The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
BELIEVE They HAVE
THIRD man in CASE
MAN SUBJECTED OF CONNECTION
WITH WILLIAMS MURDER
ARRESTED LAST WEEK
WANTED AT TOLEDO OHIO
c. E. BROWN WITH A NUMBER
OF ALIASES HAS A VERY
BAD RECORD

The following from the Long Pfalfle
Leader will be of especial interest to
Herald readers:
Detectives of the service depart
ment of the Minnesota State Bankers
association believe they have got the
third man who was in the robbers car
the night George Williams was muir
dered here in Long Prairie.
'"The man is C. E. Brown, whose
home is in San Francisco, and who
has been connected with bank rob-
bling gangs in the state for some time
past. When arrested at Davenport,
Iowa, he was going under the name
of E. F. Saunders.
Gle will not be tried for the Will
liams murder, as he was arrested for
robbing the postoffice at Toledo, Ohio.
and is now on his way to Ohio for
trial.
"The story of how Brown, alias
Saunders, was captured is as follows:
"For several months a group of
bank burglars have been operating
within easy driving distanc of the
Twin Cities. Apparently they were
extraordinarily clever, for in but few
instances were they ever seen and few
clews were left by them from which
to work. They were also so clever
with gas torches that almost new
epoch was opened up in bank burglary
for they demonstrated that they could
burn into steel safe without destroy
ing the contents. AS simple a thing
as a tin funnel left at the Hanover
State Bank enabled Detective Brown
to conneat. a suspicious bunch who
were livh I'm a good residence pr
ton of Minneapolis with the attempt
at Hanover. The tinsmfth who made
the funnel was located and the case.
was very clear, but the birds had
flown about twenty-four hours before
their house was visited. Evidence was
secured that stolen securities taken
from the bank of Maiden Rock, Wis
consin, were burned in the CRATE at
this cottage. By excellent work it was
learned that the people had left the
place between darkness and daylight
and definite information was secured
that they had gone to Davenport,
Iowa. Two trunks were shipped by
express and car was driven through
A description of the car and its Ii
cense number were telegraphed to tn
chief Of police at Davenport, also the
street and number where the trunks
were delivered with the request for
the arrest of E. F. Saunders.
From the description of the car, the
police at Davenport were able to To-
cate the garage which was used by
Saunders and laid in wait for him.
When he drove in, he WIS commando
to hold up his hands, bf instead he
pulled a gun and shot Officer James
Carroll three times before he was over
powered. At the address to which tn
trunks were sent James Barris and
Lee Curtis, alias Tony Lewis, Bed
ford Tony, etc., were arrested, togeth
er with women posing as their wivc
and Goldie Cope, Saunders alleged
wife. They are held as accomplice
and charged with having burglar tools
in their possession.
detective Brown was in Davenport
the morning following the arrest and
as soon as he saw the man he identi-
fed him as G. E. Braun, alias Nathan
Otterbeck, alias James Colson, alias
Canada Dutch, alias George Burns,
alias E. F. Saunders, notorious bank
bandit, murderer and robber.
On February II, 1921, the postof-
flee at Toledo, Ohio, was held up an
robbed of nine mail sacks entailing a
loss of approximately a, million and a
half dollars. Five men were engaged
in this robbery, one of whom was this
man, Saunders. Three of them are in
Leavenwcrth prison, one is at large,
having broken Jail and now, by t.,
capture of Saunders, the principals in
this crime have been accounted fo
Saunders is also wanted for the muir
der of a policeman in San Francisco
and in all probability he is the man
who escaped when the marshal at
Long Prairie was hot, following the
burglary of the Farmers State Bank
at Hewitt.
Detective Brown of the Bankers
association is one of the most expert
enced bank, robber detectives in the
United States and has a long recor
of successful 'ferreting out and solv
ing of bank robberies. He was here
at the time of the arrest and trial Of