Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-20 | Page 2 | Hikers Assault Bank Cashier

HIKERS ASSAULT ASS UL T BANK CASHIER Special Ie to The Telegram CLEARFIELD July 20 Walter 20 Walter W. W Steed cashier of the Clearfield State bank jank was resting easily Wednesday following an assault by two hitchhIkers hitchhikers hitch- hitch hIkers whom Mr Steed picked up in his lis car on the state highway north of Layton Monday Mr Steed was en route to Layton when he was hailed by two men walking walking walk- walk ing ng along the highway He took them In n his car and proceeded on to Layton Laton I On n arriving there the men refused to o leave the car eat but demanded that Steed teed drive on Shortly after one of at the men slugged lugged Mr Steed render rendering ng him un- un conscious When he regained con con- a few lew minutes later th the themen themen men forced him to take knockout drops Twenty tour hours later when Mr Steed teed again regained consciousness he 10 found himself one half mile wes west ol ot Evanston Wyo He was soon lo located located located lo- lo by members rs of the sheriffs sheriff's of office of- of ice flee of at Evanston who had found his hiscar hiscar hiscar car a short distance from Irom where th the themen themen men had left him Mr Steed Steeds was s carrying no bank funds and his were only successful in getting some sma small change