Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-20


at Hinckley had just sat down to his
breakfast when he was called by
phone by Mr.. Gray Immediately after
the men had left. The sheriff had
the instructions that the three men
were travelling south in a green sedan
and to go out on the highway and
stop them. He snatched his pistol
and sawed-off shotgun, backed his
car out of the garage and picked up
his brother, Reimer, at the feed store
and started north from Hinckley on
the pavement. They had gone about
two miles when upon approaching the
place where the old No. 1 leaves the
pavement they sighted what they
thought was the car turning down the
old road. The sheriff slowed suf-
ficiently to turn into a farm lane
which led them out to the old road
directly in front of the bandit car.
A Gun Battle.
Sheriff Rypkema pulled his car
within about 60 feet of the bandit car,
climbed from the car and ordered the
men out while aiming his shotgun at
them. Both doors of the bandit car
were flung open, with one of the
men getting out on the side next to
the sheriff. This one stood a few
feet from the car with his hands
raised, but the other two stood on
the opposite side of the car. When
ordered to get from behind the car
they crouched behind and immedi-
ately gun battle between the sheriff
and one of them began. The one man
was aiming at Sheriff Rypkema over
the right rear fender of the Plymouth
car and the instant his head could
be seen a blast from the sheriff's
buckshot charge would riddle the side
of the car. This kept up until the
sheriff had shot three charges into
the car or at the face and in return
was fired upon five times by the ban
dit but was never hit. Then, possibly
because of an empty gun or maybe
for other reasons, the two scampered
from behind the car into the brush
with the one, who had been standing
with hands raised, following. The sher-
iff fired two more charges after them
and his brother from the other side
of the sheriff's car fired his pistol,
narrowly missing one of them. One
of the charges from Sheriff Rypke-
mas gun took effect and a single
buck shot pierced the body of the
one who had few minutes before at
tempted to surrender and he was dead
when the sheriff came upon him.
Capture Second Man.
The two officers Immediately Sc
cured help and the woods were
combed all the remainder of the day,
Monday, with no capture being made.
But on Tuesday morning exhausted,
half starved, bruised and cut from
the brush, a young man appeared at
a farm house near the Hinckley Golf
course about mile north of Hinck-
ley and asked for something to eat.
However upon seeing neighbor COM
ing into the farm yard, he became
frightened and fled. The Hinckley
constable, William Lammerts and
others were called and soon had him
under arrest. He gave his name as
Orville Martinson and later in the
day, upon being questioned by County
Attorney M. B. Hurley and Arthur
Erickson of the State Criminal Appre-
hension Bureau, confessed to taking
part in the robbery. He gave his age
as % years and it was found that his
step-father is serving time in Still
water. He, himself, had served time
in Red Wing and st. Cloud, being on
parole from the latter place from a
sentence yet to run three years.
Told Story.
During his confession, Martinson
stated that the bandit still at large
had done the shooting at the sheriff
and that they did not see the officers
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