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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1920
Page
12
City shops reported their heaviest trading of the season as crowds filled stores. Out of town shoppers joined locals in a weekend rush following payday with abundant holiday goods on display and many buyers completing their lists.
Three Italians en route from Norton to Dante were held up by two Americans east of Norton and robbed of 800 dollars. One suspect was arrested Friday night and jailed in Wise County. The victims had paid a young Norton man 25 dollars to drive them to Dante. The getaway vehicle left the main road after Norton.
Two men leapt from the roadside with guns and halted the car forcing the foreigners to surrender money before escaping in the vehicle. The victims were left on the road as the assailants fled.
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