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PANTS ROBBER GIVEN THIRTY YEARS IN PENfContinued from Page One) pla lieved to have entered betwen 30 and 50 homes in Laurel and vicinity during the time he worked.His method of operation baffled police for many months. The negro invariably wore tennis shoes or muffled his shoes with rags wrap-* ped around them. He entered homes with such stealth that only on one or two occasions did his intrusion awaken members of the families, ire So Qutetly did toe move, that on numerous occasions, household pet riy dogs, or watch dogs in the yard lid were n°t disturbed. On one occasion, he is said to have even re-ry, I moved a collar from the neck of a ' I giant police dog. This story, however, was not verified.Others Arraigned.Others arraigned in court Thursday morning were:Sam Bennett, sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary on burglary charges.Theo Richardson entered plea of not guilty to burglary charges, ed Horace McGowen, Willie Jenkins jit and T. D. McNair, negroes, entered nfc pleas of not guilty to murder ill charges. These negroes were indict-pe ed in connection with the fatal wounding of Jesse Mason, negro, who was shot in an alleged hi-jacking attempt on his home in an alleged effort to take possession of a quantity of liquor.Eva Hunt, girl about 18 years old, entered a plea of guilty to grand larceny, and will be sentenced on Friday morning. The young woman was billed by the grand jury in nt connection with the theft some st time ago of the car of I. R. Brad-a- shaw. She was alleged to have been or associated in the theft with Gary er Thompson and Frank Wood, who m pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five and one year, respectively.-o-
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Leader Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Thu, Feb 23, 1933
Page 8
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Joe T.
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