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| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
| Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson is opening confiscated slot machines to extract money, and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, is smashing other confisc... |
| Date: | 06 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, using a sledge hammer to smash a confiscated slot machine, with Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson looking on. |
| Date: | 07 11 1933 |
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| Description: | Sheriff Finn holding sledgehammer used to break open the safe of Odin Tofsrud, carpenter and truck farmer, who was murdered during the theft of his safe by... |
| Date: | 10 30 1948 |
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| Description: | John Ochalle, employee of the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company, who discovered evidence of a burglary at the company's place of business at 1804 South Park ... |
| Date: | 02 01 1958 |
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| Description: | Two police detectives or officers, one handling hacksaw blades and the other inspecting rope, investigating a possible burglary using these items. They are... |
| Date: | 07 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Glass workers repair damage to 14 store windows on State Street after John O'Connor smashed them during the night and stole items from Goodman's Jewelry St... |
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