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In Broad Daylight

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Parent Issue
Day
30
Month
July
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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A bold daylight robbery was oommitted at the residence pf A. M. Clark, No. 47 S. División st., Ann Arbor, on Satuiday inorning. At abont 8:30 MissAlta Clark, wbo was dowu ín the cellar with her motber, beard a noise in her bedroom upstairs, and going up íouud a negro there. "What are yon doiug here?1' she asked. He made uo reply, bot rusbed out of the front door aud along the street, Miss Clark following birn for three blooks and yelling "stop thief !'" at the top of her voice. The fellow got away however, with his plunder, whicb consiated of two gold watohes, two gold pins and two )ooket books. The pólice department was notified ind started in pnrsuit which had in the rueantime been followed np by two boys ou wheels along the Ypsilauti road. Tbe Ypsilanti polioe were notified and he tbief was captured near Carpenter's Corners by Officer Cash Waruer, of Ypsilanti, with all the stulen property ou his person. It was found that bis name is Louis W. Peak, a negro, who had just finshed a 90 days' sentenoe iu the Detroit louse ot correction for larceny. He was taken before Jnstice Pond Monday, and examined. He was bound over to he circuit court and in default of bail, ie was reruanded to jail, The Times had thefollowing aocount of Pfak's sayings after he was capured : On the way to the jail Peak said to Waruer: "It is a good thiug for yon ;bat yon had a revolver or I would have given yon a flght, or if I had a revolver I would have nsed it. I saw yon ong before yon saw me. Yon can go back home and teil your friends that yon captured as bad a coon as there s in this pait of the country, " and Sheriff Jndsou substantiated this latter statement. "It was that yonng fellow on the bicycle that gave me away to yon," contiuued Peak to Mr. Warner. "lío, " said Mr. Warner, trying to evade the question. "Yes, it was. I know who gave rue away. I thought he was following me ont of Aun Arbor and when he passed rue up the road I had a good notion to knook him in the head, take his bicycle and go on. I wish I had now. Then that girl that soreamed so np at Ann Arbor. I ougbt to have choked her in the house so that she could not ory auc the: I woulti have been all rigbt. It was her yells that ■ brought out the whole neighborhood and let them see who I was. I wish I had choked her.'

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News