The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-05-01
DR.. ]. K. Blunt Is
ABDUCTED, ROBBED
BY ARMED BANDITS
Suffers Narrowing Experience
But Seals Lips on Ad-
vice of Police
AFFAIR OCCURRED SATURDAY.
Was Sitting in Motor Car Near
His Home When Approach
cd by Pair

Disclosure that DR.. J. K. Blunt, Bis
marck dentist, was the victim Of two
kidnaper- robbers Saturday night was
made Tuesday.
Information regarding the affair,
rumored Sunday and Monday but
suppressed by local police, was OBJ
tanned Tuesday by the Tribune and
later verified by Blunt who previous
ly had promised the police to keep
quiet about the matter.
Blunt. who lives in the Mason
apartments, was seated in his car on
Second ST., at 1910 p. m, Saturday.
waiting for his wife to come for q
ride. when two men approached the
machine. One opened the door to the
front seat and poked gun at Blunt.
while the other popped into the back
seat.
Come on. lets get out of here.''
was the instruction.
Blunt, surprised, did not move at
once and the order was repeated with
instructions to get going, we're not
fooling"
Obeying, Blunt drove northward,
taking a devious route and finally
heading out Of town on the road lead
ing north from Washington st.
About mile out Of town, Blunt
was ordered to leave the wheel and tho
man in the front seat with him walk
ed around behind the car to take the
drivers place. Blunt assumes tho
man in the back seat had him covered
his narrowing experience,
since he didn't move.
Didn't Get Good Look
Efforts to get a good look 1t thu
man IN the front seat met with vao4
lence, the bandit pushing Blunt In the
face and instructing him not to turn
his head.
After Blunt left the wheel. the men
showed his hat down over hts eyes 80
he couldn't see.
Noticing that the gasoline guaes
showed empty, the bandit inquired
and Blunt said there was about two
gallons left. The men continued on
into the country, stopping at . trac-
tor beside the road in . effort to
obtain more gasoline.
About seven miles northwest Of the
city, the men stopped In the middle Of
long valley where. despite the
moonlight. it was comparatively dark.
There they turned the car around,
forced Blunt out Of It, robbed him Of
his money, few dollars in change.
and ordered him to walk into . near
by pasture, holding his hands above
his head.
Telling him not to look around or
to return to the city ct once. the ban
dts drove away. After short time
Blunt sat down and watched the car
drive up the hill, stopping at the top
before proceeding onward.
Afraid to use the road for fear the
men might have run out Of gas and
he might encounter them again,
Blunt travelled eastward through the
fields. stopping at . farm house but
finding no one home.
Finally he saw the lights Of cars
on U. s. No. 50, most Of them head
ing north.
Halls Passing Car
Reaching the road, no hailed ! car
driven by Fritz Schultz. D farmer liv-
ing IL miles north Of town, who
obligingly turned around and brought
him back to Bismarck.
Reporting to the police, Blunt Was
asked by Chief Martineson to keep
quiet about the matter on the ground
that it would be easier for them to
catch the culprits II no mention
were made Of it. The police also
maintained silence, dismisstng In
quiries about the matter Monday with
the remark that the whole affair was
q joke.
An hour after he had returned
home, Blunt said, the police called
him and he went with them on the
road north Of town where his ma
chine was found, out Of gas and
abandoned.
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