Wednesday, December 3, 2014

On This Date in Minnesota History: December 3

December 3, 1920 – Three masked men boarded the mail car of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul train, No. 6, at Hopkins, Minn., early this morning, held up the three mail clerks, and then systematically looted the registered mail pouches. They leaped from the train before it pulled out, and escaped in an automobile.

It appears the bandits were specifically looking for registered mail from Mobridge, S. D., as they opened a number of mail sacks, but carried off only the two that were placed aboard at Mobridge. Officials there have been notified.

Railroad mail service estimates the loss at less than $10,000.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Bandits Rifle Mail Train at Hopkins Today and Make Haul. Officials Firmly Convinced that They Sought Registered Mail from Mobridge. Only Two Mail Saks Are Taken From Car. As Train Pulls Out, Bandits Leap Off and Escape in Automobile.”; Dec. 3, 1920; p. 1.




Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Nov. 27, 2014,
 as long as acknowledgement included.

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