The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-02
34 HOLD-UPS IN AND ABOUT CITY,
 RECORD FOR OCT.
Few Cases of Violence Re- ported-0ne Death Results From Attacks of Highway
 men-Seven Arrested
:, Fly ETHEL GILLEN

With thirty-four hold-ups in and around Birmingham dur ing the month of October, all previous records for a similar period were broken, according to members of the sheriff's force. With few exceptions, these have been committed in open daylight and in the ma- jority of instances the highway men were negroes.
 Never before in history have as many highway robberies been reported in this county for the same time and both the city police department and the sheriffs force are making every ef- fort to run down these highwaymen. Seven negroes have been arrested and placed in the county jail on charges of highway robbery, two of whom are said to have confessed. Off, ficers are still on the look out for the members of this gang who are still at large and have been clever enough up to the present time to evade cap ture.
 Although October has been rec
 Ord-breaking for highway rObber-
 ies, violence has been used in few
 cases. Miss Lena Bailey was
 struck over the head last week by
 highwaymen and left in an uncon-
 scious condition near Tenth alley
 and Thirteenth street. south, after
 being robbed of Sf0. She was found
 two hours later by two persons
 passing.
 F. A. Merriwether was beaten un- conscious and his throat was cut in two places by highwaymen when he was held up at Fifteenth avenue and Thirteenth street, north. After lying in this state for nearly six hours he managed to crawl to his home two blocks away, when the crime was re- ported. He had his watch and $44 stolen
 TIED TO BEDSTEAD Mrs. E. Bumpass of 1905 Twenty first Istreet was tied to the foot of the bed at her home Saturday night and robbed. Charles B. Smith, who resides at 2102 Avenue H, south, was beaten over the head with a sand-bag and robbed of $90. This hold-up was staged at the Birmingham Southern and the Frisco railroad crossing at Pratt City. He was left in an unconscious condis sion by the highwaymen and was found about two hours later.
 o. H. Ware, air inspector for the Alabama Great Southern railroad, was robbed and then shot and his body placed on the railroad tracks. He tied as result of injuries received. This is the only murder to be committed by these marauders who have been holding up pedestrians.
 John s Cain of Jasper, after being beaten to an unconscious condition, was robbed of $12O and was left lying in the gutter on Second avenue Lear Twenty sixth street.
 Three of the robberies reported were but in these instances only money as taken and the pedestrians were al- lowed to go on their way unharmed.
 member of the fair sex par
 ticipated in one robbery reported
 during the month. According to
 the story told to the officer
 salesman in local grocery store was standing on the corner when a pretty young girl in an automobile rode up and asked him if he want ed t~ take ride. Of course he
 assented and after riding him around the block she put him out
 at the same corner where she had
 picked him up, but he later dis covered he was minus his watch
 and pocketbook.
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