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Armed Robbery at1Patoka Gas StationPATOKATwo young men' building as they were gaggingheld up the Texaco Service Sta tion in Patoka last night, foreWalker. One told Walker to either open the safe or I'm goed an attendant at gunpoint to j to blow your head off. accord-open the cash register, tied up mg to the attendant, two persons, then waited on cus*! while Walker and Eastonweretomers before making their es- tied up. several customers drove cape. , into the station. They were wait-The men are described as on by the suspects,neatly-dressed.*’ one about 23 Within five minutes we hadyears old and the other 21 They worked ourselves loose but theyWalker said.were still being sought by law w*je £oneofficials at press Police believe that at least oneenforcement -------- ,,--- . . , , , .,deadline j other person was involved in theAbout MOO was taken in the roK^ry as driver of a car in night robbery, said the atten- *hich the men apparently leftdant, Fred Walker, 21, of Pato- %SSit!kM were set up in rur-Walker and a customer who ®Lar?« 2P Lobberyhappened on the scene during {W The^jm^stlgation ?s temg led the robbery , Kenneth Easton Ihe lnVeStlg,l*°n « ^*8 hy the Marion County Sheriff’s40, of Patoka. wan also robbed kAuof their billfoldsOffice, with help from Effinghamfc, ,, .. . .. . . State Police and all law enforce-Walker told the Sentinel the menl agencjes in this area.two men walked into the stationat about 6 p.m. and told him I Th !•#*#»- Art Pl-ivr trouble and 1 ntCt-ALl rid\they had had carneeded a mechanic Walker did y PrpviPiifs'rlnot see a car outside W hen he 1 O DC I IX St lilt Cltold the men that the nearest The three-act play. Out of themechanic was in Sandoval, they Frying Pan,” will be presented said they would just get warm at the Centralia High School Auditorium Tuesday at 8 p.m. by the school's dramatics class un-here and then hitchhike to Sandoval.” _____________________ _______In Walker's words: der the direction of Mrs. PegIn the meantime I was work- Dersch ing on my car in the shop. One Miss Kathy Bryant is the proof the men followed me to the i duction manager for the comedy, shop, slipped behind me. and s which centers around three tried to hit me but missed young ladies and three When I drew back from the hood young men sharing the same of the car. he pointed a gun at apartment for financial reasonsthe side of my head and told me , The cast includes Brad Wool-to lay down on the floor. Then bright. Scott Jones. Gayla Jaok-he tied me up. The gun was ??n- Mark Sharp, Jone Dunn,believed to be a 22 cal. revolv- Karen harle, Brenda C. ross, Debbie Howell, Pam Long, MikeerCash. Joel Farmer and CindyWhile the suspect held a gun i p i« K; ,h\°',hh Crew members are Janiceer man was attempting — with* ,, ilflU ^ .out success — to open the cash n?,An i vregister.Nancy Droege and Kathy Bry-He couldn’t oDen it” said ant- props:. 9heI’1 Brantley,a1k»r thp nthor nnm iin-Walker, so the other one un tied my legs and made me show them how to open the cash re-K- iter. Then he took me to the ck part of the building, laidSpitler. Cynthia White, Debbie Dersch, Mike Cooksey. Dawn Forrest and Steve Barr; Dawn Forrest, lights: Debbie Dersch. Brenda Cross and Beverlv Bar. *5* gagged me and jker. prompters; Karen Earle andtied me up.The suspects apparently noticed a safe in the corner of theBrad Woolbright, publicity; Kathy Bryant. Karen Earle and Brad Woolbright. programs.
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Centralia Sunday Sentinel
Centralia, Illinois, US
Sun, Jan 14, 1973
Page 12
Full Page
Clipped by
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