Word: robber
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Robber...
...Joplin, Mo., a robber held up Mrs. Amy Haggard, filling station operator. Mrs. Haggard doused him with gasoline, he fired his revolver at her. The bullet missed Mrs. Haggard but the flame ignited the footpad's clothing, sent him away screaming, ablaze...
...Chicago, George Richardson, taxidriver, was compelled by a robber to visit a succession of filling stations, at each one of which his fare committed a holdup. After several holdups, the robber said: ''When we get through, I'm going to kill you." Terrified, George Richardson wrote a note saying, "I am taking myself for a ride. We're headed for Indiana Point. Help, Help," dropped it on the road. A farmer found the note, telephoned a sheriff, who rescued George Richardson...
Excerpt: "Around Deadwood Dick, whose real name was Richard Clarke, were woven romance and daring. But much written about him was fiction. He was not a desperado, not a bandit, stage-coach robber, or brigand. ... He was a good citizen, a necessarily rough character in the days when it was part of the life of the west, but withal not a bad man. . . . He was born in England, baptized and confirmed in the Church of England...
...barked the robber chieftain at last. "Get back into your car. Tell your chauffeur to drive to Bucharest without stopping, quick...