The true northerner., 1896-10-14
UP TO DATE CRIME.
TWO MEN SHOT TO DEATH sv s,cv-
GLE RIDERS,
Simply Because IL Was the Easiest Way to
Dispose of Them. by . Couple Of Mis-
creants Who Rode 10 anu Away from
the scene Of Their Crime on Wheels
Bloody sequel to the Crime.

the scene Of Their Crime on Wheels
Bloody sequel to the Crime.
Minneapolis. Oct. s.-A special 70 The
Tribune from Fairmount, Mimi. says:
The town of Sherburne. in Martin
county, fourteen miles from this place
on the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul. was yesterday afternoon the
scene of as bold and bloody deed as
ever was perpetrated by the James or
Younger boys Cashier Thorburn. Of the
bank of Sherburne and o. j. Oestern.
travelling agent of the Walter A. Wood
Harvester company. were shot down in
cold blood The crime is paralleled only
by the raid of Jesse James and the
Younger boys a few years ago when
they swooped down upon the little
town of Northfield. few miles north
of the scene of yesterdays crime. shot
the cashier of the bank of Northfield
down and decamped with a large
amount of money
The Brigands Were Up-to-Date
In that instance the robbers departed
on horses. whereas yesterdays Grim
inals in keeping with the times, used
bicycles in escaping from the enraged
citizens Of Sherburne. At about 1880
o'clock two masked men walked
through the front entrance of the bank
to the cashiers box and without a
word whipped out their revolvers and
leveled them at Cashier Thorburn.
The latter did not move. He realized his
awful position and knew that the
slightest action on his part to call for
help or to warn any one else in the
bank would mean instant death.
Up-to-Date in Deviitry, Too.
The robbers were apparently unde-
termined, and for about a minute the
three men stood-the robbers with a
look upon their faces that told of their
determination TO stop at nothing to
gain their ends, and the cashier white
as a sheet in the terrible realization
Of what might happen. The next min
ute the report of two revolvers rang
out, and Cashier Thorburn fell at
his desk. At another desk in the bank
stood Oestern, the travelling men. He
was the only immediate bar to the ends
which the robbers sought TO gain, and
as Thorburn fell to the floor they
turned on him and shot him dead.
AS rapidly as possible they leaped the
railing which separated them from the
cashiers desk and secured $1,000 in
cash. They then ran for the back door
OF the bank, where they had taken the
precaution to leave their bicycles,
mounted them and rode away.
Mason City, Ia, oct. 10.-Marshal WILL
lam Gallon. of Bancroft. was shot yes
terday in an attempt to arrest one of
~ Il "a q. a,1ly
posse with Gallon riddled the body
of the murderer and robber with bull
let's
Minneapolis. Oct. 10.-A Lake Crys-
tai, Mimi, special to The Journal says:
The bank robber killed on the BERTRAND
farm, fifteen miles east of Elmore at 9
a. m. yesterday, was found at ole Mum
sons house by Deputy Sheriff T. w.
Ward. of Morton county. and Tom
Gallon, marshal of Bancroft. Ia. They
rode up to the house and the robber at
once opened fire. killing Gallon in
stantly. He then jumped on his wheel
and rode four miles, when the front
wheel collapsed and he took TO the
field. The robber then turned his re-
volver on himself, putting a bullet
through his right temple. The body was
taken to Gilmore at IL a. m. He is a
man about 25 years old, 5 feet 10 inches
tall, with brown hair, blue gray eyes
and is smooth shaven. He wore a gray
bicycle suit. black stockings. bicycle
shoes, black shirt. heavy underwear
and q tan leather belt He weighs
about 160 pounds.
The man killed is j. d. Sair. who
was at one time at Heron Lake. The
other Is supposed TO be Fred Pratt.
who was seen with Sair two days be-
fore the robbery. A report is also re-
ceived that tall man entered the
bank Of Hardee, southeast of Luverne.
Ia, and covered the cashier with a
revolver and demanded the proceeds.
He was handed out 500 and made
his escape. Sair and Pratt worked this
year on a farm owned by an uncle of
Pratt. near Heron Lake. They have
been regarded as hard cases. A large
barn was recently set on fire and
burned at Heron Lake and the crime
WAS charged to them.
Minneapolis, Oct. IA special to
The Tribune from Mason City. Ia.
says: There is no longer any doubt as
TO the identity of man arrested at 3 p.
IN. Saturday at Lake Mills as the Sec
Sherburne bank. Deputy Sheriff Ward
arrived last night. and when shown the
prisoner identified him without any
trouble. Not many strangers were
seen movin about yesterday. but
Ward has great fear for the future.