St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-07
TWO MEN AND Gun
They Make a Daring Raid
on the Abel, Iowa,
Bank.
THEY GET SMALL BOOTY
Wound the Cashier and Sew
ePal Citizens and De-
part.
THEY GET SMALL BOOTY
HOT CHASE AND CAPTURE.
One Robber, a Saltwater
Bird, KiIled--Talk OF Lynch
ing the Survivor.

ABEL, To-, March GA desperate
and partly successful effort was
made to rob the Abel State bank
this morning. A few minutes before
8 o'clock two strangers drove into
town and tied their team near the
public square. They got out, and,
without attracting any particular at
tention, stepped into the bank. The
cashier, S. ri. Leach, had just taken
from the vault the currency for the
days business. c. D. Bailey, lead
ing merchant, was writing at a
desk in the lobby. They were the
only occupants of the bank. One
of the strangers stepped up to the
cashiers window and said he wanted
to deposit some money. Almost the
same instant the second robber, who
was behind, leveled a shot gun at
Leach and fired, the charge taking
effect in the shoulder. He then or
dered the cashier to hand over the
gold. The latter handed over
small sack of silver, and then,
though badly wounded, seized a
drawer containing about $4,000 in
gold and currency, and, staggering
to the vault, he put the money in
and shut and locked the door. Weak
from loss of blood he then fell to the
floor, and the robber shot at his
PROSTATE form. One of the rob-
bers now sprang over the counter
and began shoveling all the money in
sight into a sack, and the one with
the gun turned to Mr.. Bailey, who
was standing at the desk, and fired
a shot at him, wounding him in the
neck. He fell to the floor, and the
robber shot at his PROSTATE form,
but missed him. BY this time
crowd had gathered outside, and the
two robbers, one carrying the money
and the other welding the gun,
made a rush for their buggy. Fully
fifty shots were fired at them, but
none apparently took effect. They
coOlly got into their buggy, and,
still
KEEPING THE CROWD AT BAY,
drove rapidly away. Several men
sprang upon horses and followed,
and a running fight of several miles
ensued. About four miles south of
town the buggy driven by the rob-
bers struck a tree and broke a
wheel. The robbers, still closely
pursued, abandoned their rig, and
one hid behind a bank where he was
soon captured, and the other, the
one with the gun, ran into a barn
near by. The barn was surrounded,
but the bandit held the crowd at
bay. He was called upon to sur
render, but absolutely refused, and
said he would never be taken alive
After a parley the crowd partially
united the captured robber, and COM
PEELED him to set fire to the barn.
The advancing flames finally forced
the robber to come out, but he still
refused to surrender, and the crowd
of citizens fired volley at him. He
fell dead,
PIERCED BY THREE BULLETS.
Two took effect in the head and
one in the side,and either would have
proven fatal. 1t was with the ut
most difficulty that the angry crowd
was prevented from wreaking VEN
geance on the robber who was still
alive. But Sheriff Payne hustled
him into a buggy and drove rapidly
back to town.
A crowd of several hundred had
gathered at the Jail when the sheriff
reached there with his prisoner
There, Were loud cri s of Shoot
him. Hang him." but the officer
managed to elude the mob and land
ed his trembling prisoner safely be-
hind the bars. The captured man,
or rather boy, for he is only nine
teen years of age, has made a COM
plete confession. He says his name
is Charles w. Crawford, and his
home near Patterson, in Madison
county.
A SALTWATER BIRD.
The dead robber is 0. P. Wilkins.
and was released only a few weeks