centreville     5
+National Bank
+Warwick Institute    {~DITTO MARK~}              10
+for Savings
+Merchants National   Providence      5
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                               CONNECTICUT.
+
+
+First National      Middletown   $20
+Bank
+First National      Stamford      25
+Bank
+Phoenix National    Hartford      50
+Bank
+Geo. A. Butler      New Haven      5
+Banks of            Bridgeport    90
+Bridgeport.
+Hartford National   Hartford      50
+Bank
+Deep River          Deep River    10
+National Bank
+Stamford National   Stamford      10
+Bank
+Farmers &           Middletown    15
+Mechanics Savings
+Bank
+Norwich Savings     Norwich       20
+Bank
+Thames National     {~DITTO MARK~}             30
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                              PENNSYLVANIA.
+
+
+First National       Columbia          $5
+Bank
+First National       Sharon             5
+Bink
+Pittsburgh           Pittsburgh       200
+Clearing House
+Association.
+National Bank        Pottstown .       10
+First National       Oil City          10
+Bank
+National Bank,       Coatesvillle      25
+Chester Valley
+First National       Pittston          25
+Bank
+Watsontown Bank      Watsontown         5
+Cassatt & Co         Philadelphia      20
+First National       Shippensburg       5
+Bank
+First National       Hanover            5
+Bank Hanover
+First National       Strasburg          5
+Bank
+St. Petersburg       St. Petersburg     2
+Savings Bank
+Marine National      Erie              25
+Bank
+National Bank,       Uniontown          5
+Fayette Co
+National Bank,       Chester           10
+Chester Co
+Marine National      Pittsburg         25
+Bank
+Columbia National    Columbia          10
+Bank
+Citizens National    Ashland           15
+Bank
+Doylstown National   Doylestown        10
+Bank
+Spring Garden Bank   Philadelphia       5
+National Bank,       Oxford            10
+Oxford
+First National       Altoona           10
+Bank
+Commercial           Philadelphia      25
+National Bank of
+Pennsylvania
+National Bank        {~DITTO MARK~}                 20
+Republic
+Union National       {~DITTO MARK~}                 10
+Bank
+National Bank of     Phoenixville      10
+Farmers &            {~DITTO MARK~}                  5
+Mechanics National
+Bank
+Bank of North        Philadelphia     250
+America
+W. L. DuBois         {~DITTO MARK~}                 10
+
+
+
+
+                                  IOWA.
+
+
+First National       Belle Plaine     5
+Bank
+Levitt, Johnson &    Waterloo         5
+Lursch
+First National       Boone            2
+Bank
+First National       Wyoming         10
+Bank
+First National       Decorah          5
+Bank
+National State       Burlington      25
+Bank
+Conger, Pierce &     Dexter           2
+Co
+E. Manning           Keosaugua       10
+First National       Chariton         5
+Bank
+Citizen's National   Winterset       10
+Bank
+H. F. Greef & Bro    Beautonsport     5
+Council Bluff        Council Bluff    5
+Savings Bank
+Greene County Bank   Jefferson        2
+Muscatine National   Muscatine       10
+Bank
+State National       Keokuk          10
+Bank
+First National       Red Oak         10
+Bank
+Davenport National   Davenport       25
+Bank
+Bank of Carroll      Carroll City     5
+Cerro Gordo County   Mason City       5
+Bank
+Clinton National     Clinton         50
+Bank
+Silverman, Cook &    Muscatine        5
+Co
+First National       Grinnell         5
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                 KANSAS.
+
+
+Topeka National     Topeka         $5
+Bank
+Abilene Bank        Abilene         1
+Humboldt Bank       Humboldt        1
+D. W. Powers & Co   Ellsworth       5
+Emporia National    Emporia         2
+Bank
+Turner & Otis       Independence    5
+
+
+
+
+                                MARYLAND.
+
+
+First National     Baltimore     $50
+Bank
+National Union     {~DITTO MARK~}              25
+Bank
+First National     Westminster     5
+Bank
+National Bank of   Baltimore      25
+Baltimore
+
+
+
+
+                                 CANADA.
+
+
+Merchants Bank,   Hamilton      $6
+Canada
+Bank of Toronto   Toronto    21.90
+Thos. Fyshe       Halifax    10.90
+
+
+
+
+                                KENTUCKY.
+
+
+Theo. Schwartz &   Louisville   $5
+Co
+National Bank of   Cynthiana     5
+Cynthiana
+German National    Covington    25
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                 ALABAMA.
+
+
+City National Bank   Selma   $10
+
+
+
+
+                             SOUTH CAROLINA.
+
+
+South Carolina    Charleston   $15
+Loan & Trust Co
+National Bank     Anderson      20
+
+
+
+
+                               MISSISSIPPI.
