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Show SOMEBODY STEALS ' BARK PET CAR With Signs and All, Thief Drives Maxwell Away and Stays. Los Angeles police court annals contain con-tain many a story illustrating the carefree care-free way in which the motor car thief operates. None, however, approaches tho bare-faced impudeneo of the mnn who, a fow nights ago, stepped into Barney Bar-ney Oldfield 's famous pet Maxwell touring tour-ing car ninl drove it away into oblivion. That any of the motor brigands should deem it possible to purloin Barney Bar-ney 's car and get awav with it staggers the imagination of Barney and his friends. That the attempt could be made successfully is indeed a blow. Barney's car is probably the best known motor vehicle in Los Angeles. On it the dean of the circuit chasers has lavished several varieties of special finish fin-ish and personal equipment. With characteristic char-acteristic speed demon modesty, he lias decorated it freely with signs' and legends. leg-ends. ' ' Barney Oldfiehl Official f !ar " nppears on each side in chaste gold lettering. let-tering. Such was the car the hold thief calmly calm-ly picked fur booty and "lifted." Oldi'ield hiins'-lf is hearl broken over the apparent. loss of his cherished personal per-sonal chariot. He insists hopefully, however, that the cjir cannot bo long hidden and that, despite the great armv of Maxwells in southern California, he himself would be nble to pick nut his property, no matter how thorough an etfort had b"en made to disguise it. I'ire niinishntetil is alo in slore for Hie robber. rob-ber. It nnv even take the form of personal violence, He said: Why, just, think! 1 bought that car in 111 I'asn early in the spring. It's been as far east as New Yoik. as far into the northwest as Taconia and it's stopped off in most points in belwern. It's been lender for my rai'e cmis at eviuy big nice track ii the coulilry and it's carried niu around every da it wasn't en routo bv rail. 'vc paid around $2000 in express and freight charges on it. 1 just love that-automobile. hv, Mrs. Oldl'ifld wanted me to trade it iu as part payment for a 1 0 Itf M ;ix welt with winter top. T would n 't do it. L bought her the car she wanted and kept my own. Now it 's gone. Burner is having Maxwell dealers all over the west notified of the loss of the car rind will offer a reward lor information in-formation leading to its return, if it dopa not turn up in a few days more. |