The Irish standard., 1909-10-23
LARGE NUMBERS COMING EAST
FROM ALAskA.YUkoN
EXPOSITION.
LETTER OF ADVICE is ISSUED
What to do When Safe Is
Cracked and Robbers
Fled.

MluuedpOllS, OCt. IO.-bduh UuTSA
lars, safe blowers and highwaymen
who had sufficient money and were
not otherwise engaged, who struck
out in numbers for the Pacific coast
when the Alaska-Yukon exposition
opened at Seattle, are now stopping
off in Minnesota, and that Is reason
for the many bank robberies in Min
nesota and adjoining states this fall.
This is the opinion Of c. D. Brown,
special agent in the employ of the Tri-
State Protective association, organ
lied by the bankers of Minnesota and
the Dakotas, and later enlarged to ad-
init Iowa and Wisconsin bankers Also
Mr.. Brown says the fall has wit
messed the return travel of many yegg.
men drawn west early in the summer
In letter to Charles R. Frost, sec.
rotary of the Minnesota Bankers as.
State Protective association, Mr..
Brown says:
Season Is at Hand.
AS the season for yeggmen to oper.
ate is at hand it may be we'll for me
to offer few suggestions and give an
outline of conditions in Minnesota
During the past summer large num-
Der of yeggmen have gone to the Pa
cific coast, being attracted there by
the Seattle exposition. Many of them
are from the south and southwest, and
have not operated in this section for
years, but from all reports they intend
to do considerable work on their way
back, and most of it will undoubtedly
be in the Dakotas and the northern
part Of Minnesota.
There has been an unusual number
of locators in evidence this fall, and
Minnesota has been pretty we'll gone
over. While we have fair idea of
their route, secured from our inside
sources, 1 would advise that all bank
ers notify their local officials to be
alert from now on. This is especially
necessary in the northern part of the
state, as the coming hunting season
makes it very easy for yeggmen to
move around unnoticed. In some of
the extreme northern territory this is
particularly so, but at the same time
their getaway" can be rendered very
hard If action is taken Immediately af-
ter robbery. cannot lay too much
stress upon the necessity of rapid and
concentrated action at that time in
notifying every town and person in
addition to the secretary of the asso-
citation. All suspicious characters
should be picked up and held for iden-
LITIGATION by the association detectives.
Should Search Country.
Yeggmen do not always head for a
railroad in making their getaway"
but often go out in the country and
lay around for while until the ex-
element dies down. This is the time
to keep the telephone lines busy and
if this is done they are apt to be To-
Gated by some farmer upon whom they
call for something to eat or drink.
The protective department has upon
it's records the present whereabouts
of the majority of the yeggmen in the
state, but much assistance can be CIV
en- by preventing them from getting
out of the immediate vicinity pending
the arrival of our detectives. We feel
this year that we are better equipped
than ever before in the way of secur-
ing information prior to robbery, and
are working upon the ounce Of pre-
vention theory in which we can be
materially aided by watchfulness up
on the part of all banks and local Of
hcers.