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Show Bind Watchman of U. S. Warehouse and Haul Liquor Away DEROXT Mich. Feb 20. Six arm-! ed men bound and gagged the watchman watch-man at a government warehouse In Beaublen avenue here shortly before midnight Sunday and escaped with 20 barrels of bonded whisky, which they loaded on a motor trucyk The robbery rob-bery was discovered when an investigation investi-gation was made of the watchman's failure to punch his time clock Police estimate the whiskey to be worth $50,000. Samuel Alberts, tho watchman, told police s man wearing a policeman h uniform asked admittance to the building, build-ing, saying he had been Informed un attempt was to be made to rob the place. Accompanied by another who represented himself as a detective, the supposed officers entered and thrust a revolver Into Albert's face Four other bandits, without haste wheeled the liquor out of the building. A focyrnl Investigation will be started. start-ed. It was announced by government authorities The police also stated an Investigation would b undertaken to larn Whether the men who first gained entrance to the building wero members of the police department or merely impostors. im-postors. 00 |