The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-02-03
M|NOT Will HELP
PROSECUTE GANG
CANADIAN POLICE OFFICER Is
EXPECTED TO COME TO MI.
NOT THIS WEEK

Canadian officials are expected In
Minot this week to institute extradi-
tion proceedings against five men al
legged to have been implicated in the
hold up of the Robert Andrist home
near Wood End, Sask., a short dis
tance from Noonan, N ID. The holdup
and robbery committed in December,
was staged in traditional old western
style. The automobiles with seven men
in them drove up to the Andrist home,
where Carl Indahl and Lien of Noon
an, N. D. were spending the evening
with Andrist and his wife and after a
display of firearms, relieved Andrist
Of 16 cases of whiskey and slugged
him for not having more whiskey on
hand. While the whiskey bandits were
en- route to the American side of the
border, one of the cars, a Cole eight,
broke down and was hauled to Noonan
for repairs. Five Of the men accom-
panied the whiskey in the other car,
leaving two to wait for the damaged
car. The Noonan men who were in
the Andrist home when the robbery
took place identified the two the next
day and they were arrested and turned
over to the Canadian authorities.
The men gave their names as Theo-
dore "Ted" Olson and Robert Hurley
and were identified as having been en-
gagged in the whiskey running business
in and out of Minot. When arrested
they informed Canadian authorities
that they had been double crossed by
men higher up in the whiskey steal
ing business and gave the provincial
police information as to the where
abouts of the other five members of
the gang. "A colored man living in
Minot," was named as the brains of
the whiskey bandits but the Canadian
authorities declined to give out any
further information or make known
the names of the men alleged to be inn
plicated in the confession signed by
Olson and Hurley.
Police Commissioners Mahoney of
Regina held hearing in the case at
Weyburn last week and the victims
of the holdup, as well as Olson and
Hurley, gave evidence. Andrist pro-
duced letter he testified as having
received recently in which he was
warned should he give evidence in the
case he will have to bear the conse-
quences. The letter was signed by
'"The Baaze Runners Association" and
was mailed from Minot, according to
the postmark on the envelope. The
letter advised Andrist he could warn
Olson and Hurley that if they turned
kings witnesses, they had better book
passages for Europe as their days in
this country are numbered" The po-
lice are now in possession of the let
ter.
Corp. Molyneux of the Estevan de-
partment Of the provincial police was
instructed by Commissioner Mahony
to come to Minot and have the other
five alleged bandits arrested.
Chief of Police Mcdonald stated
that the Canadian officer has not yet
arrived in M:not but when he comes
he will be given the cooperation of
the Minot police department, adding
that the gang Of whiskey runners and
bandits operating in Northwestern
North Dakota is not wanted in Minot
and this city will feel relieved if tho
Canadian authorities have sufficient
evidence on which to arrest them and
have them sentenced to terms in Can
adian penitentiaries.- Minot Daily
News.