The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-06-26

When the train stopped at st.
James the city marshal, assisted by
a Window man who went into the
car as tho he were a passenger, To-
Gated the two men, and the marshal
pulled couple of guns and put one
into the face Of each of the two
suspects, who obeyed orders to-
throw up their hands, and kept
them up while the Window man
went thru their clothes and found a
couple of guns and about a hundred
dollars in money.
When the arrest was made the
officers neglected to take a grip
which was in the rack above the
men arrested, but the agent at Lake
Crystal was notified and secured and
returned the grip, sealing it to make
sure it would not be tempered with.
When opened the bag was found to
contain nine hundred dollars in cur
rency and an outitsof burglars tools.
In addition there was bottle of
fluid which was afterwards found to
be nitro-glycerine in soup" form,
as used by safe-cracking artists.
One of the train men almost had a
! fit when he found that the powerful
explosive was in the valise which
had been hustled and kicked around
the baggage car on its return trip.
The stolen packages of money have
been identified as the money belong
ing to the bank looted, and about
the only missing link in the chain Of
evidence is the difficulty of connect
ing the grip with the men arrested.
The train men, however, are said to
be willing to swear to the men car
rying the grip.
Besides the $500 in currency,
about $500 in specie was taken from
I the bank. and this had not been re-
covered at last accounts. White and
Chester are the names given by the
accused. and it was developed that
both have accounts in banks Of St.
Paul and Minneapolis. These ac-
counts have been garnisheed by the
Bingham Lake bank for its protec-
ton from loss.
County Attorney D. A. Stuart of
Cottonwood county, carrying a suit
case loaded with nitro-glyterine, was
a visitor at the capitol yesterday,
says the St. Paul Dispatch, but he
was not welcomed at all by those
whom he called to see, and to whom
he whispered the contents of the
case. They all told him to ''skidoo."
Over at the university they were
less ceremonious. They told him
there to git, and ''git" he did.
Mr.. Stuart's visit to st, Paul and
Minneapolis was for the purpose of
having the contents of his suit case
tested to see if it was really nitro
glycerine, but he could not find any
one willing to make the examina-
ton. Over at the university he was
sure the officials in the state labora-
tory would be more than willing to
tell him if the stuff really was nitro
glycerine, but they would not even
let him remove it from the grip.
The examination desired was for
the purpose of,securing the convic-
ton of two bank robbers arrested
Thursday night for the wrecking Of
the State bank at Bingham Lake.
The nitro-glycerine, together with
much Of the loot from the bank
vault, was found on them.
One thing located by Mr.. Stuart
was that st. Paul is the headquar-
tiers of the pair, and they have on
deposit in the banks of the Sanity
City many thousand Of dollars. AS
only part Of the money taken was
recovered, he will probably bring
suit here for the difference against
the banks in which the two have
money.