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Elderly pair robbed in Stout CommunityA pair of young hoklup men escaped with around $2,600 aflcr binding up an elderly couple at their home in the Stout Commit-: nity and ransacking Iho house' early Saturday morning.Victims of the early-morning robbery were Mr. and Mrs. Ar-J thur K Mitchusson. No arrests have been made in the case, but; the Wood County Sheriff's office ' is continuing the investigation, i Mr. Mitchnsson is 78 and she is • 75. Both appear very alert for1 their ages.Mr. and Mrs. Mileliisson said! one of the men appeared to be m his 20s and the other in hisANOTHER NO-HITTER30s. One had light-colored hair and the other was dark-headed. They had never seen either of the two men before.Mrs. Mitchnsson said the men first came to the house about 6:15 a m., left for about 30 minutes until her son Scollic Garner. departed for town, then returned and robbed them.She said the first time they came they asked if anyone named Mitchussotn lived there, then inquired about someone named Bright When I liny lef! the first lime, she said I hey (old her son that if ho were going lo town to go ahead and start and theyLocal teams move closer to crownsWlnnsboro look some big steps lories would cinch the champion toward nailing down two kid! ship.baseball championships during- The Cardinals zoomed lo the the past week of action as llu-. front in the Freshman League Cardinals regained first place in and have now cinched at least awould pick him up on the way.Mrs. Mitchusson then related lha; when the men returned they asked if her son had left yet When she told them he had. one of the men polled a pistol ami (old her it was a holdup. Mrs. Mitchusson said she started calling for her hiilt;hand, whn was asleep in a bedroom of the house.The hold-up man told her Be quiet or you'll gel hurt.”Mr. Mitchusson. who doesn't hear very well, didn't hear her tries and they taped her lo her wheelchair. Mrs. Mitchusson is not an invalid, but has to use I lie wheelchair when conking as she can't slnnd for a very long period at n lime.She said the man told her they needed some money and had only about 30 minutes before they had In gel out of here. She I old Ihom she had about $10 in a purse between the mattress and springs of Iheir bed. So they went into (he bedroom, taped Mr. Miichusson's hands and feet while lie was in the bed and got her purse They also got the 'See ROBBLRY, Page 2)
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Winnsboro News
Winnsboro, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 14, 1966
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