TURPENTINE AS A WEAPON.
WOULD-BE BURGLAR ROUTED. A New York chemist, Dr. Klatovv, was in the laboratory of his shop recently filling a prescription, when a tall young man entered and stood in the middle of the store. The chemist thought he recognised him as one of his customers and shouted : “Efelio, Hickey.” “Hello, Doc., come out,” said the young man. The chemist did, and saw a revolver before his face, held by a man with a black silk mask. “Give me your—” began the robber, but the chemist didn’t wait to hear the rest. He grabbed the revolver and the trouble began. Crashing against shelves and upsetting bottles, both struggled about the store until the doctor seized a bottle of turpentine and brought it down on the intruder’s bead. The bottle broke, splashing turpentine in the eyes oi the masked man, who screamed with pain and ran out of the door.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1242, 7 May 1914, Page 4
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152TURPENTINE AS A WEAPON. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1242, 7 May 1914, Page 4
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