The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-22
BANDITS FAIL
TOSTART AUTO;
ARE CAPTURED
Frank H. Adams, Bismarck,
Railway Mail Clerk. Held
Up With Gums
MOST OF LOOT FOUND
One Registered Package, Be
lieved To Contain Curren.
cy, Still Missing

~HanklnsOn, N. d., July %.
-(AP) - Three unmasked
bandits who held up the mail
clerk on the Hankinson-Bis-
marck 500 line train shortly
before 5 a. m. here today were
captured within two hours o:
the robbery and all their loot,
except one package of regis
tered mail, was recovered.
The missing package, thought
to contain currency; is be-
lieved to have been hidden by
one Of the robbers before he
was captured. One registered
mail package which contained
$1,000 in currency had been
opened. but was found in the
rear seat of the automobile in
which the trio had planned to
make their getaway.
Inability to get their car
started and prompt action by
D. S. McIlwais, deputy sheriff,
and Mail Clerk Frank H. Adams of
Bismarck resulted in the capture.
The three robbers separated when
started and were all arrested ut diff
ferent times.
YeRgs From Minneapolis
One Of the bandists, George NJ,
mas, who gives his address AZ l4l0
Fifteen Avenue North, Minneapolis,
wAa taken 2h miles north Of town
after q farmer had telephoned that
stranger was passing his farm.
The other twe. .hendits. both Of
whom were captured In Hankinson,
gave their names as Louis E. Roy,
433l Grand Avenue South, Minneapo-
lis, and Mike Sozemski, 1706 Grand
Street Northeast. Minneapolis.
Nirmas and Rov entered the mail
tar and each jabbed gun into
ADAMS side, according to the mail
clerks story: Adams was engaged in
transferred to his train from train
No. los, the main line train from
Minneapolis. Both trains were
standing in the yards when the hold
up was staged.
The two bandits bound Adams and
then looted the registered m.il
pouch. The third man was waiting
. in the automobile which was parked
across the street from the station,
along side the Commercial hotel.
Adama' Shouts Bring Help
Soon after the two bandits jumped
- ~sA -
istered mail, Adams shouted. In re-
sponse to his cry for help . man
working in q nearby express car,
! jumped into the mail car and freed
Adams Of his bonds.
The two rushed into the railway
! lunchroom and notified McIlwais,
deputy sheriff, Of the robbery. Me-
Ilwais, who had just completed trans
ferring mail from one train to an
/ other. was eating lunch and his truck
was outside. The men jumped into
j the truck and drove around town
looking for q trace Of the bandits.
They found a man lettering in an
!, alley, and arrested him a. a suspect.
He gave his name as Louis f. Roy.
| Minneapolis. Proceeding, they spot
ted another stranger calmly sitting
on the sidewalk. This was Mike
| SOzemSkl, upon WhOm 0ll the loot,
except two registered mail pieces,
was found.
Nirmas was found hiding in . field
after q farmer had telephoned that
ne saw u stranger walking along the
railway tracks near his place. No
loot was found on him.
| Deny Part In Robbery
4 Adams identified both Nirmas and
Roy % his assailants. Both prison
ers. being questioned in Wahpeton
today, .refnsed 70 admit their part
in the holdup.
i Soxemski claimed that he knew
nothing Of the intentions Of the other
pair to hold up = train. He declared
that Roy and Nifmas hired him in
Minneapolis to take them to visit
some relatives near Hankinson.
The missing package IL believed
to contain $4,000 in. currency.