RESTAURANT BANDITS WANT MUSIC TO ROB BY
New York City (JFK+50) On March 23, 1926, four robbers held up 70 people, including 35 diners, at the Owl Restaurant located at West 45th Street near Times Square here in New York.
According to Associated Press, four men entered the establishment "with drawn revolvers" ordering the orchestra to play while they took $350 from the cash register and "small amounts" from some patrons.
Police, alerted to the crime in progress by entertainers who went out the back door, took the music-loving bandits into custody.
SOURCE
"Bandits Demand Music as They Rob Cafe Patrons," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 23, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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