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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1946
Page
8
A Ford car stolen from H T Moore on March 2 reappeared abandoned on a public road between Chesapeake City and Elkton. Papers in the car identified ownership to a nearby farmer who notified Moore. The vehicle was intact except for the missing fine robe. the thief did not proceed further.
Bandits forced entry after bending rear door bars and prying the front. They rifled the vault for stamps and other portable valuables, including Rural Carrier C. P. Dunning’s box and five registered letters. Items were dumped into a stream near Church Hill as suspects headed north. some loot recovered by investigators in Denton.
The government offers two hundred dollars for burglar capture. A Preston dispatch recalls Edwin Stoner’s escape from J. T. Blades in Choptank, with a falisade of shots as he fled. S. C. Collins of Townsend identified the abandoned car as stolen. Tires and groceries were tied to Townsend thefts. A horse taken from William Snow’s stable was found exhausted by the roadside between Wye Mills and Centreville.
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