An unidentified man last night held up a Leverett House Sophomore as the student was walking by the Charles River.
The student, Walter G. Miller '60, had stopped to talk to a stranger when a man approached him from behind, pushed him onto a bench, and asked for his wallet. The robber then started to strangle him until he surrendered it.
When Miller gave over the billfold, containing $20, he was released. With the warning that if Miller made any noise he would be killed, the stranger disappeared up DeWolfe St.
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