Camden Courier-Post – September 2, 1935
Nearby Customer Eats Ice Cream as Clerk Yields Cash
Victim Reports Robber Draws Object like Pistol, Demands Money
Disappears Quickly
The Nevins Drug Company, 1124 Broadway was robbed of $50 Saturday by a youthful bandit who forced a clerk to hand over the contents of the register while a customer unsuspectingly sat in a booth a few feet away.
Edward Malikoff, 19, of 58240 Malvern Street, Philadelphia, an employee, told police a “customer” approached the drug counter shortly tar 8.30 p. m. A patron was eating ice cream in a nearby booth, Malikoff said.
The Intruder, Malikoff told police, whipped an object which “looked like a pistol” from his pocket, pointed it at him, and ordered him to band over the money in the cash drawer.
Malikoff said he obeyed. The bandit then swiftly walked away, and disappeared in the Saturday night crowd of shoppers. He was gone, according to the clerk, before an outcry could be raised.
The bandit was described to police as 5 feet 9 inches tall, about 23, with dark curly hair. He was hatless and was dressed in a brown suit.
Detectives Clifford Carr and Delaware Palmer are investigating.
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