The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-03

$3.50 and $500. Uttering more threats
of dire consequences to those present
he put the gun under his coat and
walked around the library building.
Boards ScObey Car
A car owned by the Westland Oil
Company of Scobey just pulled up
to the curb at the time. Russell com
manded the driver to back up and
head the car towards Scobey. He
entered the automobile and according
to the driver put the gun to his ribs
and ordered him to- drive to ScObey.
The driver, Clarence Nelson, states
that Russell asked him if he hand any
money and told him that if he had he
better fork it over"
About a mile west of town Russell
told Nelson to get out, the latter
states, and the robber took the wheel
himself. Persons who met the car
on the road towards Sccbey state
that it passed them at a furious rate
of speed.
Impact With Cow Wrecks Car
About three miles west of Plenty
wood, Kermit johnson, son of Selmer
Johnson, was herding some COWS.
Russell, who evidently saw a car fol-
lowing him, did not slow down when
he saw the herd of cattle. The re-
suit was that he ran into the herd
and had a head on collision with a
cow which brought his car to an
abrupt stop amidst a shower of fly
ing glass and wreckage. When
Russell got out of the car a cow was
killed and the leg of another broken.
BY this time a tourist was passing
from whom Russell got a ride. The
car being evidently driven at a pace
too slow to suit the holdup man, he
jumped off and ran fir the hills.
Farmer Gives Chase
Selmer Johnson at this time was
giving chase to the man who killed
his COW. When County Attorney
Erickson and Deputy Sheriffs Rookie,
Bantz and Gallagher arrived on the
scene they found Johnson chasing
Russell, armed with a rock. Johnson
all the time was unaware that the
man he was following was a desper-
ate criminal, armed to the teeth.
Russell had gained too much of a
start to be Overtaken by Johnson or
found by the officers, even though
they cOmbed the country fer miles.
He had disappeared in the breaks and
waited for the cover of darkness to
cloud the vision of his pursuers. Lat
er it was learned that an accomplice
had made connections with Russell
and driven him in high powered car
in the direction of Minot in the gray
dawn of the following morning. He
was seen passing through Medicine
! Lake at a. m. Monday where he
stopped for few minutes.
Strange, Silent Man
Russell has been in the vicinity of
Plentywood for several weeks. He
was regarded as a strange, silent
man, who did not mix very much with
people. But some say that he is one
OF the most dangerous criminals in
the west, having served time in the
/ Washington and Wisconsin peniten-
tiaries. He chose the time for his
holdup with a good deal of judgment
and evidently watched for Officers
BantZ and Rookie who wOre on the
streets for a few minutes previously
to &c to supper Policeman Aldrich
was on shift but busy with the light
ing system in another part of town
at the time. Few people on the
streets knew that the holdup was tax
] ing place inside the Mint at the time
it was staged and the bandit made
his. getaway so suddenly that the
posses had not much chance of over
taking him. In the excitement his
accomplices also disappeared before
they could be apprehended by the au-
thorities.