Bad Times at the Black Cat: Crime Report

Thanks to an outbreak of crime in 1953, we learn that in addition to the restaurant/motel, there was a Black Cat Garage.

This first is from the Hobart Gazette of January 8, 1953.


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Betty Reed was working at midnight — when did she get to sleep? And then this jerk hits her! His fine was about $177 in today's money.


I didn't keep track of the exact dates for these next two Gazette articles, but they were from the spring or summer of 1953.