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Show 1 , ....... Police Seek 4 Bandits in HolcMJp Series GUNMAN FORCES CAB DRIVER INTO LENGTHY ROBBERY RIDE " ' '" ' : . s ? ALT BEST Loeos to gunmen Service Station Worker Loses $30 to Lone -. Stick-up Man Four bandits were sought by Belles Be-lles Friday after three victims were robbed within three hours. The first occurred shortly after 1:30 p. m. Thursday whea C F. Earl, who gave his address as MS Hollywood Holly-wood avenue, a Green Cab company driver, was forced from his cab In an Isolated section of Dsvls county by a passenger who robbed the driver driv-er and then fled with the ear. Earl said hs plcksd up the fare at the Union Pacific railroad station and was ordered to drive to a refreshment re-freshment stand on North Temple street near Redwood road. Olvee Order Arriving at a point near the ttand, Earl aaid the passenger, riding In the back eet prodded him In the nee w4th-what felt like k gun" and said, "This la a stick-up." The driver was then ordered to proceed. Reaching a apot In Davis county, about IS miles northwest of ths city, near Gllmore's ranch, the bandit ordered ths driver to halt, the ma-chins ma-chins was turned around and the (2.90 carried by Earl transferred to the bandit's pockets. Taking the taximan'a bat and placing It on his own hesd. the bandit ordered the driver out and sped back toward ths city in ths cab, which later was found in front of '90S West First North street. Tha cap was oa the seat ReM-ap'a at Been The next robbery took place as Alf Best, 24, of S23 First avenue, attendant at the Commercial Service Ser-vice company service station, 4at South West Temple street, starting through ths front gats of his home about 10:48 p. m. A atranger, J to SO years old and dressed In a light suit, stepped from behind a group of near-by trees and ordered: "Stick 'em up. buddy." prodding the victim in the back with a amall automatlo pistol. Moving around to ths front of Best aa ths victim hesitated with the order, the bandit prodded Beat In the cheit with the gun and threatened to "fill your belly with four or five slugs if you don't hurry up about If Hands Raise Slowly As ths victim's hands wsrs slowly raised, ths bandit ordered him to tart walking away from the house, but aftsr going only a few feet backed the victim against a tree and took his wallet, containing IX, several credit cards and other valuables. valu-ables. Then he ordered Best to remove re-move his shoes, but while the victim hesitated suddenly turned and ran east on First avenue. Three youths, whoso nsmes were not reported, meanwhile bad been conversing on the corner of First svenue and J street, a few hundred yards from the robbery scene, snd hsd yelled at ths driver of a email, old model coupe traveling slowly to turn on ths mschlne's headlight. As they watched, tha car proceeded proceed-ed along First avenue, traveling toward K street A whistle was heard. The bandit, who had been running on ths sidewslk, turned to the street, entered the car and the machine ma-chine was turned quickly around and roared writ on First avsnus out of sight Although ths bandit whsn robbing rob-bing Best asked for "the money from the station," loading police to believe he hsd either followed the victim from the station a fsw minutes min-utes before the stick-up or was familiar with Best's habits. Best said he had never aeen ths bandit before. Offered a Lift The third robbery victim was Frederick G. Newsoms, 44. of 409 Eighth Esst street who offered s lift horns to two men he met at a downtown tavern shortly before midnight After driving to Eighth West snd Fourth North (treats, the victim related re-lated to police, he left the men out at their request. Then the thugs hauled the victim from the car snd beat him into near-unconsciousness, robbed him of slightly less than $10 and drove away in the victim's 1934 model tan sedan. Ths police automobile theft bureau bu-reau reported the machine had not |
