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5. 1*11HE TACKLEDTHE WRONG MANEl Riiiliigtr Facil a Rtialitr Pakal In His rict ail 6it In tftiGist HiasalfSEVEN SHOTS FIRED AT HOLDUP.Owe of Wbich Probably Hit.—An Exciting Midnight Encounter in Which The Robber Ran For His Life, Dropping His Unloaded Revolver.Two weeks ago Ed Keldllnger was nearing hts hou*c uo New street at a late hour when hie sister noticed two men who apparently followed himalmost to the door of the house.►Since then he had expected to be held up every night and he prepared for defense by buckling on a revolver The expected visitor showed up Thurs night at quarter to 12, Ed was In front of Mark Klrkman's residence when, from a lilac bush that extends to the sidewalk, a man stepped out, placed a revolver In Ed’s face and called, “Hands up!’* The man was but eight feet away and It took some nerve to look Into that gun aud make resistance. Ed tbew up his left hand but wltb bis right he pulled bis revolver' and blazed away, ijulokly he tired the second shot, when the robber staggered, groaned and turned and ran.\ Ed followed, pumping a wav with bis shots, l)Ut the fellow escaped by running through the alley between the Kirkham and Keldllnger residences, He wa4 so anxious to get away that he did not attempt to climb the fence but plunged rightthrough It.After the tiring, EcL^slled Mark Ktrkman^sSk IFffiby fhoifLha4jei»d#tnnPoDagaPagUt:yegD*ahtot:ctcndCindaliP\nItHeiMIItiariwVdntered^e house and In a later search yAtlfrk found the robber s revolver, which he evidently dropped as he ran. It was not loaded and as no shots were tired by the holdup, his firearm proposition was a bluff.Ed Keldllnger Is owner of the saloon on West Mill street and usually has his night s receipts In his pocket when he goes home, and this the robber evidently knew. He thought It would be an easy task to frighten the bo? Into giving up his money, but he has another guess. Though be tackled a slender vouth, he faced several hundred pounds of nerve and discovered that appearances are deceptive.The finding of a revolver near the scene of the attempted holdup of Ed Keldllnger came near Involving an innocent young man. The weapon was identified as one belonging to Ed Moore, an employe of Attica Bridge Works. Ed proved by Ueorge ('urtls and James iSepbart that he sold the revolver, several weeks ago, to Henry Klutzke, who was employed for a short time at the bridge plant. The last trace of Klutzke In Attica was the day after the John Kubtnson show was here but the police are trying to locate him. lt;. A. Martin, who had charge of the trade school at the Jeffersonville Reformatory. says Klutzke was an Inmate there. He had l*»en In Atttca several months, but nothing was known of him here, bis only acquant-ances being workmen whom he casually met. If be could be located a clue to th?robber might be obtained, for If he could prove an alibi be could show what disposition he made of the weapon.PTItPawnFtikr!dav1atisicVITUwtieitlncleitlwtlTiOO
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Attica Ledger
Attica, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 08, 1911
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