The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-08-15
BRACE OF BAD MEN
Rounded Up at Waseca After
Hot Chase BY Officers.
One of the Bunch Has a Leg Pune
tured BY a Shot From the
Sheriff's Revolver.

Waseca was given a touch of rea
life late Saturday afternoon and for 6
time the town was all agog. excite,
ment running at high pitch with q
man hunt as the center of attraction.
Suffering with two bullet wounds,
one in the thigh and one in the calf OF
a leg, as a result from shots from
Sheriff Collins revolver, a desperate
| character, supposed to be either a
burglar or train robber, fec through
the central portion of the city pursued
by the sheriff and his posse, while two
pals of the desperate fed in an op-
posite direction followed by Chief of
Police McDonough and his posse. In
few moments the whole city was
aroused and an exciting hunt, led by
Sheriff Collins and Judge Devine, fol-
lowed to the large swamp on the west
shore of Clear lake at the outskirts of
the city. The swamp was surrounded,
and after an hours hunt and the ex-
change of shots the fellow was captur-
ed by D. j. Shaw and Robert Meyer
of the posse, brought to the city and
lodged in Jail. The two pals were
traced. to the large cornfeld of R. P.
Ward, south of town, and were cap
tured there by Thomas Glines and
John Julius of the posse in pursuit.
1t is believed that the men were
either implicated in the burglary of
Carlson Bros store at Hanska,
Mimi, Aug. 8, or implicated in the
train holdup in Illinois. The three
men had been lounging around the
railroad yards during the day and
Sheriff Collins, accompanied by Chief
of Police McDonough, approached
them for the purpose of interrogating.
The officers had about decided that
they were harmless hoboes and were
on the point of bringing them to the
central station until opportunity could
be had to send them out of the city.
AS the party started one of the men
broke away, drawing his revolver and
shooting point blank at the head of
the sheriff. For some unknown reason
the bullet did not take effect. The
desperate then started to run and a
shot from the sheriff's revolver took
effect in one Of his legs. He then
turned and shot again at the sheriff,
and a running fire was kept up until
the chambers of both revolvers were
emptied. None of the shots took effect
excepting the two from the sheriff 8
revolver. During their fight the des-
peradoes scattered all kinds of booty,
including jewelry, watches, chains,
rings and knives.
One of the men is thirty years of
age, about five feet ten inches in
height. of dark complexion, weighing
about 100 pounds. Another is about
FIVE feet seven inches. weight 145
pounds, twentyeight years old, fair
complexioned, and the third about
twenty eight years old, smooth shaved,
of dark complexion and weighing
about 100. The parties are all lodged
in Jail and from the fight they put up
are evidently very desperate charac-
ters. All were heavily armed. The
wounded man will recover.
Under the supervision of County
Attorney Moonan pictures of two of
the men have been taken to aid the
establishment of their identity. The
injuries of the third man prevented
his removal for the purpose of being
photographed. DR.. Lynn, who is at
tending him, announces that the
wounds will not be fatal. The wound
in the hip-is healing and the one in
the calf of the leg is causing the more
trouble. Sheriff Collins is receiving
many congratulations on his lucky
escape and his success in the capture.
A telegram from Sioux City, Iowa,
develops that three men are wanted
there for recent Jail breaking and
officers from that place will arrive
here tomorrow to view the prisoners.
1t is not thought that they are the
parties wanted there, inasmuch as
they bear no marks of recent incarcer-
alton. 1t is plainly evident that the
men are much more desperate than
the ordinary criminals and the fact
that they arrived in this city from the
east lends strength to the train-robbery