Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-17

States commissioner and was held to
await action of the United States dis
trict o TT here.
The complaint charged him with
attempting to rob the United States
mails and with assaulting q United
States mail clerk.
The prisoner acted as his " at
all bu t one Of the prosecution wit
nesses. He sad he did not want to
offer ar evidence in his own behalf.
Herman F. Inderlied Of Phoenix,
the mail clerk who was In charge OF
the a and who captured Gardner,
was the first witness.
About ten minutes before the train
was due to leave for Los Angeles, he
got out Of his q to get the mai
from a drop box at the station. leav-
ing his revolver on the table, he tes-
titled.
When he returned to the car, he
said, he was confronted by a masked
man who pointed a revolver towards
his head and ordered him to hold UP
his hands and to back into the cor
her.
Did Not Hold Up His Hands.
II started backing, but did not hold
up my hands," he said. "All the time
l was trying to convince the masked
man that there was nothing Of value
in the mail in my car. I don't know
why | didn't hold up my hands"
When he got into the corner. he
said, the bandit ordered him to lie
down OF his stomach. and he started
to do so. As he started to get down,
he said. the bandit put his hands al
the back of 1nderlied's head and
showed him. Then, he said. he start
ed to straighten up. but only got high
enough to see the gun held in the
Others hand.
II made a grab for it and got hi.
wrist Inderlied testified. Then We
started scuffling and wrestling @
Finally, he testified, the bandi
changed the gun from his right hand
to his left, and tried to club with it
but lnderlied caught that hand. A
last, he said, both fell down and con,
tinued wrestling but finally he got OF
top of the bandit and got possession
of the gun. About that time, he testi
fled, help arrived in response to hi
calls.
In reply to questions asked b,
Gardner, Jnderlied admitted that tn,
bandit had numerous chances to shoe
him both before and during tn,
scuffling.
Inderlied said he kept the g~unstocl
away from the bandit until he return
ed from his RUIZ today when he turn
ed it owe to the officers. He identified
five bullets as those he had take,
from the gun. Two OF the bullets ha,
wooden noses and tho two others ha,
lead noses.
J.. Z. Wilke, special agent of tn,
department of justice. who followe,
Jnderlied on the stand, said Gardne
told him that the bullets were 50 ar
ranged hat in case he had'to fire, tn
wooden-nosed ones would 60 first
| Gardner explained. according t
Wilke, that the wooden-nosed bullet
contained small shot that prohabl
would stop a man without killing him
Gardner was under two sentence
of twenty-five years each when h
escaped from Mcneil Island.
Tells of Escape
Gardner today told Sheriff job
Montgomery and newspapermen no,
he escaped from Mcneil island, III
said that for three days after he cs
capped from the guards during a pris
on baseball game he hid in the prise.
barn, in the hay loft and twice h
heard guards who were searching 70
him. He was wounded twice in hi
dash for freedom.
During his stay on the island tn
food and drink problem was solve
by a big dairy, he said. About. 4
cows were quartere1 near his hidin
place and every night Gardner woul
go milking. H.. @.n
Gardner hid in the brush for &tw
days after leaving lther~haylos1san
then swan to the mainland. He. we
weak from loss of blood, he said, bt
he did not mind the cod once he ha
gotten into the water.
He reached San Francisco abou
September %, and in his entire trip I
Phoenix he met WITH no trouble. One
in Raymond. Washington, he said. /