, 1876-09-10
CRIMINAL NEWS.
The Minnesota Brigands Still at
Large at Last Advices.
They Are Entirely Surrounded in tho
Timber By Armed Men.
The James anl Younger Brothers Dc.
licycd 10 DO Of the Gang.
Other Criminal Items.
TuE MINNESOTA DANDITS.
Sneciai Etttt1tch II 1n4 Tf1hnnf,

Special Dlspatch 10 The Tribune.
81. PAut., Atlnu., Sept O.-Thc chase for the
North1cld ban!s-robhers Is In d region distant
from telegraph llncs, 80 TINT tho latest advlccs
are ot tllis morning, when they wcro reported
surrounded IN tnarshy wools near German
Lake, In Elyslan, southeast torn ot Lesuenr
County. AL day yesterday they rode, witt.
many turns, In Watcrviltc ind Elystan, ad1o!n-
Ing townships, closely followed by 5o-odd
mounted and wcll-arncd men, led by oalcer
Brissett, Of st. Paul, and Mayor Baxter, Of
garibault, They travelled most Of tho tsmo
In the timber, several times coming to tho roads
aud fosds and strcams, only to be turned back
by parties waiting for them. During tho day
they were several times fred upon, and two Of
the gRng are known to be severely wounded,
while third rides ~ II partly disabled. During
yesterday they seized two plow-horses from
farmcr's 10y, leaving him their disabled h0rses.
One Of the wounded rode double, being carried
BY a cotnrado.
The country In every direction around them Is
fully informed Of their movements and IS fast
A. horses md firearms can be procured, different
Villages are sending out parties to Join the
ct,aso. A largo party from NorthAcld started
this AFTERNOON. Chief Of Pottco King, Of this
city, leads strong party, which Is believed to
ho near tic wood where tho robbers nre
said to bc surrounded. Other parties
arc coming In from tho south aud
wcat, covering tho woods, fields, and
roads ns they a4lyanco.
Four Of tho robbers, rs mentioned before,
purchased horses and outfits in Red Wing.
Two othosa purchased horses, saddlca, and
bowIc-lntycs In st. Paul. Tho romRlutng two
outt}ttcl at st. Peter.
The smaller ole killed ut Northflell has BEEN
recognized as oue Of tho two who outlttcd
here; also as having visited q gambling. saloon
here laat Tucsday night, wlcrc he was
recognized as havlng been IN this city
seven or eight years ago, whom he WAS
known among gamblers As au adroit trickster
ut cards, and m occasional shower Ut the queer.
Tic largcr ono bears a bullet-scar under tho left
arm, by which parties residing at A1lnneapo!ln
and Cannon Falls expected to identify Bill
| Yatcs, formerly Of Minneapolis, q desperate
rough, lattsrly supposed to be In Texas. Re-
Gently he wrote 10 his sister in Cannon Falls
from Missouri that lie had paying employment,
and would send hcr money II shc
needed 1t, aud would soon como to
SEQ her. Her husband, after seeing tho body,
acknowledged the bu1lct-scar was tho Batnc but
refused to decide whether 1t was bis relative OF
not
Mr. Barlow, Of Delavan, W's., stopped at tho
hotel iu Cortlova Tuesday night wlcn five OF
tl!ls gang were there They Wcre pollte, used
Southern phrases, and talked Of cattle When
,ney roae a"ay the no1t morning ,s. they touched
morning. Que Was bald, with sliurt, .sandy
si1c-whlslsers. Tlosa who visited hero also used
Southern PHRASES, aud spoke Ut being from Nils
souri,,
a person calling himself l.. NJ. Hazen,.a de-
tcctlye, mailing from Cincinnati, passed through
here to-day, going to Northtc!d to see the bodies
Of the two killed robbers, He says that for liz
weeks ha Inns bscn following tho trails
Ut tho gang who robbed tho express
carsl Of tho United states and Adams .Coinpa;;
Of sedata, IN July last. He Bays he haa nc
same men, or Of the samo ganR, and that tlIe
t1aulca Ut seven Of them ar0 Frank and Jesse
james, Col. E. and Brill Younger, -Olcm Miller
Charley Pitts, aud Bill Chadwell. lie thinks tllt
eighth of the NnrthiIctA party was Je,n Younger
hlr. uazen Ia very posttlye, nlll Ia probably cor
rect In asserting this to be the notorious Jamcl
and Younger bantl OF Southwest Missouri; hui
tho direction Of theIr flight aud placca wllest
tlloy have stopped during their flight Indicates
aone knowledge Of resi1ents hcTe, though nj
familiarity wlateycr With tho roals
Through the sections where they wcro yeBter
day md to-day there las long been MI cstab
stopplng-p!aees for lorac-thtcyos operating Il
stopped aud slept for annlo hours night be
fore last was named here day beforu yestcrtla!
Is the place where they would go.
Good photographs Of tbs dead bandits hap
been taken, md will bo forwarded to tho pole
| OF Western cities.