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Gun-firing bandit caught after chase : Ronald Watson, of Montreal, in toils

Publication: Fort William Daily Times Journal, 19 Dec 1932, p. 1, 10

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Newspaper

Description

Armed robberies ; Hold-ups ; Mount McKay Flour and Feed Co. ; Man entered with gun ; Employees ordered to floor ; Proprietor escaped ; Chased robber with axe ; Employees gave chase ; Shots fired at them ; Car hijacked ; Robber finally arrested ; Adanac Hotel ; C.H. Moors (Proprietor) ; Alexander Sinclair (Employee) ; Arnold Teschner (Employee) ; Thomas Hill (Carjack victim) ; Ronald Watson (Charged) ; Photo

Accomplice Robert Gordon of Fort William

Thought to be responsible for a string of robberies in Montreal and Fort William ; Armed robber ; Armed robberies ; McCartney and Burke Jewelry Store ; Gained entrance from W.H. Gillespie's Drug Store

Hold up at Royal Service Station ; Syndicate Ave. ; Thomas Kincaid and William J. Phillips held at gunpoint

Jessop Drug Store ; Simpson St. ; John A. Thompson held at gunpoint

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Full text available on microfilm

Date of Publication

19 Dec 1932

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