Evening star., 1937-11-11
Pair Take D. C. SaIesman's
Car, Then Offer Ride to
Another and Frisk Him.
MARYLAND FUGITIVES
GOING TO PHILADELPHIA
Two Young Girls, IA and 16, Also
Picked Up on Way, Not in
Machine at Baltimore.
(Picture on Page A-5.D

Two bandits kidnapped Washington
automobile salesman and left him
stripped to his underwear beside the
Baltimore boulevard early today and
then fled toward Philadelphia in the
used car they had asked him to DEM
onstrate.
Their victim, John c. Gouldman, Is,
of 900 Crittenden street NV, re-
turned to his home at sunrise wearing
the overalls and jacket that 11e of
the bandits tossed him after donning
his gray suit, brown overcoat and gray
cap.
His description of the bandits led
police to believe they might be the two
fugitives who escaped Monday from
the Maryland State Prison farm at
Hagerstown. where they were serving
long sentences for Baltimore robberies.
Pennsylvania police were asked TO
be on the lookout for the desperadoes
when they headed toward Philadelphia
after inquiring directions from a sec
ond hold-up victim in Baltimore. He
was Melvin Duley, 28 who was held
up anu lODDCA Vi % dS llt SlOOQ
waiting for street car in East Bal
timore, a short time after the bandits
had left Mr.. Gouldman stranded near
Laurel. Md He took the license num-
Der of the bandit car, establishing
it as the same which the bandits had
taken from the Washington salesman.
Poked Gun in Back.
Mr.. Gouldman said the two men
appeared about 10 O'Clock last night
at the Addison Chevrolet Co., 1431
Irving street NV, where he worked
as a salesman on commission, and
asked for demonstration Of used
car. He drove them to Sixteenth
street and Park road NV, where
they drew pistols and ordered him
to drive toward Baltimore.
They were not rough" he said,
"but one of them kept a gun in
the back of my neck all the time and
the other kept his pistol stuck at my
side.
"They showed me a handful of pis-
tol cartridges, and said: You know
what these bullets are for, and we do.
too, so let's don't have any funny busi-
ness"
They kept talking to each other
about jobs they had pulled all over
the country, and talked like they had
just got out of prison. I got the i'm
preston they had been in prison in
Georgia a short time ago"
In the vicinity of Laurel, Mr..
Gouldman said, he was forced to stop
the car to pick up two young girls
they looked about IA or 16 years old"
who were walking on the highway.
Then the bandits put him out of the
car on a side road and forced him to
strip to his underwear. One bandit,
called "Blackie" by his companion,
donned Mr.. Gouldman's clothes and
tossed out the overails and jackets
to him "Blackie" also took Mr..
Gouldman's glasses and rode of with
them on his nose.
Girls Not in Car.
"They made me take off my shoes,
too," Mr.. Gouldman said, "but they
wouldn't fit either of the men, so
they threw them back to me-"
The bandits took with them, how
ever, his watch, ring and small
amount of money from his wallet.
They drove toward Baltimore with
the two girls. but the girls we're not
in the car when Mr.. Duley was held up
in Baltimore, and what became of them
was not learned Immediately.
Mr. Gouldman made his way to
roadside lunch stand and telephoned
report to the Maryland State police
at Laurel and also called friend In
Washington to come after him. He
was unable to get in touch with the
friend, however, until 2:30 am. A stop
at the Laurel police station further
delayed his return home.
Looking over "rogues' gallery pic
lures at police headquarters here
this morning, Mr.. Gouldman found
three or four which looked somewhat
like the men who abducted him but
could not make any positive identifica-
ton. Police planned to obtain pic
turese of the convcts who escaped
from Hagerstown for his inspection
later.
The suspected Hagerstown fugitives
are Irving Limper, 33, who was serving
a 20-year-sentence, and John E. Car
son, serving IL years. Both were SEN
fenced for robberies in Baltimore.
Limper, known as the serial" BAN
dit because he was charged with rob-
bing six restaurants within two hours,
was captured in gun battle with
Baltimore police in 1880. Carson.
known as the opera" bandit, was
convicted in 1881 as one of the men
who held up a Baltimore opera party