The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-05
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that he did not know the country.
Dyck first said that one man sat in
the front seat with him. but later
when asked what. the men talked
about. said he did not hear because
they talked in whispers and sat to-
gethcr in the rear seat. Again Dyck
that the robbers had broken
his carburetor before making off. aud
that he had been delayed half an
hour fixing ii. In controvcrsion of
that he stated later that as Dor as
him to turn around and beat II" and
not to tell Il soul. This lie did. The
marks i'll the road show where he
turned around.
Knew Of Shooting.
A newspaper reporter who was with
pyck in the afternoon asked him il
he knew the manager Of the bank had
been killed before he left lie stated
that he had NJ knowledge of this. A
little later in the course of CONVERSE
ton he told how tho. bank robber
told him to so ahead or he would
blow his brains out like he had the
other fellow. In addition to all this
Dyck states hat he eve say the
men around Plum Coulee although
they were seen in that small town by
many persons.
When DNck was returning home
after he had left the bank robbers on
the road, he stopped at Lowe Farm
and telephoned to the Plum Coulce
operator to tell his wife he was all
right. He did not say a word about
informing the police or explain where
he had left the robbers, or in fact
mention the matter in any way. This
information would have been of un-
told value at that time as the suppo-
sition was that the robbers had gone
south and they were being pursued
in that direction.
Brain is Muddled.
Dyck speaks good English. There
is a possibility that his contradictions
are made because his brain Is mud
died over the exciting events which
took place. He states positively that
he did not see the men place the bags
Of silver beneath the seat. Of his au.
%toInobile. and that he did not know
how they got there . Dyck has lived
for many years in Plum Coulee. and
the residents have every confidence in
him. They do not believe that he is
in any way implicated in the robbery.
Following tho Trait. -:
The detectives accompanied. by
Dyck. left Plum Coulee at 2 o'clock
yesterday morning. and followed the
trail made by the wheels Of the. r rob-
bers' auto the afternoon before. T:sey
were shown by Dyck where the first
robber got out in the swamp. and
found q woman who had seen Il man
his description walk toward
the town of McTavish on the c. P. II.
south line. This woman said she was
going to the station to meet her hus-
band coming from Winnipeg and she
walked slowly so as to let the strang-
keep we'll ahead of her. Continuing,
the automobile party came to where
the marks in the road showed where
Dyck had turned his car. This was
still in the swamp. but only about a
mile from Osborne station on the
G.. p. r. After accommodating
around La Sale last night until dark.
the eight detectives in two autmobiles
came into Winnipeg feeling sure that
their quarry had long since reached
this city . 1t is stated that Dyck was
subjected to "a severe cross eXamina-
ton at Norris on Wednesday night.
Favorable Condition for Escape.
It has been pointed out that all ma
tural conditions favored the robbers
in their Escape. Had there been snow
it would have been an easy matter to
track them, the mild. weather, did not