[News Script: Church] Part: 1 of 4
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CHURCH 1:30
XMAS DECORATION
FRITZ
Dallas detectives wrapped up the Monday robbery of a Dallas
church today, just in time for Christmas. TheYdve recovered
most of the cash and checks, about ten-thousand dollars,
and four suspects have been arrested. A porter signed a
statement implicating _0 three other Negroes who m
dumped the basket of check into Wahoo Lake. Officers also
found one-thousand-eight six dollars in the home of a robber.
Porter Elijah Jackson said he thought up the robbery, then
drove three friends to the East Dallas Christian Church, who
robbed three employes. Jackson said the idea came over him
during a moment when he was wishing he had some Christmas
money. Police arrested four suspects, but only three are
identified in a line-up. No charges have been filed against
any of the robbers, Jackson = e did not go into the
church during the robbery.
Homicide and robbery Captain Fritz says about 500 dollarsis still missing.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Church], item, December 20, 1960; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984622/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.