Hold Up Prank Ends With Fines for Two Drivers
David Clarion and two other drivers staged a fake hold up on a colored employee of the Percy A. Rockefeller establishment. The prank backfired when they were caught and fined ten dollars each.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1921
Page
12
David Clarion and two other drivers staged a fake hold up on a colored employee of the Percy A. Rockefeller establishment. The prank backfired when they were caught and fined ten dollars each.
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A pedestrian injured at Eastlake and Boston Street blames speeding and traffic violations on drivers. Relatives describe a 60 mph hit and a driver who fled the scene. Police admit limited manpower prevents effective enforcement as residents call for action to curb speed fiends.
J M Gulbraith 59 and J L Sweeting 18 were due in police court on fighting charges after Sweeting attacked Gulbraith in his room at 12144 Sixth Ave Tacoma. Sweeting said he came from Tacoma to avenge an insult he claimed Gulbraith wrote to his mother Mrs Sweeting.
William Mead, Sing Sing’s chief engineer after 40 years of service, rejects retirement and a pension. He says he has come to like the prison and plans to stay, despite offers to leave.
An Atlanta judge dismissed a prisoner charged with stealing liquor from a confessed bootlegger ruling that liquor has no legal status. If a thing doesn't exist no arrest can stand for stealing it, the court held.
Letter from William Filer of Lake Forest Park praises Dr. Loughney and his curative eating plan and says his rheumatism and stiffness vanished after treatment. He notes blood pressure drop from 196 to 130 and claims renewed mobility at age 64. Publication authorized with photo, urging others to seek the Seattle clinic.
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