The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-10-15

s'hberv. The cruel killing of Cashier
rnorge y. Thorburn and Collector Olaf
! Oestern is avenged in part, but at
.ho sacrifice Of the life of a brave cit
hen of Iowa.
he A. 9:15 one Of the men supposed to
h. indicated in the Sherburne affair
vas surprised at the home of a farm
!" fourteen miles east of Gilmore. He
srened fire on the posse, killing Will
!, lam GALLON. marshal Of Bancroft, an
|. lava town twenty-three miles south Of
tbs place. Carrying at least two bull
las in his body, the murderer, still
trr,ting to his bicycle to escape, was
! brought down by a bullet from a rife
|, In the hands of Deputy Sheriff +. f..
h Nard of Martin county. Wounded
n INTO death. but desperate to the last,
kbe fugitive put the muzzle of n thir-
"A kyeight-Caliber revolver to his head
4 and blew out his brains. The posse
that accomplished the capture II
: death Of one of the robbers found in
his possession a roll OF bank notes es-
kimated to amount 10 about 500. 1t
!, has been placed, securely sealed, In the
!. briyate bank of c. ID. Williams & Co.
|. bf this place. The body vas brought
10 Elmore by the posse and an inquest
a being conducted.
The chase ended right on the border
!. line between Iowa and Minnesota.
: Marshal Gallon was killed in Iowa
! and the robber in Minnesota. The
body of Marshal Gallon was taken to
Bancroft.
:" The Dead Robbers Accomplish
!, IS still at large. A telephone message
WAS received to-day from Twin Lakes,
. short distance from Albert Lea,
= stating that he had been traced in
some heavy timber near Twin lakes,
|. and asking for assistance. Posses
were sent out from Blue Earth City
J: and other points, but nothing has been
!. heard from the man-hunt indicative
= Of success. In this vicinity it is be-
leved that the robbers separated a
= short distance from Sherburne and that
the remaining robber abandoned his
! wheel and is now hiding along the
|, vest branch Of the Des Moines river
: near Jackson. The man-hunt which
ended in the death of n Of b men,
pf whose identity as one of the Sher.
burne bank robbers there seems lit
lie doubt, was conducted by four men
deputy Sheriff +. +. Ward of Fair
mont. Martin county: Milo o. COffey
t Sherburne, Martin county; LATE
Muller of Bancroft. Kossuth county,
A Iowa, and Marshal William Gallon,
who in the discharge Of his duty was
D Shot dead. The history Of h chase Is
one punctured with tireless, unremit-
' ting energy and peril. All the men
named above had been on the trail of
/ the dead rObber since Wednesday,
D. when the tragedy at %Sherburne was
committed. They began separately,
II following direct clues. and as the scent
became warm they came together.
Deputy Sheriff Wards version of the
C. case is as follows:
y Il began the hunt Mt once, immedt-
ately following the affair at Sher-
: Durne. working alone at first. l Sc
!; cured information of the direction one
81 the men had been seen going on his
z pcycle, and followed the clue until /
mad the nan located at 3 o'clock this
a morning, somewhere in the vicinity OF
Llmore. l arrived in Gilmore at }
pclock, accompanied by LATE Fuller
C. Bancroft and Milo Il. Coffey OF
* sherburne. We arose at daylight and
% We're about leaving Gilmore when Mar
I. SAal Gallon drove up with a team OF
ponies. We all started together, and
o. when a short distance out Of Gilmore
got in the buggy with Gallon. Thus
we drove on through the country,
Fuller and Coffey ahead and Gallon
md | following.
Located Their Man.
= About thirteen miles out and due
tast of Elmore we were Informed at
larm house hat IA man on a bicycle
= answering the description Of one of
Ie robbers had passed his place about
o'clock in the evening. We Went On
mile further until we came to an
= ~her house. l got out, the others re-
naaihing in the wagon. and Knocked on
se uoor. n German woman answered
ny summons. | asked her'if she had
@eh such a man, describing the fellow
. y We're after. The woman seemed
~niused and acted in Il peculiar man
%i' She was standing partly in the
ao"r' and rs | was about to repeat my
d~uestloii, II not having answered. |
h ssmhced IN Iast' her and saw a revolver
Sr"n'ed at me through the crack OF the
ranvr or an inner room. / jumped to
n sa e SIDE, pulling my revolver at the
. ,SSne Time. The woman ran out of
8 az Nc door and | stepped to a window
ue left OF the door.
: n AS showed in front of the window
h. %e man shot through at me. l jumped
nv : as saw the leveled Weapon. and
.S man Immediately fired another
: wa =. and saw Marshal Gallon, who
,ba sun sitting in the wagon, drop
h %~ reins. throw both hands to his
rsaast and pitch forward into the
.heh l jumped into the door and
y neu hre on the man with my re-
ho,nneef' He returned the fire, and not
Way used to a revolver l ran to the
Son and got my Winchester rife.