Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-08
z Men Captured
In n. Y. Admit
kidnapping Here
Norfolk Pair Seized
In Theuter After
Second Abduction
Pictures on Page A-3.)
BULLETIN.

NEW YORK P.-Two Nor
folk (Va.) men, who police
said admitted they were the
abductors of a Washington
cab driver and his passenger,
and of another cab driver in
Brooklyn, were seized today
at an Eighth avenue movie
theater The black sedan in
which they were reported to
have taken their captives on
wild rides was located in an
uptown parking lot, and po-
Ece said the men surrendered
the parking ticket to them.
A second report of an abduc-
ton, its outstanding character
istic again a madly careening
limousine ride, today intensified
the hunt for two sleek, riding
logged bandits who kidnapped a
Washington cab driver and
pretty brunette Thursday night
and took them on a crazy trip
from Washington to New York.
Police and FBI agents linked the
tale of a Brooklyn cab driver of
having been forced into a black
sedan in New York after being
robbed to the Washington case, not
ing an obvious penchant on the part
OF the men for wild motor trips.
The Associated Press reported
that New York police said the cab
driver, Paul Caulford, 81. told them
he was pursued last night for a
half mile by the black sedan, forced
from his car and into the back Of
the sedan at the point of a gun.
They said he was taken through
the Holland Tunnel into Jersey City
and back to New York again on a
mad round trip and was forced to
sit on the floor of the car as it
approached the George Washington
Bridge toll gate. On the New York
side of the bridge, police said, the
cabbie was released and ordered to
go away without looking back"
Other Cases Reported.
Meanwhile, Washington police re-
ported that two men of the same
description as in the local case
forced Howard Jennings, a Chester,
Va, cab driver, to drive them to
Washington from Hopewell Va,
Wednesday at the point of a gun.
On Thursday, police added, two
men of the same description hailed
orrem JetsSk oo-hlNes fWeatGn611n
'stseesN.W., a taxi driver, at Four
teenth and 1 streets NV, and told
him to drive them into Virginia.
They robbed him of 81. his watch
ana a ring near the approaches
to the Pentagon.
The young woman in the first case,
Miss Mercedes Platt, on the staff of
the Naval Attache at the United
States Embassy in Havana. Cuba.
returned by plane last night from
New York with Herman German. the
22-year-old chauffeur of the airport
limousine in which the bandits fled
after releasing their victims in
Brooklyn.
The limousine, an extra long
black Buick, was described fully in
a flash lookout sent by the FBI
to police of all Eastern cities. The
lookout ended with the warning, IF
the car is found-do not touch"
Unnoticed on Trip.
Despite its unusual appearance,
with spreading wings and Air
Transport, Inc" Stenciled in gold
letters on the doors, the car had not
been located today. Although ODT
rules prohibit cars from going more
than 10 miles beyond their own CITY,
the car had been driven through
five States, through the Holland
Tunnel under the Hudson and
across the Manhattan Bridge over
the East River to Brooklyn with no
questions asked.
The whereabouts of Miss Platt in
washington was kept mystery to-
day. She was quoted by the ASCOT
ated Press as saying she was en- route
from Toronto after a Today leave.
The trip was interrupted when
her plane from Buffalo arrived
too late Thursday night for her to
make connections with a south
bound plane on which she had re-
served seat. She engaged Mr..
Germans limousine to take her to a
Washington hotel and the two BAN
dts got in the car and took over.
A young woman formerly en-
ployed by the American Embassy
at Havana told The Star that Miss
Platt was one of large family of
girls living in Havana whose par
ents were American citizens. Mer-
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