Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-15

TO Minnesota tomorrow. He has made
a complete confession and says that
the dead robber was his brother.
He was captured by Marshal Ruby.
About 3 o'clock the mar came up 10
the depot, which is about half a mile
from the business center. II asked
where the town was. Upon being
told. he started in that direction, but
at the first corner turned and passed
up a side street, going east TO the
Methodist church, when he again
turned north and started ont OF town.
In the meantime he passed the res
idence Of Marshal Ruby, who spotted
his man. Aiming himself. well, the
marshal skipped around a block and
came up TO his man face to face. The
marshal showed his revolver almost
into the fellows mouth and told him
to throw up his hands. Cool and de-
iiberateiy the man looked into the gun
and said: We'll, ! guess you have
got the drop on me-" and complied
with the command. The marshal re-
lieyed him Of three revolvers, one a
~3S-caliber, II n 32-caliber. and the
other an old-fashioned Smith d IVES
son four-barreled 22-caliber. He was
taken to the mayors Office, where a
search was made. His pockets were
well filed with cartridges and a small
amount of money found. The man
told contradicting stories in the after
noon and last evening, but to-day he
made a complete confession.
Denies the Shooting.
The confession was secured by his
captor. Marshal Ruby, this morning.
In II he denies the killing of either OF
the men in the Sherburne bank. and
says that his brother planned the rob
berry. The confession was not made
until the young man had learned that
his brother was dead. Marshal Ruby
guarded the prisoner in his own home
last evening. He was very kind to
the yCcng man, treating him more as
a friend than the desperate robber he
was supposed to he. After breakfast
Marshal Ruby and the prisoner had a
long conversation in which the mar
shall gradually turned the subject to
the ~Sherburne affair. The prisoner re-
marked in a seemingly careless way
that he understood one Of the men had
been caught. Marshal Ruby said yes.
and in capturing him he was shot and
killed, but shot to death another man
before going himself. The marshal's
statement half-stunned the prisoner.
He bowed his head between his hands
and sat thus for several minutes.
Finally he looked up and said in low
tones:
The Robbers Confession.
II suppose | might as well make a
clean breast of it all. The fellow that
was killed was my brother. We robbed
the bank at Sherburne, but / am not
guilty of killing one of the men. 1t
was agreed that we were not to shoot.
My brother came to our home, where
l was staying with my parents, and
asked me to help him rob the bank.
He had the scheme all planned. l
consented finally and we went there
several days ago, remaining in the
neighborhood. We fixed upon Wednes-
day as the day and rode into town on
our wheels about 8 o'clock in the
forenoon. We remained on the out
side streets some time and when the
coast a clear went to the bank.
There were two men behind the IL
ter. We thought they were both con
nected with the bank. | first accosted
the banker to draw his attention,
when the other fellow drew two re-
volvers and aiming at the men told
them to throw up their hands. Just at
that moment he fired, and said:
Come, let's get II of this" and
jumped out Of q. window. He said at
tend to your business and so | went
to the money drawer and took out the
money. l thought there was about
800 in the bunch had. / put 1t In n
sack that we had for that purpose, and
then we cut the screen of a back win
dow n left the town on our BICYCLES.
Just as we got on the bicycles | hand
ed the other fellow the money and he
put II In his bicycle bag. We sep
arated about two and a half miles out
Of Sherburne. Ny brother being the
best rider, made south for the state
line and | took a southwesterly direc-
ton until | got south Of Jackson, and
then ! struck out south along the Des
Moines river TO Algona. Then l
crossed the country around by Britt
n Forest City to Lake Mills. | had
a pretty hard time getting through"
Refuses to Tell His Name.
1t Will be noticed that the prisoner
makes use Of the term "the other fell
low when abiding to the man he
SAID was his brother. Marshal RUBY
said ttat he used that expression lust
as It occurs above and that he also
used the words my brother" where
they occur. To a reporter the prison
er refused to make any statement
concerning himself or his identity. He
also refuses to talk to any one else.
and he and the marshal have not al.
luded again to the Sherburne affair.
n prisoner absolutely refuses to tell
any one his right name. After max
Ing the confession to Marshal RUBY
the latter asked the prisoner to tell his
right name, but he shook his head and
said: Il do not wish my folks to know
anything about this. / 'spose | shall
plead guilty under an assumed name.n
The name he first gave upon being
taken into custody was Jim McMullen'
He now says that 1t is a fictitious
name, but will give no other, so that
Is the name under which he will prob-
ably be arraigned. He win be taken
to the Blue Earth county fall. located
In Blue Earth City. for safe keepine
- 1t Is considered dangerous to lodge
him In the county Jail at Paramount.
the county seat Of Martin county In
which the Sherburn affair occurred
h Prisoner Photographed.
Immediately after the nrison., -