Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
he fOILS HIS pURSUERS
One Of the Sherburne Bandits
Takes His Own Life.
Brought to BAY He Kills the Mar
shall Of Bancroft aud Then
Kills Himself.--Stolen
Money Recovered:

Algona. Ia, oct. 10.-The robbers and
nurderers OF the Sherburn cashier and
he passive ~bystander have paid dearly
or their act. R~etribu,!ve justice was
'ast upon their track, and one OF them
Is now dead and seemingly nothing but
4 miracle can save the other from q
fate so much deserved.
After the robbery and double murder
At Sherburne the bandits set out for
the southwest. pursued by a large posse.
Yesterday the citizens of Emmett n
Kossuth counties. in Iowa, turned out
IN masse in search Of the robbers. They
separated near the Des Moines river,
me going due east. Deputy Sherln
Brayton of Kossuth county and Mar
shal Gallon. with a posse from Ban
croft, la. took the east trail. This they
followed all day, and at night they
rested. They were up and at an early
hour Thursday morning 1t was evident
they were close upon the bandlt Az
o clock the latter stopped at a farm
house to get something to eat, and ten
minutes later the robber was startled
py the sound OF hoofs. The posse had
come in upon him and he house was
surrounded. The robber was not TO sur
render without a show OF tight, ana ne
darted for a window, out OF winch ne
iumped. Marshal Gallon was stationed
there. but before no could level his gun
the bandit had whipped out his reNolv-
or and sent a bullet through the breast
of his victim. 1t entered just above
the left nipple. Gallon fell and was
carried into the house. He lived only
a few hours.
Bandit Eiees on His Bicycle.
The bandit mounted his bicycle,
which was leaning against a tree, and
ne sped away eastward at a tremendous
rate. The posse was stunned at The
loss of one OF their leaders, but soo1
collected themselves and started in net
pursuit. The robber was about a nile
n advance. and for five miles managed
to keen a good distance In thu iead.
His BICYCLE then went down on nm on
count of a puncture n he left 1T by
the SIDE of the road and set out on foot
through a cornfeld. Deputy Shclin
Brayton was close upon his heels, ara
opened fire with a double barreled shol
gun. The bandit, seeing he had no
nance to make his escape, placed a &c
volver to his head and sent II oulIel
through his brain. BY the time the
deputy sheriff reached him he was
lead. His body was then riddlSd win
bullets.
Most Of the money taken from the
sank was found on his person. A con-
yeyance was secured n his body was
taken to Gilmore, MINI. The body of
The marshal vas taken to his late nome
at Bancroft, where the whole town is IN
grief over his tragic death. The other
robber is believed TO be In custody at
Jackson, Mimi, although officers are
hot In pursuit of another man who Is
making his way southeast trough
Winnebago county. The man who Is
under arrest at Jackson tallies exactly
With the description. The man Killed
Is j. D.. Sair, who at n time lived at
Heron Lake. The other is supposed to
De Fred Pratt, who was seen with Sar
two days before the robbery.
Report Oh Another Robbery.
A report Is also received that a tall
man entered the Bank of Hardee, south
east Of Luyerne, Ia, in the afternoon
covered the cashier with a revolver and
demanded the proceeds. He was hand
ed over $500 and made his escape. Sair
and Pratt worked this year on a farm
,awnsa bv an uncle OF Pratt near Heron
cases. A large barn was recently set
on fire and burned at Heron LAX and
the crime was charged to them.
The Other Robber Surrounded.
~Sherburne, Mimi, Oct. 10.-A report
has been received here that a large
posse Of armed men has partly sur
rounded the other robber near Forest
City, Ia. 1t l. said that the robber
fought desperately and several shots
were exchanged, but he finally eluded
his would he captors. The posse con-
tinued the pursuit with good prospects
Of success. Coroner Johnson has ar
rived in Sherburne from the south. He
reports that all northern Iowa is on the
lockout for the bandit who is still at
large. Every O where he is liable to
pass is guarded and escape is almost
impossible.