The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-30
Held UP TWICE
IN FOUR DAYS

Valley City, N. D., Aug. 3d.
Twice held UP and robbed by des-
perate highwaymen whoh wore masks
and carried ugly looking revolvers
within four days is the experience of
J. S. Lang and j. King, two young
lei who came to Valley City to OBJ
tain employment in the surrounding
harvest fields. Both robberies were
almost within the city limits.
The first holdup was about 2
O'clock Sunday morning when the
young men were coming into the city
on a freight train, the usual mode of
transportation of harvest hands. The
young men were robbed in Il carload
Of pipe by a white man and a negro
both masked and armed, and then
were compelled to make their way to
the to POT the refrigerator car and
forced to climb into the Ice box.
where they were securely fastened
while the ~desperadoes escaped. Lang
and King did not get out until the
train reached Jamestown.
In jamestown they worked a day
to obtain money for food and started
back to Valley City, arriving in the
500 yards Tuesday night, where they
took lodging, with two others, in a
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morning the four were awakened by
two men thrusting a lighted bunch of
oil waste into the car mi ordering
them to stick 'em and line up" The
order was enforced by two revoivers.
The four lined up and were robbed.
The highwaymen then got out Of the
car and locked the door.
Held in Box Car.
About 9 o'clock in the morning the
four men attracted the attention of
passers-by, by vigorously kicking the
door. When released they learned
that their rescuers, who numbered
four, had gone through a similar ex-
p~ertence in the adjoining car at the
hands of the same two highwaymen,
and that three others had suffered a
like fate in another car, making eleven
in all, held UP, robbed and locked in
by the same two masked men.
In the first holdup Lang and King
were robbed. of SIS. In the second
they lost the 81 they had left. after
getting away from jamestown. The
robbers got 81 out of the car in which
Lang and King were sleeping, and IS
out Of the car containing the other
quartet, while the three men had
nothing to give up.
On account of the darkness, neither
Lang nor King could get a good look
at their assailants and were unable
to give adequate descriptions to the
police.
This is the last time I shall ever
sleep in a box car" said King. -
Me, too,' chimed in Lang, as hi
felt of, his empty purse.
The negro and white man were de.
scrfbed as old-timers'' who seemed
to know the business. The negro
pressed the revolver against the head
| of Lang and the white man proddet
King in the ribs with the muzzle OF
his weapon while they robbed theil
victims. After the robbery, and wher
the train was almost in the lights O.
the city. the negro is reported tt
have said: =
"These fellows seem to be a uttI,
nervous. Wed better put them away
The young men were then conduct.
ed to the ice box on the Refrigerator
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Other HoIdups.
Reports of holdups all along the lin,
are coming in rapidly and the polio,
and sheriffs and railroad detectives
are redoubling their vigilance. Tha
the htghwaymen are desperate Il
taken for granted in view of the fac
that a railroad detective was on tn,
train when the negro and white mar
robbed Lang and King.
one man with a revolver, caught il
the 500 yards by the sheriff, wa,
sentenced to thirty days by Justice o
the Peace Moe, and two Others ar,
serving four days for vagrancy. Be
fore these men are released they will
be investigated to determine If the,
nave had any connection with tn,
holdups reported. or are wanted else
where.