Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-21 | Page 6 | Young Bandits Escape Bullets

YOUNG BANDITS ESCAPE BULLETS Police Saturday sought two youthful gunmen who held a drugstore drugstore drugstore drug drug- store proprietor and his wife at gunpoint then fled under fire tiro aCter after after af aC- af- af ter obtaining 3 from a cash reg reg- register ister The boy bandits overlooked 30 hidden in a cash drawer H. H B. B Johnston proprietor of the Vermillion Drug store Ninth East street told police the two youths entered his store stor about 1020 p. p m. m Friday They pulled handkerchiefs handkerchiefs handkerchiefs hand hand- kerchiefs over their faces and anddrew anddrew anddrew drew revolvers when entering This is a holdup one of them chattered through nervous lips Mr Johnston said Stay where you are arc The proprietor was then forced Into a rear room where his wife wile Mrs Maude W. W Johnston was was' addressing addressing addressing ad ad- dressing Christmas cards One of the thc g Mr and Mrs Johnston with his revolver while the other ther looted the soda fountain cash register of 3 The youths then fled led south on Ninth East street with Mr Johnston Johnston Johnston John John- ston in pursuit The Th proprietor fired one shot from a revolver he picked up when the bandits left the store Mr Johnston described the robbers robbers robbers rob rob- bers as nervous kids about 20 years old Both were about 5 G feet teet 6 inches tall taB One youth was dressed In a blue jacket overalls light shirt and white scarf searl The other who weighed about pounds was of dark complexion wore a dark overcoat and cap Fridays Friday's was the second holdup of the Vermillion Drug store Gunmen Gunmen Gunmen Gun Gun- men stole 25 worth of merchandise merchandise dise disc from the place on Christmas eve three e years ago