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Show APJIS STYLE; M JRnbbsjry He, . 12, lrlthla f orty-oitnt bonn, vagteportod to the police about 9 o'clock lart dskt when, the clerk at the Wasatck Iruc store, Third. East and Bocond South, telephoned that he bad. bea held np and the) caah raftsrter Tohbed tf 114 by three madcKT Slgh--vifjneix. A comber of -poillcemeja harried har-ried to the acene of the robbejry .and followed the footprints of the robbers In the smrw" for some distance, but failed to land anyone. That the-robbery was a prearranged one is evident. About 7 o'ekfek Mrs. Msr, wife of'the broprietor of the drug store, sold a bar of. soap to a maa. At the time that the purchase was made Mrs. May notieed two men near the door. The man who had purchased the soap left the store and was joined by the other two men. . About 8:30 Mrs. May was relieved by Wendell Cunningham,- the niht clerk. Cunningham and a young friend. Arthur Ar-thur Bogert, were in the rear ax the stae' sbout 9:15 o 'clock-when, three men entered the afore, Cunningham harmed to the front of the store to wsif on the supposed customers. cus-tomers. Xo sooner had the clerk reached the counter than oae of the three men commanded him to throw up his hands. The man who delivered the eomnvind shoved a six-shooter in the face of the frightened clerk. Cunningham obeyed the command and while one of the trio watched the door the third one went through the cash register.. Just as the man stepped from behind the counter, the telephone rang. The man with the revolver informed the clerk that he might answer the telephone tele-phone as they were through. As the clerk tiyned to answer the telephone the three bandits left the store and ran south on Third East. The police were at once notified, but so far have not' been able to locate the men who turned the trick. |