Show t ° NOI1tI1IIIiI EIJI KA1D t BCOLLBCTIONS OF THE AFFAIR AF-FAIR OF SKITBMnnn 70 the 111 lIollle Wa Nol Uhhnet Its llumoroj Sue inrat II Unnkrr VVl > 1005 al tae Tlmti Tllr In Ihs 11 tacked Slink MIIM nl Thrm N fin atilt en 11111 Iteenllec I lion of lie North ve L field Hank HiM 1 A lt hunker of the 5 1 pelern Newspaper J tnlon who wn teller tel-ler of the Pint Na tlonal nt the time of P the attempted robbery I J rob-bery ISIL 7 1870 I write no follows of he Inimoroii Incident of Hint day There wire some humorous ion I dlllUl connected with thin frrloui affair I and HH I am Riven tn seeing the unro mantle ilile I recall nine of them A Merman named Miller conducted a fur Hun store and repair hop next door oiitli of the lank living on the upper floor of the twodory building ami living a workroom In the basentnt 110 hid Mveral boy growing up who like other toys were not nlwny al lomo when wanted and Miller would frequently consult ids neighbor ai to Iho whereahouli of John Itohert or Mbert hli sons 110 wn quite deaf White the fight on Ibo street was In progress Mlllor cnnio out ofhln store and itood on Iho walk Ono ot the raid era riding toward him iraldl let off lie IlrI you Nol ua erdandlng what waR sold or what wni olng on Miller stepped up to Iho edge of Iho wnlk and chipping hla hnnd In tale car replied What dye MV 1 Robert on the itrectr lip thin limo the rob bier wa neat Miller nnd with blood In Ills eye firIM off hU revolver and yell 1 Ike an Indian Miller took tho hint and nw there was norno trouble nt toe bank turned nnd ran through hit store down Iho rear stops and up the rear tops to the bank Jill ai I itirlnl for that point nijwlf I dlsllnclly sew him perplnc through thus blinds nodal Ural auppoml him to bo n member of the Rang In roicrve but on recoinliliiR Miller and having nn Important engagement en-gagement I didnt atop Ho dlilnt atop elllitr Not haring time to go down the utepa In Iho uiual mannrr h > went heels l over bend nnd tho last 1 taw or hint ho Hopped Into hula basement door It leeiim ho did not recognlio we aa ho Indda to his day that on being nt tacKed by a robber In front of hU store ho ran to tho rear door of the hook to IM what Iho matter woe when inotbvl robber look ntlcr him A Norwegian tailor nnmeil llomrr having n sloop on the next street south of the bank camo up to IMvUlon street and noticing the horwmf tliootlag and yelling waved lila hand nl one of them and Mill1Camo I onl came on Tliu robber came on and Ilaiure took to lili heli nnd paused not till bo wai safe wIthln hale cellar Inking lili entire fain 111 with him He Mid ho vas not scored but his wife was ono and he thought the cellar would be Iho Mfeil plan for the children lie remained 1 re-mained with them for company till nil dancer was heel John Archer n horwtmlntr anti I noratlhlnc of n character In his way when the disturbance orcn soHchl n place of safely The tint lotatlon oe lected wn an Ice 1 house near Vattr street Muthweit of Allen sod Man nliiK Iloroo Into thus Archer hastily cllmbeil nud had nearly COUTH hliu alt with aawdtid when nn one rise seeking the Mine retreat jumpod In upon him Ho rationed If the party who cimo could nnd him th robtior could hence he wu not mire Its left the Ice I IIOIIM and ran Iowa to 1M river lank hiding among Sane bushes where ha claim he etas routed out n iaconl time He reasoned an buttes und wu obliged to seek a tlilrl hiding place up the river In dcwrlblag Ml run from the Ice houio to the river Archer mid In hla drawlltiK inanuer I struck n forty gait but John Toiiqy another cltlun took the pole mutt went by me to quick I thought I wasnt loin nt nil and felt theyd koicli me fur lurebtr I l Mr John T Amen wu driving In i bur Phaeton and no the arrived at thin rorner of ntr and itriu near I 1 Dr Coots some one warned her of the u danger nod alto I could hear the pop i nt ping of the revolver She nllghteul i thorn her carriage and 11I1 pancj her t on my way from the bank to lr Coon the t-he wu frantlcull runnlnK around her horse and phaeton streaming luitlly Oh John John Where John Oh 1 want John following the raid there woe the I largest vale of Ore arm all over the country known since the civil war and miiy rifle eompanlt were organliid Hank f01 lined themselves with arrangement ar-rangement of counter and stored away armi anti ammunition At Kiteon maybe may-be oen n bank raiting inrroovnUd by n row of wicked looking Iron book extending ex-tending outward on which ono attempting at-tempting to leap over would tery likely bo Implied Capt A law vice prmldent of the Pint National IIR Rested an arrntment whereby Inca In-ca of attack a secret rprlng could ho