The Mankato free press., 1921-09-30
ACTS IN EARLY MORN
She ThWarted Safe Crack
ers At Eagle, Wis.
SAVEDTHE BANK$2O, 900
Her Heroic Action Scared Rob-
bcrs Away From Work; Posse
Seeks Robbers
UNITED Press Dispatch ]

Eagle, Wis, September 2S.-Fire
men early this morning robbed the
Eagle City Bang and escaped with sew
era: thousand dollars worth OF Llv-
eITy Bonds. The robbers entered The
hank by forcing the front door. After
opening the SAFETY deposit vault they
started 10 work on the main vault OIL
the bank. This caused an alarm 10
be turned into the Central Telephone
Station where Miss Louise Breiden-
bach, an operator, located in an eX-
change above the bank reported the
attempt being made TO rob the Dank;
The vault door had been tampered
with but the alarm sent IN prevented
the bandits from securing large
amount of securities and cash.
Hearing a noise in the bank Miss
BrieQenbach tried to get the officers
OF the bank, but found that all or the
wires had been cut. She Sneaked down
stairs and over private telephone
lmanaged to reach the casner, II. NJ:
Liebel, who called assistance and
started for the bank. AS soon as the
robbers heard them coming they rush
el. from the bank and made their sS
cape in a waiting automobile. A vol.
lev was fired by the posse, and one OF
the bandits fell, but was picked up By
his companions and taken away IN
the automobile.
Townsmen's Posse Organizes.
Eagle, Wis. September 2S.-The
courage and GOODNESS in emergency
OF one frail girl alone in the second
story exchange OF the telephone
company here, early this morning
thwarted safe crackers in an at
tempt to rife the vault and safety
deYosit boxes of the Bank Of Eagle,
the financial institution. of the veal
thy farmers for miles around.
BY reason of the girls action
$4,000 of the banks funds OF which
between $4,000 and $4,000 was in
currency were saved.
Seventy townsmen, armed with
shotguns, rifles, revolyers and pis-
tols, were routed out of bed by the
u,'ick thinking of the girl and laid
siege to the. bank where robbers
were at work looting safety deposit
boxes.
Robbers Returned Fire.
The robbers, returning the fire OF
the townsmen posse shot their way
through the front door of the bank
and ran half a mile to their secluded
automobile, engaged with a second
posse just then coming up, and es-
capped.
aided IN the fighting, told the story
over the long distance telephone. on
ore of the two remaining wires oper-
ating out of the town of Eagle this
morning.
THE bandits" he said, parked
their car in the Oakridge cemetery a
half mile frsn the bank. They
walked into town to the bank, ar
irving about one, With a crowbar
, and other tools they pried open the
front door of the bank after cutting
the cables to the telephone exchange.
They failed. however. to sever two
r~ivate lines running out Of the ex-,
change. -"
Girl Calls For Help.
Mis- sLTi:se Breidenbach. the night
teIer|hone operator, hearing the
front door of the bank being opened
started to call for help. She found
her switchboard dead. Turning then
to- the private lines she reached
Frank Jaken, an employe Of the
company and told him of the at
ternt to rob the bank. Jaken hnr-
rfed through the village rousing the
inhabitants and telling them to get
their guns"