The Ward County independent., 1921-06-02
Martin Bank Robbers
Arrested Near Min0t
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Arrested Near MinOf
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in the door cut the raincoats in two
as though the work was done by
shears. The robbers smashed the
cash register and ruined it. Mr.. and
Mrs. Heer have recovered only 18
bolts of silk, about $4,000 worth and
consider themselves heavy losers.
Advance Man
Hanging around Martin for four
days prior to the robbery, was the
yeggs' advance man, a grey haired
heavy set fellow, feet inches tall,
weighing about 165 pounds, who pre-
tended that he wanted to buy the
Martin pool holl. He came in on the
train and left on the train shortly be-
fore the robbery undoubtedly meet
ing his pals up the line and returning
with them to direct the affairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heer spied young
man in Minot who had been seen
hanging around Martin and he is
being held by the city police.
Steal Ford at Martin
The Ford car recovered at the Nc
Intyre farm near Minot, belongs to
Anton Knodel, of Martin, brother of
the garage owner, in that town.
Knodel bought the car new just a
week before the robbery. The car was
stolen from the garage the same
morning the robbery was committed.
Undoubtedly the men doing the job
drove to Martin in the Buick but find
ing they had too much plunder, divid-
ed the spoils and placed part of them
in the Ford, Without a question
Christ Heer's Liberty bonds, cash,
jewlry and the remainder of his silk
are in the possession Of them who in
the Ford the sheriff tried to, in
tercept early Monday morning.
Knodle came to Minot Tuesday af-
ternoon and identified his car but
the officers will not permit him to
take it for few days, awaiting de-
velopments.
The robbers broke into Geo. Finne-
mans shed at Martin stealing gaso-
line for their journey to Minot.
Sheriff Scofield has one Of the best
outfits of burglars tools ever seen
in the city, taken from the robbers
Buick. The outfit consists of soap,
fuse, drills, hack saw, pinch bar, stone
hammer, bootle Of nitro-glycerine,
enough to blow up the city Of Minot,
and dynamite caps. An automatic
shot gun was also found in the car.
The Inquest
An autospy was held over the
body Of the unknown robber Monday
afternoon by DR.. Parker. The bull
let which entered the front part of
the neck had been DETECTED and was
found way down behind the right
kidney. Death had been instantan-
eous. In searching for the bullet, DR..
Parker discovered a number of bird
shot in the mans lungs, the result of
some previous shooting affair. 1t
was also shown that the man was .
tubercular.
The inquest was held before DR..
Parker, appointed by Coroner Pence,
Monday evening at 600 o'clock. The
jury comprised Max johnson, A. b.
Dill and John Nelson. Witnesses
were examined in an effort to learn
the identity of the man. His pals
won't say word. Weber, the wound
ed robber, claims he was hired by the
man who was killed to drive the car
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nurse in st. Joseph's hospitol that
he had a wife in st. Paul. An Inde-
pendent representative visited IL
hospital and asked Weber few ques-
tions, but learned very little. Weber
pretended to be very i'll. He is dark
complexioned man, about 40 or Is
years old, with black hair. He has .
scar along the entire side Of the face
and has two gold teeth. He is about
feet five inches tall and weighs
about $50 pounds.
v. A. Asplund, Of the Asplund Gar
age, who had done work for the dead
man, identified him as a man who
called himself Bailey and for whom
he had done work during the past
year. Bailey woud appear at the
garage first with a Stutz, then 1
Cadillac or Buick, generally some dif.
ferent car, but always first class
one. Oscar Webb, ,colored, said that
he had seen Bailey at his place but
did not know him personally. An cf.
fort is being made to determine whe.
ther the Buick driven by Bailey, might
not have at one time been owned by
Webb.
It is reported that Webb own,
more than one car, but on the stant
he testified that he owned only {
Buick roadster which is now at Dew
ills Lake.
We visited the county Jail and talk
ed with Patrick Farley. He didn'
say much-merely that he had caugh
a ride at Velva. He was in cell Wit
) Charlie Belanger, Minot man await