touched and all within the lank counter would bot enclosed In an Iron cell At lint account he had not perfected per-fected lull device 10 far ai to get thaw banker nut of the cell again hence no patent lion yet been lu d I For some month the nerrouneM of tho cltliena wa somewhat nug I mcntenl by the frequent receipt of letter let-ter containing nil aorta of threat ngalnit the community and Individual I Tho bank lied its full uliare of inch let hero For n year after the raid not n day passed but mme UranRer vliltod i the lack l to view I the scene of the tragedy trag-edy and oak nmatloiu I conctrnlnB tho sao CtLfI1DQ WDR occurrence In m > nervous state I eyed all dranreraclosely Occndonall ono would enter sod without Introducing Intro-ducing hlmiclf or asking questions would proceed to look about the room At such time I often > tooth watching ho lsllor wllh my hand on n doublo action revolver underneath tho counter and had the caller made n quick mote I um sro I would have hot through the counter at him Wbllo 1 Yoa laid up at my resilience rnmo good brother In Hodnn cent mo a iiindlo of tracts accompanied by a friendly Idler Another favored me wllh a poem though I didnt know I mil an enemy In Ihe world Ono day n telegram came to Mr rhllllp from St taut reading Three uaUly armed liorncmea headed for Nnrthflold Look out for them Mr 1hllllp notified n few citizens who nwnt d development About dusk the lonrmcn appenml dressed hunting ulU and nrmed with hot guns Hid hog to Allcni dnblti they attempted to dismount when they wcro plu il nn lr arrest by the city m rtbal who with hits anlilnul prevenled tho visitor From seat dKmountlng till they could live an account of thennolVM Ito planatlons Jon followed proving the armed horsemen to be theta well known oltlwn of St Iaul on n chicken hunt fho telegram was ent by limit friend III n practical Joke Since they the Younger brother HOJ Cole and Jim were tho only members mem-bers of the Rang captured alive hive been Incarcerated In RtlllwaUr prison rcqiieiU for pardon on the part at rrU tines In Mluourl hate been presented la different governor bal without any aplinrcnt effect Such action on the port of n governor of Mlon ota would result In hale political death ki the present gvnerntlon will not forget the wanton murder of faithful 1 Icy wood o 0 0 Bob Yeunger died a few year ago Th fact of Heywoodi reiUtinc and dealh nnd the coniequonl filluro of the robb < rii In their undertaking wu a protection to all hanks ngnlni rtmllar attacks In the future The bunk ilmwed helm appreciation of the tertlc rendered by contributing to n fund for Mr Hoywooda widow About I1SOOQ wu raited In tide manner thui placing bar nbovo want Mr Hey wood cone 19 yenta old at the time of ltta teeth lIa cone holding the pMlllon of city treaiurcr nnd was oleo treasure I of Carleton College win imlvenally ca tennixl end reipectod He left n will t and daughter Mr Heywood hi IIDeel I died and the daughter II I attending Carleton College at Nonhfleld Heywuod stood at hli post In the I hour of trial and forfeited his life to lave the property of his employer lie Imply did whit be considered his duty I liml worked with him every day for three year and bad opportunity to know him Intimately lit win nlrvy ready to help a fellowworker wa faithful to every trust to the minutest detail nnd kind and cheerful In dli 1011 lion though he had not enjoyed good health for yean The world wu heller for Ills having lived and every bonk In the country wu benefited by lulu heroic death Not 10 with the perpetrator of the crime They counted without their holt They were overbold l nail thought to mrprlM frighten and overwhelm with far and the probabilities of sue eels were ninetynine lo one In their favor There were those In tho bank Os fearlem and determined as they nnd there were those outside coolheaded and bravehearted All Use desperadoes were wounded before leaving Minnesota I Two were killed on the street at Northfletd another an-other at the limo of capture mar Mn ilelln A fourth Joe James met n tragic death at tho hand of a partner In crlmo n few year later A fifth died whllo under n life sentence In dale prison Only threo of the original origi-nal eight of ni decpcrato a gang of cutthroats no ever banded togtth remain Two of these Colo and Jim Younger arc In Sllllwaler date prln on for life frank Jamrs I In Texas None of Ibo murderou gang hu n Inglo good deed to his credit to cane than way Into eternity Doing harm and Injury whllo living beloved and respected re-spected by no decent people and dying In disgrace Tt d l I i al y wit 7Y R r Ct rTir ttwi font AJJ 443TfNC T a I 80MP WOMIN OP ATLANTA KXIOSITION |