River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-09-28
A RoHeER SHOT DEAD.


Two Brothers Try 10 Loot the safe Ii.
the Normal school at Valparaiso. Ind
Chased by Posse and One of Them
kiibed-The other Wounded and Cap
tured.
VALPARAISO. Ind. Sept 26.-Two
masked men entered the Office of the
Northern Indiana normal school Satur-
day and tried 10 rob the large safe. The
secretaries, Misses Kate Corbery and
Emma Jones, were in the front Office,
and when Miss Jones passed through the
door TO the private office to put away
some papers she was confronted by the
volver against her face and commanded
her TO throw up her hands.
She struck at the revolver, knocking
it out of his hand. and ran screaming
out into the street, followed by Miss
Corbery. As they passed through
the door one of the robbers
fred at them The robbers see
ing further efforts were useless
coolly walked out the front door and
down the steps. A mail carrier here
Blocked the way. Both OF them pointed
their revolvers at him and he retired
They then jumped the fence and started
east. Arnold, the carrier, gave the
alarm and in few minutes students
started in pursuit.
Word was sent to the city and in
short time officers and hundreds of cit
liens, armed with every kind of fire.
arms, We're securing the country.
When about a mile east of this city the
robbers were overtalen by the first of
the pursuing party, who demanded of
them to halt, and were answered by
shots. Nathan o. Howe, of Michigan
City, was coming to this city with a
load of peaches, ana seeing the masked
men followed by number of others
who were shooting drove to a farm
house. borrowed rifle and joined in
the pursuit.
His aim was good and the first shot
fred hit one of the robbers, passing
through his body and his right arm,
killing him instantly The next shot
struck the other robber in his right
hand, knocking his revolver to the
ground, which he picked up with the
left and fired at Howe He then
stopped over his companion and upon
finding him dead threw up his hands
and surrendered.
The injured man was brought back
to this city by Sheriff Stoddard and
placed in Jail, where Drs Letherman
and Pollock dressed his wounds. His
name is Claire Moody, who came here
three weeks ago and represented him
self to be a student, but had not en-
tered school He says his home is in
Kalamazoo, Mich. and his father is
proprietor of furniture store. Moody
is about % years of age.
Frank Robinson. the man killed, was
student at the school for three terms
asst year, and came back about three
weeks ago and entered school. He was
joined by Moody about ten days ago,
but he did not attend school. When
Moody was searched at the Jail il was
discovered that he had two suits on
one fine dress suit covered with a
wel--worn suit. His companion was
dressed the same way.
Some time ago one Webster, of Chi
cago, was arrested for robbing places
on the hill and sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary. All his effects were in the
same shape as those of these two men,
and the officials think that they were
members of the same gang, and that
there were more persons interested in
the bold attempt to rob the safe.
An examination of the robbers
trunks showed a peculiar state of af-
fairs. The one belonging to Moody
was found to contain about thirty suits
of underclothing and lot of wearing
apparel, besides cloak. which is
thought to have been stolen from some
place.
Nathan O. Howe, who did such CT
fective shooting, is a son of the vet
eran detective Frank Howe, now living
in Michigan City.
Late Sunday night young Moody was
identified as Claire Robinson, brother
of the dead man. A Kalamazoo dis
patch says that he was not a resident
of that city, as claimed by him.