The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-10-30

MERIDEN-Two bandits who smeared their
faces with charcoal aided by third accomplice in
waiting automobile, forced employee and a Gus
toner of the First State Bank of Meriden to lie
the floor, ransacked the institution of approximately
$780, and escaped after forcing their victims in the
vault today.
Meriden is little community of approximately
100 inhabitants and is in Steele county, miles west
of Owatonna and six miles east of Waseca. It is 81
miles from the Twin Cities.
The holdup the Oath bank robbery in Mime
sofa this year. Since the robbery of the bank of Will
mar July 18th, the bank has reduced the amount of
cash hand from approximately $4,000 to $780,
All it's bonds and securities kept in the First
curity Bank in st. Paul.
CUSHING Another mysterious fire hit Cushing
Friday night when the general store belonging to l.
J. Ramlo destroyed at loss estimated between
$4,000 and $4,000 Insurance of approximately $4,000
was carried, it was reported
Flames discovered at A. M. by passing
motorist, who aroused Mr.. Ramlo and other villag-
ers About half of the merchandise valued between
$500 and 1000 and all the fixtures rescued
from flames by volunteers Because of the high wind
saving of the 40 by 80 foot, onestory frame struc
ture hopeless task. The only nearby building
the Northern Pacific station the not in
danger because the gale was carrying the flames in
the opposite direction.
Apparently the fire originated in an oil room in
the rear of the store but reason for it's catching
During the past year the Cushing hotel and a
barn have mysteriously burned. garage set
afre almost within sight of the owner, who
guarding the place from the inside. The flames
then quickly extinguished and the garage door
found saturated with kerosene
LITTLE FALLS-Frank Puchala, 49, was found
by the side of the road, fatally injured Monday He
was taken to hospital but died shortly after his
arrival Authorities at first believed Juchaa to have
been struck by hit-run driver but that theory is
not definitely established It learned later from
fellow workmen who said they believed Puchalla
had 5000 with him when he was seen late Saturday
He had no money on his person when his crippled
body picked up by the side of the road. Puchal
Ia died Of internal injuries and nine broken ribs
SLEEPY EYE-A marble. which little David
Peterson swallowed, became lodged in mis- throat
Monday afternoon and had not been for the time
y assistance of his mother the lad might choked
to death The boy is the three and onehaf year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson. The mother was
attracted to the bedroom by the childs choked cry
and seeing the lump in the throat where the marble
had lodged realized Immediately what happened and
helped the child swallow the marble. The boy al
though nearly choked to death by the large glass
marble, seems to have suffered serious injury
WADENA-With the arrest of John Giles and J.
B. Fisher and their conviction of the robbery of a
bank at Genoa Nebraska, on September o. the slay-
ing of series of robberes in Minnesota North Da-
kota and Nebraska were cleared up. The two men
have been sentenced to 40 years in the Nebraska pen
itentiary and third man, who participated in the
fatal shooting of Martin Johnson, the policeman
cording to the confessions of the youths, is Tex
Among the crimes confessed by the pair are the
ootng of general store at Verndale, oil station
at New York Mills where $3.50 was taken and gar
age at New York Mills which lost a smaller
amount; hardware store at Bertha where the res
idents were aroused and the bandits barely escaped
and hardware store at Hewitt where a shotgun
was taken also general stores at Hennng and at
Bertha $50 pairs of trousers IA shirts and two dozen
pairs of gloves were taken from the latter store All
of these crimes were committed during the latter
part of August and early September.
MINNEAPOLIS F. Jones, the man who
built up Longfellow geological gardens and presented
the tract to Minneapolis, died recently at his home
He 70 years old.
In 1906, thirty years after he came to Minneapo-
lis, he established the In 1924 he presented the
gardens to Minneapolis for park purposes, with the
reservation he was to operate it for ten years.
Surviving him are two children, son, and
daughter.
SLEEPY Cyclone of the most unusual deaths
ever recorded in Brown county occurred at Sleepy
Eye Tuesday morning at 1880 o'clock when little
six-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs Henry Hoffman, of
that city died result of internal INJURIES caused
by air from an inner tube. Mr.. Hoffman had parked
his and trailer at the curb in front of his home
Monday afternoon. A small hole in casing the
trailer permitted the inner tube to protrude in the
shape of nipple and the lad took the nipple into his
mouth and bit on it, causing a puncture. The air
from the tube estimated at about AZ pounds passed
into the boys mouth and penetrated his body tearing
his lungs diaphragm and other internal organs,
ing fatal injuries The accident occurred at $50
o'clock Monday evening" and death ensued Is hours
later.-Brown County Journal.
sTEPHEN-From Donaldson comes word of the
death of young man employed on the Dick Porter
farm near that city, following severe burns sustained
in the explosion of pail of gasoline.
The young man. riding in the front seat of Mr.
Porters car, carried pail of gasoline in his hand
the joting of the spiing Of it's contents
to the foorboards and allowing it to tricke onto the
engine head exploding the entire contents of the pail
and envelopng the unfortunate lad in flames.
The driver of the vehicle leaped out of the
at the first sign of the blaze and finally succeeded
in bringing his companion from the car.
The victim of the accident taken to the hos
pital at Halloc treatment and reports reaching
Stephen brought news of the young mans death on
Wednesday.
The car was also somewhat damaged by the
blaze although the fire was extinguished before the
vehicle had been damaged beyond repair
ST PETERlThis is a tale of the vicissitudes