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

standing in front of the bank facing
me. l drew on them and fired, but
the bullet struck a post between me
| and them which supported the stairs.
and passing through it struck one of
the robbers, whom L now know to
have been Cole Younger, in the hip.
He rode on the ball all through the
subsequent chase, and 1t remained in
his body until he was brought back
to Faribault, where 1T was extracted.
The doctor afterwards gave it to me
and 1 recognized it and carried it in
my pocket for a long time afterwards
After L fired the second shot 1 fell
back again to reload. This time the
shell came all right. Knowing that
there was more force to contend with
than l had at first thought, L was
more cautious when L again went out
and just peeked around the corner to
see where the fellows were. l saw
man up the street more than half way
up the block who was watching the
opposite side of the street from me.
Whenever any of the robbers saw a
face in a window or door they would
fire at it. and 1t was evidently this
mans business to guard that side Of
the street. l thought as l saw him
sitting there L had got to fire close or
L couldn't hit him, and l brought my
gun to my face and when l got it
there l thought it was right, I let so.
/ saw him vince and lodged around
the corner and reloaded. Then l came
back again around the corner and
saw a man on the sidewalk coming
towards me on foot as hard as he
could run with revolver in his hand
throwing 1t up towards me as if he
were going to shoot me. AS he did SO
l drew my gun on him and he lodged
under the stairs behind some boxes,
and 1 then lodged back. I was at
pretty close quarters. In half a second
l was around the corner again. I was
going to get out Of there if I could.
AS l lodged around he kept throwing
his hand around towards me and we
so lodged each other two or three
times. While we were thus playing
hide and seek, Wheeler, who was up
stairs in the corner building across
the street, saw us and fired at the
robber, striking him in the elbow. This
l found out afterwards. But knowing
he was there, and supposing him to
be unWounded came back to the store
door, thinking I would catch him sure
by going through the building, coming
out Of the side door and attacking
him in the rear, for 1 could reach the
rear Of the bank by going through an
alley behind my store. I did not find
him as 1 expected. When he was shot
In the arm he ran and 1 did not know
it. When l got to the street 1 found
that all the robbers were over a block
away and the citizens were coming
out of the stores and stood in crowds
between me and the robbers and I
could not get chance to get another
shot at them.
A WOMAN IN THE STREET.
Mrs. John T. Ames-I was driving
in my carriage on Fifth street between
Water and Division streets when I
heard firing, but at first did not realize !
what it was. When l had got to |
about the middle of the block 1 met |
Mr.. Bunker coming across the lots
back of the buildings facing on Divi- |
sion street and he was holding up his |
arm. I said, Whats the matter, MIR. |
Bunker" He replied I'm shot," and |
went down the street. Right behind
him was Mr.. Beneke. He said: Mrs. |
Ames, get out of that carriage quick; |
you'll be killed" He came up to the |
carriage and got me out and a man
led the horse away. In the basement |
of Thorson's block between me and the
corner was a saloon, and several men
We're coming up out of there, evidently
to see what was the matter, and Al
the same time men on horseback on
Division street went across the head |
of the street firing right and left with
q revolver in each hand. The last
man coming out of the cellar seemed
to be intoxicated, and he tried to get
to the corner. | was within few
feet of him and as the robbers passed
the corner one of them saw me, and
wheeling said: Lady, get off the
street, you'll be killed. at the same
time discharging his revolvers. AS
this shooting was going on by the rob-
bers and just as the man nearest me
fired a shot, the man who had come
out of the saloon fell By this time L
was weak and could hardly walk; so
Mr.. Beneke and the man who had
taken my horse out of the way and
who had returned by this time, took
me by the arms and led me into an
adjoining blacksmith shop. Knowing
that Mr.. AmeS was to be at the bank
that afternoon 1 was determined to 20
there, and so ran across the lots to
Mill square and thence up to the cor
ner, where Manning with his gun In
his hand and another man stood.
was determined to go to the bank to
see If Mr.. Ames was in there but the
men standing there took hold of me
and would not let me pass the corner.
l was kept there for a minute, and
when L did get to the corner I saw
dying man lying there. One of the
robbers jumped off his horse and. runs
ming back, put his hand in the breast
pocket Of the man lying there and
drew from it two packages, one evil
IDENTIFY bandages. He then made off
and remounting rode away, and the
WHOIS pdI ~ was soon out OIL town.
Just then I saw Mr.. Ames coming
through the square and Joined him.
CORROBORATES YOUNGER.
James Law was standing in front
OF my store at the west end of the
bridge when the robbers passed. First,
two Of them came along, then four and
then two The next thing I heard,
perhaps five minutes afterward, was
Shooting Ike fire CT ackers on the Fourth
of July. [ ran over and got up near
ly to the corner Of Division street be-
fore 1 saw I was in danger. There
[ saw Manning in front of Servers
store, in the rear of which the bank
was, with his rife pointed around the
corner. Immediately one of the rob-
bers came riding down the street past
the corner, and seeing Manning with
the rifle pointed, turned and shot at
Manning while making the turn Man
ming did not move, but levelled his
rifle and fired at the robber when he
was near the corner. The horse car
ried him up the street about 140 feet
where he fell to the ground in front Of
Lcckwood's store. That was all [ saw.
L came back to the west side of the
river and gave the alarm, and when
[ got back they had gone. All the
while [ was on the street the robbers
were shouting and shooting right and
left
Norman Van Buskirk-At the time Of
the Younger brothers raid [ was sit
ting in my shop on the west side of the
river when [ saw three horsemen can
terinor al 10 hTi1 loo