The Northfield Tragedy, or the Robber's Raid

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Author

Hanson, J. H. (Joseph Have)

Title

The Northfield Tragedy; or, the Robber's Raid A Thrilling Narrative; A history of the remarkable attempt to rob the bank at Northfield, Minnesota; the Cold-Blooded Murder of the Brave Cashier and an Inoffensive Citizen. The Slaying of Two of the Brigands. The Wonderful Robber Hunt and Capture Graphically Described. Biographies of the Victims, the Captors & the Notorious Younger and James Gang of Desperadoes

Language

English

LoC Class

F590.3: United States local history: The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains

Subject

Bank robberies -- Minnesota -- Northfield -- History -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

44609

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44609

Release Date

January 6, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE NORTHFIELD TRAGEDY. — LAYING OUT THE WORK. — A MURDER PLANNED. — JESSE JAMES RECOGNIZED. — NORTHFIELD — THIS EVENTFUL DAY. — THE BATTLE — THE BRAVE GIRL — APPALLING, SICKENING, TRAGEDY — “ THROW UP YOUR HANDS, ” — VILLIANS WILL BE BAFFLED, — HIS LIFE BLOOD STAINING THE DESK — RED HANDED MURDERERS. — TELEGRAPH WAS SET AT WORK,
2. 2.THE DEAD BANDITS.
3. 3.IDENTIFICATION.
4. 4.BILL STYLES,
5. 5.CLELL MILLER.
6. 6.SCENE OF THE BLOODY ENCOUNTER
7. 7.LIVELY FUSILADE
8. 8.MR. F. WILCOX'S STATEMENT.
9. 9.BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT.
10. 10.SACRIFICE HIS LIFE
11. 11.“ MURDER! ”
12. 12.“ THE GAME'S UP. ”
13. 13.SAVAGE BLOODTHIRSTY PROPENSITY
14. 14.THE BANK,
15. 15.HEYWOOD'S DEATH WOUND.
16. 16.MR. E. E. BUNKER'S STORY.
17. 17.NICHOLAS GUSTAVSON.
18. 18.THE INQUEST.
19. 19.THE ROBBER HUNT. — ON THE ROAD. — THE DASH THROUGH DUNDAS — THEY WERE OFFICERS AFTER HORSE THIEVES, — THE PURSUIT. — “TO HANG THAT D——D CUSS.” — A BALKY NAG. — THE PURSUIT GROWS HOT. — THE BIG WOODS — WONDERFUL ESCAPE — WE'VE GOT THEM NOW, — TRADING HORSES. — ANOTHER HORSE TRADE. — SAFE FOR AWHILE. — LACERATED EXTREMITIES — AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED MEN, — BOWIE KNIVES BY THEIR PLATES. — AT JANESVILLE. — VETERANS OF THE WAR, — THE ST. PAUL POLICE — THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE, — FINDING THE HORSES. — LONG LINE OF SKIRMISHERS — EXCITING NEWS. — DUNNING, — LOOKING FOR ROBBERS, — THE NORTHFIELD ROBBERS, — A MOMENT OF DREADFUL SUSPENSE, — MR. SHAUBUT, — A THOUSAND EAGER HUNTERS — CROSSED THE BRIDGE, — SOME ONE HAD BLUNDERED. — A TRAIL — ROBBER'S CAMP, — BEAUTIFUL MINNEOPA. — ALL AGES AND ALL NATIONALITIES, — AN INTERVIEW WITH THE YOUNGERS, — THE LINE ADVANCED. — COURIERS WITH NEWS,
