The author takes pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness for various services and courtesies, the loan of photographs, the furnishing of information, and many valuable aids and suggestions, to the following persons among others:—Messrs. G. M. Phillips, A. R. Manning, F. J. Wilcox, S. Trussell, H. S. French, Rev. J. W. Strong, D. D., and Miss M. J. Evans, of Northfield, Minnesota; Messrs. W. W. Murphy, C. A. Pomeroy, G. A. Bradford, W. J. McCarthy, of Madelia, Minnesota; Mr. S. J. Severson, of Brookings, South Dakota; Col. T. L. Vought and Mr. T. L. Vought, Jr., of La Crosse, Wisconsin; Mr. A. E. Bunker, of Chicago, Illinois; Dr. H. M. Wheeler, of Grand Forks, North Dakota; Mr. H. M. Serkland, of St. James, Minnesota; Messrs. S. L. Heywood, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and J. C. Heywood, of Alta, Iowa; Hon. W. D. Rice and G. S. Thompson, Esq., of Sioux City, Iowa; and Marshall W. K. Holmes, of Spokane, Wash. Hearty acknowledgment is also made of the important assistance derived from Rev. D. L. Leonard’s funeral discourse on Mr. Heywood, from files of the Pioneer Press and Tribune of the time of the raid, and from the excellent and accurate history of it and its related events, entitled “The Northfield Tragedy,” by Mr. John Jay Lemon. It only remains to say that the book herewith presented to the public is intended both as a memorial of Mr. Heywood and as a tribute to the valor and heroic endeavor of all those who helped or tried to help in resisting, pursuing or capturing his assailants and their confederates. Whatever pecuniary profits may accrue from it sale will be sacredly devoted to the erection of a monument to the memory of Mr. Heywood. ILLUSTRATIONS JOSEPH LEE HEYWOOD. BRIDGE SQUARE, NORTHFIELD. (Proposed Location Heywood Monument.) Bank Floorplan A. BUNKER. A. R. MANNING HENRY M. WHEELER. THE ROBBERS—KILLED AND CAPTURED. THE SEVEN CAPTORS. (From Recent Photographs). THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, NORTHFIELD, MINN. (1876). S. J. WILCOX. THE SEVEN CAPTORS—AS PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1876. OSCAR SEEBORN. Brass Tablet in Library Building, Carleton College CONTENTS PREFACE. CHAPTER I. THE BANDIT SPIES. CHAPTER II. NORTHFIELD INVADED. CHAPTER III. IN THE BANK. CHAPTER IV. ON THE STREET. CHAPTER V. AFTER THE BATTLE. CHAPTER VI. PURSUING THE FUGITIVES. CHAPTER VII. A FAMOUS VICTORY CHAPTER VIII. THE END OF A BAD ENTERPRISE CHAPTER IX. THE ROLL OF HONOR. CHAPTER X. THE HEYWOOD MEMORIAL FUND. CHAPTER I. THE BANDIT SPIES.