Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-12-25
CRIME WAVE ORDER
OF "SHOOTTO KILL"
ISSUED BY BEAVERS
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suspected of being two Of the three
negroes who killed Carl Rappold on
Tuesday night in his grocery store
at Sims and Mary streets in the Pitts
burg section.
Dewey Hunter is twenty-one years
of age and gave his address as "a
Jasper street. He was arrested by
Detectives Whitley and Powers. He
carried .38-caliber revolver and had
pocket full of rifle cartridges. They
will be compared with the rifle bullet
that killed Rappold. Hunter is said
while an officer was taking him from
one convict camp to another:
LADY BANDIT APPEARS;
WOMAN IN CAR ROBBED
PORT CHESTER, N. Y, Dec. "a
A "lady" bandit made her appearance
here, and, while two men companions
looked on, robbed Mrs. Clarence w.
Mertz, wife of a local contractor, of
$50 in cash and $1,000 in checks.
Mrs. WertZ was driving toward
White Plains in her automobile when
another car drew up in the road be-
fore her, compelling her to stop. A
man and woman stepped out, the
man holding a revolver. Another
man remained in the car.
The couple climbed into Mrs.
Mertz's car and ordered her to hand
over her valuables. After she had
complied, the woman searched her,
returned two monogrammed rings
and handed her two 81 bills, saying:
"You may need this to buy gaso-
line"
They then drovH away in their car.
XMAS CRIME AVE
GAINING THROUGH NATION
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The Christ
mas crime wave" which has affected
practically every large city in the
country, is growing as the. holidays
approach, according to information
gathered today.
Despite police reinforcements In
the shopping districts, establishment
of modified curfew, arn1ing of en-
ployes and other precautions, crooks
York City. They were specializing
in hold-ups, safe-cracking and pock-
et-picking, whitman occasional shoot
ing. Other cities and towns In the
Metropolitan district were expert
encing similar conditions, crimes, in
were invaded by crooks driven from
here. In cities as distant as Buff
falo and Albany known criminals
were being met at trains and ordered
to continue their enforced Pilgrim
age.
chicago
orally on the increase. MURDERS
hold-ups and burglaries' were grow
ing, although there was decrease
in payroll robberies. Police blamed
unemployment.
NEW CURRENCY IN
BANK TEMPTS THIEVES
SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 23.-New
currency displayed on two illuminat..
ed Christmas trees in windows OF
the First National bank at the most
prominent business corner of the
city, attracted thieves just before
daybreak today. They hurled stones
through the windows and gathered
up the bills Indifferent to the burg
lar alarm loudly changing over their
heads. Police hurried to the scene
and arrested the men with their
pockets bullying with the new bank
notes. One was Tommy Cawley, the
other refused to write his name.
Both are deaf mutes.
MASKED BANDITS ROB
MAN IN DECATUR
Two masked negro bandits held
Merck Tony, of Decatur, aIthe point
of pistol Wednesday. evening about
9 o'clock while they robbed him or
$40 in cash. The robbery occurred on
the corner of Howard and Hopkins
streets as Mr. Tony was going home.
The highwaymen escaped before help
could be summoned. Sheriff J. A.
McCurdy, of DeKalb county, and the
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