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VOL. XXII. NO. 41.rUP BUND MAN, ESCAPE WITH $3,600Brutal Attack Made In Homer1At Early Hour LastCSunday MorningNOTHING KNOWNOF IDENTITY iRevenge or Plain Brutality IsAssigned MotiveAnother hideous crime was added to the annals of modern gangsterism when three thugs entered the home of Mr .and Mrs. Tony Polich on Ernestine Ave. betweenthe hours of one and two Sunday morning and brutally beat up the aged man and his wife and stole $3,600 from a trunk in the house. The robbers escaped without leaving a definite clue to their identity.Polich, his wife, 12 year old boy and 14 year old girl were asleep at the home when the thieves arrived. The comers first made theirhouse.In quick order one of them haul-1 ed the old man who has beenblind for several years out of bed, dragged him to the kitchen and proceeded to beat him into unconsciousness with a pistol despite the pleas of the helpless man to take what they wanted and leave him alone.arrival known by kicking in the | kitchen door of the four room
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Christopher Progress
Christopher, Illinois, US
Thu, Nov 21, 1929
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