The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1911-11-27
GET NINETEEN DOLLARS IN CASH
Then Tell Benefactor to BEAT IT,
While Highway Trio Escape in
Early Darkness.
TWO ARRESTED, BUT RELEASED
Unable to Establish Identity, Police
Turn Them Loose But Eearch is
Still Being Made.

Falling victim to two men whom
he had purchased food for, George
Mccoy of Corning, Ohio, was held up
at the point of two revolvers on
Third street west early Saturday ev-
ening and robbed of all the money
he had, $19. "
The three men who committed the
robbery disappeared in the darkness
and haven't been captured. 49,.
Came in With Money.
Mccoy had been working in the
woods, in the Cochran camp near
here. He came to Bemidji Saturday,
having received his pay check.
About dark he met two men who
said they were "down and out" and
that they had had nothing to eat for
long time and were in danger of
starving.
Touched By Story.
. Touched by their story Mccoy in
5yited them to dine with him at his
expense. He took his guests to the
Joseph, Blonde eating house on Third
street and there the three ate hear
ty meal, Mccoy paying the bill.
Following the meal it was suggest
ed that the three visit the segregated
house west of town and the trio
started out on Third street. The men
had not gone far, however, when
Mccoy was confronted by man who
stepped out of the darkness.
Throw Up Your Hands,"
"Throw up your hands!" came a
command, which was backed by the
shining barrels of two revolvers
thrust into lMcCoy's face.
Mccoy promptly obeyed the COM
mand whereupon the men who had
been his guests proceeded to take
everything of. value that, they could
find on his person. -
After having finished the robbery,
Mccoy was told to face about and to
keep his hands up and not to look
around until told to do so.
Hustles to Police Station.
AS soon as he was convinced that
that the men had made their escape
in the darkness, Mccoy retraced his
steps to the business section and
went directly to the police station
where he reported the robbery.
Search for the robbers was at once
instituted and Patrolman Denly ar
rested on suspicion Paul LaBounty
and Charles Shores, but yesterday af-
ternoon when these men were taken
before Mccoy he was unable to iden-
tify them as the men who had held
him up, and both were permitted to
60. ~st-5. ...G
Still Searching for Robbers.
Chief of Police Harrington still has
his men at work on the case and 9TH
er arrests may result, although the
robbers appear to have covered their
tracks cleverly.
Mccoy says the men who robbed
him did not wear masks and he be-
lieves that although it was dark at
the stop where the holdup took place,
that he would know the man who
held the guns and that he is sure he
would know the men he fed.
McCoy's Story Of Holdup.
81 thought they needed the grub"
said Mccoy today, $50 bought it
for them and it was while was
chummy with them that they found
out / had a roll: When the fellow
met me in the road he painted the
guns in my face and there wasn't
anything to do but hoist my hits.
Then one of the fellows had fed
got behind me and went through my
pockets and the other fellow seemed
to be helping him.
"After they had cleaned up to,thes
last cent they backed away and told
me to beat it, and as soon as