The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-11

barrel of heavy pistol. Falling to the
floor, he was seized and dragged to his
feet toward the vault. By the time
Bunker started, had heard shots out
side, and from my position could see
men riding up and down the street
shooting. Very soon after Mr.. Hey
wood was struck down and then
dragged toward the vault the call
came: Come out Of the bank" and a
second call: For Gods sake, come
out; they are shooting US all to pieces
The call was responded to quickly by
Pitts and Bob Younger, and they were
outside before the third enc started
Then he sprang to the counter, and,
with his hands on the railing, heSitated
an instant, then turned like a flash.
and, with the expression of a very
devil in his face, put his pistol almost
at HeywoOd's head and fired the fatal
shot. When the robbers had let go OF
Mr.. Haywood, he was left on his feet
and was reeling toward the desk in
such a condition that any one would
know he was not reaching for a pis-
toll and could not have used one had
he held it in his hand. After the
shooting Of Mr.. Haywood, his muir
derer Sprang over the rail and Joined
his fellows on the street.
MANNINGS PART IN IT.
A. R. Manning-I was in my hard
ware store in the building next to the
one in which the bank was located on
the memorable 18th Of September. 1t
was warm. nice day and I had
thrown off my coat when I entered
the store and went behind the counter
l had been there some little time and
was waiting on a customer when I
heard firing. I looked out the door
and saw two men on horseback gal
Looping across the square and around
the corner toward the bank. I knew
these men were firing as l saw their
reVolVerS gliStening in the sun and
the smoke issuing from their bar
rels. There was going to be a little
show that night and L thought these
men had got permission from the
mayor to ride through the streets and
fire blank cartridges to attract atten-
ton to their show. 1t was not more
than a few seconds before I heard
some person shouting "Robbing the
bank" Then L jumped to the con-
clusion that the men I saw were the
men who were robbng the bank. I
remembered 1 had rifle in the window
that [ had practiced with the spring
before, so I knew just what it would
do. L jumped for that, pulled the cover
off, and put my hand up and caught
a lot Of cartridges that lay there loose
and put them into my pocket and
started for the bank, loading my gun
as L ran. AS L turned the corner go
ing to the bank saw two men on
the opposite side Of their horse, which
was tied to a post. 1 knew they were
robbers the minute my eye struck
them. I drew my gun on them, and
as 1 did SO they doubled right down
behind the horse. Without taking my
gun from my face 1 lowered the muz-
zle and shot the horse. You may won
der why I did this, but 1 supposed
they came to sack the town and were
going to do so before they left and
We're making breastworks Of their
horses. I then lodged back behind the
corner to reload. Then 1 tried to ex-
tract the shell from my gun and found
1 could not do SO, so I ran back to
the store where I had a bundle of ex-
ira ram rods. I chucked one Of them
through my rifle and out went the
shell. Then I turned and loading as
ran and carrying the ram rod with
me went around the corner again. AS
1 did so saw two or three men