Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-06 | Page 7 | Mystery Bandit Holds up Denver Service Station

Mf MYSTERY nRY BANDIT HOlDS UP DENVER SERVICE f STATION DENVER Colo Cole Dec 6 AP AP- AP The Jack of Diamonds a Raffles Raffles- like bandit wit with humorous tend tendencies ri n- n cies des cies whose depredations over a ape pe period pe- pe nod of two years have baffled Denver Den ver detectives today had given the theco co coopers pers another mystery to solve solve So named beC because he always leaves a calling card card t card the Jack of Diamonds at the scene of his 1115 crime the bandit participated in some te n robberies safe lob robberies ries and holdups over the year two-year period The police have never been abie alJie to ascertain his identity Last night hE ho u 1 1 up iI a filling station here hero and robbed lobbed the cash register of 50 50 Tutoring tho the star sta starLion Lion tion the bandit who dresses es in the height of ot fashion forced Allied WIs WIs-s the attendant to lie upon the floor while while- he rifled rUled the till Then with the streak of brutality which has las run through each of the holdups holdups holdups hold hold- ups he has committed kicked Wise twice in the face Inflicting injuries which It is feared fearel will disfigure the Inan man for life Ufe During the robbery the bandit used hat Is believed to be his fa favorite favorite favorite fa- fa ruse to enable him to make his Ills getaway He kept up a steady conversation with someone someone nam d Pete apparently waiting outside t the station warning this Pete to shoot Wise If he moved According to authorities this same Pete has accompanied him on all Ms tle crimes and is purely a m mythical person In Invented Invented invented In- In vented to frighten the gunman's victims In all his holdups the Jack of ot oDia- oDia Dla monds mends has mistreated his victims once holding a lighted cigar against a mans man's ear