Photos: Naked man crashes through window in 1973
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"Patrons at Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway, were amazed then dismayed this morning as a nude young man first walked through the establishment and then crashed back in through a window," wrote a Tucson Citizen reporter on Feb. 20, 1973.
There are no better words to describe the incident. The 22-year-old man, covered in blood, then scuffled with Tucson Police officers before being handcuffed. The man "mumbled that he was 'doing Jesus' business.'"
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A 22-year-old man walked nude through a Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, on Feb. 20, 1973. He walked outside, then shattered a glass window. Lew Elliott / Tucson Citizen
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After breaking the plate glass window, the man prepares to jump in at about 3am at Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, on Feb. 20, 1973. Lew Elliott / Tucson Citizen
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The man climbs through the shattered window at about 3am at Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, on Feb. 20, 1973. Lew Elliott / Tucson Citizen
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The suspect scuffles with police on Broadway Road at about 3am at Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, on Feb. 20, 1973. Lew Elliott / Tucson Citizen
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The man mumbled that he was "doing Jesus' business" while treated by TPD officers at about 3am at Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, on Feb. 20, 1973. Lew Elliott / Tucson Citizen
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Tucson Police officers subdue the naked man at about 3am at Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, on Feb. 20, 1973. Lew Elliott / Tucson Citizen
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Restaurant patrons watch as police scuffle with the naked man outside at Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, on Feb. 20, 1973. Lew Elliott / Tucson Citizen
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Tucson Police officer treat the man at about 3am at Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, on Feb. 20, 1973. Lew Elliott / Tucson Citizen
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Restaurant patrons pick through glass at about 3am at Sambo's Restaurant, 902 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, on Feb. 20, 1973. Lew Elliott / Tucson Citizen
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