New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-05-22
BAD CHARACTER SHOT BY ED
CUTTING OF SLEEPY EYE
AFTER ROBBERY
MAN TKOT TO HAVE BELONGED
TO GANG THAT ROBBED
GOLDEN SALOON

Ole Olson, known also as "Red Pete,
a stranger in Sleepy Eye, bled to death
in the railroad yards within half block
of the Leona hotel. Red Pete came to
Sleepy Eye last Thursday and registered
under the name of Ole Olson and took
room. Saturday night he was in the
bar room with others and when 1000
o'clock came they were ordered out as
the bartender, Otto Branz was ready to
close up and all left except the stranger
who went to the office and turned out
the light while Branz was counting the
money in the register. The latter
went forward to turn on the light again
when Red Pete poked gun into his
ribs and told him to throw up his hands.
This Branz did post haste and he was
then told to go to the register and get
S65, the sum Red Pete said he needed.
The bartender complied with the re-
quest and turned over to him the $685.
that was in the register.
Threatens Death
While this scene was being enacted,
someone appeared at the rear door and
Olson told this party to get out and stay
out. AS soon as he had the money he
retreated, keeping the bartender covered
and telling him he would kill him if he
breathed word to anyone. When the
fellow backed out, some of the girls
working at the hotel saw him and they
thot the whole proceeding rather strange
and started to make an investigation.
They found Branz in the cellar way
and he was evidently almost scared to
death, because he remained there for
almost half an hour and. refused to say
anything. Finally the girls got him to
come out and he then told them what
had happened. Landlord Landskron
and wife were away from home and the
employees were badly frightened.
Cutting Secures Gun
They immediately called up the
Grimes & Wiedenmann garage across the
street and Grimes responded. After a
hurried conference they decided to call
the police and give the alarm. Just then
Ed Cutting who was on his way home
came along and seeing some people
standing at the hotel, he walked up and
asked what the trouble was and they
told him. In the meantime Branz had
secured shot gun which Cutting told
-Brapz to turn over to him,
Bad Man Returns
While they were still standing there
Red Pete came back and went up stairs
to his room which was in the further
house on the lot and got some beer
which he had bought earlier in the eve
ming. He Immediately started for the
railroad yards. Cutting followed him
and told him to throw up his hands.
Cutting hardly had said this when Red
Pete wheeled around and said Glands
what?' and fired at Cutting. TIE
revolver used was an old style 1920
Colts and is known as western gun,
the kind used by cowboys. Cutting
Immediately dropped on his knee and
fred a shot at the retreating figure
aiming to hit him in the leg The shot
struck the fellow in the left leg and he
gave yell Of pain and limped away.
Find Man Dead
About this time the police and others
hove into sight and the excitement in
creased Considerable time was taken
up discussing the situation and devising
plans how to get the robber. All were
d little timid about going in among the
cars and almost half hour elapsed be-
fore a search was made when the man
was found near Track 3, where he had
bled to death. In one hand he held the
revolver with the hammer open and in
the other a cigar.
Nothing To Identify Him
A message was sent to Coroner Reineke
but on account of his absence from home
the message was delivered to Sheriff
julius and he caught freight to Sleepy
Eye. After he had gotten into COM
munication with Deputy Coroner DR..
Geo. B. Weiser who gave permission to
remove the body, the, corpse was taken
to Buenger's undertaking rooms. There
was found on his person the sum OF
$685. which he had secured at the Hotel
Leona and also $13.25 of other money
There we're also in his pocket several
knives and a razor but nothing tt
Identify him by. The next day when q
search was made in his room another
$50 was found under rug in the room
Probably Golden Robber
The Sheriff is inclined to believe that
he is one of the party who held up the
Golden saloon Wednesday night anc
that the money he had on his person
and stored away was his part of the
swag. An examination of the >revolve,
showed that the shell had burst when
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