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Tall Bandit 15 Robberies Target Cedar Falls and Waterloo Stations
Police seek a tall slender bandit described as 35, 150 pounds, wearing an army overcoat who held up two gas stations at Cedar Falls and Waterloo late yesterday escaping with about 70 dollars. At Cedar Falls he robbed Standard Oil, 8 PM, taking cash after a brief confrontation, then returned a watch. At Waterloo he used similar tactics against F E Mathews, 1122 Wellington, taking around 20 dollars. Two cars, a Star touring and a Chevrolet coupe, were seen near the Cedar Falls station shortly before the holdup.
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Cedar Falls
Standard Oll Company
Third
Clay Streets
Albert Ehrhardt
Ehrhardt
Elkader
Standard Oil Company
Sixth
Pranklin Streets
Waterloo
F. E. Mathews
Wellington Street
Mathews