Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-12-16 | Page 2 | Truck Driver, $39,000 Gone

DRIVER GONE Armored Car Operator Disappears Disappears Dis Dis- appears With Funds of Chicago Bank By Associated Pre CHICAGO Dec 16 16 Police squads searched today for an express driver who disappeared ared with in cash and a pistol which they feared he would not hesitate to use if cornered The hunted man was Albert R R. Hammel an of ot the Brinks Brink Express company who walked away from rom an m armored truck when it stopped late yesterday at nt a loop bank When two guards who went into he the bank to make a returned re- re turned to the truck they gave a signal for tor the driver to open the vehicles vehicle's doors but got no response Hammel and the money which came from the First National bank had disappeared as though by conjury A note which friends of the missing missing miss miss- ing man said was wag in his handwriting was found in the truck It merely said Hammel had stepped a out for a moment One theory was that he may have en d but investigators said hey found no evidence to substantiate this At Hammels Hammel's home his wife said he was vas a working hardworking sober person subject lately to dizzy spells She said aid she believed he had been en abduct ed She became hysterical when told of his disappearance He had been hired last March a Brinks official told police and was Bonded