, 1876-09-15
CRIMINAL NEWS.
Three Of the Northaold Robbers, In
Guiding tho Wounded One.
Surrounded.
Their Ultimate Capture and Ex-
tinction Deemed Certain,
Tho Desperate Wrstohes Reduced to q
Condition superlativoly Miserable.
THE ROBBERS.
E1eciat Djgpd{tA to T]1s Tribune,

TIE ROBBERS.
6peetot Dtspd.eh to 71s Tribune.
ST. rAuL, Minn., Sept H.--Ihe rUbbcr.hunt
IL still perscvcrcd In, with, to-day, Increased
hopes that at least part Ut the gang Will DO cop.
tured. sllcrin Dill, Of Winoun, yesterday track
cd tho gang to house two and half miles
from Mankato Junction, on tho WInona t. s..
Peter Road, whcra tic robbers Ind breakfast
hetWccn 0 and 10 o'clock. Near by was an
empty Lighthouse which had been occupied two
ntehts,-Monday night BY two men who arc
under arrest on Suspicion nt Nlankato.
and Tho latter part Of Tuesday night
by three Of the fugitive robbers. Other
found yesterday. At o'clock this morning
sentlueis alour The road lust south Of nlankato
heard signals by whistles. The night was Just
then exceedingly dark. Soon utter, guards Mt
tic wagon-brilgc, on the Dluc-Earth River,
heard q noise "a Of stones thrown down, but
could SEQ no one. A few minutes nfter, scntt-
mel ut tho railwny-bndgc close by, thought lIo
khw men crossing, and fired. He then called
Tor help to tho men at the wnGon.bridgc, but
ran away without waiting for response. The
elouda Ind thcn passed nway, 20 tint three men
were plainly aeen crossing the bridge to the
west. About o'clock this morning,
Sheriff Dill's party saw faint
column Of smoke rising through dense
foliage at tho foot Of Pigeon llill, near
Mlnnelnneopn Falls. Accompanied by Marshal
Hoy's party from Minneapolis they charged
through Tho brush, to and the fugitlves had
Just fed from camp, escaping over the hill. The
are was burning brightly. Tho fngltlves had
left d waterproof cont, q dripping wet oycrcoat,
yellow bri1le with cavalry bit, and another
bride with a common curb-bit, brsldes thcro
was a torn and bloody shirt, indicating that the
wounded man Is one Of the three who halted at
this camp, A picco OF drugget two yards
square, dripping wet, hung upon q
pole before the hre. Ears Of corn
werc roasttnB IN the ctnbers, and
three dresscd chickens lay beside tho fire. Evil
denccs woro plenty that green corn had been
their principal food. At ii o'clock Sheriff
Fnch's party from Mankato discovered three
fugittvcs In tho woods, and exchanged shots
with them, they escaping In dense thtckct.
The weather continues rainy and unfavorablo
for movements through the woods. Tho rob-
bcrs ara now about 90 miles from Northfcld,
not more than IS miles from their stopping
place Of Inst Thursday night. Tito country be.
hind and before them Is aroused. A fow miles
westward they will reach prairie country, whcro
hiding wilt bo more difficult, and rain will not
delay the search for them. What has become
Of the other three Of tha gang, unless those de-
tafncd at Mankato are two Of them, Is un-
known, but such watch Of outlets Is kept up
that they must be In some part Of tho big woods
south of thc Minnesota River. Their effort has
been all along to cscapc westward, as II making
for Sioux City or st. Joseph, but, u they escape
from Minnesota, II will be because Of lack Of
organization and cooperation among tho hun
dreds waiting for md pursu!ng them.
gptctol Diepofch 10 1ne Tribune
TT. Paul, Sept. 1.-THE three robbers chased
to-duy cluded their pursucrs at 1 .. M. At o
they were nEain seen on bluffs bordering tho
Minnesota Valley, about three miles from Man
kato. A ptcknt-line Of IL miles surround them
tonight. No doubt remains that they have found
confedcrates, aud that tho missing thrco were
pilotel through Afankato mud ferFted across tho
river last night. The two men detained ut Man
lsato arc probably confcderatcs belonging to the
Iowa aud Minnesota horse-tfiof tribe
TO fhs Ftittrn Assoetatkd t4ess.
ST. PAUL, Sept l4.-The present scene Of op-
erattons Is not 80 miles from Nortllacld, and the
fact that tho robbers HAYS not escaped, OF at
least succeeded In getting further away, Is un-
doubtedly because Of lhek Of knowledge Of
essS se aqa oatr 5 ny = hass ssys SSees te4s S
swanspy, Wild, and 1iE}cult TO traverse, cTen
under favorable circumstances. The rob-
bers nre now without horscs, blankets, or coats,
apparently have l!ttle to cat sure green corn,
aid aro altogether having very rough time
Of It,
4ptcial N*pd.cs to 2ae 7,5saa&
WAsnlAuToN, u. u, Sept, H.-The Mtnncso-
ta paper mnrken w!t'. the words "A. 6. Gay,
written on the mafgtn, which was found upon
tho body Of ono OF Tho Northf}cld, Mimi, rob
brrs, according to The CHICAGO rn1BuNn re-
port has attracted cohsJdernblo attention in
this city. The Washington "CltY Directory u
haa tho following: "a. G. CavWood, real estatc;
1920 Eleventh street, N. W" The Eptaiag Star
Bays thai tho newspaper must have como Into
possession Of tie rObber accidentally,