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Show HOLDUPS STEAL clothes mm MEN HIDE COIN Highwaymen Become Resourceful Re-sourceful as Kansas City Grows Wary KANSAS CITT. Mo . Oct. 14 Prevalence of holdups ln Kansas City has made the night pedestrians so wary of carrying valuables that the holdup business has become demoralized, demoral-ized, forcing bandits to adopt new tactics. tac-tics. This Is the explanation given by police to tho new type of holdup which has Invaded this city clothing robberies. The new methods of stripping persons per-sons of clothing Is believed to have starti d sometime ai;o when bandits, becoming disgusted on finding but a few cents in tho pockets of their victim, vic-tim, took his clothes. Five men were held up ln three nights, but only one of whom escape ' wiili his clothing Is the record toda Monday night a holdup netted the robbers another complete outfit of clothing, except underwear. ln each -as-, the police have been Informed the robbery was accomplished by two masked men. One of the victims was beaten when he did not remoo his clothes quickly enough. Police are assisting the victims to the extent of lending them uniform overcoats to return re-turn to their homes. One suspect was ai rested early today. |