Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-01

chesters to the scene of the man hunt
and the country infested by the bank
robbers was slowly being surrounded.
In another fusillade of shots in the
swamp near the Wendt farm one of
the robbers was wounded seriously by
one of the posse, being shot in the
back, the shot entered in at the aist,
splintering the hip bone and passing
out again through the region of the
abdomen. After being shot, he ran
only for about 30 rods. Very shortly
after, the other robber, the youngest
OF the bunch, gave hisnself up to the
posse. He was taken in hand by Chief
Calder and ordered to tell where the
other robber was and also where the
money was, both of which he did
The robber, who was shot, was found
after a short search in the woods. He
had evidently stumbled and was found
in hollow lying on his stomach, his
gun nearby. When moved he begged
piteously not TO be disturbed and to
be given water. He was taken in
hand by the crowd and carried to the
road, where Migrants wagon was
pressed into service and he was con-
yeyed TO the Ravn's hospital He
was operated upon last evening by DIR.
bone was splintered but it is expected
that he will recover. A peculiar Incl
dent in connection with this is the
fact that the man was suffering with
appendicitis and while on the operat-
ing table his appendix was removed.
s'The money, which was in satchel
and which was carried by the robber
who was shot, was thrown by him in
his fight through the swamp. The
captured robber was made to lead the
posse to where it had been thrown,
which he did. None of the money
was taken from the satchel and in
counting up the cash last evening
Cashier Ballstadt found that the
bank was just S5 ahead of the game,
the robber having forgotten to take
back the five which he. had asked to
lave changed"
1t seems that the robbers are all
young men of Russian descent and
speak English brokenly. The young
est one, who was captured is about
Is years of age, and he told of the
plot which was Matched out in Chi
cago, to come up into Northern Wis
ceHsin and rob bank. 1t is believed
that the bank which they started out
to rob was the Heinemann bank or
the National Bank of Merrill, but
they evidently got things mixed up
and bought tickets to Heinemann,
where they found nothing but lum-
Der. The present price of hemlock
would not warrant an attempt on
their part to carry off the winters
cut, so they came down to Merrill by
freight and spent day and one night
in that city; selected the German
American on which to operate and
then set ahoGt to plan way to escape
after the proposed hold up. The
young fellow gave his name as Martin
Kregibois and that of the man who
was shot and who was in the hospital
as John Laya. The names Of the two
who escaped could not be learned.
The two Who escaped are still at
large and are now, perhaps, out of the
country. Saturday and Sunday they
were supposed to have been hidden in
the woods south Of Merrill. Yester
day man was arrested at Grand
Rapids whom it was thought might
be one of the robbers, but he proved
that he was not one of the gang. 1t
is hoped that the two now at large
will be captured and all have TO go
oyer the road to Waupun.