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...note. In his late 60s, Weyman finally abandoned-or conquered-his artistic impulses and went to work as a night manager in a Yonkers motel. There, on the night of August 27, 1960, after a year on the job, he was shot to death bravely trying to foil a hold-up attempt...
...yesterday, a middle-aged man walked into the Reliance Co-operative Bank at 15 Dunster St. and passed a note to one of the tellors. The note read: "Just a hold-up, don't he alarmed, give me all your $5's, $10's and $20's." She handed him $1,875, which he stuffed into his pockets...
...stickup of the Cambridge Federal Savings and Loan Association last March 8. In both cases the bandit was a short, stocky man around 50 years old. Both banks are set away from the busy Square area, and both robberies took place around 9 a.m. In the Cambridge Federal hold-up the bandit made off with...
Combat Fatigue. In North Philadelphia, after Hagop Kooyoomijian, 53, for the 14th time in his life, chased an armed hold-up man out of his delicatessen, he explained: "I'm not afraid of their guns; I have a heart condition and may die anyway...
Return Stamp. In Indianapolis, Hold-up Man Kenneth Dunville, 51, was easily captured after he stole $126, a wristwatch and a ring from a druggist, ordered his victim to drive down Bellefontaine Street, remarked as he jumped out of the car: "I live down here...