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NOTORIOUS " SANTA CLAUS." SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Sept. 13. Henry Helms, notorious as "Santa Claus" in the most sensational Texas robbery in recent years, went to the electric. chair recently. Just before Christmas, 1027, four visitors entered the Huntsville hank. Helms was in his Santa Claus costume. While he held a crowd at bay, his companions secured £35,000 and snatched two little girls to act as shields as they raced away. In the shooting which followed, two policemen and one robber were killed. A second robber was sentenced to life imprisonment, and the third is awaiting execution, so the gang has been completely cleaned up.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 222, 19 September 1929, Page 7
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106PENALTY PAID. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 222, 19 September 1929, Page 7
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