The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-05-07
BANDIT CAPTURED
BY REDWOOD FALLS
MAN in WISCONSIN
Second SanbOrn Bandit Is TAX
en- After Robbing Wisconsin
Bank Thursday
GETS THIRTY-FIVE YEARS

Bank Thursday
GETS THIRTY-FIVE YEARS
A. B. COan, Redwood Falls, Does
Excellent Work in Man Hunt;
Claims Reward
Jerome j. Bliss, partner in crime
of Nicholas Gray Carey, who was
sentenced to Saltwater here re-
Gently for the robbery Of the SAM
born bank, was captured at a farm
house near Alma, Wisconsin last FRI
day. He was captured and arrested
by A. B. Coan of Redwood Falls af-
ter various Wisconsin possemen and
deputy sheriffs refused to enter the
house in which he lodged for the
night. Coan, seemingly justified, will
claim the reward offered by the Wis
consin authorities.
Last Thursday, Bliss in company
with two Chicago girls and Larry
Doyle Martjnson, former Minneapolis
man, drove into the town of Nelson,
Wisconsin, and stopped in front of
the First National Bank. Here Bliss
stepped out of the car, and according
to the confession of the trio remain
ing in the car, who claimed they
were innocent, stated that he had
some collections to make at the bank.
Here the youthful bandit interrupt
ed directors meeting and made
away with several thousand dollars.
He came out to the car and ordered
Martinson to drive away.
The car left Nelson on slippery
roads and ran into the ditch several
miles out Of town. Bliss and the
three, others left the car and made
their way to a farm house and hired
the man to transport them away, the
farmer not hearing of the robbery at
that time. Transportation was fur
nished them for several miles, after
which the farmer left them and they
were forced to visit another farm
house:
1t was at the second house that
the authorities, hot on their trail
came upon Bliss and the others in
the party. The three did not make
any attempt to escape, although Bliss
made his getaway when he saw the
car loaded with possemen approach
ing.
A searching party which terminate
ed thirty-six hours after the robbery
in which Bliss was taken by Coan,
was formed and the hills around that
part of Wisconsin were secured for
the fugitive.
A call was put in Immediately for
the blood hounds owned by Sheriff
L. j. Kise of Redwood Falls. At the
time the call came in Sheriff and
Mrs. Kise were in Minneapolis where
they expected to return check forg-
er to the Redwood county Jail. Coun-
ty Attorney Leon H. Brown and A.
B. Coan left Immediately with the
dogs and met Mr.. and Mrs. ,Kise in
Glencoe. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Kise
Joined the party and arrived in Alma,
Wisconsin, at FIVE o'clock that eve
ming, after driving through a severe
rain storm.
They drove to Waumadee, Wiscon-
sin. about forty miles northeast of
Nelson, where Bliss was reported to
have been seen. Bliss was in the
wood eight miles out of Waumadee,
but because of the severe storms the
dogs were not used to any great adj
vantage.
A. b. Coan and several others of
the party were lodged at Waumadee
for the night, while Mr.. and Mrs.
Kise and others returned to Alma.
The following morning the chase was
again on, which resulted in the party
of which Mr.. Coan was a part, COM
ing to the farm house where Bliss
had asked for food and lodging for
the night.
After the refusal of the deputies,
who were in the party, to enter the
house and take the fugitive, and who
gave as an excuse that they should
wait for the sheriff to arrive. Coan
asked one of the deputies for his
handouts. Upon being told that he
did not have pair along, Coan un-
fastened the lead chain from one of
the dogs and entered the house, go
ing directly to the room occupied by
Bliss. Here he covered the bandit
with his gun, fastened the chain
about Bliss neck and led him out
under arrest. The party went back
to Waumadee and later to Alma
where Bliss was lodged in Jail.
1t was in Alma that several claims
for the reward were made by various
possemen and by the farmer who
furnished lodging for Bliss, not
knowing that he was the robber OF
(Continued on Pare Twelve.)