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Sheriff Glispin, of Watonwan county, who was taking Bob’s pistol from him, was also shouting to the fellow: “Don’t shoot him or I’ll shoot you.” All of us but Bob had gone down at the first fire. Pitts, shot through the heart, lay dead.
We were at bay on the open prairie, surrounded by a picket line of forty men, some of whom would fight. Not prepared to stand for our last fight against such odds on the open field, we fell back into the Watonwan river bottoms and took refuge in some bushes. We were prepared to wait as long as they would, but they were not of the waiting kind.
Of the other bandits there were left Cole, Jim and Bob Younger and Charlie Pitts; and after these a large number of citizens followed close. In spite of the determined pursuit, they kept out of reach for another week. On the morning of September 21st, two weeks after the robbery, they were located in the woods along the Watonwan river, not far from Madelia.
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