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John Ames rapidly dictated an urgent message to the telegraph operator. It had been one hour

since the robbery of the first national bank and the gunfight on division street. And in

that hour, Northfield, Minnesota had turned into a circus. People streamed in from everywhere

to see the damage, especially the two dead robbers who still lay in the street. Ames was

one of the founders of the bank and he took it upon himself to send news of the disaster

to the rest of southern Minnesota. Six of the eight bandits had survived. They were on

the run, but most were wounded. Ames needed to mobilize as many man hunters as possible.

The outlaws they would be chasing were clearly violent, well-armed men. But beyond those

obvious facts, he knew nothing about them. And that would be a constant problem in the

coming days as various posses tried to track the bandits. They had no idea who they were

dealing with. But that didn't matter right now, as Ames hovered over the shoulder of the

telegraph operator. He needed to alert every town in southern Minnesota, every detective

and county sheriff. His message was direct into the point. It contained 33 words plus his

name. Eight armed men attacked bank at two o'clock, fight on street between robbers and citizens,

cashier killed, teller wounded, two robbers killed, others wounded, send us some men and

arms to chase robbers. John T. Ames.

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