The Ward County independent., 1921-06-02

State, county and city officials,
working in conjunction with each 9TH
er rounded up a bad bunch of yegg-
men on the Minot-Velva road, five
miles southeast OF Minot at 5:45
o'clock Monday morning. killing an
unidentified bank robber, wounding
another, who gave his name as
George Webber, by shooting him in
the calf of the right leg, and captur-
ing the third, grey haired individ-
ual who gave his name as Patrick
Farley, before he had time to jump
from the Buick automobile in which
the three were riding.
Blow Martin Bank.
The men were portion OF the
gang who blew the Martin State
the same morning. j. J. Baher,
president Of the bank had called on
the home Of young woman in the
country north of Martin Sunday night
and was returning to Martin about
three in the morning when he met
the Buick car in which the three men
were riding, about two miles north
of Martin. Baher noticed particular
ly that the Buick was travelling fast
and the driver attempted to force the
banker into the ditch, but Baher
was game and the Buick turned out
just in time to escape collision.
Baher drove into town and would no
doubt not have learned of the rob-
berry until in the morning, but it was
necessary for him to go thru the bank
in order to open the garage. AS he
stepped inside the door he stumbled
over litter the robbers had left on
the floor. Baher lost no time in tele-
phoning to the outside towns and
having met the robbers, was certain
they were heading north.
.Minot Notified
The Minot officials were among
the earliest notified and they lost no
time getting into action.
name "Shoot-to-kill Watkins" who
has caused many whiskey runner
to come to grief, got out his car and
summoned o. C. Redlin, his assistant,
Officer Lilly and Halle Hurd, a
young man who is being held in con-
nection with the theft Of three auto
mobiles.
Sheriff A. p. Scofield summoned
his deputy, Clarence Vandenoever
and his jailor, J. A. Mccartney, a
former Canadian machine gunner
with the-overseas forces. John Reed.
former police captain of the city Of
Minot, was also with <the sheriff's
car which took to the road east Of
tox ovIvy MI IN no
gravel pit two miles east of Minot.
Mysterious Ford Shows Up
While the sheriff's party was in
the gravel pit, a new Ford in which
two or three men were riding, came
tearing along the highway, westward
bound, going as fast as Ford can
60. The officers got into the road
and summoned the driver to stop, but
the car kept right on going as fast
as ever. Sheriff Scofield shot thru
the upper wind shield, breaking it.
The officers shot at the tires and at
the rear of the car. Mccartney used
a high power rifle, the others using
.38 and AS calibre revolvers. At the
time the officers did not know how
effectively they were shooting, but
A0U0I ~ was Ie0IHcu Iu0t 1OuI 0SHUtS
had taken effect in the Ford. One had
drilled a hole clear thru the differen-
tial. Another plowed thru the right
side of the back of the Ford and two
shots went thru the top. The sheriff
and his men experienced little diff
ficulty in getting their car out Of the
gravel pit, and when they did SO, gave
chase. The Ford was lost in Minot.
The last it was heard Of until Tues
day afternoon was when it was near
the Troy Laundry block. The fol-
lowing afternoon, the car was located
on the T. w. Mcintyre farm, ron the
North Burlington valley road, three
miles west Of Minot. It had been
left in possession of Mr.. Ward, the
man who rents the farm and Albert
Bertrand, employed on the farm. Both
Ward and Bertrand were arrested by
the city police and the Watkins
forces late Tuesday afternoon and
placed in the city Jail, where they
are held. Bertrand raised his right
hand annd swore to the Almighty be-
fore Capt. Brown that he didn't know
how the car came to be left at the
Mcintyre farm. The men who left
the car at the farm are undoubtedly
a part Of the gang who robbed the
Martin bapk and they are probably
in hiding in Minot now unless they
have been arrested prior to time Of
the Independents going to press.
Yeggman Killed
While the sheriff's posse was deal
ing with the mysterious Ford, the
Watkins car proceeded five miles
down the valley road to the Sundre