The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-31

Deity dUSGuCe. Ou April 4 the CluU
will meet with Mrs. Sue Sprague.
Mrs. S. C. Brooks has returned
from her winters stay at Pipestone
with her daughter, Mrs. Anna Sig
mond
Miss Ards Gilmore is in Mankato
as the guest of Mrs. Paul Barney.
Orson Chase and Sam Evans re-
| turned from Iowa, where they pur-
chased a fine Percheron horse.
William Griggs of South Dakota
came to see his father, Jerry Griggs,
who is seriously sick, but was obliged
to return home again Thursday.
From Fridays DaIl~
st. Paul, Dispatch: Although the
thrilling story of the capture of the
Younger brothers following the
Mortified raid has been told repeat
edly, new angle of the early day
episode was recalled Wednesday
night by Gideon S. Ives, former lieu
tenant governor and now government
referee in bankruptcy in st. Paul.
Mr.. Ives story is really an account of
how his party failed to capture the
bandits, although they were in close
proximity to them.
On hearing of the raid, Mr. lives,
who was then resident of st.
Peter, organized a posse consisting
of himself, A. P. Lamberton, a son
of Honorable Henry w. Lamberton
|of Winona; Frank L. Randall, after
wards superintendent of the st.
Cloud reformatory and John and e.
Tyler of st. Peter. Every man was
an expert in the use of rifle and had
had considerable experience with
early day ruffians.
The Ives party started for Manka-
to, where it met another posse head
ed by A. A. Ames, later mayor Of
Minneapolis. The two joined forces,
and, a few miles from Mankato, dis
covered the ruins of campfire and
several brides which the bandits had
left behind. -
Following highway which paral-
leled the Blue Earth river, the party
soon met posse headed by Chief of
Police Hay of Minneapolis, returning.
This country, which was thickly dot
! ted with small groves of timber, was
believed to be the hiding place of the
1
encircling an area of about eighty
rods square.
The party selected camp site in
an open space near the river. Later
| a picket line was established with
sentinels posted about 100 feet apart.
Among the party was a Civil War
veteran, who suggested a military
system of counter signs, so that the
sentinels might keep informed on the
movements of each other.
"The Grand Rounds was adopted
as the pass word. Through, the
clear night air." said Mr.. Ives, could
be heard every few minutes, the SEN
| tinel's call.
| I'VE were there to capture them
and were eager to get a shot at them.
I was deputized to make remon-
STRANGE. The leader promised to have
his men keep quiet, but at frequent
intervals, you would hear the cry
The Grand Rounds
"The result of it all was, we
learned years afterwards from Cole
Younger while he was at Saltwater
| that the robbers made good use of
our sentinel system to keep posted
on our positions. Later in the night
they slipped by one of our, guards
about one mile from our camp and
! eluded us.
"The James boys made good their
escape, but the Younger brothers,
handicapped by Bob Younger, who
was wounded, were captured later.
That's as near as we ever got to their
capture, and it's the first time
ever have told the story" concluded
| Mr. Ives. 80.