From article published in the Forest Lake Times, October 25, 2018, page 7:
On April 12, 1932, Nels Berglin, the night marshall, stopped in the Standard gas station in Forest Lake to chat with the owner, Idor Pederson and others. A 1929 Ford pulled up to the pumps for gas and purchased a dollar's worth of gas. Pederson took the money by the pumps and walked back into the station with two men following him. The two strangers drew their guns and said: "This is a stickup. Lay down on the floor. We mean business.". Marshal Berglin got two shots off with the revolver, but he was hit with the gunfire of the robbers and fell backward, and later died. The robbers got nothing from the robbery attempt and were later identified by Idor Pederson after being caught committing further robberies.
On April 12, 1932, Nels Berglin, the night marshall, stopped in the Standard gas station in Forest Lake to chat with the owner, Idor Pederson and others. A 1929 Ford pulled up to the pumps for gas and purchased a dollar's worth of gas. Pederson took the money by the pumps and walked back into the station with two men following him. The two strangers drew their guns and said: "This is a stickup. Lay down on the floor. We mean business.". Marshal Berglin got two shots off with the revolver, but he was hit with the gunfire of the robbers and fell backward, and later died. The robbers got nothing from the robbery attempt and were later identified by Idor Pederson after being caught committing further robberies.
From article published in the Forest Lake Times, October 25, 2018, page 7:
On April 12, 1932, Nels Berglin, the night marshall, stopped in the Standard gas station in Forest Lake to chat with the owner, Idor Pederson and others. A 1929 Ford pulled up to the pumps for gas and purchased a dollar's worth of gas. Pederson took the money by the pumps and walked back into the station with two men following him. The two strangers drew their guns and said: "This is a stickup. Lay down on the floor. We mean business.". Marshal Berglin got two shots off with the revolver, but he was hit with the gunfire of the robbers and fell backward, and later died. The robbers got nothing from the robbery attempt and were later identified by Idor Pederson after being caught committing further robberies.
On April 12, 1932, Nels Berglin, the night marshall, stopped in the Standard gas station in Forest Lake to chat with the owner, Idor Pederson and others. A 1929 Ford pulled up to the pumps for gas and purchased a dollar's worth of gas. Pederson took the money by the pumps and walked back into the station with two men following him. The two strangers drew their guns and said: "This is a stickup. Lay down on the floor. We mean business.". Marshal Berglin got two shots off with the revolver, but he was hit with the gunfire of the robbers and fell backward, and later died. The robbers got nothing from the robbery attempt and were later identified by Idor Pederson after being caught committing further robberies.
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