The Washington County Historical Society will welcome Minnesota author Jeff Sauve to the Warden’s House Museum, 602 N. Main Street, Stillwater, on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 5:30 p.m. for a presentation …
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The Washington County Historical Society will welcome Minnesota author Jeff Sauve to the Warden’s House Museum, 602 N. Main Street, Stillwater, on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 5:30 p.m. for a presentation on his new true‑crime history, Wheels of Murder: The 1896 Bank Robbery That Shocked a Small Prairie Town.
Sauve’s program will highlight inmate 4717, Lew Kellihan, one of the most notorious bank robbers held at Stillwater State Prison at the turn of the 19th century, alongside Cole and Jim Younger, members of the infamous James‑Younger Gang who attempted to rob the Northfield bank in 1876.
Wheels of Murder recounts Lew and his teenage brother Hans’s dramatic 1896 heist in Sherburn, Martin County, Minnesota—the world’s first bank robbery executed on bicycles—and the intense 150‑mile manhunt that swept across southern Minnesota and northern Iowa.
About the Presenter
Sauve is an award‑winning Minnesota writer and historian whose work has appeared in regional magazines, historical society publications, and museum programs. A former archivist at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, he is the author of several books, including Murder at Minnesota Point (North Star Editions, 2022), winner of a bronze IPPY Award for Midwest nonfiction and a gold Northeast Minnesota Book Award.
He will also be signing copies of the book following the program.
This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
For additional information, please contact the Washington County Historical Society at 651-439-5956 or visit the WCHS website for program updates.
Founded in 1934, the Washington County Historical Society is a donor-supported, nonprofit organization with more than 750 individual, family, and business members. WCHS is supported by individual gifts, memberships and earned income, and foundation grants.
