The Minneapolis journal., 1904-11-21

room IN q little hotel at Rogers Siding,
twenty three miles northwest of Min
neapolis.
This afternoon at Elk River, whittier
they were taken and locked in the Sher-
burne county Jail, the men described
themselves as c. D.. Crawford and @
George p. Farmer. .Lundeen's com
Ranions in the car positively identified
that Crawford did the shooting at the
instance Of Farmer. When arrested the
prisoners had 5000 and several watches.
The accused men will have hearing as
soon as County Attorney Frank T.
White returns to Elk River. He is ex-
pected back this evening.
Couldn't Cover Their Tracks.
. The capture was made by E. L. Ward.
deputy. About an hour after the MUIR
der was reported to the sheriff by Lun-ss
deem g companions, he learned that
farmers boy had seen two strange men
two miles below the town. They had
crossed at Dayton s ferry.
Sheriff Ward and his deputy drove to
the ferry and found that at the town
store, one Of the men had bought a pair
and luss Occasionally able to follow S Il the f
gitives' tracks, the officer reached
Rogers Siding, on the Great Northern.
The proprietor of the little hotel said
two suspicious looking men were there:
left instructions that. under no circum-
| stances were they to be disturbed, as &
| they were very tired and needed rest. 4
/ When the hotel man learned that
/ they were suspected of murder, with the
horrifying details Of 1i which he was made
idation to the room, followed by the
sheriff and the deputy.
!, ,s,. Armed When Taken.
a gentleman to see you, he said
i when q sharp What 8 wanted? an
fswered his light knock. Es sss s5as
q We told you not to disturb us :,
began a voice within, but it was cut
ishort by "a thunderous pounding on the
door by the sheriff.
"Open up, !" Ward demanded.
The demand was refused, SO the sher-
j if, desiring to avoid violence and the
destruction Of property, waited on
guard while the proprietor, thoroly
frightened, scurried to the office for
= his skeleton pass key. With this the
lock was turned.
The men inside tried to barricade the
4 door, but the strong shoulders Of the
sheriff and his deputies pushed it open.
There stood two men, both fully
dressed, and both with revolvers in
, their hands.
But they didn't shoot. The sheriff
and his deputy were upon them with
surprising agility, and the guns were
wrested from their hands. After that
| they were submissive, and went with
| him in a buggy to Elk River. They
stubbornly refused to say anything on
) the ride, and at Elk River could be in-
duced to give no information concern
ing themselves save their names.
An Inquest Held.
A coroner's jury impaneled at Ano..
ka held an inquest into the death OF
Lundeen this forenoon. Among. the
witnesses examined were Lundeen 9
four companions who witnessed the
shooting and the dead mans father,
| o. N: Lundeen, of 700 Ninth street 8,
: Moorhead.
!: The father said that he had last seen
his son at the Moorhead railway sta
3 tion last Friday, when he =, was start
t was that death was the result of
+ gunshot wound in the head, caused by
! two persons unknown. The witnesses
s were then taken to Elk River.
9 Were Beating Their Way.
! Lundeen, in company with four other
: awaiting an opportunity to get a ride to
!. Minneapolis fare-free, when Northern
! Pacific freight train pulled in late in
q q the evening His companions were.
= Adolph Berquist and A. M. Freeman Of
. . Moorhead; Fl. Il. Kinner Of Elberon.
= = Iowa, and Charles Conradson of Fari-
! bault. the last two chance acquaint-
g ances of the road.
;, Coupled in the middle Of the long
e freight train was an old combination
y ing ing sent a to Mime Minneapolis to be repaired
Under cover Of darkness the men eluded
e the trainmen, whose movements about
Is the railroad yards could be followed by
q their dim-fickering lanterns, and
crawled into the old car.
S Robbers Pretended to Sleep.
:, nHullo,n called voice from the in
: : terror stWill you have an upper or
Z lower7" Two men, whose forms
s could be seen moving between the new
= comers and the moonbeams, which
q q There were few more words and the
! - two first occupants yawned and
4 q stretched themselves out on the floor
=, and went to sleeper pretended to.
Soon the train was clicking over the
Il switches; then followed the monotonous e,
" straight track One by one the travel
ers picked comfortable spots on the
=. floor, and, with their arms as pillows
st slept on in spite Of the rocking ct the
w car ana INC OCCdSlUuoIl jumping ~ XVI
oy in station yards.
Nv ~ Lundeen Slow to Comply.
It was still dark when Lundeen's
ID. companions were startled by an inn
u perious order, shouted in their ears, tc
be hold up their hands, and to do it quick
ell Nv. They complied while Lundeen, il
,e. heavier slumber, still snored.
vn you, over there, was yelled sc
,e, that there could be no failure to hea,