The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-11-21
LATE ECHO OF THE
BUFFALO HOLDUP
Man Sentenced by Judge
Pollock Now Swears He
is Innocent.

Fargo, n. D.. Nov. 21.-Was George
Young, the man who confessed that
he was one of the bandits. who par
ticipated in the sensational holdup Of
the North Coast Limited neal Buff
falo. July 10, 1911. and who was SEN
fenced to serve fifteen years In the
state p%enitentiary by Judge Pollock.
really one Of the robbers?
This is the question over which,
what promises to be a highly sensa-
tional trial, was started in st. Paul
yesterday. The railroad company
claims that he was not one Of the
real robbers, that his arrest was the
result of Il frame-up n on those
grounds they hold the police officers
of Neenah. Wis, are not entitled to a
reward of s2.500.
North Dakota people Will lremem-
her the sensational robbery in which
q Fargo engineer. S. p. Olson, was
shot and badly wounded. 1t was one
of the most sensational robberies ever
pulled off in the country n the rob-
bers made "A clean getaway.
Some months afterward Fargo Of
fcials We're notified that n of the
bandits had confessed to the Neenah.
Wis. police that he was one OF the
bandits. Sheriff Boyle went down and
got the man. He pleaded guilty be-
fore Judge Pollock and was sent up
for fifteen years,
The Trial in st. Paul.
The Minneapolis Journal has the
following account of the trial which
wa, started in St. Paul yesterday:
In Ramsey county district court the
Northern Pacific railroad today start
ri 10 try to prove that a man who
confessed participating in the rob-
berry Of the company's North Coast
limited train near Buffalo. y. D..
July 10. 1911, who pleaded guilty to
train robbery and is now serving a
ffteen-year sentence in the state pris-
on at Bismarck. n. D.. is innocent Of
the crime. The man, who now claims
he is serving time for a crime he never
committed. is George Young. also
known as Pat Grove. a criminal
whose reputation is known to police
all over the country and who is want
cd by the Illinois authorities for
breaking his parole from the state
prison at Joliet. Ill.
Opposing the efforts OF the railroad
company to show Young innocent Of
the crime he confessed. is Henry
Burr. police officer of Neenah. Wis.
who arrested Young in Neenah, in
September. 1911. who obtained
Youne's confession n who claims
a reward of $4,000 offered by the COM
pany. If Young is guilty Burr is en-
titled to the reward. If he is inno-
e n n his conviction was obtained.
as the company asserts, by a frame
!" With the Neenah police. the COM
pany will not be compelled to pay the
reward. The question will be placed
before a Ramsey county Jury to de-
eide.
Now Says He IS Innocent.
In many a the case is one of the
most unusual in the history of Min
nesota courts and aside from its in
teresting legal phases 1t involves the
story of one of the boldest train rob-
berries Of recent years in the north
west. On its outcome may depend
whether George Young stays in the
state prison at Bismarck for fourteen
moro years. Young himself now says
that he is innocent Of the train rob-
berry and his testimony, given in a
deposition taken behind the prison
walls. will he an important Part Of
the ST. Paul case.
The Robbery.
North Coast Limited No. 2 east
bound, of the Northern Pacific was
held UP by train robbers near Buffalo,
Three masked men went through the
train. robbing the Passengers. They
then went to the front of the train,
held up the express messenger and
members of the crew climbed over in
to ale engine and ordered Engineer
E. d. Olson to stop the train. Olson
refused n was shot through the
shoulder. He finally stopped the train
and the robbers made their escape
with plumber a~ggregating several
thousand dollars. They We're pursued
by armed posses, but used an automo-
bile in their fight and were not cap
tured. The Northern Pacific company
Immediately offered a reward of ST.
500 for the arrest and conviction Of
each of the three robbers and the po-
lice and the private detectives of the
entire northwest took up the chase.
Policeman Henry Burr arrested
George Young on a charge. Of va
grancy September 21. 1911. at Neenah,
Wis. Young shortly after his arrest,
confessed that he was one Of the trio
Of robbers who held up the North
Coast Limited near Buffalo. The rail-
road company was notified and Young
was taken to Fargo. In Fargo. charg-