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Forcing Clerk Down With Gun Empties Till In A Drug Store And Escapes Leaving No Clue

Publication
Port Arthur News Chronicle, 5 Nov 1932, p. 1
Description
Media Type
Newspaper
Description
Hold up at Royal Service Station ; Syndicate Ave. ; Thomas Kincaid and William J. Phillips held at gunpoint

Ronald Watson ; Westfort Bandit ; Thought to be responsible for a string of robberies in Montreal and Fort William ; Armed robber ; Armed robberies ; Accomplice Robert Gordon of Fort William

McCartney and Burke Jewelry Store ; Gained entrance from W.H. Gillespie's Drug Store

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

Mount McKay Flour and Feed Co. ; Gore St. ; Watson holds C.H. Moors (president of company), Alex Sinclair and Arnold Techner at gunpoint ; Trio escape and give chase to Watson ; Watson shoots at trio ; Thomas Hill (Carjack victim) ; Watson later arrested
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Date of Publication
5 Nov 1932
Subject(s)
Language of Item
English
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