it was known that hardwick played a role in the raid.m the farm outside the town into the town of liberty for protection. he went about armed when he was going about his business, but after a few months, the pressure was too much, and hardwick fled the state, and the place he fled to was st. paul, minnesota. it was known he went there because he wrote letters back to the paper, and jesse was a reader of the newspapers and learned where hardwick was. there's reasons to go to minnesota, hide out, and the other to get a chance for revenge on hardwick. these eight men arrive in minnesota by train. they first go to the twin cities, and they spend a couple weeks in st. paul, in minneapolis, and now they have a lot of money on them from the rocky cut robbery. they go to the gambling halls. 2341876, it's wide open towns. there are gamebling high schools. they were trying to keep their identities secret, they felt pretty relaxed and pretty safe in minnesota, and they did draw lots of attention to themselves by the way they talked. they had a miss