+
+
+Vicksburgh Bank   Vicksburg   $10
+
+
+
+
+                               NEW JERSEY.
+
+
+First National   Morristown   $50
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                MINNESOTA.
+
+
+First National       St. Paul          $100
+Bank
+Second National      {~DITTO MARK~}                  100
+Bank
+Merchants National                      100
+Bank
+German American      {~DITTO MARK~}                   75
+Bank
+Dawson & Co          {~DITTO MARK~}                   50
+Marine Bank          {~DITTO MARK~}                   25
+Farmers &            {~DITTO MARK~}                   25
+Mechanics Bank
+Savings Bank         {~DITTO MARK~}                   25
+"A Friend"           {~DITTO MARK~}                   50
+Northwestern         Minneapolis        100
+National Bank
+Merchants National   {~DITTO MARK~}                   10
+Bank
+First National       {~DITTO MARK~}                   25
+Bank
+National Exchange    {~DITTO MARK~}                   25
+Bank
+State National       {~DITTO MARK~}                   10
+Bank
+Hennepin County      {~DITTO MARK~}                   10
+Savings Bank
+Citizens National    Faribault           50
+Bank
+C. H. Whipple        {~DITTO MARK~}                   25
+First National       Kasson              25
+Bank
+First National       Shakopee            25
+Bank
+First National       Lake City           10
+Bank
+A Printer            Waseca               2
+First National       Le Hoy              10
+Bank for Customer
+Citizens National    Mankato             50
+Bank
+Farmers National     Owatonna            10
+Bank
+Bank of Washington   Worthington          5
+First National       Stillwater          25
+Bank
+Chadbourn Bros &     Blue Earth City      5
+Co
+Farmers & Traders    Hastings            25
+Bank
+O. Roos              Taylors Falls        5
+First National       Faribault           50
+Bank
+Lumbermens           Stillwater          25
+National Bank
+H. D. Brown & Co     Albert Lea          15
+First National       Red Wing            25
+Bank
+Pierce, Simmons &    {~DITTO MARK~}                   20
+Co
+First National       Austin             100
+Bank
+Bank of Farmington   Farmington          25
+H. H. Bell           Duluth               5
+City Bank            Minneapolis         25
+Eddy & Erskine       Plainview           10
+First National       St. Peter           25
+Bank
+First National       Hastings            25
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                WISCONSIN.
+
+
+First National       Milwaukee           $50
+Bank
+National Exchange    {~DITTO MARK~}                    25
+Bank
+Manufacturers        Racine               10
+National Bank
+First National       Whitewater           20
+Bank
+Wisconsin Marine &   Milwaukee            50
+Fire Ins. Co. Bank
+First National       Hudson               10
+Bink
+Bank of Evansville   Evansville            5
+Batavian Bank        La Crosse            10
+National Bank        Delavan               5
+First National       Munroe               10
+Bank
+Bowman & Humbird     Black River Falls     5
+Milwaukee National   Milwaukee            25
+Bank
+Second Ward          {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Savings Bank
+German Bank          Sheboygan            10
+J. F. Cleghorn       Clinton               5
+Savings Bank         Fond du Lac           5
+Kellogg National     Green Bay            25
+Bank
+First National       Madison              10
+Bank
+Waukesha National    Waukesha             10
+Bank
+Marshall & Ilsley    Milwaukee            25
+Shullsburg Bank      Shullsburg            5
+First National       Fond du Lac          10
+Bank
+Humphry & Clark      Bloomington           5
+
+
+
+
+                                DELAWARE.
+
+
+Delaware City        Delaware     $10
+National Bank
+First National       Wilmington    25
+Bank
+Union National       {~DITTO MARK~}             20
+Bank
+National Bank of     {~DITTO MARK~}             10
+Delaware
+National Bank of     {~DITTO MARK~}             20
+Wilmington & B. W.
+Newport National     Newport       20
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                              WEST VIRGINIA.
+
+
+Merchants National   Morganstown   $5
+Bank of W.
+Virginia
+Commercial Bank      Wheeling      10
+Exchange Bank        {~DITTO MARK~}              5
+
+
+
+
+                                VIRGINIA.
+
+
+Planters &       Petersburg    $10
+Mechanics Bank
+German Banking   .Alexandria     5
+Company
+
+
+
+
+                                LOUISIANA.
+
+
+Citizens Bank of   New Orleans   $  10
+Louisiana
+
+
+
+
+                                 GEORGIA.
+
+
+Bank of Americus   Americus   $1
+
+
+
+
+                                   UTAH
+
+
+Deseret National   Salt Lake City   $10
+Bank
+
+
+
+
+                                 OREGON.
+
+
+First National   Portland   $50
+Bank
+Ladd & Tilton    {~DITTO MARK~}            5
+"Unknown"                     2
+
+
+
+
+ Collected by a Committee of Associated Banks in Boston, Massachusetts.
