From the September 16, 1897 New York Times:

“Omaha–Sunday night all Omaha was startled by the announcement that ten men had been held up by three daring highwaymen in the heart of the city. The bandits entered a pleasure resort and forced all present to hold up their hands, range in line, and allow themselves to be robbed. Now the police have Carl Bruner and George Price in jail, charged with being two of the men who did the work. The police declare that the object of the deed was to secure funds to buy a coffin in which to bury Casper Boyce, a member of the gang, who had died the day before.

The two suspects are young Oregon men, who the police have thought for some time were members of a desperate gang of robbers working in this city and neighboring towns. They were arrested on suspicion, and the police discovered that the men had made arrangements with a local undertaker to bury their friend the day after the robbery. They had no money Sunday, but assured him that the funds would be forthcoming Monday, and early that day it was paid. The money they paid is said to correspond with that taken from the ten victims of the bandits.”