The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-10
A DARING RAID.
Desperate Conflict Between Hand
of RObbcrs and Ciiizens at North
field. NtnnesOtR-Threp Men Killed
and several Others wounded.
Especial to the Chicago Times. }

especial 10 tne CHchkO iiuesJ
NoRrHrIELD, MINI, Sept, about
two O'Clock this afternoon attention was
arrested by the discharge OF firearms
across the street al the corner. and all
around the SERVER river, and covering
the first national bank. Eight or ten
horsemen, armed to the teeth with heavy
revolvers, were discharging them in
rapid succession, and our citizens flying
in all directions till they recovered a little
from such an unlookcd-for raid. 1t was
their object point. as one or two Of the
gang had entered the bank and shot MIR.
Haywood dead and Mr.. Bunker through
the shoulders. BY this time our citizens
began to rally and to return their fire, and
two of the robbers were killed and one
horse. when the raiders reception be-
coming so hot they turned and fled
south, dashing through Dundas toward
Millersburg to the big woods with some
of our good men in pursuit. Two OF the
men which got away are badly wounded,
and one of the horses. Several OF our
citizens narrowly escaped, but consider
ing our uApreparedness for such an onset
our deliverance was remarkable. The
saddest of all this tragedy is the death of
one of our truest men. Mr.. Hay wood,
acting cashier. who fell in the fearless
and faithful discharge of what he doubt
less regarded his duty. The poor de-
luded miscreants shot him because he
refused. on the robbers demand, to open
the safe. The robbers lett empty
handed, minus two men and horse
dead. besides the wounded. Seven hun
dred dollars reward is offered, and hun
dreds of men are securing the woods Ia
search AS the men killed are not known
to the Minneapolis and st. Paul police,
and as they came from the southwest, 1t Is
supposed they are a gang who have been
operating in Iowa and Missouri. They
are all fine-looking men. The two killed
were over six feet in height.
LATER-FURTHER PARTICULARS.
ST.. PAW, Sept. THE little town of
Mortified, situated near the western
boundary of Rice county, on the line OF
the Milwaukee and st. Paul railway. 40
miles from this city, was the scene TINS
afternoon of one the most daring and Ia
tai attempts at bank robbery yet report
ed About O'Clock eight men we'll
mounted entered the town and proceeded
to the bank. Three men entered. and
springing over the counter they ordered
the cashier, j. l.. Haywood, with knife
at his throat, 10 open the vault. At the
same time all the persons in the bank, A.
e. Bunker, assistant cashier, and Frank
Wilcox, clerk. were ordered to hold up
their hands. Mr.. Haywood refused to
obey their order and open the money
vault. His neck had been slightly
scratched with the knife. Still persist
Ing. the robber put the muzzle OF pisto
to his right temple, fired, and
HAYWOOD FELL DEAD.
They then turned to MIR. Bunker and or.
dered him to open the vault. He said III
did not know the combination. AS the
robbers made demonstration TOWARD
him he ran out through the back door
They fired at him, shooting him through
the shoulder. MIR. Wilcox was not in
terfered with. While this was transplr
ing within, the people OF Northflelt
without were doing good work. Tive
| of the robbers were killed outright an(
one wounded. The wounded man was
taken away by coniederates. One o
their horses were killed and one captur
ed. The citizens OF the city
BEHAVED LIKE OLD VETERANS,
as many of them are. A. r. Manning
and Hewey Wheeler and others wer
conspicuous for their conduct. A posS
of our citizen are in pursuit. The rob
bers did not get into the vault nor di'
they lind the cashiers drawer. The!
entered nothing but the nickel drawe
where they procured handful of nickels
Four of the eight men entered the tow
before midday and waited on tn
north side of the bridge till they saw tn,
other four come into town from Dundas
The two squads met at the bank. The,
were large, able-bodied men.