The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-10-02

the railroad station half a mile away.
The first posse took up the trail, and
hundreds Of men and boys, armed with
pitchforks, clubs, shotguns and rifles,
followed in the chase.
Farmhouses and the other towns
for miles about poured out their men
to join the hunt. Before daylight
1000 armed men were beating the
cornfelds and underbrush in closing
circle, hoping~to trap the bandits at
the center. Sheriffs in adjoining coun-
ties blocked the roads with detach-
ments Of deputies.
All day Sunday, Sunday night and
Monday thousands of armed men, in
GLIDING a number. from Princeton,
secured the country in an attempt to
round up the fugitives, but without
avail. Some of those in the hunt were
boys and girls. Airplanes were
brought into requisition, and blood
hounds trailed the murderers for sew
eral miles but lost the scent at farm
house.
On Sunday night the hunt for the
bandits turned northward, Sheriff Tiff
receiving telephone message that a
horse and buggy had been stolen from
John Nelson, five miles north of Elk
River.
Posses on the new trail found the
stolen horse and buggy abandoned
four miles beyond the farm. The ban
dts had gone on in small automo-
bile which they had stolen in Crown.
Fourteen miles farther on they
wrecked the car and stole another,
touring car, in Grown township and
escaped. Sheriff Tiff, with Is heavily
armed deputies in swift motorcars,
took the trail of the second stolen auto
but failed to overtake the yeggs, who
probably reached Minneapolis and are
in hiding.
On Tuesday night two posses from
here, one led by Sheriff Shockley and
the other by Deputy Tom ;Yottcn, re-
sponded to phone call from Spencer
Brook and covered that territory, but
were unable to locate the murderers.
They found, however, that telephone
wires had been cut at Spencer Brook
and other indications that the yeggs
had been in that territory. Armed
men are still securing the countryside
in hopes of running down the BAN
dts.
Sheriff Shockley, while at Spencer
Brook on Tuesday night, met two de-
tectives who had followed the bandits
from Minot to Kingston, but there
lost track of them. The detectives
told the sheriff that the yeggmen,
whom they know by sight, are among
the most notorious in the country
and that one of them served nine
years in the penitentiary for safe
blowing. They have been operating
in the Dakotas robbing banks and
probably have 100000 in their pos
session, said the detectives, who have
gone to the twin cities to continue the
hunt.
The funeral of the murdered deputy
was held from St. Stephens Catholic
church, Anoka, yesterday morning
and thousands Of people attended the
obsequies.
Edward H. Foley, the slain deputy,
was a true American whose friends
he could number by the hundred. Ed.
had no known enemies unless they
were law violators whom he had
brought to justice. He was absolute
ly fearless in the performance Of his
duties, kind hearted, and honorable in
his business transactions It is pity,
indeed, that his life should have been
taken by the hand of a murderer. He
is survived by his wife, who is suffer-
ing from nervous breakdown; one
daughter, Lucille, aged II, and son,
Merton, aged 8.
To Mrs. Foley and the children the
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