The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-10-23
known AZ ''Jinl.ss' The fictitious name
given was ':Jim McMullen.s Il

given was Jim MCMullen.W z,
Mason City, Iowa, Oct. 14.-Peoplc
here have no doubt that the bank rob.
Der who did the shooting at Sherburnc,
Mimi, and who shot himself rather
than be taken alive clcrked III this city
all the summer He bore the name
here Of Jesse Like, and ttat was prob.
ably his true name.
Fairmont, Mimi, Oct. 15.-The Sher-
burne bank robbel, conEned In the
Martin county Jail, made statement
to Sheriff Hill to-day, which has been
verified, giving his name and home.
His name is Lew kellihan, and his
home Rock Rapids, Iowa, where his
parents reside. He gives his age as
twenty-one years, and states that his
brother, who was killed, was the
younger, being but eighteen.
Sheriff Hill to-day secured a detailed
statement from the prisoner, showing
the route he followed before being cap
tured, and the manner in which he
evaded capture for so long time. He
also made q more detailed statement
OF the affair in the bank, refusing,
however, to go into details concerning
sAAS 0AAOVSAA6 VI Su6NlCx 1uOIOukA dAu
Collector Oestern. He said:
CAS- I said before, my brother
planned the robbery and came to our
home to have me help him with it.
We thought the idea Of using bicycles
would be an excellent one and that it
would thus be very easy to escape.
ain good rider and my brother was
IN expert. He could ride fifty miles
without stopping at pretty near record
breaking time, and it was because he
was such good rider that it was
agreed that he should take the money.
We believed that we could get hun
dred or more miles away from Sher-
burne before the people would have
any idea where we were, even If it
was found that we got away on BIZ
cycles. We intended to meet at Albert
Lea on Thursday, Oct. Is, to divide the
money, and then we had planned to
ride into Missouri and Texas and prob
ably into Mexico. We figured on rely
Ing on our bicycles entirely and new
er intended to use the trains. In that
way we thought it would not be so
easy to use the telegraph to head us
off.
Planned the Robbery.
I'VE did not know at first what
bank we would rob. We were we'll &C.
quainted with all the ground in North
ern Iowa and Southern Minnesota and
relied upon that good deal to help us
In getting away. We had our different
routes all picked out, where they If
forded the best hiding places and
where the country was sparsely set
tied and then principally by Germans
and Norwegians, who, not speaking
English very well, would not become
so soon Informed Of the robbery. We
rode over the ground several times and
knew just where we were going. We
did not decide, however, which bank
to rob for several days, which we
spent in riding about the country. We
finally determined to try the one at
Heron Lake and boarded at place
there for several days. The scheme of
setting fire to the building in order to
get the people out of the bank, we
made up our minds would not work
after trying it at Heron Lake, and
then we determined to try the Sher-
burne bank.
1--WE first agreed not to shoot. I
told my brother that would not 30 in
with him If any shooting was to be
done. We thought that the bank of.
acials would be scared to death If
we threatened to shoot them, and got
big revolvers for that purpose. We
got the revolvers at Laketeld. We
broke a window in the store and /
crawled through and got the revolvers
and the big knife. We. went to Sher-
burne Tuesday. remained outside Of
town and he went in and bought the
overalls. We rode back to Heron
Lake, where we stayed all night at
the place at which we had been stop
ping, and Wednesday morning early
we started for Sherburne. We rode in
very fast SO that not many people
would see us to recognize us. We first
put our wheels in the back alley be.
hind the bank building and watched
the bank from buggy shed across
the street. We waited for couple Of
men to do some business in the bank,
and when we thought there was no one
In but the officials we cut across the
street and went in. We
Walked Right Up to the Counter.
We had agreed that was to ask the
officials the questions to attract their
attention, while he was to cover them
with his revolvers and command them
to throw up their hands. Then I was
to get the money, lock the doors and
windows and we were to go out the
front way and lock the door on the
outside so that they could not get out.
In that way we expected to be long
way off before the alarm was given.
There were two men behind the coun-
ter of the bank when we came in.
They were talking to each other, and
when approached the counter, as
though ! wanted something, one Of
them looked up and l asked him If I
could get draft. While was ask
ing the question he (the brother) got
out his guns and commanded the men
to throw up their hands. l started
for the money drawer when heard
him (the brothep shooting. was
scared and said: Let's get out Of
here. Let's jump through the window
He said: attend to your business
and SO then went around and took O
package of money out of the drawer,
all there was, with some loose bills.
"There was some gold on the coun-
far hY1f did not %o1>o H>ooo,,n>