by Ken Halverson

After the Bonrud Gang went through three shootouts and eventual capture they were put in the Chippewa County jail in Montevideo, Minnesota and transported to Swift County in Benson, Minnesota for their court appearences. They confessed to over 60 felony crimes in hopes of recieving light sentances. The judge threw the book at the men. Each man was to serve 5 - 40 years at hard labor and the women recieved 1 -5 years in prison. Did prison temper these people? Not by a long shot. They grew to be very bitter, abusive and controlling people with their families.My grandparents could have been the poster people that treated each other in such disfunctional ways they could have become case studies for marriage councelors. They started their relationship in termoil and they ended their lives the same way. The damage they caused among their family is evident today, 18 years after their deaths.