The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-11-09

! hope he gets the bank robbers II
they are in that house,
$50 do l." said the lady across
the yard" for ! never saw SO many
men call at q place as they do over
there. oh dear, there they are max
ing a rush for the house. ] am going
in and lock the door," said the wo-
man as she scampered In when the
officers advanced on the house.
Bank At Mabel Robbed
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatch.l
Winona Mimi, November g.
Bandits entered the First National
bank at Mabel, near here, about q
q. m, today, blew open the safe and
escaped with about $1,000 In silver.
The safe was completely wrecked
and about $1,000 worth OF damage
was done to the interior OF the
building.
The robbers are believed to have
escaped on a handcar which was
found abandoned about q mile west
OF town this morning. The town was
completely, isolated, all telephone
and telegraph wires having been
cut
The robbery was not discovered
until $3.50 q. m, when a man going
to work noticed an open door and
window in the bank. z. J. Johnson,
assistant cashier, drove to Prosper,
the nearest town and notified Sheriff
Cyrus Christianson at Preston.
Follows st. Paul Robbery
st. Paul, November 6.-Bank rob-
bers raited two village banks in
Minnesota early today, getting ST.
500 in cash and bonds from the
Klossner State bank and $1,000 In
silver from the First National bank
at Mabel.
These depredations came while
search was at its height for the two
bandits who held UP the Grand Az
enue state bank In st. Paul yester-
day noon. escaping with $4,000 in
cash.
Five bandits were in the party
that swooped down on the little vii
lage OF .Klossner. five miles north
east Of New Ulm. and literally
SCATTERING the strong box.
The number engaged in the raid
on the First National bank at Mabel
was not learned, for first informa.
ton Of the robbery was obtained at
$50 a. m, when passerby discov-
cred an open door and window at
the bank.
Loot Of KIossner Robbery
The loot OF the Klossner robbery
included $500 in currency and sill
YER and $1,000 in liberty bonds, all
declared to be negotiable.
The bandits ss, entered the f town IL. IN
move wss to cut all wire communi-
action with the outside world.
Going to the bank, they forced
entrance and while three Of the
number kept guard, the other two
applied acetylene torches to the
vault, burning away the combina-
ton.
applied four charges Of nitro gly-
cerine to the inner safe, tearing the
door from its fastenings and
wrecking the interior OF the bank.
The explosions aroused the
townspecple. who number less than
100. but they were powerless to re-
guns kept the population indoors
until the bandits departure.
Immediately after the bandits left
the village. which was around three
a. m, messenger was sent to New
Tim to sound the alarm, and the
county authorities Immediately took
up the hunt, but MP to noon report
ed they were without tangible clues
to the whereabouts or identity of the
bandits.
Authorities Investigating the rob-
berry at Mabel, which is village Of
about 500 population in the southern
part of Fillmore county, believe the
robbers entered that place about
three a. m, and departed within an
hour.
Robbed st. Louis Bank
st. Louis Mo-, November 6.--Four
armed bandits today robbed the
Park SAVINGS bank, IN the South;
and escaped in an automobile.