The Ward County independent., 1921-06-02
Martin t>xnk Robbers
Ar Yted Near Minot

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some of the money in the woods, but
hardly probable. Weber appeared to
be very much frightened.
Armed To the Teeth
The Buick car was not damaged in
the least except that one hole had
been shot through it. Officer Redlin
believes that the hole was made by
one of the yeggmen shooting at the
officers. The yeggmen were prepar-
ed to give the officers hard battle
is certain, for they were armed to
the teeth, and had they succeeded in
getting into the timber, there might
have been another story.
Watkins drove the robbers car,
fine 1920 Buick, to Minot where an
effort is being made to ascertain who
the owner is. That it is "hot" car
is certain, for the numbers on it have
been filed off and changed.
Farley and Weber were brought in
to the city in the sheriff's car. The,
body of the dead man was brought
in by the police patrol and placed in
viewed by thousands. Weber was
taken to St. Joseph's hospital where
the county physician dressed the
wound. 1t was found that the .32 bull
let had passed thru the fleshy part Of
the calf of the right leg, flattening
itself against the bone. The bone was
uninjured. Weber pretends to be
very sick man, but he was guarded
night and day while in the hospital.
He was removed to the county Jail on
Wednesday and will be taken to Nc
Clusky, the county seat of Sheridan
county within day or two, there to
be tried.
Early Trial
Martin is located in Sheridan coun.
ty. Sheriff Ernest Siegele of Sheri-
dan county and his deputy, w. J.
Hirning, arrived in Minot by auto
mobile early Tuesday morning and
took Patrick Farley back with them.
District court opened in McClusky on
Wednesday before Judge w. L. Nues-
sic Of Bismarck and Farley will be
given a triol Immediately. There is
the strongest kind Of case against
him and those long slender fingers
Of his ought to become very deft in
making twine As no one occupied
either of the buildings at Martin
burglarized, as living quarters, Far
ley is apt to get off with ten years.
According to the North Dakota law,
burglar. breaking into a home may
get life. McClusky has poor sort of
a Jail with only two cells and Sheriff
Siegels states that his prisoner will
be guarded very closely.
The Reward
The reward Of $4,000 for the cap
ture Of the bank robbers will be di-
vided equally among the officers of
the sheriff, city police and state en-
forcement department.
The Robbery
The Martin State Bank was blown
about 2:30 o'clock Monday morning.
Martin is small town on the 500
and the robbers had laid their plans
well. There is only one bank, two
general stores and garage in the
town. Christ Heer, proprietor of the
Martin Pioneer Store, had gone to
Valley City on business and his wife
had gone to Anamoose to attend
church. Geo. Martin, the other mer-
chant was slumbering peacefully
The yeggs broke into the bank from
the rear and blew hole in the vault
with nitro glycerine, large enough
for man to enter. The explosion
wrecked some of the safety deposit
boxes and the robbers lost no time in
throwing everything that, looked like
money or securities in four gunny
sacks. In their hurry they took great
stacks Of cancelled checks, notes that
had been paid, notes yet unpaid, $3.50
worth Of Liberty bonds, 500 in War
Savings stamps and $146.OO worth of
silver which the bank used for change.
This was all found in the rear of the
Buick and was turned back to the
president, j. ]. Braher, of the bank
who came to Minot early Tuesday.
The robbers failed to crack the small
safe in the vault, which contained
about 100000 in currency. The
bank was insured for $1O,OOO.OO
against burglary, the policy being
carried by the Minot Insurance Agen-
cy.
Christ Heer Heavy Loser
Christ Heer, proprietor of the Pio-
neer Store, ana very prosperous
merchant, was heavy loser. The
yeggmen> entered his store and blew
his big safe, getting $1,150.OO worth
Of Liberty bonds and $315.OO in cash.
Mr.. Heer was holding big clearance
sale and the robbers undoubtedly
knew that he had considerable cur
rency in the safe. Neither the money
nor the bonds taken from the Heer
store has been recovered and without
any question, others connected with
the robbery have escaped with this
portion Of the loot. The Heer store
lost about $500 worth Of silks and
only about $4,000 worth were in the
Buick. Mr.. and Mrs. Heer visited
Minot Tuesday afternoon and identi-
fled the silk as theirs. They found
the .wrappings from their other silk
which is missing. About $500 worth
Of Georgette crepe and crepe de chine