ALWAYS IN WRONG.
FOUND ROBBING A BANK. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE. (United Press Association—Copyright). AVINSLOW (Arizona), January 28. Dilworth Sumpter, unsuccessful Socialist Congressional candidate at the last election, has confessed, according to the police, to attempting to rob a bank. A policeman surprised Sumpter digoino- a tunnel into the bank, from another building. The authorities found a pick, a shovel, drills and explosives. Sumpter, who is destitute, declared: "The world owes me a living. Everything I have attempted went wrong, and I made the usual mess of this job." Sumpter polled more votes than any other .Socialist in Arizona's history exceeding the vote given the Republican candidate, although the Democrat won.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 93, 30 January 1934, Page 5
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