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Show HOLD-UP WAS A GENTLEMAN Pharmacy Visited by Polished Robber, When Requested to Do So, He Restored Proprietor's Proprie-tor's Watch. But He Took S35 for His Trouble ( He "Was Young- and Well Dressed. Attired In a neat business suit and with nothing but a email while handkerchief to conceal his features, a "gentleman hold-up" walked Into the Sherwood pharmacy on State street early last evening, und with a gun compelled com-pelled the proprietor to -"stand and deliver." de-liver." While searching his victim the bandit conversed freely with him and showed unusual pollteneso and gentleness gentle-ness for u member of his profession. At nn tlin.. !(,! In, th.aotan nr. ..li,.,i the object Of his attentions, and at Sherwood' Sher-wood' request returned a valuable gold watch that he had appropriated. The highwayman secured $35 from the vuuh register and left without disturbing anything elye lu the place. Was Well Dressed- Franklyn P. Sherwood, the proprietor, was marking mie goods when the holdup hold-up entered. "The follow was well dressed," said Sherwood later, "and I thought at first he was a customer. 1 started toward the front of the store to wait upon him. -when he pulled a gun and quietly told me to throw up my handy. I promptly did so, after which he marched me to the rear of the store and requested me to turn my back while he went through my pockets. "lie secured my purse and Its contents con-tents and took my watch out of my vest pocket. As he was unfastening the chain I said, 'Oh, doh't take that.' Beplnced tho Watch. " 'All right, old man,' he replied good-naturedly, good-naturedly, and replaced the time-piece In my pooket " Tlie highwayman then opened the cash register and took what money there was, amounting to about $35. Tie then backed out of the store and disappeared dis-appeared south on State street. The Sherwood pharmacy Is situated at 502 State street, about four blocks from police headquarters. The department depart-ment wus Immediately notified of the affair and Detectives Chase. Raleigh. Shannon and Burt were sent down to Investigate. According to the proprietor's statement, state-ment, the highwayman was a young man, probably about 25 or 30 years of age. He was well dressed and talked like a man who had been well educated. |