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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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thief Waits Trial After Guilty Plea | 12/15/1948 | See Source »

Meanwhile, police drove up silently and captured Dresser at gunpoint. They discovered his footprints beneath the dining room window...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student, Jailed on Burglary Charges, Pleads Inebriation | 4/15/1948 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 4, 1946 | 3/4/1946 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 17, 1945 | 12/17/1945 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Mobster Abroad | 11/20/1944 | See Source »

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