Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1909 — SLAIN BY ARMED POSSE AFTER ROBBING A BANK [ARTICLE]

SLAIN BY ARMED POSSE AFTER ROBBING A BANK

Ex-Convict Flees With $565 Kills One of His Pursuers. White Bear, Minn., Aug. 6.—ln a pitched battle with rifles and revolvers following a bold robbery of the First State bank of White Bear, Henry Pohl, said to be an ex-convict, and Edward Larken. chief at the Five Forks, a Bald Eagle Lake cottage, were killed. Several others were wounded, William Butler, a White Bear fisherman, perhaps fatally. As the robber dashed out of the bank with $565 the cashier raised the alarm, and citizens pursued the man to the lumber yards, where he hid. Larken entered the yards and was shot through the heart. The robber then ran to a pile of lumber a short distance beyond the yard, and hid under it. A desperate battle with the self-con-stituted posse, during which at least 500 shots werqjjfexchanged, followed. John Brach vogel, one of the posse, who was armed with a repeating rifle, finally winged the robber in the arm. The man dropped his weapon, but picked it up again, and as he turned to fire, Brachvogel shot him dead Fifteen bullet wounds were found in the man’s body.