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Evening star., 1951-07-01

manager.
Mr.. Gilbert showed up at the
18th Precinct station house, Sew
enteenth street and Rhode Island
avenue NE, some time later. He
told the desk sergeant he was
tired and asked if he could rest for
while. The sergeant pointed out
a chair in the squad room.
Told His Story.
The youth was sobbing quietly
when Corpl. Robert Kisner no.
ticed him a half hour later. The
policeman asked Mr.. Gilbert to
discuss his troubles. After some
coaxing, the young man un-
burdened himself of the whole
story.
While this was going on, Irwin
and the girl had alighted from the
bus in downtown Washington and
gone to hotel, according to Miss
Barker's story to New Jersey State
police.
"We got his 0rwin's bag) in the
Greyhound bus station in WASH
ington and then went to the
hotel" the girl said.
During the night, he attacked
me four times.
THE next day we went to two
pawn shops, but all he got was
SIS for both the engagement ring
and the watch"
Gave Girls Name.
The girls story checks on this
point with information uncovered
earlier by Washington police. She
had stood silently by Twins side
while he negotiated with Sam
Wolfe, proprietor of Dawes Pawn
brokers' Exchange. 915 D street
NV, for sale of the articles. Irwin
was paid SIS.
Strangely enough, Irwin save
the girls correct name and ad-
dress for the sales slip. Police re-
covered the evidence while check
ing pawnbrokers' exchanges Fri
day morning.
After visiting the shops, the girl
said. I'VE went back to the bus
station and bought two tickets to
Philadelphia. When we got to
Evening star., 1951-07-01
3 Conyiefs Reeaptured
After San Quentin Break
BY the Associated Press

SAN JUENTIN, Calf, June 80
Three convict robbers-all con-
sidered dangerous-escaped owe,
San Quentin's walls today ano
were captured seven hours later
two miles away.
Correctional Officer Lester B
Neal spotted one of the fugi-
tives on low hill a quarter of a
mile north of a highway intersec-
ton and fired a shot over his
head. The prisoner surrendered
without fight.
Officer Stanley Nordstron took
over the captive and Neal went up
the hill and captured the other
two escapees.
The three are: Robert L. Har-
mon. "a, sentenced last October
from Los Angeles for armed rob-
berry; John Armstrong, IS, SEN
fenced last January from Sar
Bernardino for armed robbery
and Marion Watson, %, sentenced
last November from San Joaquin
County for armed burglary ano
kidnapping.
Evening star., 1951-07-01

where we stopped.
II gave her the ring and we
were sitting there when this guy
Qrwin walked past. He walked on
about 10 feet then turned around
and came back. He jumped in
next to my girl and put gun in
her ribs, saying drive me to Vir-
ginia, the FBI is after me-"
I had to drive in low gear all the
way. This fellow used a lot of very
foul language all the time and
complained, wouldn't you know
I would have to pick a lousy car
to make getaway"
Forced Into Back Seat.
"He finally told me to stop-I
don't know where it was; it was
somewhere in Virginia.
HE Irwin made Carolyn get
in the back seat and got back
there, too. He fondled her for
awhile, then made us both get out
of the car.
HE had Carolyn tape my hands
with adhesive that he pulled out
of his pocket and then raped her
no more than two feet away from
me.
Then he told Carolyn to take
the tape off my hands and we
went back and tried to get the car
started. 1t wouldn't, so the guy
told me to wipe off the door
handles and leave the hood up.
Then we started walking down
the highway. While we were
was in front-he had
the gun on me from behind-I
heard him tell Carolyn his name
was Warren Lee and that he was
wanted by the FBI for kidnapping,
and things like that.
Went to Gas Station.
"We went to a gas station and
got cokes. He had the gun in
the pocket of his windbreaker and
kept it on me. Carolyn asked if
she could go to the ladies room
and he let her.
When Carolyn came out, the
guy was talking to a cab driver
out front.
Then he made us start walk
ing again. When we got to a
fork in the road still don't
know where we were-this guy
saw a bus coming and said. "The
girl and I are going to take this
BUS. You keep walking down the
other road If you tell any one
before midnight, I will kill the
girl and myself. too. They will
not take me alive"
Evening star., 1951-07-01

