The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-08-15
Officials Believe
N. ID. RObberies Are
Under One Director

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travelling vas evident, pursuers said,
as n raiders wert able to take adj
vantage OF every shcrJ cut and never
were misled by entering blind allies.
The -obters travelled through pas
lures and through farms, getting out
ana opening and closing gates. On
n occ tsioi, a parry OF men stacking
hay vas about 100 feet from the pan-
dts when they stopped to open and
close a gate.
Going westward for a short distance
n robbers turned north on old high
way No. IA.
AnamOose Reports Car
At this point Sheriff A. F. Belcher
OF Wells county lost their trail.
Sheriff Rollin WEIGH of Burleieh
county and Chief of Police Chris j.
Martineson also joined in the search.
A number of private citizens and po-
lice in various counties aided.
The last reports of the bandits
came from Anamoose where at six
o'clock last night a car answering
the description of the bandit car was
seen. A brown sedan is said to have
passed through the town slowly with
two occupants in the back seat
slouched down as if they were trying
to hide from view.
Reaching the outskirts of the town
the car is reported to have sped away
to the north and trace Of 1t was lost
from there on.
May Be in Hills
Sheriff Rollin WEIGH, G. K. Osktord,
fingerprint expert at the state prison,
Chief Chris J. Martineson and a de-
tective traced the trail of the fleeing
men IS miles and lost it southeast OF
McClusky. When the bandits left
Hurdsfield they took to rural ROADS
instead Of the main highways. It is
possible, the authorities of Wells
county say, that they have a hiding
place in the hills.
A comedy feature of the hold-up
was supplied by a burglar alarm at
the barber shop of Ed Benshoff. This
alarm was set off by Cashier Art
Giltner, after the bandits had locked
him, his assistant, Frances Bohn, and
a lumber dealer named Haugen in the
vault. Benshoff, however, had no
gun or pistol to supply the desired
action. He went out with a pencil
and paper and jotted down the num-
Der of the car.
While he was doing this across the
street from the bank, the bandits
strolled nonchalantly out to their ear.
They fired several shots into the air,
and Benshoff did not have time to
take down the state designation that
went with the number on the plate.
Is South Dakota Number
It turns out that the license used
was a South Dakota issue. Howard
P. Paul, who has the same number In
this state, was on his mail route out
of Wahpeton with his car at the time
OF the hold-up. The license was issued
to a Hudson car by the South Dakota
motor vehicle department. It was on
a brown Ford in the Hurdsfield
hold-up.
Cashier Giltner said the men drove
up just before 2:30 in the afternoon
and parked their a alongside OF the
bank. They then came in single file
and ordered him and Frances Bohn.
JlAo dCoAotoA4t, w ctIVh CHI uRs
Haugen, the lumber man. came
along just then, and one Of the men
dragged him into the bank.
The bandits grabbed all the money
in sight, about $1,000. and locked their
three victims in the vault before leay-
ing the bank. BY means Of the alarm
all were released when the robbers
had fled.
Cashier Gilpner said he was able
to describe two Of the men, but had
no description for the third man.
One was said by Gilpner to weigh
about 1875 pounds, was five feet ten
inces tall, dark haired, full face. The
other wor q straw hat. was five feet
seven inches tall. 165 pounds and
ruddy complexioned, medium colored
hair. All wogO overalk.
"They seemed to be familiar with
the bank and spent only about five
minutes in the building" Gilpner
said. They seemed to work - though