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About Charlotte thefts were boldly held at a variety of locations The robbers displayed firearreatly overpowered The outlaws seeun weapons to do their ith

There was a robbery at the Eldridge Fur Store

The Red Rooster Bar was held up at gunpoint

Thugs shot up and robbed the Sunshine Café Restaurant Bar and Nightclub

Four unmen robbed the Cinderella’s Jewelry Store

Two armed men robbed the Charlotte Coin, Stalarized Office money in a safe was stolen

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Lately there was an unusual auns like wasps hovering around jaht using kerosene, grenades, and dynaun stores located at various places all over Charlotte

To rob gun stores the robbers used glass cutters to remove s, entered easily, and robbed the entire inventory

Howard Skinner ith hard luck to locate any jobs that he couldpolice record was the reason Employers could not trust hi passed over repeatedly he fell into a neay of getting cash Howie stayed around the criminal elehtclubs, and at the flop houses that he lived in He learned there were guns being stolen Many guns They were available to be bought and sold for a tidy gain After pulling three robbery heists, Howie had ready cash on hand to buy an inventory of guns He knew enough lawbreakers who needed weapons and had cash to buy them So Howard became a dealer in firearms and ammunition to the city underworld In about a year he had a new prosperity that set hi rich Several otherup at this