uation at the close of the recent
school term. =,
He lives at the Brentwood ad-
dress with his mother. His father
has been dead for IA years.
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kill his boy who is 9 years old
He told me he was going to kill
them anyway. We picked up his
bag at the Greyhound station.
could have run away when he
sent me to pick up the bag. but
was scared he might kill the little
boy.
Name Was in Papers.
He said he would and he saic
he wouldn't. I didn't know. I got
him two Detroit papers and I read
to him. His name was in both OF
them. l was sleeping and he was
sleeping in the back, and then
we were back at his uncle's home
The uncle drove. I turned
around quick and told him to
wake. The aunt opened the door
OF the garage. He put his gun in
his shoulder holster and began
kissing me when we got inside
the house. He took too long, ]
guess. and they ran out and locked
the door and went next door to
a neighbor.
Irwin said, We've got to get
out of here" We got in the car
and rode all over the place.
And we were trying to steal a
car and rob somebody to get some
money. He wanted a new car. We
had about three gallons of gaso-
line in the car. He didn't have
much money. My boy friend only
had three dollars when he robbed
him. We got a dollars worth of
gas. But we got lost, circling
Drove Into Corn Field.
We drove over into a corn field
and he said we'd just wait until
night. I tried to talk him out of
it and he said he'd wait until
noon to hear the broadcast and
if there was anything about him.
He tried to kiss me. slapped
him. He slapped me hard.
Evening star., 1951-07-01

The kidnaper repeated his warn
ing that he would kill the girl If
they gave him any trouble before
they entered the station, it was
said.
Graves Fisher, an attendant,
noticed nothing suspicious when
the three appeared about 1920
pm. Irwin asked change for
a quarter and bought three soft
drinks from a dispenser, handing
one to the girl and another to Mr..
Gilbert.
Mr.. Fisher, busy filling a gas
tank, said the two men talked
while the girl entered the station.
She later emerged and handed the
key to the ladies room to Mr..
Fisher.
Held Gun in Pocket.
Mr.. Gilbert said Irwin held a
gun in the pocket of his wind
breaker after they abandoned the
automobile.
The trio walked to a bus stop
at Lee highway and Old Dominion
drive. There the kidnaper ordered
Mr.. Gilbert to start walking back
toward Falls Church.
Don't tell the police ANYTHING
Tor six hours or I'll kill her." Irwin
said. AS Mr.. Gilbert started to
walk away, the gunman called
after him:
You'd better make that -
hours!"
Irwin and his captive boarded
an Arlington Line bus for Wash
ington shortly later. Arlington
police said one of their cars was
parked within hailing distance at
the time, but Mr.. Gilbert did not
recall seeing it.
Bus Driver Recalled CoupIe.
The bus driver, Emory Work
man, 436 North Monroe street.
Arlington, remembered picking UP
the couple but noticed nothing in
their demeanor to arouse his sus-
picion.
Meanwhile, the distraught
youth, believing the gunman had
taken all his money, started a
long, solitary hike to Washington.
He told the police he did not ap-
peal for help because of his fear
that his fiancee would be mur-
dered by her captor.
Mr.. Gilbert trudged the high
ways for hours, moving toward
his home at 1922 Thirty-eighth
street, Brentwood, Md.
Wanted to Sleep.
AT 2 am. Friday he stumbled
into a filling station on Rhode
Island avenue NE. at Fourth
street. He explained he was tired
and asked permission to sleep for
"a few hours.
HE looked dopey," said Amos
Click, 81, of 1114 F street NE,
the night manager. IT asked
him, Say, bud. did you have a
hard night?' He didn't answer.
He just shook his head a little,
leaned back in a chair and in a
few minutes was fast asleep"
About $50 o'clock young Gilbert
EVOKE and walked away without
saying anything to, the night
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Kidnapping
Continued From Page A-4.'

