The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-09
BANDITS ON BICYCLES
Bold Piece Of Work Perpetrated
in Minnesota.
THE BANK AT sHERBURNE ROBBED
When the Cashier Oners Resistance the
Despsrad,s ,ss Draw Revoivess asd shoot
Him 60 Death--A Citizen ef the Town
Also Killed. After which tho Robbers
Mount Their Wheels ssd Esespe
Posse In Pursuit-Reward offered.

Mount Their Wheels asd Eseape-Lsrgs
Posse In Pursuit-Reward offered.
Sherburne. Mimi, Oct. 9.-The delib-
crate murder OF two men was commit
ted here Wednesday by highwaymen,
| who robbed the Bank OF Sherburne OF
u 900 The affair was a terrible re-
minder of the great bank robbery At
Northfield in 1876. in which the James
and Younger brothers were partici-
pants. About noon two strangers. one
OF whom looked like a mere boy. rode
along the main street on bicycles They
We're well dressed but were unshaven
and travel-stained No particular at
tention was paid to them. as Sher-
burne Is town of but 300 persons.
| most OF ther. workingmen. and at that
| hour they were hurrying home To din
| ner. The strangers loltered around the
outskirts until nearly o'clock. At that
| time they sauntered iazily down the
| street and stopped Immediately in front
| of the Bank of Sherburne. After a mo-
ment's talk they went into the bank.
and the elder of the men engaged AS
conversation. One OF the desperadoes
| secured possession of roll OF bills con
tanning about 81 200. Thorburn tried to
prevent the men from getting away
with the money. when they whipped
out their revolvers and began firing
and at the same time retreating.
Aroused tho Town.
One of the bullets struck Thorburn In
the neck and another cut the aorta,
causing almost instant death from in
ternal hemorrhage, The shooting with
| in the bank aroused the town. and
the citizens began running i'm that di-
rection. The first man to reach the
place was Olaf Oestern, a travelling
salesman for the Wood Harvester COM
pany of ST. Paul. The desperadoes,
| fearing they would be captured. quick
ly turned their weapons on Oestern. He
made a dash to grapple with them, but
was not quick enough. as he was struck
| in the head and fell dead at their feet.
They ran down the street firing at ran
| dom, while persons in the street hur-
| ried to places of shelter. They ran
| bout three blocks to some bushes
where they had left their wheels. These
| they mounted and rode rapidly away
| toward the Iowa line, six miles to the
south Mayor &. T.. Everett and the
| town marshal at once did all in their
| power to capture the bandits. The
| mayor also sent dispatch to Governor
Clough at ST. Paul. telling him OF the
affair and asking his advice. The gov
ernor answered Immediately
Wire all points and send out posses.
surrounding Sherburne."
The governor also wired w. =. Hill,
sheriff OF Martin county:
Mayor OF Sherburne wires me that
the bank there has been robbed and
| two men shot dead. Send out posse at
| once and wire all surrounding points. "
Organized n Posse.
Sheriff Hill was at Fairmont, the
county seat of Martin county. twenty
miles east. but he came here by a
train and organized large posse Of de-
| termined Sherburne men. which moved
southwark on horseback late In the aft
ernoon. AS the roads are In fine condi-
| tion. the desperadoes could have gone
| forty or fifty miles before the posse
started The only hope OF the officers Is
| that the bandits have gone to the woods
| in an attempt to hide, and thus may he
overtaken. 1t Is declared that IL the
men are captured they will be strung
up to limb OF the first tree big enough
| to bear them The men got way with
the roll Of money, about $1,000, which
| they snatched from the counter of the
bank
At $50 Wednesday evening Govern
or Clough issued proclamation offer
| ing a reward of $500 for the capture Of
| the robbers. The proclamation thus
describes the pair: One of them
weighs about 145 pounds, has dark
complexion. dark mustache. thin face,
| and is about "a years OF age. He wore
a gray suit of clothes. dark overcoat,
blue overalls and black stockings. The
other man weighs about $50 pounds,
has light complexion. smooth face, and
wore light suit OF clothes and black
| bicycle stockings
The sheriff's posse returned 10 town
| late at night having found no trace OF
the desperadoes. A posse OF 500 men
left here at daylight.