The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-16
HOLD-UP MANS .
CONFESSION
TELLS OF RoBBERIEs OF HAR.
VEST HANDS IN BARNES
COUNTY JUNGLES.

Valley City, Aug. 16. - "Peg Leg"
Hance, the man arrested in the jungles
west of Jamestown a few days
ago, charged with being an accom-
plice Of r. C. Young, now held at the
Platou hospital under guard, has
made a full confession of his crimes,
and when arraigned before Judge
Coffey of the district court will un-
doubtedly plead guilty and take his
sentence.
Hances written confession indi-
Gates that the man Young is a past
master at the game Of sticking up
travellers, and in all probability as
sures Youngs conviction of highway
robbery for a long term. In his con-
fession Hance says that he first met
Young, the man that was shot at
North Valley City while robbing sew
eral men sleeping in a box car in the
500 yards, early Sunday morning,
Aug. 8. 1918. in South Dakota.
From there they came to Cakes, N.
D., at which place Young held UP a
bunch Of men and got 70 cents from
them. From there they went to
Jamestown together and from James
town they came to Valley City. On
Thursday night July 81, they were
together in the jungles east of VAL
ley City and during the even
ing were walking together along the
Northern Pacific tracks, on which
there were some box cars stationed.
Young examined the box cars and
stated that there would probably be
a chance to stick up some men
there that night.
Between II and IL o'clock on that
night Young told Hance to go to a
until he returned; that he (Young)
was going to these cars and secure
what money the men therein might
have. Some time during the night
Young came to the place where
Hance was to remain, and told him
that he had held up the men in the
box cars and took from them the
sum Of $25. and he handed Hance
from this sum $5. After having
held up the men in the box cars in
Valley City. Young went to the high
line station of the Northern Pacific
Co.'s road and there held up anoth-
er bunch of men. They then went
over to the 500 yards at North Valley
City, and slept there the remainder of
the night.
On Friday evening, Aug. 1, they
went together to Fargo, and on Sat-
urday evening they came back from
Fargo to the high line station at Val
ley City, and from there went over to
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until 2 o'clock Sunday morning, Aug.
3, at which time they agreed to go to
the box cars standing on the 500
tracks at North Valley City and Young
said he would get what money the men
had that were sleeping there.
con the way to these box cars, and
a little distance from them, there stood
an old harvester machine, or binder"
says the confession, "and he told me to
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until he returned. After Young was
gone for a little while I heard some
shooting, and a man came running by
where I was sitting near this binder,
and very shortly after this man had
passed, Young followed and called out
to me saying, Peg, come on. I am
shot" There was freight train watt
ing in the yards and was just about to
pull out westward. Young and Hance
got on top of this train.
After they had ridden a little ways
Young said he was getting sick. He
then handed Hance handkerchief and
told him to take out what money there
was in it and throw the handkerchief
away. The handkerchief contained 50
in silver. On the way between North
Valley City and the first station west
noticed the blood that was oozing from
the wounds of Young and asked what
the trouble was. Young said that he
had been held up at North Valley City
and had gotten shot. -:
The brakeman told them they had
better get off at Rogers, and that he
would flag the passenger train that
would come along very shortly. after
we reached Rogers, and advised Young
to get on the passenger train and be
taken to some hospital. They agreed
to that. After the brakeman left,
Young told Hance that he had better
get his gun and fashlfght and keep
them for him, as he did not want any
one to find these things on him. Hance
took them and, put them in his pock-
cts.
At Rogers they got off, and the pas
senger train being tagged and stop
ped, they got on and came on to North
Valley City, at which place they We're
taken off and while the sheriff was
taking possession Of Young and
him. Hance ducked out
around the passenger train and laid
down in the grass beneath the shade
Of a tree, a little ways beyond. In the
evening Hance made his getaway
over the high line by getting on a
freight and going on to Jamestown
After he got on the freight train at
the high line, he placed the revolver
and searchlight in a new sock and
threw them to one side of the track
about two miles west of the High Line
station. Following his arrest he took
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