The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13

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o'clock, and had stepped into saloo.
when the six fleeing robbers r0d6aur
Ine wounded man had been mount
ed, on a fresh horse. The robbers b
constant firing kept everybody at ba
until they had watered their steeds
The inhabitants of the town were to
much frightened to do anything. TIL
men reported as looking tired, til
wounded man being covered wit
blood. The left on the run. In anon
five minutes the pursuers got thei
guns and were joined by two NOR
squads, making fourteen altogether
followed and came up with them in
ravine. $3.50" u " 1850 :" -
Shots were exchanged in the ravine
The robbers turned and fired in pls
toon. The pursuers stopped, and thos
with shot guns managed to reac
them. There was only three sho
guns in the party. The rest had smas
revolvers and no rifles. One of tn
robbers horses fell, but recovered an
the robber mounted, but the girt.
broke and the captain ordered him
mount double, and the party rode off
leaving the horse stolen at Dundas
Inc Pursuers were too poorly armed
dash into close fight.
Later in the night the robbers Gale
on a farmer named Sager, and DO,
roWed a horse, tried to ride him, bu
he baked, when they doubled again
and made Sager conduct them to tn
road to Cordova.
THE DEAD BR1GANDs.
Thousands of people flocked to Sc
the bodies of the dead brigands. Tn
taller OF the two was found to measur
SIX feet four and a half inches i
height; his body exhibited splendi
physical development. with arms an,
limbs OF thewy muscles and skin
fair and soft Us lady's; his face Wa
OF rather all elongated oval with shar1
ly. cut features; high cheek bones
well arched brow and deep set blu
eyes. His hair was very dark, rec
dish auburn, inclined to curl. He wor
no hair on his face, but was closel
shaved, and did not appear to he NOR,
than % or Is years of age. He wa
clothed in a new suit of black clothes
worth about $s25 or $50, a new colore.
shirt and good boots. The ball whicl
brought him down entered about thre
inches. in line with the left nippl
and toward the center of the chest an
completely riddling the man, passe'
out on the same side beneath tn
shoulder blade.
The other man, who was the leade
OF the band, was five feet eight inche
IN height, but much stouter built tina:
the taller, with hair of the exact colo
and like his inclined to curl. His fac
was rOunder and covered with abou
two weeks growth of beard the ewes
iket.the others were blue. The clothe
quite new, even the shirt, which al
peared to have been put on that day
He also wore white linen collar an
a white linen handkerchief round hi
neck. On his feet were striped hal
hose and good boots, but of differen
make, one being finer and lighter tina:
the other. Gold sleeve buttons, gol
pin and a fine gold, case watch an
chain, with linen ulster buster an
new felt hat OF fine quality, 'sJoh
Hancock make, completed his COS
|
ged bullet hole, very large and wit
the edges much torn toward the cent?
of the chest and about four inches be
low the heart. There were severa
small shot wounds On the body of thi
one and three on the forehead ; his la
was also riddled with shot and it wa
evident that he had been hit twic
from a shot gun for several of the sho
wounds were in the back.
The fact that nothing was found O.
the dead robbers to indicate who the
were or where they came from, clearl
shows that they were profession;
brigands, probably from Missouri
Kansas, as it is a rule with such, whe
on marauding expeditions attende
with danger of capture OF death, t
have nothing about their persons b
which their names could be ascel
tanned; and each is under the mos
solemn obligations never to disclos
his own name, or the names of his as
sociates, even when such disclosur
wovld be to his own advantage.
brigand is now serving out sentenc
of fourteen years in one of the prison
below us, who has repeated
been offered entire immunity 70
his own crime if he would give tn
names of others connected with hi
band, but he resolutely refused. de
claring that his life would not be wort
straw if he accepted the proposition
If death overtakes them they give n
sign, and years may elapse before an
one. outside the band or their immpdj
ate family circles, receive the intell
gence.
THE DEAD CASHIER.
Mr.. j. L. Haywood, the murdere.
bank official, was man about 81 year
of age, and married. A wife and ont