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Show Reports Abduction Escape ' X - i I J 1 'V x "KICKED HIS WAY OUT OF TROUBLE" Lorin Emery, who said he let kidnaper "have it" on ths shins S. L. BOY, 11, TELLS OF ESCAPE FROM KIDNAP PAIR IN FIGHT Lad Relates Tale of Kicking Shins of Would-Be Abductors, Fleeing An 11-year-old boy's story of a kidnaping attempt by two men in a car that "smelled like a hospital," in which the boy escaped by kicking one of his raptors on the shins, was being investigated by police Wednesday. Also under investigation waa the mysterious removal of an automobile automo-bile owned by Julian M. Bamberger Bamber-ger and disappearance of a "handy man," theft of a purse containing $96, theft of a watch and ariest of a grand larceny suspect for Los Angeles authorities. Lorin Emery, 11, of 833 Post street, told his parenU and later told police that ha was returning about 8 p. m. Tuesday horns from the Riverside school playground. Eighth West and 8ixth South streeu, when two men in a 12-cylinder 12-cylinder automobile pulled up to the curb and the man in the right-hand right-hand seat beckoned to the boy. "I walked over to the car and put my hand on the side of the door and he grabbed me by the wrist and then the car started up," Lorin told police. To prevent being dragged along the street, Lorin told police he stepped to the running board of the car, which proceeded to Eighth West and Eleventh South streets Still gripping the boy's wrist, Lorin said, the man got out of the car and demanded: "Where do you live?" Lorin was about to reply, he said, (ConUnuae on Paaa Siva) (Column Onai S. L. BOY TELLS KIDNAP STORY (CouUnuad from Pax. On when he decided to sea if he could get away. A swift kick in the man's shins won him his freedom, and ha dashed through vacant lots for home while the others followed him a short distance in tha automobile. auto-mobile. Lorln said that as he ran his captor produced a pistol and was about tofirawhen Jhejtherman shouted: "Don't be s fool." Lorln said he had the impression impres-sion the car was from out of the state and that It had red mud over the body and "smelled like a hospital. hos-pital. He was unable to describe the men as he was "too scared to notice." Police were asked to look for Ed Squire, 19, hired recently by Julian M. Bamberger, 152S Penrose drive, as a handy man. He disappeared last night while the Bambergers were at Lagoon, and one of the Bamberger Bamber-ger heavy cars also was missing. Police were told Squiro had been given permission to use a light car to get a haircut When they returned re-turned from Lagoon about 11 p. m., the light car waa in the garage, badly scratched, and tha larger car Was gone. The light In Squire's room was attlt-tm-amt-tmr-radio was going full blast, officers wera told. Edith Stoddard, 326 East First Couth street, reported that her purse containing $86 was taken while aha waa trying on hats in a downtown down-town store. A thief who entered an unlocked door to the apartment of J. E. War-burton, War-burton, 3049 South State street, stole watch, Mr. Warburton reported to police. Wanted on a Loa Angeles grand larceny warrant, Fred H. Graves, 48, was at rested at a hotel here by Detectives W. C Smith and J. J. Ferrin. Request to hold tha man was received from Chief of Police James E. Davis of Los Angeles. |