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Police testified that he robbed $19 at gunpoint from Frederick G. Torrey '49 and Miss Martha Bixler, and $7 from Carl P. Josephson '51, near the observatory November 20. Epps said he stole $7 from the couple but got nothing from Josephson...
Meanwhile, police drove up silently and captured Dresser at gunpoint. They discovered his footprints beneath the dining room window...
Whaddya Want, Blood? In Philadelphia, two thugs held up a blood bank, wondered why six nurses were giggling uncontrollably at gunpoint, suddenly realized how silly the whole thing was, sheepishly gave...
Knight of the Rod. In Los Angeles, a holdup man took $80 from Attendant George Budelis, then telephoned Budelis' boss: "Look, pal ... I'm taking it at gunpoint, so don't fire George...
...street in Rome. Police pulled a Canadian soldier out of the car. He was a deserter, armed with a pistol stolen from an American MP. Police stood guard over the jeep. When another Canadian and a U.S. sergeant showed up and tried to recover the jeep at gunpoint, the guards nabbed them. That was a break which U.S. Lieut. Colonel John R. Pollock, Allied regional director of public safety, had been hoping...