Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-09

only occasionally and drank a great
deal. He is the man who plunged in
to the river while drunk to rescue
the balloon during the street fair He
is known to have worked several
cheap swindles in this city. Before
the freight house robbery he intimated
that there would be something doing
and told one West side saloon man
that he would not be injured. Coe
worked on Harrison & Peterson's
ditch crew for a time.
Acting on the information received,
the chief sent Officers Valentine and
Nelson to Belle Prairie. The sheriff
and the deputy being away, Constable
Cannon went up, Special Officer Nc"
Na]Iy, County Attorney Lindbergh
and T. J. Monahan also going.
All were we'll armed. They drove to
the Belle Prairie depot and from
there went afoot, the first party be-
ing piloted part of the way bv Mr..
Reaper of Belle Prairie. After going
through plenty OF heavy brush. a
swampy place near the river was
found where the suspects had been
camped. There we're utensils scattered
around, and the ashes showed the
camp had been deserted several hours,
probably since morning. No trace
further was found and the party re-
turned 1t was learned that the men
had slept in hay stack the night be-
fore, and had been seen that morning,
when they had been heard to speak Of
going to Little Falls. The men had
been noticed around the neighborhood
for more than week. They Slept in
barns and it appears, also in the
schoolhousa It was discovered that
they had been selling clothing, and d
farmer named Davis bought a sweater
and pair Of pants from one of them.
The goods agree with the description
of those stolen from the freight house
two weeks ago. The people Of Belle
Prairie knew one of the men to be
Lemonade Bill some of them hav
ing known him for years
Tuesday morning Chief TourtiIlottt
telephon6d to Chief Simmons at Brain
erd that the men had been seen taking
a freight at Ft. Ripley Monday even
ing, ana were probably in Brainerd.
j all day and success came through q
man named P]ummer, who has served
time, and knew Coe, who has pri-
scn record, having served III the re.
formatory at St. Cloud, the Saltwater
prison and the North dakota state
prison. Plummer told Chief Simmons
that the men were in Brainerd and
that Coe had told him that he was
implicated in tte robheries at Pequot,
Pine River, Motley and the freight
house robbery and depot hold-up al
Little Falls. The men wished to stay
with him, and he had taken them ur
to his brothers. house. as he was
away, and they were sleeping there.
Chief Simmons and officers went tc
the house and arrested the trio. The
Blainerd authorities wish to hold Coe
for the Pine River affair.
Special Agent c. B. Battan Of the
Northern Pacific, who has been in.
vestigating the robbery and hold-ut
returned Wednesday afternoon from q
trip along the line to Fargo, and
made complaint against the three men
before County Attorney Lindbergb.
and went to Brainerd with Sheriff
Tanner on the afternoon freight to
get the men.
s. r. Fosdick. who was in the city
yesterday, says that Coe was around
Ft. Ripley week or so ago offering
ladies' shoes for sale cheap. he
seemed to have sack full of them.
Sheriff Tanner brought two of the
men down from Brainerd yesterday
and they are now confined in the
county Jail. -.Coe is held at Brainerd.
The time of examination has not yet
been fixed.
One Of the men gave the name of
Thomas Martin. aged 45, bern in
Dublin, Ireland. The other said his
name was Harry Harwood, but he
didn't spell it that way when he
wrote it. Martin is small man, with
grayish hair. Harwocd is larger,
about "a years of age, and claims to
be Canadian by BIRTH It is thought
that both of them have criminal rec
ords
Neill case will come before grand
jury next week, and if not convicted
of the Pequot affair, he will be
brought here.
The Brainerd Dispatch Of Wednes-
day after saying that Chief Simmons
had been notified byChief Tourtillotte,
has the following account:
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