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itocKies, me xne n.asi out ciimoea xo near normal saiurd in western day afternoon. (AP Wirephoto).2 Bank Robbery Suspects Seized(Continued from Page 1)a Green Bay paper company and Swiedarke as the operator of a filling station and a used car lot.He said that convictions on bank robbing and use of firearmscharges would carrv a maximumpenalty of 25 years in prison and $10,000 fine.Two of the bandits sauntered into the bank with their pistols drawn while the third served asa lookout.The apparent leader, a short, stocky-looking man the witnesses said, announced “this is a hold-j up.”Forced to FloorHe then herded bank president George Debroux, four otheremployes, and six customers into: a rear room and forced them to lie face-down on the floor. When! another customer walked in, he1got the same treatment.Working with clocklike precision, the leader cleaned out the vault and then locked his prisoners inside.WeatherOFFICIAL REPORT BY UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAUPrecipt-Temperatur#tatlonHiRhLow24 Hr*.Boston 54 *380Chicago 44480Cleveland 50270Dubuaue 52300Duluth 50240Fargo 46110Green Bay 44170Kas City 4337.08La Crosse 49250Log Ang. 57 Mad A’p't 52310250Miami 80730Milw’kee 43280Mps.-St P 50240New York 56380Park Falls 49180San Ant. 65480S S.Marie 43240Wash’gton 58370Wausau 48196Wlnnpeg 41230MADISON WEATHER(Truax Field)Yes- Tem- Rela-WindClou-ter- pcra- tlve Hu- Veloc*• di-day tur# midltyltyness6 a m. 26 9400Noon 47 434106 p m 41 551540Highest temperature yesterday. 52 at 3 p. m.Lowest temperature yesterday, 25at 4:30 a. m.Mean temperature yesterday, 38;normal 39.DeRree days yesterday. 27.Total precipitation since Jan. 1, 5.58 in.: normal 5 13.Sun rose at 5:36: sets at 6:26.TODAY IN OTHER YEARS Warmest in 1921. 74.Coldest In 1886 8.Wettest in 1923. .55 In.agents were pressed into the Debroux flashed a secret signal search in 10 minutes but the ban-'to the hotel across the street dits slipped through the giant where, according to a prearrang- cordon.ed plan, a man was supposed to FBI agents and Green Bay au-pick off the bandits with a rifle. jtiipFities were tight-lipped aboutAmmunition Locked now they managed the capture.But he never got into action But it was learned that a tele-because the ammunition was phone call to Dist. Atty. Robert locked in a safe. Parins was the springboard to theDebroux escaped almost imme- capture, diately through an escape device “I can’t say anything about it,” but his efforts to catch the ban- Parins said, although he revealeddits in his car were futile.Hundreds of sheriff’s officers,local police, vigilantes, and FBICleary was an ex-convict.“We got them on a tip and that’s as much as I can discolse.”
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Madison Wisconsin State Journal
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Apr 03, 1949
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