Two men wearing a ski mask entered the store last night at 8:30 p.m. One held a gun on the owner of the store Barney Joseph, while the other took $382.85 from the cash register. Joesph told the police “The robbery was over in less than a minute.” Joesph kept a pistol under the counter but decided not to use it because he felt it was unwise.

Joesph’s father was killed almost 25 years ago in the same holdup at the same store location. Barney Joesph spoke about the tragic event of his father, “They found him shot to death, his own gun in his hand, and a bullet in the store’s ceiling. I’d rather part with my money than my life,” he
said.