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Palestine Daily Herald
Palestine, Anderson County, Texas
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In Chicago, three men posing as officers with a search warrant robbed Mrs. D. Gilmore and Edward Giroux of $2,500 in diamonds at gunpoint in her Twentieth Street apartment, bound them, and locked them in a closet. The victims escaped, and the robbers missed $5,000 in other jewelry.
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Couple Relieved of Diamonds and Then Locked Up In Closet.
Chicago, April 26.—On the pretense of serving a search warrant, three men have gained entrance to the apartments of Mrs. D. Gilmore in Twentieth street and at the point of revolvers robbed Mrs. Gilmore and Edward Giroux of $2500 worth of diamonds. The victims were then bound and thrust into a closet and the door locked on them.
After the robbers had departed Mrs. Gilmore tugged at her bonds and released her hands. She and Giroux were half strangled in their narrow quarters. Giroux, to get a breath of fresh air, kicked out one of the panels in the door. He attempted to crawl through this, but the opening was too narrow. Another panel was then broken and Mrs. Gilmore crawled through. She secured a duplicate key and released Giroux.
About $5000 worth of jewelry sought by the robbers was overlooked.
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Chicago
Event Date
April 26.
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victims bound and locked in closet, half strangled but escaped unharmed; $2500 in diamonds stolen, $5000 in jewelry overlooked.
Event Details
Three men pretended to serve a search warrant to enter Mrs. D. Gilmore's apartments in Twentieth street, robbed her and Edward Giroux of $2500 in diamonds at gunpoint, bound them, and locked them in a closet.