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AKRON GROCERVIePm8SHOT TO DEATHhpIIPOOLROOMtuCorn Sugar TradeCRivalry BlamedaKillingtBy Th« A«Mcial«4 Pr*M. **AKRON, O., April 12.—Two men. 11 who killed Joseph Papp, 42 year- 0 old grocer, in the manner of Chi- * cago’e “St. Valentina day masaa ere, were bunted today by police)0of northern Ohio.The young killer*, with pistol*)0 drawn, Invaded a pool ball near tbe Papp Brother*’ grocery $tore wherb Papp waa pbaytug, cards with six companion* shortly betere midnight last night.Ona of the youth* commanded Papp’s companion* to walk back tothat wall and stand there with your hacks to n$. #Ha then ordered Papp to “turn around.”As the grocer faced about, eight buiieta were pumped into his head and hack. The youths, who had held their hand* over their faces when they entered, fled In a car in which another man waited.Police theorised that the killing waa the outgrowth of rivalry for the Akron corn sugar trade and broadcast a description of three men known to them. They said Papp and his brother, Paul, had been selling corn sugar at their store for years and that a few months ago they moved their corn sugar plant to Barberton.Among the men sought for questioning, police said, was one who formerly was known as the “corn sugar king” of Akrou. The other two hunted have police records.
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East Liverpool Review
East Liverpool, Ohio, US
Wed, Apr 12, 1933
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