The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-10-18
THREATEN TO KILL
SIX VICTIMS who
WERE IN BUILDING
Four Young Gunner Speed
Away in Automobile With
ST, 1892 Booty
H0LDUP NEAR TWIN CITIES
Marauders Cursed Continually,
According to Employees,
Customers

AlnDOy, MIMI, Oct. 16.-(RcFOur
young gunner who continually cursed
and threatened to kill their six VIC
TINS robbed the First National bank
OF Amboy of 1892 Tuesday.
Amboy is in Blue Earth county, 10
miles south of the Twin Cities. It
has a population of about 600.
The leader of the bandit gang ex-
amined the daily cash book before
proceeding to rob the cashiers draw
ers and the safe in the vault.
From the moment three OF the
quartet ran into the bank they began
cursing their victims, departing about
five minutes later with a threat to
blow all your brains out If you don't
stay put on that floor"
In the bank when the raiders en-
tered were Herbert Dredge, assistant
cashier; Miss Lulu c. Nuoffer, stem
ographer; Mrs. H. I. Hoffman, John A.
Starkweather, Russell johnson and
Merrill Anthoney, patrons.
simultaneously drawing pistols from
their pockets, three of the gunner
rushed into the bank. The fourth
stood guard in front.
'Now.-You ALI
"Now,-you ALL" the leader, wear
ing mackinaw and overalls said,
"get 'em up quick or We'll wipe you
out. This is holdup. Get on the
floor"
AS all obeyed the command to lie
on the floor, the leader walked over
to the cashiers cage. He looked at
the cash book, then helped himself
to about $500.
Singing out the assistant cashier.
he growled:
where's all the dough? You've got
more than this"
Dredge. pistol jabbed In his ribs,
was ordered to open the safe In the
vault. .
After the bandit leader was hand
ed S70O more, taken from the safe, he
walked towards his accomplices.
Give him the works." he said,
pointing to Dredge. "He's got more
money"
But we haven't got any more
money in the bank" Dredge protest.
ed.
NAduC 0yStCu0tlC Sc6ECu
While one stood guard over the vic
tins and second was posted at the
door, the leader started a systematic
search of all the drawers In the CASH
iers cage and In the vault. He
grabbed papers from the shelves In the
vault, examined books and scattered
them about.
Emerging from the vault, the raid
er inquired of his companions: us
the coast clear?"
Getting an affirmative answer, he
said lets CO."
But before he ran from the bank,
he admonished his victims to "stay
on that floor and don't dare get up
right away"
The band jumped in the car and
headed east, towards Mankato, about
Is miles away.
The car bore Minnesota license
plates, No. B160-448. The car Is regis
tered in the name of Lizzie Godsied-
son, Austin, MINI. Three weeks ago
she reported her plates had been stol-
en-. Duplicates were issued Sept. 80.
SOUIh DAkOIA BANK
ROBBED BY statesmen
Sherman, S. D., Oct. l8.-(R-Two
well-dressed young men held up the
First National bank here shortly be-
fore noon Tuesday and fled with all
the banks cash except q small
amount of silver. Bank officers said
a check-up would be necessary to de-
ternline the loss, which they esti-
mated at from $4,000 to 5000.
Posing as magazine statesmen, the
bandits entered the bank on pretext
Of obtaining information about con-
ditions in this section.
After a brief conversation with the
cashier and his assistant, they drew
revolvers.
B. o. Wangsness, cashier, and Mel
vim Nitterby, his assistant, were or
dered into the vault, and A. G. Berg.
a merchant, was forced to Join them.
Before departing the bandits closed
the vault door but failed to lock IL.
and the three prisoners quickly
gained their liberty and gave the
alarm.
The bandits were reported to have
headed west out Of Sherman. which
Is about 80 miles northeast Of Sioux
Falls on the Minnesota border.