GIRL DECOY AIDS ROBBERS.
POSED. AS DISTRESSED MOTORIST
A pretty girl posing as a motorist in 'distress ' served -■ as a decoy for two robbers who took. £100 from R. J. Thompson, 30, of Cincinnati, on the Lin-: coin highway. .Thompson told State Police that when he neared Greensburg on his way home from Atlantic City, a girl stepped from 'a machine standing along the highway and sought his aid in starting the motor of her car. Two men seized Thompson ■ as he was about to enter the young, woman's machine. One of them, drew a revolver and robbed him. Thompson" said the robbers returned two dollars .of the stolen money, arid told him he could use it to buy gasolene. - The girl did : not participate 1 in the robbery, but watched her companions while: they pbtained the money, Thompson said. , ; .
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 187, 9 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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140GIRL DECOY AIDS ROBBERS. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 187, 9 August 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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