The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1896-10-17
HE TELLS HIS NAM n
TIE SHERBURNE BANK RORBEE'S
IDENTITY Is ESTABLISHED.

Rock Rapids. Iown--He Gives His
Axe Mt Twenty One. and saS.
That His brother Who Was Kill
ed, Was but Eighteen.
Fairmont. Minn.. Oct 15.-Tlle Sller-
burnc bank robbcl. conEnc1 III the
Martin county Jail. made Il statement
to Sheriff Hill to-day, which has been
verified, giving his name and home.
His name is Low I<ellillan. and his
home Rock Rapids. Iowa, where his
parents reside. He gives his age az
twenty-One years. and states that his
brother. who was killed. was the
younger. heing but eighteen.
Sheriff Hill to-day secured detailed
statement from the prisoner. showing
the route lie followed before being cap
tulptl. and the manner in which lie
evadcd capture for so long Il time. lie
also made II more detailed statement
Of the affair in the bank. refusing.
however. to go into details concerning
the shooting of Cashier ThOrburn and
Collector Ocstcrn. He said:
"As | said before. my brother
lIt Sitult w uul
home to have me help him with it.
We ;llOught the idea Of using bicycles
would be an excellent one and that it
would thus he very easy to escape.
am Il good rider and my brother was
an expert. He could ride fifty miles
without stopping ut 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 IL it
was found that we got away on hi
cycles. We intended to meet ut Albert
Lea Oh 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 OH rely
ing on our bicycles entirely and new
er intended to use the trains. In that
way we thought it would not bc so
easy to Use the telegraph to head lls
off.
Planned the Robbery
I'VE did not know at first what
bank we would rob. We were we'll ac-
quaintcd with all the ground in North
ern Iowa and Southern Minnesota and
relied upon that a good deal to help vs
In getting away. We had our different
routes all picked out. where they af-
forded the best hiding places and
where the country was spnrscly set
tied and then principally by Germans
anu 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 n place
there for several days. The scheme of
setting fire to the building iii order to
get the people out of the bank, we
made up our minds would not work
after trying 1t at Heron Lake. ami
then we determined to try the Sllcr-
burne bank.
I'VE first agreed not to shoot. |
told my brother that l would not go in
with him il any shooting was to he
done. We thought that the hank of.
ticials would be scared to death If
we threatened to shoot them. and got
big revolvers for that purpose. We
got the revOlvers at lakctiell. We
broke window in the store and |
crawlcd through and got the rcvolvers
and the big knife. We went to Shrr-
burne Tuesday. remained outside of
town and he went in and bought the
overaIls. We rode back to Heron
Lake. where we stayed all night Mt
the place ut 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 he
hind the bank building and watched
the bank from buggy shed across
the street. We waited for a couple of
men to do some business in the hank,
and when we thought there was no one
in but the officials we cut across the
street and went in We
Walked Right lip 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 revOlvcrs and command them
to throw up their hands. Then | 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 50 that they could not get out .
In that way we expected to he IL long
way off before the alarm was given.
There were two men behind the cullll-
ter OF the bank when we came In
They were talking to each other. and
when ! approached the counter. as
though I wanted something. one of
them looked up and asked him if 1
could get 4 draft. While I was ask
ing the question he (thc brOthcr) got
out his guns and commanded the men
to throw up their hands. ! started
for the money Grn wer when | heard
him the brother shooting. was
scared and said: Lets get out of
here Let's jump through the window
He said: ATTEND to your business;'
and so then l went around and took Il
package of money out Of the drawer,
all there was. with some loose bills.
There was some gold on the cOun-
Ter, but did not take it because
thought we would probably have to
ride pretty fast and it would he too
heavy. He the brotlleD cut the screen
to the back window with the big knife
and we jumped through it and got on
our bicycles and rode off. We went
about three miles. where gave him
the money and we separated rode
west about five miles south Of Jack
sOl. then south down the Des MOincs
river and passed near Esthervllc."
He then gave in detail his wander
ings until arrested at Lake Mills.
Upon being questioned further the
prisoner said that he had never been
engaged in any such undertakings be-
fore he went out with his brother.
They had made up their minds, how
ever. to make stake that way and go
to Europe to live, thus hoping to es-
cape detection. When asked why he
didn't throw away the guns and other
evidences of the crime that were in his
possession the young man said that he
didn't think lie would be caught.
Gen. LOnEntrcet Speaks.
Augusta, Ga, Oct. little largest
Republican rally held since recOnstruc-
tion days in Augusta took place to-
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