The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-12-28
SHOOT TO KILL,
IS POLICE ADVICE

'DNIlNIED FROM EAtE ONE
But after he had changed the troll
10y and got back In tho car one OF
the men pulled "a gun. ordered him
TO stick EN- up while the other rob.
bar searched the mo,orman. Both Of
them then grabbed the fare box
which, according to Rlcky, weighs
! about 60 pounds. aud carried Il away
With them. Search was later made
for the box but II had not been
found last night.
a sneak thiof about o'clock last
night entered the house OF a. g.
Dolson. 3lo East Third. The rob
bcr, after gaining entrance through
a window, completely ransacked tho
house and carried off as his loot 100
pennies. overlooking valuable silver
ware aud jewclry.
While police officers wcro rtlll
searching for the lone masked
bandit who about midnight Sunday
held up W. r.. Scott, night manager
~ the Nuupkmnn drug store. 80
Sorth Main. and made him hand
over 1900 iu cash which was In the
pfr. thieves about I o'clock Monday
morning knocked In. with brick.
the plato glass show window OF the
Capln a SimpkinR Ladies' Furnish
ing store at 200 South Main and car
valued at si.735. which had been on
exhibit IN the window Grant
Tucker, merchant police officer. was
at the other srd OF his beat when
tho robbery occurred and he did not
discover II until about n haif-hOur
later. The police were Immediately
notified hut II IL believed that the
robbers had planned the thing In
advance and used u car TO make
their escape.
One $500 Coat Gone.
In report to the police Yesterday
the store management listed the
stolen articles as n squirrel wrap,
$3.50; mink coat. $500, fitch cape,
t275: mink stole. $I7b; and two Bo-
ivla wraps valued at ss5 each.
a plate glass In the Vandcver Dry
Goods store. 100 South Main was
broken about 0 O'Clock and the
night watchman in the store hear
Ing the falling glass rushed to the
front but by the time he unlocked
The door and got outside the vandals
had disappeared. a stick was found
near the broken window and as two
small boys had been playing In
front OF the store about $40 o'clock
| Il IL believed that one OF them Ace
IDENTIFY broke the window and bot'
lied In terror. Nothing was stolen
Robbed Of His Car.
Three unmasked men stopped J.
u. Crider, 20O2 East Eighth. mile
south of the city, on Lewis avenue
about 10 o'clock Sunday night,
$3.50 In cash. Cridcr says he was
| driving towards town when the three
men. one OF them described az
| rnther tall. the other two OF medium
height. jumped from some bushes
near the road and one OF the trio
ran into the middle OF the road
while the other two climbed on the
| running boards OF the car.
| All Three Had 'Guns.
CriIer said ne was ordered out OF
the car and searched. The three
men then got In tho car. turned II
around and drove south" Crider
said.
Clarence Campbell. 1908 East Six
tccnth. reported TO the police that
some time Sunday thieves had en-
| tered his house through "a rear win
dow and carried off clothing valued
| at S22S. The robbers tore the screen
off the window then smashed the
| glass.
Entering rear door with n pass
key. thieves sometime Christmas
night searched tho house OF j. v.
| Ryan, lt45 South Carson and
robbed him OF $40 worth of s. gold
pieces and a S25 watch.
| Need More Cail Boxes.
| Several new men have been added
TO the police force, according to
John A. Gustafson, chief of police,
and the night patrol Of the business
| dla rict IN being doubled and more
men are being stationed in the resi-
dence district At present, the eff
cheney OF the residence police is
hindered due to the fact that there
are no call boxes. but new boxes
have been ordered and will be In
stalled throughout the resident sec
tlon OF the city Just az soon as they
arrive, police officials say.