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Armed Robbery of a Boy
Jack Sherlock was a delivery boy for White’s Grocery at 2657 Commercial Drive. He received a telephone order to deliver groceries to a house in the 1300 block of E. 8th Avenue. He was specifically requested to make sure he had change with him.
He was unable to find the house listed on the order and was wondering what to do when he was approached by a burly man who said that it was he who had made the order. He was “sure away bigger and heavier than me,” reported Sherlock. However, being too much of a coward (as the police and newspapers called it) to use his bulk against the boy, he pulled out a revolver and took the satchel in which the boy kept his money. The robber then ran away with $15.
So far as I can tell, he was never caught.
Sources: Province 1923/11/19, p.3; Sun, p.1; Vancouver Daily World, p.9
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