The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-10-25

in the lead, looked back and seeing
that Kelley was taking care of the one
! fellow, ran within twelve feet of him
and on past him towards Robinson
| who was running at a rapid pace di-
rectly away from the officers. Kelley
| told Willis to- take care of the third
| man who proved to be the Oldest
one Of the bunch and the leader. His
name is Duffy. who is Irish and about
| forty years old, a general all around
| tough fellow and a man who would
| commit murder in a minute if neces-
sary. The country about that place
! is hily and Duffy had no trouble in
loosing himself temporarily. When
/ Willis came to a big slough along the
railroad, he could not see his man,
could just see the head and shoulders
Of a man whom he thought might be
Murphy, but as he had never gotten
a good look at the fellow, was not
certain. He soon got up to the
stranger and pulling up his gun said,
Hold up your hands" The fellow
locked surprised and said 'Oh, no.
you are mistaken, for I am not your
man. I live over there in a, farm
house." Best by that time had come UP
close to Willis and while Best covered
the man with his gun Willis searched
the fellow and found nothing. The
fellow was allowed to go. He proved
to be a railroad laborer. Another rail-
rood laborer was held up by J. Lar
kin for the officers took no chances
of the robbers getting away.
Willis noticed woman running
down the grade shouting to the Off
GERS that a man was running away
from them. and sure enough it was
Duffy who had been in the very slough
that Willis crossed. 1t afterwards de-
veloped that Duffy had secreeted him.
self in the water for nearly an hour,
and with the assistance of the weeds
kept the crowd from finding him.
At times he would dive and remain
under the water as long as possible
then come up for air. The water was
very chill and when the officers final
lay come up to him and ordered him
to hold up his hands, he was actually
too cold to comply with their request
very we'll, but he showed signs Of
throwing up his hands, he was not
shot. While in the water, Duffy had
thrown most of his money away and
later Larkin waded in the slough and
after half an hours search found con-
1t is believed that a good deal Of the
money is in the slough that will new
er be found. Robinson informed the
Independent representative that he
had thrown over 5000 himself in the
slough as he ran away. Robinson
the man who struck off from the Of
ficers first was finally brot down with
a we'll directed shot from either Lee,
Willis or Beagent, Larkin claiming
that Beagent fired the effective shot.
At any rate the man fell and Lee go
ing up to him, said: Throw up your
hands, The fellow said: II can't do
it. Don't you see, I am shot" When
Lee was searching him, Robinson said
that he had no money but that there
was big gun strapped under his
left arm, which proved to be correct
Lee took a big Colts piston from the
fellow, and found four or five dollars
in silver Robinson when running had
thrown his money away, and later af-
ter Kelley had taken the fellow to
Max, for a doctors attention, he re-
turned and the officers discovered
about s475 on the prairie close to
where the man fell.