Word: holdup
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Veteran Winnipeg Free Press Reporter Frank Williams stumbled into a printing-shop holdup. He stared down a revolver barrel, was frisked of $25.50, then trussed up. Always the reporter, Williams inquisitively asked one of his captors...
Good to the Last Drop. In San Francisco, Sherwood Unkefer, sore at losing $475 in a holdup, charged after the fleeing bandit, who held him up again, took a $2,200 ring...
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...
...back to the ranks by MPs, was soon discharged. This year he retired from the ring, busied himself in affairs-the saloon and racehorse business. At 3 o'clock one morning last week he was sitting in a Canarsie bar & grill named Dudy's Tavern when four holdup men walked in, yanked out pistols, ordered the bartender to hand over his cash...
Last Fight. Enraged at this disturbance, Bummy roared, "Leave the guy alone!" When the gunmen showed no signs of following his advice he seized the nearest by a coat lapel, shoved him into position, then knocked him clear out of the joint with a murderous left. Unnerved, the other holdup men backed out, shooting at point-blank range. Bummy dived after them, swinging wildly and roaring horrible epithets. Bullets hit him in the spine, the lungs, the right arm. He kept swinging his left. He was outside, running for his automobile to give further chase, before he finally fell dead...