The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-10
RAIN OF BULLETS;
ONE OF THE sHERBURNE RON.
BERs SHOOTS MARSHAL
DEAD
AND ESCAPES ON HIS WHEEL.
ovERTAKEN AND SHOT BY A Possn
AND THEN SHOOTS HIM
md ESCAPES ON HIS WHEEL.
HIS BODY TAKEN TO ELMoRp.
A Late Dispatch Says the OtheK
Desperate Was Captured at
Thompson. Iowa.
Snecial to The c1oho

Special to the Globe
WELLS, Mimi, Oct 10. Q a. ma
telegram has just been received here
stating that the other Sherburne rob
Der and murderer has been captured
by a Winnebago county posse at
thompson, Ia. This man got his din
ner yesterday at q farm house near
Emmons. Freeborn county, MINI.
Staff Special to the Globe.
ELMORE, Mimi, Oct. 9.-The bicycIa
as vehicle Of crime is not an unuuaI-
ified success. A posse overlook John
u. Sair, one of the Sherburne murder.
ers, near here this morning. He was
going at furious pace well ahead OF
the sherlff's posse when he struck a
considerable rise in the road and
snapped off pedal Five minutes Ia
ter he was dead man. Hundreds Of
men under the direction of the sheriffs
OF Martin county, Minnesota, and VIM
nebago. Kossuth and Emmett counties.
Iowa, have been riding over this sec
tion since 4 o'clock Wednesday after
noon. Early this morning Deputy
Sheriff Ward. of Martin county. at the
head OF 100 men, got on the trail Of sair
and followed him east through north
ern Iowa on the state line road. About
10 o'clock he was located in a farm
house, and deputy went to the door
and raped. 1t was opened at once by
a woman, and the desperate jumped
up behind her, and before word could
be spoken began firing directly into the
crowd OF officers. Seven shots rang cut
in less than a minute. One of these
struck Marshal Will Gallon, Of Ban
croft, Ia, In the forehead, and he fell
dead. The sheriffs posse did not al
once return the fire because Of the fear
that innocent people In the house
would be killed
In the confusion the bandit ran out
back door, mounted his bicycle and
rode rapidly east on the state line road.
The posse galloped after him and the
race was fast and furious. The horse
men were aided by the fact that 1t
was raining hard and the bicyclist
found the wheeling heavy. The race
continued four miles, when Sair broke
the right pedal of his wheel. He jump
ed fence and made for piece Of
timber half q mile away Deputy
Sheriff Ward sprang from his buggy
and, taking a rest through the crotch
OF sapling, fired at the fleeing GRIMM
al with his Winchester. The shot took
effect in his shoulder Sair fell, but
regained his feet at once, turned and
glared at his pursuers a moment and
then deliberately placed his revolver
at his right temple and blew his own
brains out. Upon examination of his
clothing it was found that Sair had
about $500 In bank bills concealed in
an inside pocket of his shirt. This
identified him completely as one of
the Sherburne robbers. Buckled around
him were two revolvers and a dirk
knife nearly a foot long.
The posse brought the body here at
noon and wired the authorities at
Sherburne to come and identify It, A
second section of the posse found that
the other desperate had gone west
and went In hot pursuit Of him The
rain increased during the afternoon
and made the work OF pursuit very
slow. A dispatch received late IN the
day from Emnetsburg said that
hicyclist. who had apparently been
riding very hard, had been captured
at Estherville. The description given
answers very closely that Of the other
II. 6vA
day. Another arrest Is reported at