The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
YOUNG Man, BANDIT
KILLED BY OFFICER
Wayne Lidenberg, Formerly
of Sank Centre, Loses
Life in Battle
LEFT CITY ABOUT 1922
Attempting to Hold Up Oil
StatiOn-Had Checkered
Career of Crime

Many Sank Centre residents will
recall Wayne Lindenberg who re-
sided in this city with his parents
for several years prior to about
1922. He was mere lad when the
family left this city. After grow
ing to young manhood he had a
checkered career of crime, ending
with his killing by officers of the
law at Kansas City, Mo-, last
week. The following press dis
patches tell the story:
Kansas City, Aug. 8-Wayne Har-
old Lindenberg, of Fergus Falls
was one of the bandits killed here
in an attempt to stage a filling sta
ton robbery here yesterday it was
discovered today after an investi
cation of the attempted robbery.
The youth was killed in the act Of
staging the robbery.
Lindenberg was paroled inmate
of the st. Cloud reformatory in
Minnesota and fled from his home
at Fergus Falls where he had been
paroled to the sheriff of Ottertail
county when car which he drove
was concerned in an accident in
February. The youth thought, mis-
takenly, that he had killed the driv-
er of car which he struck and
ran away, breaking his parole.
His father, mother and divorced
wife survive him, but will not claim
the remains. The bandit was 26
years of age. He was sent to the
Minnesota institution from which
he was paroled for forgery in Now
er county two years ago.
Minneapolis, Aug. 8-One of
two men, shot and killed in a gun
battle at Kansas City with police
was identified by the Hennepin
County sheriff as Wayne H. Lid.
enberg, also Loring, a former resi-
dent of Minneapolis. He has more
recently made his home in Fergus
Falls.
Identification of the dead man
was made through the picture of.
a child found in his pocket.
Lindenberg was born in Fosston,
Minnesota, in the northern part of
the state. He was 26 years old.
Police records show that in March
1926 he entered the Minnesota state
reformatory after being convicted
in Mower county on a second de-
gree forgery charge.
He was reporting to Sheriff TIVE
ten at Fergus Falls, since his pa
role from the reformatory, but dis
appeared following an automobile
accident on the Breckenridge road
about month ago.
His companion at Kansas City
has not yet been identified.
1t is expected that the burial will
be at Kansas City.
Fergus Falls Tribune
Hugo Stotz took a photograph of
a young lady named Julia Knutson
on January IA, 1923. The record
went into his files. Yesterday he
was called on to search for that
record to learn what the girls
name was-and found it. Miss
Knutson married a young man
named Lindenberg, and afterwards
got divorce from him.
Last Friday night in Kansas CITY
two youn men, one dressed in sail
or costume, the other as a private
of the army, tried to rob Kansas
City filling station, got caught, ex-
changed shots with police, took
refuge in dug-out, and were final
ly captured when the reserves were
called out. They both died almost
at once from their wounds. A
photograph found on one of them
was one of the pictures taken by
Hugo Stotz six years ago. The girls
name was, Julia Knutson.
The Kansas City police wrote to
Chief Allen johnson, enclosing the
photograph, outlining the story,
and asking help. Chief johnson
was furnished a photo of one of
the men taken from his pockets.
and after locating the Knutson
photograph from Mr.. Stotz prose
cuted his inquiries until he had
located her former husband. The
name of the other bandit has not
yet been learned here.