Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-09-14

TENDER IA, 1875.
next to the wall) and as the robber
made over the desk railing he turned,
and placing his revolver to Uaywood's s
he;;d' fired, shooting him dead.
lie staggered forward and fell be.
h'nd the counter. The robbers made
out OF the door. do not remember
much more that followed.
Wilcox was not sure whether the
ruflian struck Haywood when the lat.
ter staggered to the cashiers chair.
and he did not stop to see if he was
dead when he fell. lie said the reason
he did not try to get out or help Hay.
wood was that one Of the men stood
over him with a pistol in his hand.
THE PURSUIT.
In less than a half hour fifty men
were in hot pursuit, and before sun.
set Il large delegation of St. Paul and
Minneapolis police had also started
from Northield. Faribault. and Dun.
d;ts. well armed and equipped. A
squad of four men were looking for
the bandits at Shieldsville at six
clock. and had stepped into saloon
when the six fleeing robbers rode up.
The wounded man had been mount.
ed OH a fresh horse. The robbers by
constant firing kept everybody ut bay
until they had watered their steeds.
The inhabitants of the town were too
much frightened to do anything. The
men reported as looking tired, the
wounded man being covered with
blood. The left on the run. In about
five minutes the pursuers got their
guns and were joined by two more
squads, making fourteen altogether,
followed and came up with them in a
ravine.
Shots were exchanged in the rav;ne.
The robbers turned and fired in pla-
toon. The pursuers stopped, and those
with shot guns managed to reach
them. There was only three shot
guns in the party. The rest had small
revolvers and no rifles. One of the
robbers horses fell, but recovered and
the robber mounted, but the girth
broke and the captain ordered him to
mount double, and the party rode off,
leaving the horse stolen ut Dund;.s.
The purSuers were too poorly armed to
dash into Il close fight.
Later in the night the robbers called
on Il farmer named Sager, and Dor
rowed u horse, tried to ride him, but
he balked, when they doubled again,
and made S,ger conduct them to the
road to Cordova.
THE DEAD BRlGANDS.
Thousands of people tlocked to see
the bodies of the dead brigands. The
taller of the two was found to measure
six feet four and half inches in
height; his body exhibited splendid
physical development. with arms and
limbs of thewy muscles and skin as
fair and soft rs lady's; his face was
of rather an elongated oval with sharp.
ly cut features; high cheek bones,
well arched brow and deep set b.ue
eyes. His hair was Il very dark, red.
dish auburn, inclined to curl. He wore
no hair on his face, but WAS closely
showed, and did not appear to he more
than % or 25 years of age. lie was
clothed in new suit of black clothes,
worth about $s25 or $50. a new colored
shirt and good boots. The ball which
brought him down entered about three
inches, in Il 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.
The other man, who was the leader
| of the band, was FIVE feet eight inches
in height, but much stourer 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 others were blue. The clothes
quito new, even the shirt, which ap-
peared to have been put on that day.
lie also wore a white linen collar and
4 white linen handkerchief round his
neck. On his feet were striped half
hose and good boots, but of different
make, one being finer and lighter than
the other. Gold sleeve buttons, gold
pin and Il fine gold, case watch and
chain, with linen ulster duster and
new felt hat Of fine quality, "John
Hancock make, completed his cos
tune. The wound was an ugly, jag
gcd bullet hole, very large and with
of the chest and about four inches be-
low the heart. There were 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 Il shot gun for several of the shot
wounds were in the back.
The fact that nothing was found on
the dead robbers to indicate who they
were or where they came from, clearly
shows that they were professional
hrigands, probably from Missouri OF
Kansas, us it is rule with such, when
on marauding expeditions attended
with danger of capture or death, to
have nothing about their persons by
which their names could be ascer.
tanned; and each is under the most
solemn obligations never to disclose
| his own name, or the names of his as.
sociates, even when such disclosure
wovld be to his own advantage. A
brigand is now serving out Il sentence
of fourteen years in one of the prisons
below us, who has repeatedly
been offered entire immunity fol
his own crime if he would give the
names of others connected with his
band. but he resolutely refused. de-
claring that his life would not be worth
Il straw if he accepted the proposition
II death overtakes them they give nc
sign, and years may elapse before any
one, outside the band or their immedi
ate family circles, receive the intelli
gence.
| TIE DEAD CASHIER.
Mr.. j. L. Haywood, the murdered
bank official, was a man about 81 year:
OF age, and married. A wife and one
child mourn his loss. He was acting
cashier in the absence of Mr.. Phillips
now in the cast. 1t was his intent
upon the return of Mr.. Phillips to leave
with his wife for the Centennial. III