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-.tTrioYearWilliam (Slick) Smith Held^-Jn $-10,000 Bail After Release-- .• * * * ' * __ . . 1- . ..from Pennsylvannia Penitentiary4aet-weck- -from-Eastern p*»niti»n.tlary In Pennsylvania was charged in Northwestern police court Tuesday with the $6,000 robbery of Askew. Gate wood, night club operator, more than three yean ago.Another man was charged earlier .this yoar, but released to IPennsylvania sanitarium after he w_a« reported to be dying of tuberculosis.to laceiw tied up, he Mr. Gatewood, estimated that it took the three men but three co-four minutes to clean out the safe and-escape.Similar Holdup \Detective Sgt. James Butler testified that on Aug. 30. 1949, three men were arrested- in Philadelphia In a similar holdup.•Two* of the men were identified aa Smith and Fields, both pkkwlniece aa two of the three men in ore «*ber7*.£WMtt*theby city detective* was WiUiam(SUckttimftb of Pfcdetofafa,tified by Hr.' Gatewood as one* but Gequut Butter «Mup at gunpoint at his home in the j ft]Bt thf mwn Afr%irflledge of the Gatewood robbery, ySmith made ne statemeetIftiBWbloek: Edmondson''ivb.' on.April 11. IMP. b: : HefaTlit fIMOf- Bell-——Magistrate E. Everett Lane ordered Smith held for action cf the grand jury in $10,000 ball.The first. member of the trio to be charged was Vernon Fields, following his probation from the Pennsylvania prison. - -Taken from Mr. Gatewood’s safe at the time, of Up robbciy_jye«;Valuable Loot*A pUtimra _nng, valued, at$1,000; a politaire platinum-ring,-ialuetLALJi JMimond stick pin, valued at $1,300; a_diamond ring Yaiued at $1, and $850 in cash. -Mr. Gatewood said, the robbery occurred when his niece. Miss Elaine Nelson, admitted the men to the house while he was talking.{ on the telephone. He. walkedHLnto1 the living room to face the trio, -all brandishing revolvria, he testified.Come oo~ let’s, gcT downxt* in to the safe,” Mr. Gatewood said one of the men ordered, showing knowledge ot~the location of the iafe~II)**..Bound With tap...- When they went .to _the me Jn. the cellar, Mr. Gatewood testified^ hesUlled for time, but they started manhandling- nre.u Forced to unlock the safe, be was then- thrown to tha-Mo-o-r and bound with rope. Miss Nelson
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Sep 06, 1952
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