| Show BANDIT ESCAPES ESCArES ITH 4 AT ATS AT'S is S L OIL STATION I Escapes in Auto With Cash TRAILS S COLLECTOR Looked Locked toT tO Washroom Pipe I il t Stick em up and get In thet there you you you- OU If v r Fred Cox West Fifth Firth North I street attendant at t the r d n- n J dent Gas and Oil company's compans servi service located at Twenty-first Twenty South a ad and d State streets street was greeted In t this this i manner anner by a bandit shortly at aft after afternoon t r noon Monday w when en Cox stepped o out t of the service station to serve wh what t. t he supposed to be a customer Three minutes later Cox and O. O OP P. P Laker court collector for the oil oU company were handcuffed handcuffed handcuffed hand hand- cuffed together around a steel pipe on the side of the wall in the service station washroom and the bandit t e escaped aped with cash I The holdup was the boldest police have had to contend with for I months PATROLMAN HEARS SHOTS Cox and remained pris prisoners prison prison- ners n- n ers In the small room for almost twenty minutes or until Patrolman Mark Karchner heard their shouts while he he was waiting to board a street car at Twenty first South and State street Karchner Investigated investigated investigated and was told of the holdup He notified police headquarters and Detectives L. L L. L Larsen and C. C W. W Patten hurried to to the scene but could find no trace of the bandit had Just collected th the cash from three thre other service stations stations stations sta sta- operated by the company he works for and driven Into the station station sta sta- tion at Twenty-first Twenty South and State streets street when the holdup oc oc- oc It is believed by the police that the bandit either single hand ed or with ar art ari accomplice had followed fol fo to- to lowed son Olar-son on his rounds and carefully laid plans for tor Mondays Monday's coup BANDITS BANDIT'S CAR APPEARS As entered Coxs Cox's station and laid his bag on the floor another another an an- other machine a n. light touring car w was s driven swiftly onto the filling station Bt stand stand-in dIr dIr- t of ot the station door The machine came In in v from froth the same game direction from which machine had arrived th the south As the second mac machine le came to a skidding stop Cox s stepped out and was confronted by a juan man clad In overalls overa and wearing a red handkerchief handkerchief chief over the lower part part part-of of his face The bandit ordered Cox back Int into the station and anil as the attendant backed through the tho door one bracelet bracelet brace brace- let of ot a pair pall ot pf handcuffs w was s snapped onto his left wrist As glanced up from the cash cesh register where he was engaged engaged en en engaged in counting g up the stations station's cash he was confronted by the b ban bandits bandit's bin bin- n- n dit's leveled pistol and ordered to step Into the washroom LOCKS LOCK'S DOOR ON PAIR v Cox was pushed In the small room behind and nd the bandit quickly snapped the other bracelet bracelet bracelet brace brace- let of ot the pair lalE of handcuffs around s s right wrist The door of the room wa wa shut and locked as s the bandit lett left A moment later Cox and heard a n machine away from the station tation It Is the opinion of ot officers who Investigated the case that the bandit had hadan an ac accomplice accomplice ac- ac who r remained In the apt apt- mobile and Sand drove droe It away after b bp- bp lag ing rejoined by the by-the the gunman When he could he could not unlock the tho handcuffs with the key which fits tits the pair he carries Karchner w t wrt t J to a garage in the neighborhood and obtained a file tile which he used to free freo Cox and told officers his money bag containing the pr from Crom three stations and part of those thoe from front Coxs Cox's station was missing l' l |
