Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-10-14
.CARRINGTON POSSE.
FIGHTS HOLDuP men
One Robber Killed, Two Ct|z,
:. ems Shot.

Darlington, Oct. 1O.-Saturday
night Darlington was the scene of
regular shooting fussilade following
the holding up by robbers of several
persons and business places in the
town. Four men succeeded in hold
ing up number of other transients.
Afterwards the victims followed the
men to near the 500 depot and at
tempted to recover their money, but
were unsuccessful. The four rob-
bers escaped and got back to the
town and entered a boarding house.
This fact being learned, the house
was surrounded by number of citi-
zens, led by the town marshal. In
attempting to arrest the robbers,
over twenty shots were fred back
and forth, Marshal Nelson was
struck by q bullet in the stomach
and the boarding house proprietor,
Mr.. Day, was hit by q bullet In the
leg and bullet grazed his hip. One
of the robbers, Frank Davis, was
killed, shot in the heart. Another
robber WAS found In bed by search
ers. Part of the 5000 taken from
the Hopkins pool hall earlier in the
evening was recovered from the two
robbers who were caught.
Marshal Nelson was taken by spe-
cfaa Grain to st. Paul for hospital
and surgical treatment and 1t is said
may recover from the wound, the
bullet lodging in the abdomen.
Two of the four robbers got away
and the country surrounding was
searched Immediately afterwards but
no me was caught who is believed
to be the right parties. Several were
held ON suspicion and Tor Identified
ton. ..
The fire alarm was sounded. The
robbers were located in the boarding
house by one of them going out to
get supper for the others. He was
suspected end followed and the
alarm given.
Further Particulars Aof the Fights
Outlaws Still At Large.
Frank Davis, the highwayman
killed in the Gilby rooming house
Sunday morning at Darlington, was
noted tough from Oklahoma and
was called by the name of Chicago
Blackie. It is reported that he was
shot by Frank Clark during the raid
on the robbers. Davis and three
other holdup men were located in a
boarding house after their stunts at
the pool hall and other places in
town earlier in the evening. Town
Marshal Carl Nelson got a posse to-
gether, went to the boarding house
and upstairs to the second floor
where the robbers were rooming. AS
he openaa the door of the room and
started in, Nelson was shot in the
abdomen. One of his posse behind
him fired into the room and the shot
killed Davis. One of the robbers
was captpred but two others got
away, either through a hack door or
the window.
The town having been alarmed, a
general search was made for the two
men in the neighborhood but the
posse was unable to locate them, al
though it was reported that the
fourth number of the hand was
found dead in a grove about five
miles from Darlington with a bullet
through his lung. He was known as
"Nosy," according to reports, on ac-
count Of his 1aree nose.
One of the outlaws is still 1t large,
one captured, one dead, and enc re-
ported dead.
The citizens of Darlington raised
$500 for special train to send
Marshal Nelson over the 500 line to
st. Paul, where he was operated on
for the removal of the bullet which
had lodged in his stomach. Mayor
Roberts and DR.. Mckenzie accom-
panied Nelson to st. Paul.
Earlier in the evening Earl Berch
and several other men, after learn
ing of the robbery in the pool hall,
started to head of the robbers at the
"Y'' near the 500 road. They reach
ed there before the expected train
which the robbers intended to take
to get out Of town and were surprised
and held mp by four hishwaymen.
Berch, who was slow in holding up
his hands, was shot by one of the
robbers and slightly injured in the
shoulder.
The four men held up the Hopkins
pool hall at 1O:45 pm. One man
stood 1nard on the outside of the