The Nation - News from Dec. 13, 1985
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A man who requested action on a traffic ticket pulled a toy gun and took two attorneys hostage in a judge’s chamber in Chicago, but surrendered two hours later with a guarantee he could visit his hospitalized daughter. “The key (to a peaceful resolution) was his daughter,” said Deputy Police Chief Charles Pepp. Pepp said medical records showed the man, identified as Alvin Byndom, had been diagnosed previously as schizophrenic.
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