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had to drive in low gear all the
way. This fellow used a lot of
foul language all the time and
complained, Wouldn't you know
would pick lousy car to make
a getaway
He finally told me to stop-I
. don't know where it was; 1t was
somewhere in Virginia"
Held Snub-nosed Revolver.
Holding snub-nosed revolver,
the man ordered Mr.. Gilbert to
hand over his watch and wallet
containing So. He made the girl
give him the engagement ring Mr..
Gilbert had bought for $93, along
with her class ring.
He Qrwin) made Carolyn get
in the back seat and he got back
there, too,' Mr.. Gilbert told po-
lice. He fondled her for awhile.
then made both of us get out of
the car.
He made Carolyn tape my
hands with adhesive that he pull
ed out of his pocket, and then
raped her no more than two feet
away from me-"
Threatens to Kill Girl.
The criminal assault, police
: learned later, occurred in Falls
Church, near Little Falls road and
Winchester street. not far from
. Lee highway and almost on the
Arlington-Fairfax County line.
: The gunman was quoted as warn
ing:
Il am Warren Lee and am
wanted in five States for kipnap-
ing and murder, so if you give me
any trouble I will kill the girl. >
He repeated the grim warning
twice later.
Warren Lee Irwin had not over
stated the case. He already was
the subject of a Nationwide FBI
hunt, suspected of murder, kid
naping and acts of sex perversion.
WanCc0 1Or MURDER.
At the time he was wanted for
murder of Mrs. Adeline Shagena :.
81, mother of three children,
whose body was found in the
woods near Oxford, Mich, June 8.
He also was wanted for kid
naping Mrs. Doris Myers, friend
of his mothers, who was forced
at gunpoint to aid his escape from
the vicinity of the murder.
Irwin, it was said, had told Mrs.
Myers his mother was i'll in a
hospital at Toledo, Ohio. At To-
ledo he drew a gun and forced
the woman to drive him to a.
small town in Iowa, where she
escaped when, he went into a
filling station.
Couldn't Start Car.
Irwin ordered Mr.. Gilbert and
Miss Barker to walk back to the
automobile, where he told the girl
to remove the tape from her
fiance wrists.
They were unable, however, to
start the car, and walked almost
three miles to a filling station at
Lee highway and Glebe road.
Evening star., 1951-07-01
Mass Production Plan
For Tool Machines,
Proposed By Reuther
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, June 30.-Walter
Reuther, who has come up with
numerous plans in the past IL
years for bolstering America S
production for peace or war, un-
yelled another one today.
The CIO United Auto Workers
president proposed mass produc-
ton of tool-machines on an as
Sembly line basis. He said it would
eliminate "the most critical bot
tleneck in our defense production
program.
The proposal was another In a
series dating back to 1910. when
the "Reuther Plan" for producing
500 airplanes a day by utilizing
unused capacity in the auto in
|dustry was given wide publicity.
During World War II Mr.. Reuther
devised a plan for standardizing
tank parts. After the war he pro-
posed using idle aircraft plants
to produce prefabricated homes
and railroad cars.
Time Factor Cited.
Mr.. Reuther said the length of
Ilayoffs in the auto industry and
Others depends almost entirely
on the length of time it takes to
get tool-machines (the machines
that operate drills. presses. cut
ters and other tools)." His plan,
he said, would cut the two or
three-year backlog of tool-ma-
chine orders "by at least so to
rs per cent"
The labor leader made these
specific proposals in submitting
his plan to President Truman and
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Will
son:
/. Force an all-out utilization
of the present tool-machine and
tool and die industries. He said
these industries have not stepped
up production recently as they
did Immediately after Pearl Har-
Dor.
2. The Government should con-
tract for the establishment of
central tool-machine assembly
plants-perhaps in factories not
being used now-for assembling
the complex machines.
Plan For Component Parts.
3. Contract with tool and die
shops, forge plants and even the
mass-production industries such
as the auto and agricultural i'm
plement industries to produce the
component parts for the tool
machines.
4. Tighten up on the ALLEGATION
Of tool-machines by a rigid pri-
ority plan to make certain that
defense producers needing them
most get them.
"A tool-machine is like a big
B-36 only less So" said Mr..
Reuther.
He pointed out that most plants
would be incapable of turning out
a complete plane or tank the same
as they could not make a COM
plete tool-machine. But he said
thousands of plants now waiting
for tool-machines could make
parts which could be assembled
on a production line basis.
In letter to President Truman
accompanying his proposal, Mr..
Reuther repeated his demands for
an expansion Of steel capacity, for
tighter inventory controls on
critical materials and for Federal
jobless benefits to guarantee work
ers 40 hours pay a week when they
are laid off because of the defense
mobilization program.
Evening star., 1951-07-01

Nigeria Is distributing chemi-
cal fertilizers free, to encourage
use by natives.
Evening star., 1951-07-01

