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Show DESPERATE , Mm Uses a Gun to Force a Launchman to Help Him Escape Seattle, Wash.. .Inly' 28 The police are on the lookout for W. O. Bowers, j an ordinary seaman on the gunboat Princeton, who Is accused of stealing i a navy pay check for $190 and who made a sensational dash for liberty in a motorboat yesterday. After cashing the cheek. Bowers engaged a launch and. at the point nf a gun, forced A. I Croxton. the launchman, to take him from the- navy yard across the souud to Alkl Point In West Seattle. A navy launch was in close pursuit, but Bowers stood over Croxton and compelled him to put In to shore at Restoration Point, while his unsuspecting pursuers dashed past. Waiting n safe interval, they put on full power for Alkl Point. Here Bowers took Croxton Into an eating house and bought dinner for two. The escaping sailor kept close watch on Croxton to prevent him from giving giv-ing the alarm. After the meal, Bowers Bow-ers took Croxton' to the launch and ordered him to pet aboard and head straight for Bremerton. |