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Northfield was the only eye witness of the Gustafson murder and testified against the Younger brothers. Olson was from Sweden and was working as a carpenter on a basement door at the corner of Fifth Street and Division (Bierman
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The History of the Christdala Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Robber and Hero: The Story of the Northfield Bank Raid
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