Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-26
DR.. J. N. ARMSTRONG HELD UP
NEAR HOME BY TWO MEN, AND
TWO GROCERY STORES ARE
ROBBED.
COTTON MITTENS
ARE THE ONLY GLUE
DENTIST le RELIEVED OF MONEY
AND WATCH AND GROCERIES
ARE ROBBED OF GooDs-vAN-
DAL,sM PERPETRATED.

The reign of crime felt at periods IN
Ottumwa for the past two weeks
broke out anew last night. Two
masked men held up DR.. J. N. Arm
strong on Maple avenue near Court
street and relieved him OF his valu-
ables while the William Brown gro
cery. corner Of Court street and Penn
, sylyania avenue and the grocery store
OF A, T, Snyder on South Madison ave-
nue. in South Ottumwa were entered
and money and goods taken. All the
holdups during the past two weeks
have had a spectacular aspect ana leao
the police to believe that the work
was done by men who are experts IN
the business. The finding by Mr.
Brown this morning OF white cotton
mittens in the Brown grocery, Wnicn
are now in the possession of Chief or
Police Peter Gallagher, may result IN
the running down of the two men who
are believed to have committed the
,hoIdup and the two robberies. me
vandalism at the Brown grocery store
at first lead the police to believe that
It was the work Of youthful bandits
hit further Investigation made 1t ap-
pear that real crooks did the JOB, ana
COmmlICcQ LH0 IllSCl1lCl w 49, w
police off their track.
DR.. Armstrong was relieved or MS
gold watch. about $500 in money ana
q bunch of keys. The latter were
found by VIII Brown, the proprietor,
this morning in the cash register at
his store, with the brief note that the
keys belonged to DR.. Armstrong, ana
asking that they be returned 10 the
rightful owner. The holdup OF D!.
Armstrong occurred about 1920 O'CLOCK
last night on East Maple. avenue, just
off North Court street. DR.. Armstrong
was returning home from town "nen
two masked men approached him, ana
fiourishing revolvers ordered him 70
throw up his hands. The smaller man
of the two then went through the VIC
TINS clothing, relieving him OF ms
yaluables. but overlooking diamond
shirt stud. After robbing DR.. Arm
strong they disappeared in the dark
ness. DR.. Armstrong telephoned the
police station and squad OF plue
coats in command of Night Captain
Matt Mier hurried to the vicinity, but
after a long search no trace OF the
bandits was secured. The men worked
on the case all night.
Grocery store Entered.
The second depreciation by the Two
holdup men was discovered this morn
ing when William Brown. who con.
ducts the grocery on Court street, at
the corner Of Court and Pennsylvania
avenue, upon opening the store found
that the place had been ransacked;
the cash register filled with eggs, ana
everything in the store turned topsy
turvy.
Or. Armstrong Talks.
81 was returning home about lO:2o
o'clock declared DR.. Armstrong,
when saw two men approach me
from the east on Maple avenue with
guns in their hands. When they got
to me they ordered me to throw up
my hands. They appeared to come
out of the driveway which leads around
the Mast heating plant and they acted
as though they were short OF wind.
The taller man had two guns. They
allowed. me to take down my hands
and open my vest so that they could
20 through my clothing. I did this In
the hope that they would overlook my
diamond stud, which they did. The
barrels of the revolvers were of blue
steel. One man wore handkerchief
over his face while the other wore
mask. One was about five feet, nine
inches tall, while the other was about
five feet, six inches in height. The