Spokane grocer survives sensational hold up and capture
George Lufkin a Waterloo native now grocer in Spokane was held up by Witmer alias John Sulli and forced to reveal cash. After Witmer opened fire Lufkin fired back and police arrested a suspect with an I W W card. A second note adds a quarterly meeting at Free Methodist church led by Rev T J Fuller.
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George Lufkin
Waterloo
Spokane
Wash
Witmer
John Sulli
Lufkin
State Penitentiary
Ell
Free Methodist Church
T. J. Fuller
F. M. Smith
Fairfield
Sun Shines Bright on My Old Kentucky Home and Iowa
The piece notes spring fever in Waterloo amid measles, with 72 degree high yesterday and around 70 during the day. Streets are dusty, trees bud, and autos roam countryside as warm weather prompts hat and trousers purchases and crowds on highways. Iowa forecast calls for fair weather tonight, cooler tomorrow, with a warning about Old Man Winter returning briefly.
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Kentucky
Iowa
Johnny
Waterloo
Midsum
Mer
Rearrest Eaton on Instructions from Kansas City
A. M. Eaton, indicted with Arthur Steen for theft of non automobile property, was released on bond yesterday afternoon but briefly freed. Sheriff H. T. Wagner had wired officers in Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas seeking Eaton, receiving no reply from the former and a denial of want from the latter.
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A. M. Eaton
Arthur Steen
H. T. Wagner
Kansas City
Kan
Eaton
Young man rearrested after bond release
An hour after Eaton was released on bond a Kansas City message directed the sheriff to hold him. Walker, the police chief, rearrested the young man at 6 p.m. and he returned to the cell he had just vacated.
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Eaton
Kansas City
Kan
BE. Walker
Pollee
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Black Hawk
Hédsich
Black Hawk Tire & Rubber Company
Walnut
Ste. Des Moines
Black
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Prop
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Sim’s Filling Station
America
Benner Tea CO
Brennan Shoe Store
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