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m, KANSAS. DECEMBER 9. 1915i if1 of3c a. _r« 1Uv Ul3»j lases 01 Bo ze.vcow-f•Oklahoma Bootleggers Robbed bygu in*Other Bootleggers.r 'em.Sint*Thirty-five cases of whisky wasc' andthe loot obtained by four motorbandits who held up two motoraland nd acars a mile west of Galena, attf1:30 o.clock Tuesday afternoon.The whisky was being taken to Oklahoma. It was valued at $350.daon,The bandits escaped by definedmolishing the spark plugs of the two cars that were robbed, soMr*.that permit was impossible.:over-One man was in each motoram#car in which the liquor was beingThsrrietmL 4taken to Oklahoma. They hadbought the whisky in Joplin andmghtahad arrived at a point west of*•Galens, on their way to Tnlsa,quitewhen a tire on one of the carspartwas punctured.ia.While the men were repairing~orted;the tire, the four bandits appearGeted from the west, pointed revolthe |vers at them and made them stand near a fence at a side oflivethe road while they loaded theat »vdoor •whiskey into their touring car.The (After breaking the spark plugsthe bandits turned and went west.
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Baxter Springs News
Baxter Springs, Kansas, US
Thu, Dec 09, 1915
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