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The St. Louis Star and Times December 22, 1922 Imitation Policeman Scare Holdup Man Such an effective imitation of a squad of policemen approaching on the run was given yesterday by Mrs. Louis Schulze, 2302 Menard street, that a highwayman holding up her husband in his store at the same address, fled in terror. Mrs. Schulze, who was in the rear, saw the holdup man, called loudly for the police, and then beat rapidly on the floor with a carpet beater. The robber mistook the noise for the footsteps of policemen, as it was intended he should, turned and ran without the loot.