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PR1lt;in Dm Maine* le. On Trains Be.TORESTERRORIZEPEOPLE AT- i;iGIN POINTiKnock Butcher Down, Then Rob His Till —Druggist Escapes Robbers After Throwing Bottle of Muriatic Acid at Themfchad15.ofay-on)ateiadiii’k'ftdfea-JioorehisUSCOVOrtlyvushonly.orDesperate robbers, cursing; and firing their revolvers, held up and robbed three Southeast Des Moines storeg at 8:45 o'clock last night.Southeast Des Moines was practically in a state of terror last night, for it was feared the robbers would commit wholesale murder rather than be captured.At 0 o’clock all the city detectives tver*o scouring the souUi* eastern part of the city, *nd an 'hour Inter officers of Carlisle, Svcao and other neighboring (own 4 were scju’chlng high anil low on nil tho roads in u southeasterly direction from Des Moines.Profanely declaring they would Hhoot to kill, the men first held up Hoy Brothers' grocery bIotd, 1222 Southeast Sixth. They took charge of tho. Place after knocking.; down ami att'biit breaking the skull of PdVoF*' ihinnin chain, a butcher, who wan an obstacle.A dozen men aud boys aaxr one of tho men compel George Kay, a member at the firm, to open up the esEti register. He protested at first, but. tho leader sfdil refusal meant dealli anil Ray changed his mind. TIii'onvh Acid.Across the street, a few mlnut.cn later, ono of the men barely cBcaped a eliower of muriatic aeicl, hurled atS/X'TtfJPOrfsrojp.Robbers From One Store to An oilier.dEcar-ofiwndis-dnyonohi lithe will rou-oral col-if.cve-•Wo t hoISOU men At I in I to i ho no very oathIRKSincacomrulhrgedIlls head by W. II. Kilgore, a druggist.Apparently afraid of the acid bath (lie ' men hurried oil Jo lIn* grocery of Htetmrc lo Young. 1201 South-vjinI Sixth, and rouoc’d it, the leader here owing Ids life U» the vigilance of one rr lits pals . ,1. M. Stewart, Ihe butcher, was ahotiv to reach through a sUilhig window*, and stab the bandit wilh a huge butcher knife, wlioji one of the guards lev-oiled a.gnu aI his hail ami ordered Idni to ulop. Ifc shipped, anil I wo minutes Inlrr. having 1 iiken SUJU fnnn ihe till, ilu» l.i)ii*lt;i men walked oil I ami disappearedHold Up Farmer.They coinmlted no other holdups in the community, hut at 10 o'clock tried In Imid up .lamus Davidson on tho Evergreen Road. Davidson is hired 111:111 for X. A. Trow bridge, farmer, and was on his way home. The man evidently wanted Ihe team, lint DstvUlsnr. applied Ihe whip and escaped.Alongside tbc Ray grocery is a meat market, and the robber assignor! to this side simplified his work by battering Peter Cunulng-ham, the butcher, in the head with’ the bull cud of his revolver. Cunningham was Hi work near the door, booking up to see who was entering,, he received a blow thnt knocked him cold. Thin mtin guarded tho door between the meat market and grocery, ami another Immediately '‘covered the dozen or more customers.When the masked men enicred the flrfrt stove, the proprietors andiI Herbs were husv attending to the
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Des Moines Daily News
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Sun, Apr 09, 1911
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