Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-09-08
AMBIGUOUS CRIME.
Eight Armed and Desperate Men ride
into Minnesota Tuwn in Broad
Day and Attempt to Rob Bank.
The Cashier and Two of the Williams Kill
led.

CHARLES CRY, Sept. 7th.-Eight
mounted highwaymen attacked the
Mortified, Minnesota, bank at 2:30
to-day; they killed the cashier and
shot the teller through the shoulder.
They Ill return, killed two of the rob-
bers. Fifty men from Mortified and
twenty five from Faribault started i'll
pursuit, AID at last account were thir-
ty minutes behind the robbers.
About two o'clock this afternoon
eight men, well mounted, entered the
town and proceeded to the bank.
Three of them sprang over the coun-
ter and ordered the cashier, J. L.
Haywood, with a knife at his throat,
to open the vault. At the same time
all the persons in the bank, A. e.
Bunker, assistant cashier, and Fred
Wilcox, clerk, were ordered to hold
up their hands. Haywood refused
to obey the order to open the vault.
His neck had been slightly scratched
with the knife. Still persisting in
his refusal, the robber put the muzzle
of pistol to his head and fred
Haywood fell dead. They then turn
ed to Mr.. Bunker and ordered him
to open the vault. He said he did
not know the combination. As the
robbers made demonstrations toward
him he ran out of the back door.
They fired at him, shooting him
through the shoulder. Mr. Wilcox
was not interfering.
While this war transpiring within,
the people of the city without were
doing good work. Two of the rob-
bers were killed outright and one
wounded. The wounded man was
taken by his confedcrates. One Of
their horses was killed and one cap
tured. The robbers did not get into
the cashiers drawer, except the mic
KEEL drawer, and the handful of nick.
els taken from it was thrown on the
floor. -Four of the light men came to
town before midday and waited on
the north side of the bridge till the
other four came into town from Dun.
das. The men were well mounted
and armed with navy revolvcrs, with
cartridges in q belt around their bod.
les. When the robbers crossed the
bridge entering the town, they drew
their revolvers, and putting then
horses into full gallop, dashed
through the streets shouting to the
people on the walks to get inside.
and int, spersing their shouts with
flendish curses and imprccations.
While the men were engaged III
the bank others stood on the street
threatening to shoot any one who in
terfered and firing several harmless
shots. Pistols and guns were quiet
ly and quickly secured by the citi
zens, and ayoung man named Wheel
er from window in the opposite
building picked off one of the vii
lains, shooting HIM through the
heart. Another shot thought to be
from Wheeler, Immediately after
Frustrated another, when the robbers
mounted their horses and beat 8
hasty retreat. The third robber was
hit, but escaped. A band of fifty cit
zens was organized and headed by
Wheeler and started in pursuit. AT
last accounts The robbers were only
25 minutes ahead of their pursuers
and are almost sure to be overtaken
There are all sorts of rumors as tc
the robbers, many believing them to
be some of the same gang heretofore
operating in Missouri and Kansas.