Show 4 f I L 7 iaH F M i ii I 1 ii r. r f I WARNING NO DONT DON'T EVER PICK UP HIKERS CASTLE ROCK nOCK A young youn young newlywed Idaho couple befriended a hitchhiker earl early last Wednesday day and he robbed them then of ot ther auto 80 In cash cosh 2500 In travelers checks and left them stranded alongside Highway 30 About an hour after the robbery rob 1 bery the Utah Highway Patrol I I Issued a statewide alert for the the I stolen auto and the robbery suspect sus sus- who was wearing an Air j I Force sergeants sergeant's uniform I IA A AWOL WOL Airman ATman IThe i iThe The hitchhiker Identified as aI Franklin Fletcher Metcher was vas picked nicked up In Ogden the following night lie He was said Mid to be A AWOL WOL from a Mobile Mobile Mobile Mo Mo- I bile Ala base baM and was attempt Ing to visit hIs hU wife who lives In Ogden I The robbery victims Antone FW F F. W v Walter 20 and his bride 18 I i were happy to recover their car carand carand carand and most meat of ot their money After Alter the robbery they managed to stop a trucker on the highway He lie would not pick them up but buthe buthe he relayed their robbery report I to the tho Highway Patrol checking station near Echo Junction Coalville Police Chief Ron Rob nab Inson was dispatched patched to the scene and he brought the Walters to a hotel at Laramie Mr Walter Waiter told Robinson that he was stationed at Mountain MountainHome MountainHome Home Air Force Base Dast where he had met hl his wife They recently were married and went to hIS hla home In New York for tor their honeymoon hon hon- Returning from the east cast they y picked up the hitchhiker at Laramie Wyo Tuesday night He seemed like a real nice guy lie He drove part of the way and was very sociable Walter said Near Castle Rock he produced a pistol and ordered Walter Waller to pull off the highway He lie took a 11 wallet containing 80 There was Wal 2500 worth of travelers checks In the glove compartment and the tho auto trunk wee wall loaded with valuable able wedding gifts The robbery occurred about 2 15 a am a.m. m. m and It was an hour later before the Highway Patrol was notified by the trucker Kept Dog The couple also had a small dog that the thief was vas going to take with him but Mrs Walker talked the robber out of taking her pet They were fortunate In having havinga a few dollars on their persons to tide them over for a few days until their car was recovered and they were able to make Identification identification cation of the accused |