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A heavily armed Minnesota posse set a bloody trap for bank bandits. Then the wrong men went to prison. Why?
- The Almelund bank robbery occurred on July 23, 1921, where bandits stole $14,000 in cash and bonds, worth about $250,000 today.
- Chisago County Sheriff John Johnson formed a posse to capture the robbers, leading to the eventual identification and wrongful imprisonment of Alfred Thorvik and Edward Hughes for nearly a decade.
- In 1931, both men were pardoned after their wrongful conviction and Thorvik later received compensation of $5,000 from the Minnesota Legislature for his false imprisonment.
- The events around the robbery prompted the formation of armed citizen groups and the Minnesota Highway Patrol in 1929 to combat similar crimes.
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A heavily armed Minnesota posse set a bloody trap for bank bandits. Then the wrong men went to prison. Why?
A small-town bank robbery in 1921 on payday led to a trap on a bridge. Years later, state officials would end up paying $5,000 to a man falsely imprisoned for 9 years for the crime.
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