20. 20.A NEW DEPARTURE. — ANOTHER ESCAPE. — BORROWING A HORSE. — ON THE NEW TRAIL. — SMALL HEEL AND SQUARE TOE, — BREAKFAST AND A HAT. — CAVALRY RAID BY RAILROAD. — ON THE BOUNDLESS PRAIRIE. — THREE DAYS' HUNT. — ONE OF THREE TRAILS PASSING BETWEEN — LAST HOUSE ON THE FRONTIER — A FORCED MARCH — CAMP COLE YOUNGER. — UNABLE TO LIFT THEIR LEGS. — PURSUIT WAS HOT. — AFRAID OF THEM, — A VULGAR INVITATION — GOING TO SIT THERE ALL NIGHT, — THE LAST SEEN
21. 21.THE CAPTURE. — “WHAT'S THE USE?” — ROBBERS WERE FOUND. — HAD SEEN THE ROBBERS — FINDING THEMSELVES FOILED — THE BANDITS DESCENDED THE BLUFF — BRIAR ROOT PIPE — LOOKED LIKE AN ARMY — A VISIT TO MADELIA. — AT MANKATO, — DISAPPOINTMENT — ARRIVED AT MADELIA, — COLE YOUNGER, — JIM YOUNGER, — BOB YOUNGER, — PROJECTING CAPACIOUS BROW, — OPINION OF THE DETECTIVES, — WE HEARD THE MEN — LIVING ON CORN. — THE DEAD MAN — OSCAR OLESON SUBORN, — THEY WERE THE ROBBERS, — SAYING THEY WERE HUNTERS — “I PICKED UP MYSELF FIRST,” — DURING THE WHOLE NIGHT — THE ROBBERS' LEVEE. — THEY HELD A LEVEE — THE JAMES BROTHERS — “GOOD BOYS TO THE LAST.” — ARMED SENTINELS — COURAGE OF SEVEN MEN — SYMPATHY, — COLE YOUNGER — FORCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES, — WHEN ASKED ABOUT HEYWOOD, — BOB YOUNGER, — WHY HEYWOOD WAS SHOT, — “READ YOUR BIBLE,” — FOXING IT, — A DANGEROUS UNDERTAKING, — WAS NOT MY FAULT, — THREATS OF LYNCHING, — DISPOSITION OF THE CAPTIVES. — AT ST. PAUL, — MR. JAMES MCDONOUGH, — DETECTIVES' TRIP TO FARIBAULT. — BROTHERS IN CRIME. — A LARGE NUMBER OF LADIES, — BLOODY BANDITS — “APPRECIATE A SUBLIME LIFE!” — IMPRISONMENT AND TRIAL. — A COMPANY OF MINUTE MEN — THREE BANDITS, — THE NEAREST TREE, — INSIDE THE JAIL. — IN COURT. — THE GRAND JURY — IN THE COURT ROOM. — BLOODY BROTHERS. — “GUILTY,” — BIOGRAPHICAL.
22. 22.JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD, — THE CAPTORS.
23. 23.SHERIFF JAMES GLISPIN
24. 24.CAPT. WILLIAM W. MURPHY,
25. 25.COL. THOMAS L. VOUGHT,
26. 26.GEORGE BRADFORD,
27. 27.BENJAMIN M. RICE
28. 28.JAMES SEVERSON,
29. 29.CHARLES POMEROY
30. 30.OSCAR OLESON SUBORN,
31. 31.THE YOUNGER FAMILY.
32. 32.THE CHILDREN.
33. 33.THOMAS COLEMAN YOUNGER.
34. 34.WHOLESALE KILLING. — AS A FOOT-PAD AND ROBBER — JAMES H. YOUNGER. — ROBERT E. YOUNGER. — CHARLES PITTS. — THE JAMES BROTHERS. — NAMES OF CONTRIBUTORS.
35. 35.MASSACHUSETTS.
36. 36.NEW YORK.
37. 37.MISSOURI.
38. 38.TENNESSEE.
39. 39.OHIO.
40. 40.MICHIGAN.
41. 41.INDIANA.
42. 42.ILLINOIS.
43. 43.MAINE.
44. 44.VERMONT.
45. 45.ARKANSAS.
46. 46.CALIFORNIA.
47. 47.COLORADO.
48. 48.DAKOTA TERRITORY.
49. 49.NEW HAMPSHIRE.
50. 50.TEXAS.
51. 51.RHODE ISLAND.
52. 52.CONNECTICUT.
53. 53.PENNSYLVANIA.
54. 54.IOWA.
55. 55.KANSAS.
56. 56.MARYLAND.
57. 57.CANADA.
58. 58.KENTUCKY.
59. 59.ALABAMA.
60. 60.SOUTH CAROLINA.
61. 61.MISSISSIPPI.
62. 62.NEW JERSEY.
63. 63.MINNESOTA.
64. 64.WISCONSIN.
65. 65.DELAWARE.
66. 66.WEST VIRGINIA.
67. 67.VIRGINIA.
68. 68.LOUISIANA.
69. 69.GEORGIA.
70. 70.UTAH
71. 71.OREGON.
72. 72.Collected by a Committee of Associated Banks in Boston, Massachusetts. H. W. PICKERING, Chairman.

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