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November 18, 2003
Get A Job, Ya Bum
A Ft. Smith bank robber got a surprise Monday afternoon.
Customers say the robber tried to take two women hostage at knife-point, held a person in a headlock and tried to force people into driving a getaway car, but that was no hindrance to customers who wanted the man caught.
A couple of the customers, afraid to tackle him because he was armed with a knife, hopped in a pickup instead and chased him....yelling at the robber to "Get a job!" They eventually cornered the robber until police could arrive to arrest him.
One of the customers explained why.
Judon says he wanted Farris caught to demonstrate a lesson. "I work for a living. Like you guys -- You work for a living. We get a paycheck, and for somebody to say there's no jobs in Fort Smith... You want to work? There's a job."
Heh.
Posted by Rita at November 18, 2003 08:52 AM
Comments
Jeebus, tough crowd...
Posted by: Paul Jané at November 18, 2003 10:09 AM
Ft. Smith, home of the "Hanging Judge" Roy Parker, is still a pretty rough little frontier town in many respects.
Posted by: Rita at November 18, 2003 12:41 PM
I have to admit that, while reading the article, I kept expecting to see that Judon et al pulled out a shotgun and apprehended the suspect. You know the whole "bringing a knife to a gunfight thing." ;)
Posted by: Bob at November 18, 2003 07:54 PM
I like how he pointed out to the reporters that they, too, are working stiffs. When they forget that, we get the disconnect which comes across as media bias.
Posted by: triticale at November 18, 2003 08:38 PM
I was expecting that too Bob. You know how Ft. Smith is.
Triticale, you're right.
Posted by: Rita at November 19, 2003 08:17 AM