Word: gunman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Rascal. In Alameda, Calif., a gunman robbed a grocery store, poured a bottle of ink over the proprietress, walked...
Both women answered the summons. The gunman dropped them in their tracks...
Crime. In Meridian, Miss., a gunman demanded $10 of a shopkeeper, got $11, gave the shopkeeper $1 change. In Berkeley, Calif., a burglar who knew his current events stole a silk dress, a silk step-in combination, a silk chemise, five pairs of silk stockings, a pair of satin pajamas, and two pairs of nylon stockings. In Indianapolis, a burglar made off with 11?, left his cold chisel, jimmy and shirt...
...soft-snarling men stuck a revolver against her apron. Mrs. O'Brien put her hand in her apron pocket where she kept her key ring -and a crucifix. She clutched the crucifix and uttered a silent, urgent prayer. Then she swung her fist to the gunman...
...over with a bullet in his leg. The gunmen scattered. One commandeered the car of Mrs. Samuel Solomon, who was on her way to a corset shop, lunged into Manhattan's heavy crosstown traffic. Klika, charging after him, jumped on the running board. Just as he did, the gunman put his gun to his head and shot himself. He was identified as Lyman Finnell, ex-convict and parole violator. Several blocks away another of the thugs was run to ground in a taxi. He was one Joseph Kress, a young man with an old record. Desperado No. 3 escaped...