The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-30
COUPLE HOLDS UP MOBILE MAN
 - . Lester and Wife Are in
 Jail. FORCED YOUNG TO GIVE CHECK Incident Followed a Business
 Transaction. President of Southern supply Company is Called to Home of
 saiesmaa, Where He
 is Ceereea.
 

s Mobile. Jan. 2s.--(Specfal.) )-- Fleet wood Lester. travelling salesman for the Southern Supply Company. of this city. and his wife are in jail charged with holding up Hardaway Young, president of the company, at the point of a revolver and robbing him of ss,- G0O.25.
 Enc alleged robbery pccur5sa Ut the home of the Lestsrn this afsefnoon and was sensational in the extreme.
 It Is charged that Lester teiephoKed to Young to come out to his home on business connected. with the sale of stdck which Lesters Is said to have pany. As soon as Young entered the Lester home. 1t is alleged, Lester held him up at the point of revolver aud forced him to write an order to his cashier directing him to pay to Mrs. Lester s5,s00.25. the amount of the stock which Lester 1 ssaid to have owned in the company. Mrs. Lester took the order to the cashier, who wrote out a check for the amount. ac- NNhNPe-AAACG A-AA E. A@cStSE tU bHC UAuA AHQ identified her and the check was cash. ed Mrs Lester then returned to her home. where Young alleges he was held at the point of q revolver during her absence. and gave the money to her husband, who then advised Young that he could depart
 Lesters Denied Ran.
 Two hours later Young swore out rr,ar rs.of atg Aa WA I've charging them with robbery. Sherifr Cazalas and three deputies went to the Lester home, made the arrests and lodged the prisoners in the county jail, where they are held without ball.
 The facts of the, affair cannot ha learned until the case comes to trial. From what can be learned. there is . business transaction involved. Lester is employed as travelling salesman by the Southern Supply Company, and has stock in the concern, HardawaY Young, being President.
 At 11:30 o'clock Young received telephone message to come immedi- ately to the home Of Lester on Spring Hill Road at tli8 head of Kennedy Street. He went there and on arrival was covered with pistol in the hands of Lester and ordered to make out an order on the cashier of the concern
 
 he has fin the concern. With no other Young made out the or- der to the cashier directing him to give check for the amount in favor of Mrs. Lester, who was sent down town, to the company.
 The check was made out to Mrs. Lester, and accompanied by the cashier, who identified her, Mrs. Lester drew the She then went home and Young was released after sitting at LSster's home for over an hour at the point of a pistol.
 Young immediately swore out waP- rants against both the parties. and they WET arrested, S4yo20 of the money being found on Lester.
 Lester refuses to make Q statement other than that he has gotten only what was his. while Young refuses to make any statement.
 Both the man and his wife are charged with robbery. They were re- used bond. They have two children, and are weIl-known and respected people.
 Sheriff Cazalas, armed with a search warrant, tonight visited the home of Lester, and searching the premises, re- covered S1.600 more of tho funds Les- ter and his wife are still locked up Dn the charge of robbery