The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-04-03

state of anxiety. -...
An angry mob quickly gathered at
the village hall where Bandineau was
taken after his arrest. Victor John
son, Finnish farmer, father of the
child whom Bandineau took through
a window from her bed, where she
lay asleep with her two little sisters,
was restrained with difficulty from
making a personal attack upon Ban
dineau, who was placed in an auto
mobile by Deputy Sheriffs White,
O'Dea and NOLAN and rapidly driven
to Virginia where he was placed in
the city Jail. The mob was rapidly
reaching a high pitch of frenzy
against Bandineau and threats of
lynching were numerous when the
sheriff's cleared the way and drove
the machine as rapidly as possible to
Virginia.
The circumstances attending the
kidnapping of the girl were dramatic
in the extreme. The child with her
two little sisters, 8 and 10 years old,
slept in a bed placed close beside a
window, some distance from the
ground. Her mother slept in another
bed in the same room. Bandineau
raised a ladder to the window, care
fully raised the sash, picked the Sleep
ing child up in his arms without
awakening her and successfully made
his escape. The mother of the child
was awakened by the draft from the
open window and by the coughing Of
the little one and just in time to see
the form of Bandineau disappearing
through the window with the baby in
his arms. Her cries aroused the en-
tire household and Victor Johnson
gave chase, but Bandineau was f1eeter
of foot and escaped in the darkness.
General Alarm Given.
Johnson ran down to the business
district of the town and the police Of
ficers gave a general alarm by sound
ing the fire bell. Within 80 minutes
after Bandineau had kidnapped the
little one an armed posse Of over 200
people was securing the countryside
for him. The police departments Of
all the range towns were notified and
details of police from Eveleth and
Virginia, with the entire force of dep
uty sheriffs from Virginia were on
the ground in less than an hour. Gil
bert and Eveleth firemen also joined
in the search and armed men were
stationed on every road leading to and
from the village, while hundreds beat
up the brush in the outskirts of the
town.
Bandineau ran in the direction of
the Gilbert cemetery on the road be-
tween Gilbert and Eveleth and here
members of the posse discovered him
shortly after daylight standing in
the cemetery with the child in his
arms and gave chase. Perceiving that
he was pursued Bandineau set the lit
tie one down and sought cover in a
nearby thicket. The little one was
found by the father in a clump OF
bushes near the Sparta location. Mr..
Johnson heard her pitious cries and
searched in the underbrush with a
lantern until he found her. The child
was unframed but was blue with
cold. Bandineau succeeded in elud-
ing the vigilance of the posse
in eluding the vigilance of the posse
for more than half an hour after the
little one was discovered, but was
finally picked up walking on the road
TO Eveleth, between Gilbert and the
Sparta location. He was sullen and
silent and refused to talk. The child
was returned to her home. She was
too frightened for some time to tell
a connected story, but it was learned
that she had not been mistreated and
that Bandineau had carried her in his
arms during most Of the time after
she was taken from the house until
members of the posse picked her uI
Bandineau Well Known Here.
Bandineau is we'll known in Virginia
and has never been considered men.
tally strong. For two years he
was employed at the sawmill plant Of
The Bailey Lumber company where he
was known among his associates as
man Of sullen, morose disposition
He has frequently, it is said, gone
about his work for intervals OF 3
week without speaking to any Of his
fellow :workmen. For some time re.
Gently he was employed as q pinsette1
at the bowling alleys Of Rivers &
Nurmi. He had boarded at the Mer
chants hotel while stopping IN Viz
ginia. .=5#.:1..s. sz
Visited Gilbert Before.
Bandineau visited Gilbert severa