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Multi-incident rural crime and crash report
A decoy highway robbery near Coatesville stopped Middletown salesman Forrest Leddy as two men robbed him of fifty dollars and a gold watch then fled in his car which was found abandoned the next day. In Irvington a car rattle problem was blamed on a squirrel after nuts were found jammed in the housing. In Scranton Benjamin Hughes sought extra compensation claiming earnings as a professional whistler. In Kutztown a crash with six Millersville State Teachers College students killed one woman, injured two others critically, and left the driver unharmed.
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Coatesville
Forrest L. Leddy
Middletown
Leddy
Goatesville
Brandywine Manor
Scranton
Benjamin Hughes
Hughes
Kutztown
Millersville State Teachers College
B’ehw
Alberta M. Brown
Teachers College
West Elizabeth
Pittsburgh
Reading Hospital