St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-01-30
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she prepared to enter her front
yard. Mrs. Washington put up
fight, screaming and holding tight
to her purse. The bandit fled. She
said the one thing she noticed was
that he had gold in the teeth in
front of his mouth.
The wave Of purse snatches
occur chiefly to women after
they alight from busses from
$3.50 pm. until nine o'clock, De-
tective Inspector Charles j.
Wetherille told a reporter for
this paper.
The situation has grown so
alarming that women in the area
are afraid to go out alone at
night. 1t has even been impossible
for the March of Dimes campaign
to secure women to make the an
nual visits to homes in the area
in behalf of the campaign.
The police feel that the GRIM
inal lives in the area and are
anxious to obtain cooperation of
the residents of the area in ap-
pretending him. Until he is caught
and jailed the neighorhood women
will be in terror. Formerly In
spector Wetherille, said, for years
attacks of this type were at min
imum in that area and the women
of the neighborhood did not fear
molestation. Now the entire area
is aroused
Any information leading to the
identity of the terrorist will be
kept in the strictest confidence
Inspector Wetherille said.
The detective chief said: I'VE
hope the people of the area af-
fected will cooperate so that we
may apprehend this criminal who
preys on unescorted women. We
want the streets of our neighbor-
hoods safe for the women and
children of our cities"
Anyone having any information
of a suspicious character who fits
the description given is asked to
phone Inspector Wetherille at
Minneapolis headquarters FEE. 2
1861.
Mrs. John Carter also of 1909
Fremont Av. N. also reports being
accosted in broad daylight as she
walked along the street by a
youth fitting the description of the
assailant. The man uttered OBJ
scene remarks to her and walked
hurriedly away as she turned into
the yard of a neighborhood.
AFRICAN DESCRIBES
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to gain the Kenyan his political
and social rights"
When pressed on the almost
daily reports of Mau Mau terror
ism a few months ago, Sanga
stated that Mau Mau was never
the aggressor in these cases. He
went on to report the instance
when some 200 African natives
were herded into a secluded area
and murdered without a trial. by
white overlords. This" contended
Sanga, was never reported in the
world press" There were many
similar incidents, according to
Sanga, which never were reported
to the world but which led to the
armed uprising of the otherwise
pacific politica organization.
Much of what Americans think
about Africans is based upon ster-
otypes drawn from books ana
movies like Saunders of the
River" and King Solomon's Mine"
which may or may not have had
some basis in fact; however"
concluded Sanga, most of At
RIGA and it's natives are progress
sive and civilized. Many of the
cities far out-do New York and
Chicago while the so-called count
ry-side dweller accepts without
question mans latest inventions.
Even the meanest hut-dweller can
be found listening to world affairs
on his portable radio"
Sanga impressed his audience
with numerous color slides taken
lin the country to show how the
so-called junglemen live"