Someone walking along the street noticed the robbery in action and alerted townspeople. This time, he fired a shot into the floor, near the employee. Knocking the man to the floor, he again demanded the vault be open. He shouted at the man in front of him to open the vault. The employees told Frank the vault was locked and they couldn’t open it. 7, 1876, when The James-Younger Gang attempted to rob the bank. The front counter as it likely appeared Sept. Guns pulled, the robbers sought their loot. As was customary for the gang, Frank – and then another – jumped on the counter to announce the robbery. Jesse and a couple of men waited near the town’s bridge a few feet from the bank.įrank James, as we were told, took two men and entered the bank at about 2 p.m. The gang spent a couple of weeks performing reconnaissance of the main street and the bank. We listened to both kids tell the story of the James-Younger aborted robbery. We visited at the perfect time, as a couple of high school students were taking their “finals” as tour guides for the James’ history tour. The First National Bank of Northfield is now a museum, which tells the Minnesota bank robbery attempt. The James-Younger Gang ran into not-so “Minnesota Nice” when it attempted to rob the Northfield bank Sept. Lisa and I have been slowly taking a Jesse James “tour” around the Midwest.
I’ve long had a fascination with Jesse James’ story. Bullet hole marks can be seen on the side of the building from a gun fight between robbers and townspeople. The Northfield bank museum is located next to the Scriver Building, which houses part of the museum.
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