DELMAR, Del., Nov. 2. A youthful clerk, with rare presence
of mind, prevented a Negro from getting the contents of a safe in the office of
the Delmar Union Store Company early yesterday morning. The clerk, Franklin
Truitt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Truitt of this town, was leaning against the
door of the safe when the Negro entered, and demanded the money in the safe.
The youth, who is 16, managed to turn the combination on the dial with his feet
and informed the Negro that he had forgotten the combination and could not open
the safe. The man was not armed, according to Truitt, warned the boy not to
move from his position and escaped out the front door. The manager of the
store, Levater Hearn who had been out to get something to eat. believed that
the Negro had been watching his movement
for some time and had chosen the opportunity furnished by his absence to try
and intimidate the boy. Truitt reported the attempted hold-up to local police.
Above from The Evening Journal (Wilmington Del) November 2nd
1932
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