The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-14
ROCK RAPIDS BOYS
Continued From First Page.

saw buggy coming and resumed his
original course toward the southwest
Ills, companion went south to the state
line, the understanding being to meet
IN Albert Lea tomorrow, when VIM
Henry Eustis and j. A. Tawney are to
speak there, and the newly organized
bicycle club of Freeborn county will
rendezvous in honor of the event They
thought in this way to elude inspec,
ton. From that time he insists they
never saw each other again. He him
self continued in a southwesterly di-
rection to point about five miles
south of jackson, whence he turned
down the Des Moines river. and fol-
lowed the timber to farm house
snort distance below Estherville, To-,
where he spent the night. Next day he
passed Emmetsburgh Just outside Of
| town, and reached Algona to spend the
night, having some repairs done to his
bicycle and sleeping at hotel at that
place. From there he worked north
easterly and spent the third night near
the state line in Freeborn county
He explains that the Sherburne rob-
berry was the first planned the geogra-
phical location of the bank giving the
boys. an excellent opportunity to
watch favorable opportunity How
ever. they had poorer prospects for es-
cape there than at some other loca-
lions. and the Heron Lake bank was
to draw the attention of the people
Of the community being looked upon
by both of them as a very clever
scheme. AS is now well known, how
ever. 1t failed to work in this case.
1T was then that they decided to go
back to Sherburne and make the raid
on that bank in spite of the desperate
chances, whose boldness they had con-
sidered
A novel story is being told Of how
the persistence of small Heron Lake
boy perhaps prevented the success of
the Heron Lake robbery. The young
ster, who is employed in one of the Of
fees adjoining the bank. was. in the
back yard, talking to the man who
was known there as De Sair, when
the fire bell rang The stranger re-
marked it. and suggested that 1T was
the fire bell
v NAV it 'aint," rejoined the boy. Its
the Catholic school BELL
Sure it is not the fire bell?'' persist
ed the stranger
"Of course I am, it's the Catholic
school bell. You don't live here. I
do"
Al "Well, what are all the people run
ming for then?'' asked the cyclist, as
the excitement in the adjacent streets
became apparent.
The youngester finally retreated from
his position, and, admitting that per-
haps it was the fire bell, ran to see
where the blaze was. In the time that
he had been parleying with the would
be robber, however, Cashier Grimes,
Of the bank menaced, not only had time
to lock up the money, but even the
doors, and the raid was fruitless. Had
he not been delayed, the robber would
probably have shot down Grimes with
out warning, grabbed the money in
sight. and before the startled COM
munity realized what had been done,
would have been well on his way When
he reached the bank, however, Grimes
was safely outside of it, and he was
baked.
Rock Rapids, the home Of the ban
dts, as now reported, is the county
seat of Lyon county, Iowa, and is
about 80 or IS miles as the crow flies.
from Sherbourne, westerly and some
what to the south.