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CRUEL. CRUEL FATE: JOE'S BOOZE IS CONESmooth Strangers Robbed Dia-mondville Man of His Entire Stock in TradeJyi* Colctti, the well known diV farmer of Piajnondvillc, had a harrowing experience last Sunday night, which hat* caused him to seek the Soothing solace of Lava Hot Springs fjr a'few days* recuperation.On the day mentioned he was wait-, cd upon by two men, strangers, who; asked all about crops and things and | during the conversation it came out (-usually that at a time when it was considered in good form, he, Collet cl, had been in the liquor business#This opened up a new avenue, and I the conversation drifted onto the suo-ject of boose and the rapidly diminishing supply. Finally, he ws sskid if there wus no more balm in t.iicuii, I ami a deal, according to report, soon was arranged, by the terms of which, the genial strangers, in lieu of MW in perfectly good money, wore to become possessors of four cases of tho( almost forgotten stuff that made Kentucky famoufl.T« make di-livery it,was necessary to make a trip to the Ower wood lot. near the cornfield. Arr.vinir there the whiskey was exhumed and the I,-ado was made, at least Joe had reason to think so—but the «trangers had not played all of their cards.Kach produced u convincing looking ■run and each kept his weapon pointed carelessly in the general direct on of Joe's stomach He was com p.-led to refund the $400, and after a little working over, merely to show good faith, he was started homeward. I hi n the strangers loaded up the remainder of Collet ti's stock and were Men no mo ft.
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The Kemmerer Republican
Kemmerer, Wyoming, US
Fri, Feb 13, 1920
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