Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-18
RELIEVED OF ALL HIS
MONEY AND DRINKS
Robbers Take Vino, Whisky and Beer
and $72 in cash-Represented Them
er Believe He Was Under Arrest
Men Make Their Escape.

City police court when caught by po-
lice officers. IS not a circumstance
compared with the rapidity with which
K. j. Radio. a cement plant fireman.
was separated from three gallons x
sherry wine, eight bottles Of whisky
and a case Of oeer--and last and far
from least, he says. So, BY a highway
man posing as peace officer. He was
headed for Mason City. from the Cor
louisville, MINI, depot, with the load
Of booze.
At State Line. ......
The scene Of the robbery. Ead.O says
was the state line. a. the point Wher@
it intersects the Jefferson highway.
Radio had written the agent 81 Cor
louisville The day before, he says. nat
he was coming for his booze and the
agent, tho not there when he reached
the depot, hal left word with his help
er to deliver Il.
Radio paid his express charges, load
ed up and started. and hal proceeded
as far as the state line, when la saw
a Ford stop across the road. He n2tu--
ally stopped also and supposed the
man was in trouble. SO prepared 10 De
a Good Samaritan"
He had scarcely stopped. when the
curtains Of his car we're rudeIy torn
apart and a man thrust revolver n
his face with the injunction Iha. he
put EN- up high" Radio did not ques-
ton the sounIneSs Of the s!x-shot ar
gument. and complied. The man sad
ne was g sheri%-s officer from Mason
City. He was then made ne says, .
get out % the car, move about twenty
feet from Il, and stand with his hands
reaching upward, while an assistant 0.
the man with the gun stripped his car
Of inner tubes. tire chains, -obes-aTd
booze, and transferred them 20 the
other car.
Then the two robbers again turned
attention to him and searched him Tor
money They found SIC, and were not
satisfied
Haven't you got any more money
at homer" asked the man with the gun.
Nope" replied the frightened Aus
TRAN, all got at home IS a wife and
four kids. Please spare my life
Il don't care Il you've got a dozen.
We're going to Mason City. Get into
your car" commanded the robber.
Learns They Are Robbers.
Radio complied, and the man with
the gun got IN the back seat. and kept
the cannon in close proximity to
Northwood. Radio then believed the
men to bs officers, and continued TO-
until he was commanded 70 drive thru
Northwood at hreakneck speed The
other car was following a close dis
lance behind
Then he woke up knowing no off,
Ger would give command Like that
At Northwood. when the car was
about opposite the lights OF a pool hall,
ne threw of the switch Of his ignition
system with his knee and the car
stopped. In a pleading voice he asked
mis- guardian 10 get out and crank the
car, saying the engine had flooded and
stopped.
Brother robber did 80, and no sooner
had be bent over the crank. than Radio
jumped from the seat. and dashed into
the pool hall yelling for help. The rob-
Der took one look, Jumped on the run
ming board OF the car driven by his
confederate who had Just driven up,
and the two drove out Of North wood
toward the east at top speed.
Men at the pool hall told him where
to find Sheriff Guuickson and later IN
the evening. with him, he went to a
place near Gordonsvtlle. where a mum
Der Of men were gathered, for drink
ing bout, he said but he was unable
to identify any Of them as the men who
had held him up. One Of the men. ne
thinks had a handkerchief over his
face as a mask, but he then thought It
was merely rnuffler.