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Candace Garrison robbed in hotelMIAMI BEACH (UPI) — A masked bandit brandishing a switchblade knife barged into Candace Mossier Garrison’s hotel suite early today and took about $200,000 worth of jewelry, the Texas bank heiress told police.Police said the 5l-year-old Mrs. Garrison was not injured after pleading with the bandit, “Don't hurt me, don’t hurt me, I won’t do anything.Mrs. Garrison has visited Miami regularly since being acquitted, along with Melvin Lane Powers, of the 1966 bludgeon murder of her millionaire second husband, Jacques Mossier. She was defended by Percy Foreman during the sensational trial.Police said Mrs. Garrison told them she was dozing in her room on the 14th floor of the Doral Beach Hotel when the door opened about 3:30 a. m. and a tall masked man brandishing a knife entered the suite and said: I want vour ring.Officers said the bandit, who was wearing a knit cap and a bandana, took a diamond-studded necklace and a large diamond ring from the dresser drawer along with $1,000 in cash.About a dozen policemen and detectives— some with K9 dogs —searched the hotel and surrounding area, but were unable to locate the bandit.Officers speculated the bandit was “a pro and had entered the hotel suite with a pass key.Mrs. Garrison said the bandit told her: I don’t want to hurt you. Just keep quiet and you won’t get hurt.Mrs. Garrison told police she had not been feeling well and had spent most of Wednesday night in bed reading and dozing.Before fleeing the hotel suite, Mrs. Garrison said the bandit tried unsuccessfully to rip her telephone off the wall.Mrs. Garrison phoned the police several minutes after the bandit fled and also called her daughter, Mrs. Rita Wilder, who was staying in a nearby room. A doctor was called after police arrived and he gave Mrs. Garrison a sedative.After being acquitted of the murder of her husband by a Miami jury, Mrs. Mossier returned to Houston and in July of 1971 married 32-year-old electrical contractor Barnett Garrison in a 12-minute ceremony.A year later, Garrison was critically injured when he fell from the third floor of the couple’sEB and FLO By PCANDACE MOSSLER GARRISONHouston mansion.Police said Mrs. Garrison is the majority stockholder in Florida’s central banks and returns to Miami often to attend to her banking interests.Sellers TT 6.
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Redlands Daily Facts
Redlands, California, US
Thu, Apr 26, 1973
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