The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1896-10-15
PUNCTuRES HIS TIRE
One of the Sherburn. Minnesota
Robbers Taken.
FLEEING ROBBER KILLS An OFFICER
lie u surronndsd sud seeing No E.csps
lie rnrus uis Weapon on Himself
Fursuit OF His Farmer In rIme
uho l. Ssea In Iowa

Minnee polls. MINI, oct io-The s.ory
Of the robbery Of the Bank of Sherburne
ended tragicalIy today when J. d. sair.
Ane Of tAe pair - murde-ous bandits.
when all but captured. killed Marshal
Gallon. the leader Of his pursur-s. and.
sending a bulie; into his own brain. fell
dead at the feet % the murdered mar
sheTs posse. The daring robber had
sAot his way out os farm house sur
rounded by officers and would have
made good his escape but for an acci-
dent 70 the bicycle ne rode.
Sair and his aCcomplice rode their
bicycles into the little town OF sher-
burne. wednesday Afternoon and rob
bing the cash tray Of 81 .oeo murdered
Cashier Thornburne AMI Olaf Oestran.
u travelling salesman
After the robbery the bandEs SCI out
for the southwest. pursued b. a large
posse
Yesterday the citizens OF Emmett and
koSsuth counties turned out su rnasse
In sesrch Of the robbers. They separat-
ed near the Des Moines river. one going
due eaSt. Depaty Sheriff Brayvon OF
hcssuth and Marshal Gallon. with a
posse from Bancroft took the trail. At
: o'clock Sair stopped at a farm house
TO get something to eat and ten minutes
Ster the house was surrounded The
ru6ber darted for a window. out OF
which he jumped. Marshal Gallon
vas stationed there. but before he could
level his gun the bandit had whipped
out his revolver and sent a bullet
rnrouzh the breast of his victim Gal
lion fell and lived only few hours
The bandit mounted his bicycle and
rode eastward at a tremendous rate
The posse soon started in hot pursuit
The rohbe- was about mile in ad-
vance. and for FIVE miles managed 1c
keep a god distance in the lead. H..
bicycle then wen;dovn on him on ac-
count OF puncture. and he left il by
the side Of the road and set out or
| foot through corn field. Deputy
Sheriff BraytOn was close upon his
heels and opened fire with a double
oarTsled shot gun. The bandit. seeing
he had no chance % make his escape
placed a revolver to his head and senI
hall through his brain. BY the tins
the deputy sheriff reached him he Wa
dead His body was ridtlsd with bull
let's
Most OF the money taken from the
/ bank was found on his person
The other rCbbe- is believed 20 b
I in custody al Jackson. Mlnu., although
I officers are IN hot pursuit Of another
mar who IS making his way sodtheasI
through Winnebago county. The man
who is under arrest a, jackson tsllis.
exactly with the description. The man
killed = J. n. Sa5r. who came fror-
I Heron Lake The other : supposed :.
I be red Pratt. who was seen with SAN
two days before the robbery.
A report is also resolved that tan
man entered the hank al Hartez. south
east Of Luvere. Iowa. this afternoon,
and covered the cashier with q revolve<
Z and demanded Vke proceeds. he was
handed on; 500 and made his escape.
Ssir and Pratt worked this year on
; farm owned by an uncle q Pratt;
near Heron
FARMER BRAY'S CRIMES
I NOblesviIle. Ind Oct. lC.-AIbert Bray.
7 aged -. prosperous farmer and very
7 religious man, Sut the ta-oaIs OF his
wife his nlEe-ysar-ol1 son Carl. his
I tNO-yeSr-Old daughter Edna. and him
self. The crimes we're CON -Ili.sed be-
Z tween midnlgh; and daylight this morn
I ing, fve miles north Of here. The W-sa
{ Gni children died without a struggle.
{ bur Bray. with 4 gaping W0--I b. h.s
{ throat Two inches deep and SIX iz.<hss
I in EeugIh. lived until noon today with
( uut reSAiDiug consciousness The NC-k
. N2s done MIN = RAZOR Nl4Cl Ne Us I
10 Do his own shaving. Bo-h B-4y
and his wife have been IN poor health
Bray procured a large handaxe and
I crushed the skulls of his victims after
I he had used the razor upon them Bray.
I ewing 70 sickness in his family to- the
Z past few months and some tinA-cizl
[ embarrassment, lost his reason. He
I retired early last night and Mrs. Dora
Ray. a domestic employed in the Bgay
I household. Te1t 20 bed with Edna
Shortly after 5 o'clock she was awaken
I td BY Bray walking into her room IN
his stocking feet. He WelI 10 the bed
Z and removed his little daughter into
an adSoiniug room. where she was
Z found with her Ih-uSt cut from ear %
ear. IL - thought that he killed CS-l
. Ctxt. Ehiie th~ boy vas ss.sFp- Bray
went into the rson where his Invalid
wife lay, stepped 70 the bedside and
slSshsi her r~ck and Ss-ng that the
Z cut VAS too lCS. he made a seco1t an
[ slccvSSsul sro-s 70 kill hs-. The crimes
are ch~ b,sot;est ever committed &,
T Hamilton county.