Eden
Eden Township, Marshall County, South Dakota, USA
Bank Robbery at Eden
from "Marshall County"
by the Marshall County Historical Society
©1979
page 111
First National Bank of Eden Robbed of $3000 in 1929
On Nov. 7, 1929, two men driving a Buick 1927 coach belonging to
Wm. Coacher, drove up to the bank and gathered up all the funds
in sight and made their escape. They went west out of Eden and
took the cross country road leading up east of the old fort to
Four Mile Lake. Here a confederate met them with a Ford and
they abandoned the Buick just about five rods from the spot in
which the Kidder bank robbers abandoned their car a short time
ago.
The men entered the bank, ordered "Hands up!" and then ordered
Lloyd Brandsrud, assistant cashier and Joe Sattler, a customer,
to lie down on the floor. Mr. Sattler was a little slow in getting
down on the floor and he was given a shove by one of the men. Mr.
Skola, cashier, was handed a sack and ordered to place the funds
of the bank in it. No shooting was done and no violence attempted.
The men entered Eden in the Aberdeen Buick, filled up with gas
and "bawled out" the station attendant because he was not fast
enough in serving them. Their plans were evidently well laid.
The telephone office closes from 11:30 to 12:30 and the robbers
were seen to pass the telephone office before they went to the
bank, evidently to make sure the operator had left. However little
time was lost after the robbery in getting the alarm on the wires
and it was broadcast from Yankton a few minutes after 12 o'clock.
From Eden to Four Mile Lake the men had to break trail in many
places as that road is not traveled much. The Hansen boys of
Six Mile Lake, were behind them all the way but were unable to
keep close enough to them to see which way they went when they
left the Buick at Four Mile. Harry Freeman saw the car drive in
and the Ford drive out again but had heard nothing of the robbery
and thought nothing of it. Taken from the Marshall County Journal.
The robbers were later caught and sentenced.
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October 12, 2002