Randolph County AlArchives News.....Belk Store in Roanoke Robbery June 30, 1958
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The Macon Telegraph June 30, 1958
Three men robbed a department store here of $3000-$4000 Saturday night but two 
suspects were recaptured in Georgia and the loot recovered police said Sunday 
Officers identified those suspects caught as Charles Dean McGregory Cartersville 
Ga., a fugitive from the Georgia State Prison and William Grady 32 who was 
released from the Randolph County Jail at Wedowee 10 days ago. The third man was 
not immediately identified. Officials said the trio broke into the Belk Gallant 
department store through the roof cracked the safe and fled. The Highway Patrol 
gave chase to the fugitives near the Georgia line when they spotted their 
speeding car but patrolmen were apparently unaware of the robbery at the time. 
The bandits fled into Georgia and their car wrecked near Franklin Ga about 20 
miles across the state line Grady and McGregory were captured but the third man 
escaped. McGregory refused to return to Alabama of his own will and extradition 
proceedings were begun to bring him here.

Additional Comments:
Note: The Belk store was near the Old Phillip's brother's hardware store in old 
Roanoke. The store closed in the 1980's. 

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