Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1911 — Former Wheatfield Boy Shot By Holdup Man in North Dakota [ARTICLE]

Former Wheatfield Boy Shot By Holdup Man in North Dakota

Fred McGlynn, son of John McGlynn, formerly of Wheatfield, and a nephew Of Mrs. D. E. Grow and a grandson of Mrs, Lorinda McGlynn, of this city, was shot by a holdup man in Valley City, N. Dak, last Wednesday. A letter giving the particulars of the holdup was received by relatives in Rensselaer today; Frank McGlynn, aged 22, and his brother, Tom, Aged 15, have been living with their father in Buffalo, Mo. They left last Tuesday for Canada, where

they were going to work. They had to change cirs at Valley City and were on their way to the station when a man pointed a revolver into Frank’s face and ordered him to give yp his watch and money. He turned to run and the robber fired. The ball pierced the body at the stomach, making two holes through his bladder. He was near the station when shot and be ran to the station before falling. Doctors were summoned and he was removed to a hospital. It was at first thought that he could not live 'but later an operation was performed and his chances were somewhat better when Tom wrote relatives here. Tom did not say whether or not the robber was successful in getting Fred’s watch and money. \ .