The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-30
QUARTET ON FOOT
IN WOODED LANDS
ON BUFFALO RIVER
Hot Pursuit Follows HoIdup Of
Institution at Sabin,
Minn., tuesday
DRACNET IS THROWN OUT
All Peace Officers in Vicinity
Join in Search; Bandits
Abandon Auto
DRAcNET IS THROWN OUT

Moorhead, Mimi, Dec. 30.-tP-An
intensive manhunt for four bandits
last seen afoot near the heavily
wooded banks of the Buffalo river
north of Glyndon, Mimi, was the Sc
uuel to robbery Of the Sabin. Minn..
State bank Of approximately $2,5oo In
a daylight holdup Tuesday.
Peace officers in all directions from
Glyndon were pressed into service
as officials attempted to keep close
guard on all highways leading from
the area in which the robbers are be-
lieved hiding.
Within a short time after the rob-
berry officials found the bandits aban-
doned automobile near a farm home
on a country road north OF Glyndon.
The robbers attempting to keep away
from highway No. 2, pavement leading
from Moorhead. had kept to country
roads and apparently were bewildered
when they took a wrong fork IN the
road which led to farmers yard.
Turning back on their trail, they
drove a short distance. apparently
feared they were being followed. and
abandoned the machine A farm hand
said he saw four men leave the ma
chine and run through 'he snow and
water covered fields for the heavy
woods on the river banks.
Within a short time officials mao
been notified that the bandits had
been sighted and the hunt was inten-
sified in the Gylndon area.
Threw Tacks From Window
The automobile was a large sedan,
several years old, Of light tan color.
The rear window had been shattered
to permit the bandits to throw roof
ing tacks behind to handicap pur-
suers.
The bandits speeded out Of sabin
on Highway No. 64. going soutneas.
toward Barnesville. Sabin is about
eight miles southeast Of Moorheao
and Glyndon is nine miles east.
Members OF posse followed tne
bandit car to within four miles OF
Barnesville, when motor trouble de-
yeloped. The robbers apparently le1l
the main highway there and traveieo
10 near Glyndon via country roadS.
Within q few minutes after they
entered the institution the gunmen
were making their escape.
All of the men were unmaskeo
Three of them slipped silently into
the front door and surprised George
Carlson. cashier, working on books
with his back turned toward the door
After scooping the loot into wha'
appeared to be a flour sack. they
nlaced Carlson in the vault. which
failed to lock, and fled. Carlson
turned on the burglar alarm from m
side the vault and within q few min
utes the alarm had gone out.
Carlson was alone in the bank
and no one entered during the few
minutes the robbers were In the IN
stitution.
Bottle Cap Is Help
For months Carlson each day has
placed a bottle cap in a vault door
way pocket into which the door bars
must slide if the door is to be com
pletelv locked. While the cashier
was unable to make his escape from
the vault without outside aid, the
bandits were unable to close the doo1
sufficiently for the time lock to have
effect. =,
The holdup was the third time the
bank, established in 1906, had sus'
tanned holdup losses.
In 1918 the banks vault was vlr'
tually blown to pieces during tht
night by thugs. More than $1,000
in cash, negotiable and non-negoti
able paper was stolen.
The yeggs escaped. They were
unable to break into one OF tn.
smaller safes within the vault which
held a considerable amount o.
money.
In daring daylight robbery, Jul!
IA, 1927, two men took $1,922 from
the bank but were later captured ant
now are serving 40-year sentences
in the Minnesota penitentiary.