+                        H. W. PICKERING, Chairman.
+
+
+Taunton National     Taunton             $30
+Bank
+Old Boston           Boston              100
+National Bank
+Second  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}         {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Merchants  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}      {~DITTO MARK~}                   150
+Howard  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}                             100
+Suffolk  {~DITTO MARK~}           {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Faneuil Hall  {~DITTO MARK~}      {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Blackstone  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}     {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Tremont  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}        {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Exchange  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}       {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Maverick  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}       {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Revere  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}         {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+North  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}          {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Shoe & Leather {~DITTO MARK~}     {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+{~DITTO MARK~}
+Shawmut  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}        {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Everett  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}        {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Third  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}          {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Eagle  {~DITTO MARK~} {~DITTO MARK~}           {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Traders {~DITTO MARK~} {~DITTO MARK~}          {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+First  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}          {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Market  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}         {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Redemption  {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}     {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Webster National     Boston               50
+Bank
+Hamilton  {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}      {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Freemans   {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}     {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Massachusetts {~DITTO MARK~}      {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+{~DITTO MARK~}
+Boylston   {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}     {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+New England {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}    {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+Hide & Leather   {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}                    50
+{~DITTO MARK~}
+Massachusetts        {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Hosp. Life
+Insurance Co
+Union Sale Dep.      {~DITTO MARK~}                   100
+Vaults
+Appleton National    Lowell               50
+Bank
+Railroad National    {~DITTO MARK~}                    25
+Bank
+Chapin Banking       Springfield          50
+Company
+Bank of Brighton     Brighton             30
+Warren National      Peabody              25
+Bank
+Millers Rivers       Athol                25
+National Bank
+First National       Greenfield           25
+Bank
+Cambridge City       Cambridge            15
+National Bank
+Pacific National     Nantucket            15
+Bank
+Merchants National   Newburyport          15
+Bank
+Newburyport          {~DITTO MARK~}                    20
+Savings Bank
+First National       {~DITTO MARK~}                    20
+Bank
+Ocean National       {~DITTO MARK~}                    15
+Bank
+Mechanics National   {~DITTO MARK~}                    15
+Bank
+Five Cent Savings    {~DITTO MARK~}                    10
+Bank
+Cambridgeport        Cambridgeport        15
+National Bank
+National City Bank   Lynn                 25
+American National    Hartford, Conn       25
+Bank
+Mercantile           {~DITTO MARK~}                    25
+National Bank
+Birmingham           Birmingham, Conn     20
+National Bank
+Central National     Middletown,  {~DITTO MARK~}       15
+Bank
+Waterbury National   Waterbury,  {~DITTO MARK~}       200
+Bank
+Middlesex County     Middletown,  {~DITTO MARK~}       10
+National Bank
+Employees of above   {~DITTO MARK~}                    10
+bank
+New Haven County     New Haven,  {~DITTO MARK~}        10
+National Bank
+First National       Augusta, Maine       25
+Bank
+Granite {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}        {~DITTO MARK~}  {~DITTO MARK~}                 25
+First  {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}         Concord, {~DITTO MARK~}           25
+Calais  {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}        Calais,  {~DITTO MARK~}           10
+Freemans {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}       Augusta,  {~DITTO MARK~}          10
+Kennebec Savings     {~DITTO MARK~}                    10
+Bank
+Cabasse National {~DITTO MARK~}   Gardiner {~DITTO MARK~}           10
+Gardiner  {~DITTO MARK~} {~DITTO MARK~}        {~DITTO MARK~}                     5
+Bath    {~DITTO MARK~}   {~DITTO MARK~}        Bath   {~DITTO MARK~}              5
+Falls Village        {~DITTO MARK~}                     5
+Savings Bank
+Third National  {~DITTO MARK~}    Providence, R; I.    25
+Bank of North        {~DITTO MARK~}     {~DITTO MARK~}              20
+America
+Slater National      Pawtucket,  {~DITTO MARK~}        50
+Bank
+Rhode Island         Weybasset,  {~DITTO MARK~}        10
+National Bank
+Niantic National     Westerley,  {~DITTO MARK~}        10
+Bank
+Rhode Island         {~DITTO MARK~}    {~DITTO MARK~}               10
+National Bank
+Rockingham           Portsmouth, N. H.    20
+National Bank
+Strafford National   Dover, N. H..        10
+Bank
+National State       Concord, N. H.       25
+Capital Bank
+Bank of Derby Line   Derby, Vt            10
+Montpielier          Montpelier, Vt.      20
+National Bank
+
+Total amount collected by
+committee of associated
+Banks of Boston $3430
+
+
+
+
+
+
+***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NORTHFIELD TRAGEDY, OR THE ROBBER'S RAID***
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