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rHREE MASKED MEN HOLD UP GEORGE GEIGER WHILE ENROUTE HOME.\FTER SCUFFLE IN WHICH GUN IS DISCHARGED AND THE HORSES RUN AWAY.I One of (he most daTing attempts at Lj I holdup ever ipade in the vicinity of I j 1 Defiance and one of the pluckiest I r I lights ever pulled off by a victim oflji a robbery and the capture of one of AI the robbers occurred Saturday even- it ling at about 8 o’clock at a point be- F Jtween the John.G, Weber and J. H. I h iKamnier farms, about, three miles P, J north of the city, when George Gei-I^ ■ Igor, a farmer living north of .the ^ city was held by three masked men I., while enroute home from Defiance, fII forced him. to hold up his hands at e ■Ithe point of a gun, but who turned gI the trick on the robbers, putting up a v -Istiff fight, causing the gun to be dis- r I charged and the team to run away I f]|and throwing the hold up men from I 1Jthe wagon, informing two neighbors 1who were driving'to the city, * who 1 ' picked up one of life hold up men t I and brought 'him to the city .w here he c I was turned over to' the police. ‘ The ]J other two holdups are still at large, ‘i Geiger was in the city Saturday * l and disposed of a load of grain. Soon | s after supper he started for home, t having about ? 11 on. him- When at ( f a point between the two -farms he i I was accosted by three rough looking ] sjmen, who demahded him to stop. 1 ’ I This he did and they boarded his j: wagon, demanding him to hold up:1 M his hands. One of the . three hbld a ( ~ I big guh at Geiger's head w fiile the I other tw p commenced going through ,,_jhis pockets. Geiger fe fused to I stand for (f^ia hgrjd started a scuffle in ' sl which iie secure^^^rip upon the ■0 I arm of the man holding the gun and i, sl causing him to point the. weapon at1his partner. The partner immedi-e jately got busy and turned .the guns away from him. -fn the mix up tire r. weapon was -discharged. As Geiger h had hold of..the baurel_of the gun at i- a point near the end his wrist was quite badly burned by pow'der. il The discharge of the gun caused J- the horses to become frightened and ■Ojtwo of the hold up men fall from the ■r I wagon. Only one was left and Gei-lMger being the larger man soon had]| him off. He then recovered control)0 I^ Jof the horses and drove homeward. )tJon the way he met Ray and Will [ylFronk who were driving to the city, jf. I He told them of his experience atid to watch out for the hold ups. tel The Fronks soon caught dji with i-l one of them and asked him if he 1.1 would like to ride. He accented the irlinvit.ation nnd they then secured con-mjtrol of him, told him who he ,tv as andI .* ■» i t T|l ^ * » , / '*9 0 / 1 • ' .j brought him to the city. Itu North J Defiance they,, met Officer Chas. Mi! y Jler and. turned theirman over.to himI He^gives pis nanie as Wm. Shelleyland liis home at Ft. Wayne. He J claims he met the other two here at aB|the B. 0| depo,t and saya they are L.s] frpro Toledo. They .were bound for ■ I Columbus, hP says and being out of iroj funds it was suggested that they at-igltempt to hold up some farmer going; u-Jhome from the city. . Geiger happen-1 2d led to be the victim but proved a er I very lively one. Shelloy is a young jI man and does not seem at all a bad- lone. He claims he was coaxed into I joining the party by the other two.I As all of the party were masked- I Geiger is unable to give much of a- description of them. Shelley is be-^ j ing held and will probably have trial] I tomorrow as Chief Hubbard desires_ to secure more evidence before bring'1 ing him to. trial.
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Defiance Democrat
Defiance, Ohio, US
Fri, May 29, 1908
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