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Show Suspect in S. U. Holdup Found in City; Jail Cell Prisoner Arrested Earlier as Burglar Con-. Con-. fesses Stickup, Say Police Nearly 12 hours after the crime, police Wednesday afternoon discovered they had held in jail nearly all day a bandit who robbed a service station at 905 South Main street at 8:30 a. m. on suspicion he had looted the apartment of W. C. Herbert and Glenn Cor belt. Ruby apartments, of personal belongings. Anderson also wss found to have been driving a stolen automobile, apparently used In the holdup, said (ConUnuM on Pnse Eleven) ( Col u ma Two I Alvin L. Anderson, 19. of Mount Pleasant, held for burglary of a confectionery, was identifi.". by Wayne Higley. 226 Brunswick court, as the man who held him up and took $21M from the station cash register, police said. Anderson was arrested shortly after the service station holdup in a room at 2i2 Second East street. Forced to Watch Bandit Work ,; mm ; V' I 1 I VICTIM OF SERVICE STATION HOLDUP Wayne Higley .. .Forced to remain in corner Suspect in Holdup, Arrested In Another Case, Admits Guilt (Continued from Pane One) Traffic Investigators G. M. Hopkins Hop-kins and E. H. Christensen. Officers, reading Higley's description descrip-tion of the bandit, noted that it fitted fit-ted that of Anderson. Higley immediately im-mediately was called to tha jail, where, police said, he identified Anderson, who asaertedly confessed. Higley said the holdup first entered en-tered the station at 5:30 a. m. and inquired the way to Clayborne avenue. ave-nue. He returned an hour later, apparently holding a gun in the pocket of a dirty black overcoat, and forced the attendant into a corner. Tha bandit then rifled the cash SBT register and escaped in a maroon sedan. Xnderson, police said, confessed also to the apartment looting and, when officers found $9.90 on him, asaertedly admitted ha obtained it at the Highland Drive confectionery. confection-ery. 2686 Highland drive, at 1 a. m. Police then checked tha confectionery confec-tionery and learned it had been entered by breaking glass in a rear dnor. A marble game was emptied of cash. Harry Gray, operator of a service station at 79 South First West street, Wednesday reported theft of antifreeze valued at 112. Entrance En-trance was gained by forcing a lock. |