"and several citizens with shotguns were given a shower of bullets"

SHERIFF HELD UP

HOBOS AN OFFICERS HAVE A LIVELY SCRIMMAGE
AT SOUTH HAVEN. RESTED.

GUNS AND HANDCUFFS ARE SEIZED

GANG HOLDS OFF PURSUERS
WITH SHOWER OF BULLETS
AND ESCAPES

POSSE IS QUICKLY ON THE TRAIL

ONE HOBO KILLED, FIVE WOUNDED
AND THE WHOLE GANG IS CAPTURED.

Annandale, Minn., Oct. 4.-- Sheriff W.G. Young and Deputy John Nugent were called to South Haven on the noon train to arrest a supposed gang of hobos whom it was supposed had committed some pilfering in the vicinity. Entering the car in which the gang were making their home Sheriff Young said:

   "Gentlemen, you are under arrest,"
   "What for?" said the leader.
   "Robbing a store" at Annandale," replied the sheriff.
   "Wait till we finish cur dinner," said the leader.
   "No. we will give you dinner at the hotel," replied the sheriff.
   The next thing heard by the sheriff and deputy was

"Get Out of the Car,"

and six wicked looking Colt revolvers were pointed at them.

   A general melee followed, and the officers were tumbled out and surrounded by the gang. They were forced to back up against the elevator wall and hold up their hands. Sheriff Young, Deputy Nugent and R. Requardt, constable, were then relieved of their firearms and handcuffs. Sheriff Young turned his head while holding up his hands and the leader shot at him, grazing his cheek and making him deaf in the left ear. People from the town began to gather and

The Six Ruffians Ran

down the railway track. County Attorney Cutting, who accompanied the sheriff to hold trial, fired on them with a small revolver, and several citizens with shotguns were given a shower of bullets that stopped pursuit.

   Not a rifle was to be had in the town and the call for help was telephoned to Annandale. Four or five team loads of citizens started at once for the scene and many others followed soon. The fugitives were finally located in a quarter-section of timber near the Bryant resort, and when sufficient help had arrived the sheriff with a posse of a dozen men closed In and came upon the gang sitting in a circle ready for battle. Deputy Nugent who was ahead, exclaimed, "here they are," and the posse was greeted with a

Volley From Revolvers.

Nugent shouted, "Shoot to kill, boys," and the contents of a dozen shotguns replied. It was seen that the whole six were knocked down, and they were ordered to stand up, but only two, who had thrown themselves to the ground, were able to rise. The leader died in a few minutes and another was mortally wounded, two others were filled with shot and the other two were only slightly wounded.

   They were taken to South Haven and cared for and then taken to Buffalo on the evening train. In the car where they were living some dynamite and several railroad torpedoes were discovered. It is thought here that some other crimes previously committed must have been the cause of their desperate actions.

[The Daily Pioneer, Bemidji, Minnesota, Monday, October 05, 1903. Volume 1. Number 141. Pg. 3]