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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>August 24,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>RICHLANDS AND CEDAR BLUFF
STATIONS ROBBED</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Robbers Got a Dozen
Bottles of Beer at Latter Place But Found No Money</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> The Norfolk and
Western stations were entered Sunday night at both Richlands and Cedar Bluff,
but in each instance the robbery was insignificant. At Cedar Bluff the
robbers got a dozen bottles of beer. They went through the cash drawer but
found no money.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> Detectives have
been put on the trail of the men who did the jobs, but so far no arrests have
been made. It is believed that it is the same band which has been
committing depredations of this kind through the coal fields for some
time. Several stations have been broken into, and sundry weighing and slot
machines around the stations have been robbed, but nothing of any consequence
has been taken in any case. The local authorities have come to the
conclusion that there is an organized band devoting its attention to railroad
stations.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">[<EM>I wonder how the agent at
Cedar Bluff make it through the next day without his liquid
refreshment!</EM>]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>