The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-09-27
BOB YOUNGER DEAD
THE BANDIT PASSES AWAY IN THE
SALTWATER PENlTENTIARY.
His Dealt. brings to Mind . Record Of Hts
Many Crimes-Histary of the Robbing fr
Which He and Hi Drothers Were Con-
victed.

Many Crlmes-Hist1ry of tho R0hblng FOR
Which He and His Brothers Were Con.
victed.
The death Of Bob Younger, the Missouri
bandit. in the penitentiary at saltwater.
Mimi. on the night of the 10th, brings to
mind his many crimes. For over a week
he did not recognize even his sister, who
had been at lis bedside for over two
months almost constantly. His brothers,
jim and Cole, serving life sentences with
him, nre very much affected by his death.
They have Been allowed to be with him
Il large part of the time.
The story of Boil %Younger's life is one
of crime after he reached young manhood.
He was born October %, 1854, in jackson
county, Missouri, his fathers family con-
sisting of eight girls and SIX boys. All Of
these grew to maturity except three. The
crime for which Bob was imprisonedin the
saltwater penitentiary was his connection
with tine famous Mortified bank robbery
i'll Minnesota. when Cashier j. l.. Hay.
wood gave up his life.
Ii was about 2 p. M, September z. 1876,
that eight or ten horsemen. armed to the
teeth, dashed through the streets of North
field, shooting in all directions, and Shout
ing TO persons on the street to get inside
their houses or stores. 1t was the first
They halted in front of the First National
building md three men sprang from their
horses and entered, while the others re-
manned outside to lntimidate with contin.
uous shooting anyone who might APP
proaph. In the bank were Cashier Hay
wood, his assistant, A. E. Bunker,
aud Mr.. Wilcox, a clerk. The robbers
jumped over the counter, and, covering
the men inside with revolvers, ordered
them to throw up their hands. One of the
robbers started to go into the vault. Mr..
Haywood followed him and partially clos
Ell the door, when he was pushed buck and
struck him on tine head with n revolver.
The two then dragged him toward the
vault and with curses commanded him to
open the inside door. Haywood refused
and the men drew their knives, and one of
them drew the blade across Haywood's
throat, making n mail scratch, and COM
mandcd him again to open the door,
threatening to cut his throat from ear to
ear if he aid not. At this moment Bunk
err, the assistant cashier, attracted the at.
tention ofthe robbers by running from the
back door, and one of them fired at him,
the bali taking effect i'll the leg. But
Bunker dashed ON. escaped from the
building and ran to IL doctors Office. The
robbers who were working with Haywood,
hearing that the firing of their comrades
standing guard outside was being answered
by the firing of citizens, md failing to i'm
drce the cashier to open the vault, sprang
outside the counter and started for the
door. AS the last one jumped out he
turne !, and with his revolver not more
than a foot from Haywood's head, fred.
the ball entering the temple and killing
the cashier instantly.
had been aroused. ,evolvers had been SCI
cured and firing ut the robbers began.
From a second story window of a building
across the street from the bank a Young
man named Wheeler shot ono of the rob-
bers through the heart as he sat in his
saddle, and then wounded another. Tie
bandits saw that it was time to retreat md
they called to the three men in the bank to
come as they started, alarmed by the
shooting, but before the retreat began an-
other robber had been shot. He was
picked up, however, aud thrown across in
front of the saddle of one of the horse-
men, and the band started in full run on
their %reireat, firing their revolvers in every
direction at citizens. one of whom, Nicho-
las Gustavson, wa shot through the head
and died in three days.
This is in brief the story of the famous
robbery that aroused the citizens of the
entire state of Minnesota, and in which
Bob Younger was a participant. The
news OF the murders spread quickly and
soon large bodies of men We're in hot pur-
suit, who, it was soon discovered had dr.
vidcd into two parties, taking opposite di-
rections. One party was composed of
Frank and Jesse james and perhaps one or
two others, and the other contained the
Younger brothers..
AT times their pursuers were in sight.
and then were lost sight of. Day after duy,
the pursuit was continued. Men left
Minneapolis and st. Paul and Joined in
the hunt. In their flight both of the ban
dit parties stopped at farm houses and got
food, and ut other times stole fresh horses.
leaving their Jaded beasts in exchange.
IL was a long, weary chase; but mt last, on
the morning of the 21st of September,
after every hope of a capture had almost
been given up. the news was carried to
Madelia. Mimi, as fast as a horse would
carry u courier, that -four men, believed to
be some OF the robbers, had stopped at "a
farm house seven miles north of there.
bought some butter and bread, and started
west Oh foot. In q few minutes a party of
fifty men of Madclia was armed andhorsed
and in hot pursuit. They came up with
the men and drove them through a slough
eight miles northwest of tho village. Then
the bandits gained the open prairie and
their pursuers opened fire on them. The
robbers returned this md kept working
toward the Watonwan river, which ut last
they rea he'd. and hid in the bushes. The
citizens surrounded them, opened a gem
eral fire and advanced gradually. The
surrounded men returned the fire, and at
last the robbers surrendered. One of
them was found to be killed and the other
three wounded. one only in the arm.
The three wounded men proved to be Cole
Younger. James Younger, and Robert
Younger. The dead man was Charley
Pitts.
The three men refused to reveal their
identity Or any of the party, but it finally
be ONE known. The Jesse James party
escaped. hut the identity of Jesse was re-
vealed by the proprietress of n bagnio he
had visited in Minneapolis prior to going
to Northtield. 1t was learned that all Of
the bandits were ut the Nicollet house in
this city one afternoon late in August.
During the last five years several at.
tempts have been made by influential citi-
zens to secure a pardon for the Youngers,
and especially Bob, who for several months
had been known to be ill, hut in a recent
appeal to Gov. Merriam in Bob's behalf
the governor positively refused to inter-
; iere. From all over Minnesota there went
up q protest, and Bob's life will close
within the prison walls, as it now seems
probable that his brother's
must also. The apologists of the
Younger boys have many things to urge in