The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-07-06
Gun
Sprays Saint
CloudHouse
Fred S. Sanborn, Salesman,
Shot Through Body-Con-
dition Critical
WAS INNOCENT VICTIM
Fred Burowiski, Notorious
Character. Arrested $4O,-
900 in Bonds

900 in Bonds
The City of st. Cloud is fast TAX
ing on ultra metropolitan airs.
They have road houses and every
thing.
Even gangsters with machine
guns and armored cars patrolled
the city streets.
Early Thursday morning of last
week a Ford V-S coach and a
coupe slowly drove by the Blue
Tavern Road House, located in Pan
Town, st. Cloud, and Simultaneous
ly opened fire from machine guns.
Patrons Of the Blue Tavern were
dancing at the time.
Fred 0. Sandborn, travelling
salesman living in St. Cloud, was
shot through the body and lies in
a very precarious condition at the
st. Cloud hospital.
Sanborn was dressed in a white
suit, and it is thought that this
was case of mistaken identity.
Earlier in the evening, it is said,
one Fred Burowski had gone to
the Blue Tavern, proprietor of the
Blue Tavern outside. Hart ac-
companied his caller. Things be-
gan to get complicated and Hart
made his way back into the Tav-
ern. He was attired in white.
When the autos drove by in the
early morning Sanborn was stand
ing outside and received what may
have been intended for Hart.
Hart was former proprietor of
1.-THE Farm entertainment place
in the environs of st. Cloud.
Officer John Lindbloom, of Sank
Rapids, informed St. Cloud police
that he had noticed a Coupe
answering the description of one of
the cars mixed up in the shooting
driving through Sank Rapids to
the north.
Police gave chase and Burowski
was found in the car about two
miles from Sank Rapids on the
farm of a relative.
When ordered to leave the car
Burowski refused to get out. His
exit was forced by the officers who
found a Thompson machine gun,
an automatic rifle equipped with
special clips, three pistols and a
quantity of ammunition.
The car, a Ford VS. coach, was
completely armored. Thick sheets
Of steel protected the back from an
attack there and the gasoline tank
was also protected by steel. An
auxiliary tank concealed in a trunk
at the rear, also was protected by
a steel plate.
The rear window was on hinges
to make possible the throwing of
nails or other material out from
the drivers seat.
Burkowski was placed under ar
rest and was held in the city Jail.
his car was hauled to the police sta
ton yard where it was kept for
some hours.
During this time hundreds of st.
Cloud people visited the Jail for
glance at the car. Hundreds also
passed through the police station
lobby, seeking look at the ma
chine gun and other paraphernalia.
On Burkowski's person were
found about $4,000 in South Dako-
ia bonds. Police are checking on
these bonds to determine whether
or not they were stolen.
That there was more than one in
the shooting ARRAY was testified to
by witnesses. Some say there were
three in one car and one in the
other and others assert that there
were two in one car and one in the
other. Police expected to make adj
ditional arrests later in the day but
were silent as to any suspicious.
There were about a dozen people
at the Blue Tavern at the time OF
the shooting, witnesses claim. Some
realized what was happening and
dropped to the floor, crawling UNI
der the cover Of tables and hiding
wherever they might. Others be-
lieved it was the prank of some
youth while still others believed
that someone had dropped string
Of lighted firecrackers from a car.
When Sandborn dropped in q
hallway leading to the west door,
however, all realized the tragedy.
There was a calm for few min
utes before the mans condition
was realized. A bullet had passed
completely through his abdomen
from right to left. Then there was
action. A physician, police and the
ambulance answered the alarm and
the search was on.
Hart, still in the place at the
time Of the shooting, was in rear
room, 1t was said. Whether or not
it was intended for an attack ON
him could not be learned.