Or the bus he told me he would
buy me car.
When we got there, we went to
"a show (movie). It was Santa
IFe." a cowboy picture.
He wanted to stay in the show
until dark. When we got out, he
made me call his aunt's house to
check to see if she was home. He
told me to tell her I was a girl
who knew her. We walked from
IDoylestown on the highway four
miles to Warrington. was wear
ing high heeled shoes and he
wouldn't let me take them off.
We went to the wrong house
but he was right behind me. We
went arouno to the back but I
guess they were away. At the
house next door, it looked like
they were having a party. All the
lights were. on. We went over and
he said he was going to rob them.
When We got there, it wasn't a
party. 1t was his uncle's house.
Asked Uncle for $1,000.
We went to the back door and
he held a gun in my back. His
uncle was scared to death and
so was his aunt.
He told his uncle he wanted
81 900. His uncle said he had
$500 in the bank.
He asked the uncle for his bank
book and told me to get it.
Usually he trusted me but when
I got the handbook, he told me
to throw it to him. He made his
uncle sit UP all night. He kept
the revolver pointed at him.
His aunt started to give him
$25 or $50. but told her not to.
I lay down and went to sleep on
the couch. He woke me about six
in the morning. We went to Phila-
delphia, taking his uncle along.
The uncle drove the car.
He told his uncle that if he
didn't do what he wanted, he'd
Evening star., 1951-07-01

He attacked me again, the
sixth time.
He taped my wrist to his and
went to sleep. When he woke. he
told me to get in the back seat
and I started to go crazy. I didn't
have anything to do. I thought
I might crawl out the window. He
went to sleep on the front seat.
I couldn't find anything to hit
him with. He had his gun hand
on the gun all the time. I found
two comic books and read them
There was nothing on the IL
o'clock news.
I don't know where we were.
He wanted to go to Trenton and
he said he would get into a big
parking lot of a store and rob
some people and take car.
Saw Police Car.
There wasn't anything for me
to do. We were driving on high
way. We saw a police car coming
toward us. He told me to watch
it and see if it turned around.
About a quarter of a mile away.
it turned around.
He said, Baby, this is it. Here
goes"
"We were making 10 to 80 miles
an hour. 1t had been raining and
the highway was slippery. was
scared to death.
He decided to cut, into a gravel
road but he was going too fast
and almost went into a ditch.
The car stalled. He pulled out
his gun and said, come on" I
stalled and finally got out and ran
behind the car. He called for me
to come on.
The police started shooting at
him. I ran to the police. He
didn't have many bullets. He ran
into the fields. The police stopped
a car and they brought me here.
Evening star., 1951-07-01
Retiring 'T-Mon' Chief
Blasts FBI Treatment
By the Associated Press


NEWARK, N. j., June 30.-The
chief treasury agent in New Jersey
retired after 25 years service to-
day. with a blast at the FBI for
treating T-Men like aliens"
Edwin A. Baldwin, retiring at a
youngish So, said he experienced
two main handicaps in trying to
get the goods on tax evasion by
big time racketeers.
He listed them as lack of CO.
operation from the FBI and a
Federal court BAN on use of evi-
'dence obtained by wiretapping.
Although we are both Federal
investigative agencies" Mr.. Bald
win added. t'the FBI treats us like
aliens. To get a look at an FBI
file. we must apply to j. Edgar
Hoover. for permission and this
sometimes is months in arriving"
He made the statement in an in
terview obtained by the Newark
Star-Ledger.
The local FBI Office declined
comment.
Evening star., 1951-07-01
Kidnapped Girls Fionce Waits
AnxiiousIy for Her Return
Lawrence Gilbert
Spends Entire Day
AT Miss Burker's Home

A 19-year-old youth who saw
his fiancee assaulted and kid
Inaped waited anxiously last night
for her return home.
Lawrence Gilbert, whose sobbing
account to police touched off the
search that found 17-year-old
Carolyn Barker safe yesterday. IN
New Jersey, spent all of yesterday
at the young choir singers home.
Late in the day he saw
ICarolyn's foster parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Erwin M. Wade, off to New
Jersey. In the evening. after many
sleepless hours. he lay down for
his first real rest since the har-
rowing events of Thursday night.
Saw Youth Crying.
The chain of pursuit that led
to his fiancee's rescue started
shortly before 8 am. Friday at
the 18th precinct police station
lat Seventeenth street and Rhode
Island avenue NE.
Corpl. Robert Kisner, just COM
ing on duty, walked in and saw
| in the squad room a slender youth
crying quietly.
whats the matter with that
kid" Corpl. Kisner asked the desk
sergeant. He was told the youth
had entered the station about a
half hour before, said he was tired
after an all-night walk and want
ed to rest.
Corpl. Kisner asked the youth
to tell him his troubles. At first
the only responses were sobs and
negative head shakes. The police
man was sympathetic and coaxed
the youth to ease his mind by tell
ing what was worrying him.
"All right, I'll tell you the story.
but you can't tell any one else
until midnight" the youth said.
And that's how young Gill
bert began to unfold his story.
Answers Short at First.
Corpl. Kisner said the youths
answers were short and inconclu-
sive at first. The policeman said
he then asked the youth routine
questions such as his name, where
he worked and who his folks were.
| Corpl. Kisner said Gilbert told
him: MY girl friend is missing.
and that SOB. on the wall has
got her"
Corpl. Kisner said at first he
thought Gilbert was pointing to a
blank wall, but then he looked and
saw the youth was pointing to an
FBI picture of Warren Lee Irwin.
fugitive murder suspect.
Then I really started listening
to his story" the policeman said.
| Corpl. Kisner said Gilbert told
him this story:
MY girl and I were to go for a
ride to Hains Point. 1t was her
birthday, and her folks were going
to have a surprise party for her.
1 was going to take her away from
home for a while so they could
finish preparations.
Il had an engagement ring for
her and thought I would give it |
to her while we were waiting.
Car Has Gear Trouble.
"While 1 was driving down
North Capitol street. my car sud-
denly developed gear trouble. 1
was unable to get 1t into high or
into reverse. but we kept driving
as far as the Monument Grounds +
Evening star., 1951-07-01
Carolyn Bankers Story of Terror-FiIed Hours
Irwin Kept Wrists
Tipped to His When
He Went to Sleep

