The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-21
THE ROBBER HUNT.

THE ROBBER HUNT.
THREE OF THE BAND SEEN NEAR
/. 8UNDA -FOLLOWI THE TRAIL.
THE ROBBERS ESCAPE.
Worthington has had her share of
the robber excitement, and just now
don't feel inclined to pass her plate for
any more. In our last issue we gave
All account of the arrest of q man at
the Worthington Hotel, which fur
nished the first days excitement. On
Friday last dispatches were received
stating that two of the robbers were
bearing toward Lake Sl,etek and Ora
ham Lakes. Sheriff Town sent out u
hastily organized posse and during Fri
day night and part of Saturday pick
eted the Lake Shetek road to the county
line, and also the Jackson road for
some distance. On Sunday morning
word came that the two robbers were
north of LuVerne, and an engine and
car was procured anu number of men
ran out on the branch, dropping pick
cts along the way. Some six or eight
of the party joined in the chase beyond
LuVerne.
On Sunday afternoon Mr.. Lowe, of
the Okabena Mills, who, with a friend,
had been down on Ocheela Lake, drove
|hurriedly into town and reported that
they had seen three of the robbers near
the bridge at the Narrows. One of the
men had on a waterproof cloak with
cape, while the others were without
cloaks. Another of the men appeared
to he sick or wounded, and fell several
times in his efforts to get on. Whel,
they first saw Mr.. Lowe they fell fiat in
the grass. Then two of them rose and
fled, but when Mr.. Lowe started to
drive toward the disabled man, the
other two returned and helped him up
and all three hurried ON, the disabled
man falling several times and being
helped up. The three got into a corn.
field OH the lake shore, and Mr.. Lowe
drove rapidly to town and gave the
alarm.
Twenty or thirty persons set out at
once on horseback and in wagons and
bnShWhacked the lake shore from the
bridge to the foot of the lake without
finding any signs of the robbers be-
You'd the tracks in the corn field.
On Monday morning Sheriff Town
set out with some men, accompanied
by several from Winona who had beer
Oh the hunt all through the Big Wood:
and who knew the tracks of the rob
bers, and found the trail. They fount
the tracks in the cornfield mentioned
above; also at the foot of Ocheeda, Al
the big cut on the railroad just thi'
side Of Bigelow and for some distance
below, when they lost the trail. Til,
Winona men say the tracks are Deyont
doubt the same seen all along the hun
in the woods. There was the notoriou
Esquare-toed boot with small heel.
Putting several facts together, Their
seems hardly any room to doubt tina
the men seen by Mr.. Lowe were thre
of the Mortified robbers. First, tn
Winona men are sure as to the boo
tracks. Secondly, two of them hat
lost their water proof cloaks, and i
will he remembered that two sucl
cloaks were for nd in the camp nea
Minneopa where they were surprised a
breakfast, but made their escape
Z But they are gone from our grasp an
no grasslloppered man in this vicinit
will share in the reward offered 70
their capture. We hope to hear Q
them again, and that by some freak Q
fortune or of courage, somebody ma
take them before they reach the Mis-
souri,.
J. A. Smith, senior editor of til
Spirit Lake Beacon, dropped in o
Thursday last. Mr.. S. is OH a tou
, through Southwestern Minnesota an
} Southeastern Dakota. lie is accom-
panied by r. l.. Wilcox and D. W. Be
lows, of Spirit Lake. The party al
:. camping out, and we wish them joll
time.
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