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[NORTHFIELD BANK ROBBERS]

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[NORTHFIELD BANK ROBBERS]
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>[NORTHFIELD BANK ROBBERS] </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>On Sep 7, 1876, the James-Dalton Gang raided the Bank of Northfield, MN, killing the Assistant Cashier Joseph Heywood and wounding the clerk A. E. Bunker. Offered is a CDV photo montage of six of the gang members, quarter-length portraits of <b>Bob</b>, <b>Cole</b> and <b>Jim Younger</b>;<b> Bill Chadwell</b>;<b> Clel Miller</b>; and <b>Charley Pitts</b>, the last three being postmortem portraits. Each is identified in print beneath his image. C. W. Stiff, St. Paul backstamp. Chadwell and Miller were killed during this famous raid. The Younger brothers were captured during the escape and Pitts would be killed 14 days later near Madelia. The James brothers escaped back to Missouri. General toning; light fading of death portraits; o/w Good/VG. Contained in a Lucite display case.</span></p>