The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-01
CAUGHT A BAD TRIO.
Supposed Bank Robbers Rounded up at
Wells Early in Morning.
(Mankato Free Press, June 2O)

Three bad men we're rounded up
early yesterday morning at Wells
by the city marshal. They were
loaded down with revolvers, cart
ridges. a bottle of nitroglycerine,
and other paraphernalia that is
used bv safe crackers and bank
robbers. They are suspected of
being the men who robbed the bank
at Wilder Sheriff Dunn of Jack
son county has looked two of the
trio over and is confident that
they are the men who turned the
trick"
The Wells chief of police is en-
titled to credit for making a clever
capture. That officer was looking
the town over at about 3 O'Clock
yesterday morning and when near
the postoffice he saw a man who
was acting straE gely. The chief
nabbed him and escorted him to
the police station where a search
was made of the fellow s clothes. A
revolver and a number Of cartridge
were found upon him. The fellow
answered to the description of one
of gang OF men that had been lott
ering about town one day a week
previous, and the chief made up his
mind that the pals were not far
away. The chief made a hurried
search of the business district and
not finding anyone he walked down
into that railroad yard. He found a
Refrigerator car open, and throwing
fash from his lantern into the car
he discovered two men asleep.
Leaping into the car the officer laid
his hand upon the hip of one of the
fellows and found a revolver. He
took possession OF the weapon. At
that moment the other man woke up.
The officer covered him with the
gun and a search Of the fellow S
pockets brought to light a number
of fuse caps. A revolver dropped
from in under his coat These two
men were marched to the station
A further investigation resulted in
finding on the persons of two of the
men cartridges, fuse, fifteen TO nine
teen feet in length, about 20 caps,
a half pint bottle OF nitro-glycerine,
and other articles which honest
men do not carry about with them.
The men gave the names of Will
liam Jones, Henry Johnson and
Zerer Zeekin. The two latter were
brought before the municipal court
at Wells and sent to jail for thirty
days on a charge of carrying con-
cealed weapons. Jones was al
lowed to 60, no charge having been
placed against him. Johnson and
Zeekin are now inmates OF the Fari-
bault Jail at Blue Earth.
A week ago these three men we're
at Wells. They spent a great deal
of their time around the postofice
and were observed standing in the
alleys at the rear of the banks.
Thier actions at the time created
suspicion.
Sheriff Dunn of Jackson county
was called to Wells to look Johnson
and Zeekin over. He was accom-
panied by Detective C. A. Pond OF
St. Paul, who has been working on
the Wilder bank robbery. Mr..
Pond regretted very much that
Jones had been allowed his free.
dom as he knew his record, and il
is understood that a reward of sew.
eral hundred dollars is now hung
up for his apprehension. Both De
tective Pond and Sheriff Dunn are
convinced that the three men were
concerned in the Wilder bauk rob
berry and will make a further inves
tigation of the men. It is said tina
one of the men answers the deScrip
ton of the stranger who was seer
about Wilder on the afternoon pre-
vious to the robbery.
This morning a photograph O
Zeekin was taken The man strug
gled hard against being "mugged,
and it required the assistance @
several men to hold him while tn
camera was doing its work.
Jones is described as mai
weighing $50 or 1870 pounds, dar