Slight brown-haired 17-year-
old Carolyn Barker, her eyes dull
and staring, told yesterday of her
AZ hours of terror with mur-
derer-kidnaper who assaulted her
six times.
She sat on a bed in State
police barracks in Pennington,
N. j., and told of her abduction
by scar-faced Warren Lee Irwin,
27-year-old fugitive. This is her
story as put together by As
sociated Press reporter and Star
staff writer Burton Hawkins.
On Thursday about p. M, I
was with my boy friend, Larry
Gilbert, 10. He had parked the
car because the gear shift jammed
in first. Larry told me that he
had a birthday gift for me. It
was my 17th birthday. The gift
was an engagement ring.
While we were talking, Irwin
came up to the car. He pushed
a revolver at my boy friends head
and got in. He said, Let's go on
over into Virginia but don't go
across any toll bridges.
Car Overheated.
The car was jammed in first
gear. He wanted us to find a.
place to park but there were lots
of houses. He kept warning us
to find a place or else we'd be
sorry. The car got overheated.
He made us get out and go into
a woods where he ordered me toI
tape my friends arms behind his
back. He gave me adhesive tape.
Then he made me lie down and he
attacked me.
Then we walked three miles.
He wanted me to stop a new car.
He had 1t all planned out. We
stood at a stop light. He wanted
to rob people in a new car but no
new car stopped. He told my boy
friend he'd let him go if he
wouldn't say anything until mid
night Saturday.
My boy friend was scared. He
said all right. Irwin said he
would kill me if my boy friend
told the police. We got on a bus,
I didn't know where. He had
taken my engagement ring and
my boy friends watch. We got
his bag in the Greyhound bus
station in Washington and then
went to a hotel.
Taken to Cheap Hotel.
1t was cheap hotel. I don't
know which one. There was a
Marine standing in the lobby, and
while Irwin was registering r
winked trying to indicate he had
q gun. But he just winked back.
During the night, he attacked
me four times.
He made me lie down, and taped
my right wrist to his right wrist.
! went to sleep.
The next day, we went to two
pawn shops. but all he got was SIS
for both the engagement ring and
the watch. We went back to the
bus station and bought two tickets
to Philadelphia. When we got
to Philadelphia, he made me buy
two papers from Detroit. He told
me had was wanted in Detroit and
wanted to see if his name was in
the paper.
At the bus station, he bought
two tickets for Doylestown CPa)
He said he wanted to see his aunt !
and uncle. He thought his uncle ,
had $4,000 and a car. They live ,
of poylestown. :
Bus Was Late.
The bus was supposed to leave I
at 8 o'clock, but it didn't leave till
$50. On the way, it stop Z
ped at comfort station and Ii
said wanted to go in. He said all :,
right, but he said: ,
IF you try to get away, a lot
of people will be killed"
Evening star., 1951-07-01
Utah High Court Denies
Reheurinq for z Killers
BY the Associated Press

by fHe NssOCIdIed FTeSS
SALT LAKE CITY, June 30
The Utah Supreme Court refused
today to grant a rehearing for
convicted murderers Vern Alfred
Braasch, Is, Des Moines, Iowa,
and Melvin LIE Roy Sullivan, 81,
Kansas City.
The midwest youths have been
sentenced to death for the killing
of Howard Manzione, Beaver
service station operator. Oct. %.
1949.