Evening star., 1939-03-19
Truck Driver Taken
Into Maryland
And Robbed
Liquor Store Thief
Walks Post Two
Detectives

A Washington truck driver was
kidnapped and robbed last night
by two colored bandits who forced
him from the drivers seat of his
truck at Fourth and M streets NE.
and drove him to Largo, Md, before
making their escape.
Willis H. Strawser, Is, of $50
Twenty fifth street NV, told police
one of the men opened the right
door Of his truck when he stopped
for trafnc sign at the Northeast
intersection, and asked the price of
q case of drinks.
The second man then opened the
door next to him. the driver said,
and thrust a revolver in his ribs,
commanding him to move over"
He said he rode between the two
men out Benning road into Mary
land and on q road near Largo his
assailants stopped the truck. A
passenger vehicle came to a stop
nearby, he related.
Forced to Hand Over So.
Mr.. Strawser was forced to hand
over approximately $50, police were
told, and the men escaped In the
waiting automobile after taking the
keys to the truck. He walked to a
telephone at a house nearby and
summoned aid from the District.
Police Immediately broadcast a
"kidnap-robbery" radio lookout to
local cruisers and authorities In
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
Bandits were active in other Sec
tions of the District last night. For
the fourth time in a year, a LIQUOR
store at 2l4 Sixth street NV. was
held up-this time while two head
quarters detectives were in the street
few feet from the shop entrance.
Paul Burke, 81, night manager,
said young white man brandishing
a revolver walked to the counter and
demanded the contents of the cash
register. Mr.. Burke said he surren-
dered approximately $40.
Walked Past Detectives.
The bandit then walked from the
store and by Detective Sergt. John
Cation, decorated less than q year ago
for meritorious service in capturing
two ice cream store bandits in q
gun fight, and Detective John Cur
tbs, who were clearing some broken
glass from the street.
Before Mr.. Burke could run from
the store to summon aid however
the holdup man had made his escape
in an automobile driven by ian ac-
complice.
A prospective customer, who en-
tered the store while the robbery
was in progress, said meekly on OBJ
serving the mans revolver: II guess
I'll come back later" and departed
in haste.
Pocketbook Snatched.
Mrs. Elizabeth Germaux, 1904 Sew
enteenth street NE, reported q
white youth snatched her pocket.
book, containing 50, as she walked
near her home. Her assailant
escaped in an automobile driven by
an accomplice, she said.
Two boys who attempted to snatch
the purse of Mrs. Beulah Ballinper,
3716 Benton street NV, fled when
she put up fight. The incident oc-
CURED near Twenty-ninth and q
streets NV, she told police.
Grocery Store Held Up.
Frank w. Dunn, proprietor of q
grocery store at 354l Fourteenth
street NV, told police a white man
about Is years old, wearing a brown
overcoat and hat, held up and
robbed him of $40 in bills from the
store cash drawer about IL O'Clock
last night.
Mr.. Dunn, who lives in the 1900
block of Monroe street NV, said
the lower part of the bandits face
was covered by q handkerchief. The
robber escaped on foot through an
alley. ':.5%v
George Beaver, an engineers aide
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