"Terror at Walker Bros. Pancake House"

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Featured Link: The Wilmette Beacon (Northbrook, Illinois), 20 Feb 2020, p. 16
Creator: Jacoby, John, Author
Media Type: Text; Image; Newspaper
Item Type: Articles
Description: Describes the May 7, 1973 incident at Walker Bros. Pancake House when Eddie Gibson and George Nurse attempted to rob the Pancake House, taking hostages while attempting to do do. No one was hurt and the two men were arrested and eventually sentenced to serve time at the Joliet prison.
Date of Publication: 20 Feb 2020
Date Of Event: May 7, 1973
Subject(s): Crimes
Wilmette (Ill.)--History
Businesses - Wilmette, IL
Personal Name(s): Gibson, Eddie ; Nurse,George ; Donohue, Ed ; Walusiak,Caryn
Corporate Name(s): Walker Bros. Pancake House
Local identifier: Shelved in Local History Room Vertical file under
Language of Item: English
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