Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-18
BURGLARS IN TIE Tolls
Men Who Are Supposed to Have
Robbed Greenville Bank
Captured.
Particulars of Battle at Albert
City, in Which One Was
Killed.
Nitroglycerine and Burglar Tools
Found in Their Possession.
Desperate Characters.
Times Republican.

/. Marathon, Nov. 1S.-The town @
Albert City is all torn up with excite
i ment over the pitched battle whic
occurred there with a gang of robber
last Saturday afternoon. The gang !
supposed to be the same which bley
open and looted the steel safe in tn
bank at Greenville, Ia. on the Mime
apolis & st. Louis railway, securing
$4,000 booty Friday night. Word o
the coming of three suspicious charac
ters had been sent to the officers at AL
bert City Saturday afternoon. and act
ling upon the information, Constable
Iodine located three men in the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul depot.
Quickly organizing posse, the.
made an attempt to enter the depot
headed by Constable Iodine and ALFRED
| Gulbranson, the cashier of the Securit.
Savings bank. Upon entering the de
pot the robbers opened fire, which wa!
returned by the posse. The attacking
party retreated. allowing the robbers t
escape from the depot to some corr
cribs across the tracks. Here the!
held the crowd at bay, while one of the
gang made an attempt to hitch a horse
to a buggy belonging to an elevator
man. When nearly done he was hit
in the pit of the stomach with A.
caliber bullet from a rifle in the hands
of a farmer named Michael Conlin
Constable Iodine was shot in the leg in
the melee at the depot, and John Sund-
blad was shot in the right shoulder.
After the exchange of a dozen shots
near the elevator the two robbers made
a break for corn field, holly pursued
by the posse.
Coming upon a woman With two
them out, using the vehicle to assist
them in their escape. The horse firing,
it was abandoned, and farmer was
compelled to take them three miles,
until his team gave out.
During this time the posse was with
in rifle range, but was afraid to shoot
for fear of hitting the farmer
The last exchange of horses was dis
astrous. Meeting a farmer coming
from a field they unhitched his team.
attempting to ride horseback. One
horse was fractions, throwing off the
robber, who then made for a corn field,
followed by his pal. The posse had
gained upon them and had the COM
pletely covered with rifles, reyolvers
and shotguns. The robbers surrender
ed and were brought to town and are
now in the hands of Sheriff Parker.
Iodine and Sundblad are both Sc
verely wounded. The wounded robber
will die.
A large wad of bills, several fine re-
a.,e
half pint of nitroglycerin were found
upon their persons.
They refused to give names and the
two not wounded seem to take their
capture lightly. Two were white men.
one of medium height, we'll dressed and
smooth shaven. The wounded man has
dark complexion. black hair and a
weeks growth of beard. The third,
negro, is powerfully built man, and
handy with a gun.
Sioux City, Nov. 1S.-Men supposed to
be'the enterprising cracksmen who have
been reaping a rich harvest in Iowa and
southern Minnesota during the past
five weeks, cracking banks and walking
away with the visible assets. came to
grief at the little town of Albert City,
Ia, Saturday. AS the result of gun
duel with the citizens of the Buena Wis
ia county hamlet one of the supposed
robbers will die and two others are in
Jail at Storm Lake, where they were
taken to prevent a lynching. Facing the
two is the certainty of along term for
bank robbing. They may stretch hemp
for the murder of John Lundblad,
merchant of Albert City, who was shot
by them, and who 1t was feared las
night would not live. C. j. Iodine, mar
shall of Albert City. was shot in the hip
Saturday morning at 2 o'clock the
bank of Greenville was broken into and
robbed of about 81 600 by robbers. They
blew open the vault with dynamite ana
used nitro-glycerin in the safe. This was
inserted around the cracks in the door
and after they had been puttied over
with soap a fuse was applied, which
blew the door off. The time lock on the
safe stopped al a. m, indicating the
time Of the robbery. So far as has been
learned, no one heard the explosion, but
soon after it was discovered that the
bank had been robbed it was found a
hand car belonging to the Minneapolis
& st. Louis road had been stolen With
this the robbers went south to a point
near Sioux Rapids. From Sioux Rapids
they were traced east along the line Of
the Chicago & Northwestern to Mara
thon, where another clue was found
leading in the direction of Albert City.
There were evidently three men in the
hand car party, and the authorities
Albert City were telegraphed to keep
a lookout for and arrest three men II
found together.
At o'clock Saturday afternoon the
at Albert City whose name
could rot be secured Saturday night saw
three men waiting about the Milwaukee
depot. 1t was evidently their intention
TO take train for Des Moines. He |
them for time and this |
seemed to arouse their suspicious. They |
we're apparently seeking to escape his |
and retired into the waiting |
Dom. The marshal came to the con
,lusion that they We're the men wanted
md summoninS posse he went to the
iepot and entering the waiting room
demanded the surrender OF the three
hat they throw up their hands and
Instantly they whipped out
'eyolvers and opened fire on him. On
bullet took effect in his side. innictng
wound that disabled him, but which is
lot considered serious. The men Their
started for the door, but We're met by
he posse and pistol duel commenced.
)ne of the robbers was shot thru the
,ody twice. John Lundblad. flour ano
eed merchant, who was in the posse,
vas shot thru the left breast and drop
led to the platform. Bullets flew thick