On This Date in Minnesota History: December 12

December 12, 1922 – Three young men bound a cashier and a customer in the First State Bank in Hugo, Minn., Washington County, at 10:45 this morning and escaped with $4,000 in cash. The trio entered the bank and stuck up F. E. Carpenter, assistant cashier. They bound him and left him lying on the floor, while they started to gather up the currency.

Hugo Asness, a customer, walked into the bank and the bandits bound him, leaving both men on the floor. They finished scooping up the money and went to their automobile outside, driving rapidly towards White Bear. They were later seen there.  Carpenter struggled free of his bonds and gave an alarm. No trace of the bandits had been found by noon.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Bandits Bind Cashier, Customer and Get Away”; Dec. 12, 1922; p. 1.

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