The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-24
CINEMA OF CRIME
REFLECTED UPON
POLICE BLOTTER

Two men with handkerchief masks
over their faces, armed with pistols. at
tempted a holdup Of A. r. Aisup, man
ager Of Bowers Store No. n. Delaware
street and Jackson Mound avenue. sat
urday night, Just after he closed. But
trated them.
Mr.. Alsup was cranking his Ford car
whet the men appeared and ordered
him at pistol point 70 hold up his hands.
He responded by reaching for his pistol
The men fired once. Alsup returned
their fire and they fled.
BY showing up a side window in the
house and store Of George Burke. gS4
Mississippi boulevard, Saturday night
after closing time, a thief got two over
coats, 2 Remington shotgun, a five
pound bucket Of lard. a case on eggs,
cigars cigarets and chawin' tobacco.
As Win Price, negro, II North Clay
brook street, strobe home early Satur-
day night, carrying s27 OF his pay and
9 basket OF provisions. including meat
for Sunday dinner. two men, one white
and n black. stopped him at the en-
trance to Hodges field, Somervile and
Jefferson. The white man was masked.
lie sung a blackjack on WINS head,
stunning him momentarily. Then as
the negro covered Will with a pistol,
the white maj cut wins, coat and ex-
traeted the $27. For good measure. the
pair Of highwaymen also took the bas-
ket of foodstuffs.
Holdup artists also played havoc with
tho bankrolls Of Elton Guest. negro.
and his companion, whose name police
did not learn, Elton reported that as
he and his buddy" were walking past
Thomas street and Belt line Saturday
night, a negro and a pistol compelled
them to halt. Elton said his loss was
VIZ, while his Weather pal Is minus
SSO, Elton lives at 524 North Manassas
street.
Instead of a Coco oamaritan, the
friend of lngerman "Inkeryertsen, Holly
Springs, Miss, turned out to be as
false as the hooking smile Of Satan,
When lngerman was suddenly seized
with Illness while in the bathtub OF
ms room at the Southern hotel. The
friends left to get a doctor. He never
came hack-and with him. lngcrman
told, police. went 500 which Ingerman
had left in his trousers pocket while
he bathed.
Fords stolen occupied the center Of
the stage and the spotlight on the auto
mobile at central police headquarters
Sunday, when three I'll |flivvers were
reported taken.
Lee A. Evans. 1870 North Mclean
boulevard. said his two-passenger Liz
zie had disappeared from Gayoso av-
enue, between Main and Second. Two
blocks away a thief also picked up the
tWo-passenger Ford belonging 10 the
Jacob Dold COMPANY, packers, which
had been left on Union avenue, be-
tween Main and Front.
r.. L, Hutchins, Little Rock, reported
Sunday afternoon that he had reason
TO believe his five-passenger Ford, No.
SSO4s, Arkansas, which was stolen In
Little Rock on Oct. 20. now was in
Memphis. lie offered $50 reward,
James Alex, SG2 Faxon avenue, told
police Sunday that his house had been
robbed of a l7-jewel watch, gold chain,
with $40 gold piece charm. and $40 in
cash' also a coat and pair OF trousers.
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T. G. Perry reported from Collier
vile that q thief had stolen his IL
Jewel Waltham, a ring and a pair of
glasses from his home.
Henry Jackson, 1858 North Dunlap
street, regretted his carelessness In
leaving his shotgun in his delivery wag.
on when he looked for It Sunday and
found it missing.
] J. Newton, 224 Lucy asked
police aid in recovering $22 which he
stated he had lost.
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a p~ickpocket made a splendid haul
when he tapped the pocket Of Joseph
Moore, keokuk, Ia, for d bankroll az
$7O0 at $50 o.qlock Sunday afternoon on
a Jackson Mouhd car. Moore. who got
on the car at the Union depot. dis.
covered. his loss at Arkansas street and
Iowa avenue, He at once telephone
police headquarters and offered q re-
ward OF 5000 for the recovery Of his
money. ="
George Jackson, Is, picked Saturday
70 run away from school at Bell Buckle.