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The murder was bad enough. Now the small town readied for a violent showdown
Frank Lang pleaded guilty to killing farmer Louis H. Larson and received hard labor in the state penitentiary after fears of a Wobbly rescue.
- On August 4, 1916, authorities arrested 22-year-old Frank Lang in Dickinson, North Dakota, with blood on his clothes after the murder of popular young farmer Louis H. Larson near Regent.
- Investigation revealed Lang, a transient laborer using the pseudonym Frank Laskowski, carried a membership card for the Industrial Workers of the World , a radical labor organization known for aggressive tactics.
- In Mott, the Hettinger County sheriff set armed guards around the jail to defend Lang from a mob of about 100-150 angry farmers seeking to "stage a lynching bee."
- Lang pleaded guilty in Mott court on August 7, 1916, saying he deserved "anywhere from one year to life in the pen." Judge W.C. Crawford sentenced him to life imprisonment.
- The incident occurred during World War I harvest season amid broader labor unrest, foreshadowing a Federal crackdown on the IWW that culminated in the First Red Scare.
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