The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-09-28
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the idea of the capture of the murder.
Gus Missouri banditti, who invaded
Mortified, Minnesota, on the 7th of
September, and attempted to rob the
bank, when the telegraph flashed the
news that four of them had been cap.
tured, one being killed and three
wounded. It appears that their cap
ture is primarily due to Oscar Olson
Suborn, boy about seventeen years
old, who lives eight and one half miles
from Madelia, Watonwan county, Min.
nesota. In a talk with this boy, he
said that about seven o clock, his faith
u was utilizing, which, two n1u oamc
past, walking, and said ''good morning"
and went on. He was coming from
the house with milk pals at the time
and walked up to the gate, but could
not see the faces of the men. But he
could see one with black mustache
and the other with red whiskers. They
went past but he said: 81 knew right
away they were the robbers, and ran
out to my father and said there goes
the robbers But his father said
they were not and told told him to go
and attend to his milking. He MIXED
one COW and put his pail inside the
gate and ran up the road which they
had gone up. His father halloed after
him to come back and to take care. for
if they were the robbers they would
shoot him.
The boy became so earnest
that his father finally consented
to let linn 20 to Madelia and give the
alarm. The boy rode at a break-neck
pace to Madelia and Sheriff Glispin,
with small posse started in pursuit
between nine and ten o'clock. They
overlook the robbers FIVE miles from
Madelia, and opened fire on them at
once. They crossed over a slough,
walking slowly and deliberately, but
the horsemen were unable to get over.
A party went on to South Bend, to
Doolittle's place, to head the robbers
from going west or crossing the river,
which they must have swan, the
river being very deep. The pursuing
party, now numbering about fifty, sur
rounded the little patch of willows
where the robbers were hid. Captain
Murphy, B. NJ. Rice, Geo. Bradford,
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John Voght advanced into the coppice
and secuted it thoroughly, advancing
in skirmish line. Suddenly the rob.
bers opened fire at the advancing skir-
mish line, emptying their revolvers
rapidly and their balls flying about as
thick as hail. The advancing party as
quickly responded to the fusilade, dis.
charging several shots each, and the
men along the river joined in the rapid
volleys. One of the skirmishers in the
wood called out to the desperate ban
dts to hold up their hands and come
in or they would continue the fire.
Almost at the commencement of the
firing three men fell, and the fourth
put up his hand and came out. He
had fired several times after the others
fell, getting another wounded man to
load his pistols for him, for one of his
hands were useless. The attacking
party then told their captain to go IN
for the rest, fearing some treachery,
when he replied, "How can do so !
They are all down, and you fred at one
after I had held up my hand"
The men in the woods then advanced
and secured their prisoners, assisted
them out of the woods and, placing
them in lumber wagon, brought
them into Madelia.
A reporter for the St. Paul Dispatch
gives the following account of the con-
ditiOn of the wounded men:
Arriving at Madelia the reporter
fastened to the Flanders House, where
he was informed the three prisoners,
al wounded, were in bed. Finding
inc courteous and obliging landlord,
ne was soon allowed to pass the guard
ing he entered small chamber where
Two men lay in one bed. The first
glance told the fact that one Of The
men was Cole Younger, a large. pow-
erful man with bald head and sandy
whiskers and moustache, answering to
the description given so many times of
this man. He was pretty badly wound.