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Elk River Bank Robbery Ends in Pursuit and Capture
A bandit gang held Elk River Bank up at 8 a.m. Took Dr. Page and Olson as hostages, then fled toward Birch Lake with a woman tied to the gang. A swift pursuit led by Mike Ruspos and Earle Brown ended 12 miles west of Zimmerman with four shots fired and Becker wounded. Two men arraigned within hours. a third suspect and the woman held on separate charges.
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Dr. Page
Earle-Brown
Elk River
Birch
Mr. Brown
Mike Ruspos
Bik River
Sherburne County
C. ‘B. Booth
Frank T. White
Sherburne
Hennepin County
Elk’ Ri
Hull
Minneapolis
Alice
Mille Lacs Lake
Chicago
Kimball
Minn
Elmer Flemming
Burns Detective Agency
Walter Gordon
Donald Red” Millvan
Ray Saimon
Gilmore City
Iowa
H. S. van Alstine
Gust Becker
Waverly
Brown
Mille Laca
Whatsit
Eacape
Auspon
Zimmerman
Auspas
Becker
Champlin
U. S. Pratt
Page
Anoka
Billy
Houlton
L. K. Houlton
Olson
Dro Page
Jeff
Vatsayorle
Miss .C. M. ‘Buessler
A. L .Donahue
Ant Cashiers
Minnesota
Bankers’ Association
Proctor
Pate
Mr. Ol‘cow
Alice Tul
Elk River National Bank
August Beeker
Princeton
Minneapolis Department Stere
Virginia
Virginia War
Thompson
Mille Laca Valeo
Birchlake
Earle Brown
Highway Patrol