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Douglas Nelson's no good, very bad crime spree
Bank staff stalled him until sheriff’s deputies entered, and Nelson was later found mentally incompetent to stand trial, court records said.
- On August 9, 1958, Douglas Nelson attempted to rob the Wahpeton National Bank in Wahpeton, North Dakota, entering with a box labeled "Lemon Drops" and a.22 pistol concealed inside.
- A one-time Fargo resident, Nelson had been discharged from the Army as "unfit for military life" and sought money to "take a trip to Paris" to "do a sort of penance."
- Inside the bank, Nelson muttered "This is a stickup" to teller Lorraine Steffens; employee Jerry Ostrom stalled for time until Sheriff Lambert Johnson and Deputy Sheriff Harold Bolstad arrived after a warning from Bladow.
- During the arrest, Nelson fired two shots before Deputy Sheriff Harold Bolstad disarmed him, ending a crime spree across two states and securing Nelson in the Richland County jail.
- District Judge Ronald Davies later ordered a mental evaluation; a psychiatrist concluded his actions stemmed from a "psychotic-like process," and Davies ruled Nelson "mentally incompetent" to stand trial.
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Douglas Nelson's no good, very bad crime spree
A Minnesota carjacking, a North Dakota bank robbery. In August 1958, it didn't end well.
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