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Show POLICE DOUBT TALE OF ALLEGED HOLDUP Frank Wells, a waiter at the Occidental Occiden-tal caie. yesterday reported to the police po-lice that an attempt had been made by two negroes to hold him up at the rear of the cafe at 4 :30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The negroes called at the hack door of the cafe, according to the waiter's story, and asked for something to eat. The waiter declined to give them anything, whereupon one of the negroes drew a gun and demanded that he bring them food. The other then demanded money. However, How-ever, the negroes heard someone approaching ap-proaching and fled. The police are inclined to doubt the story of the waiter, though evidence la at hand tending to corroborate the story of an altercation between the waiter and two negroes at the rear of the cafe. |