A "STOLEN" HONEYMOON

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 150, 21 December 1929, Page 22

A "STOLEN" HONEYMOON

COUPLE'S; DARIhIG PLAN ',

Honoymoon. touriug in six stolen motor-cars is..the way in which Herr and Frau West started married lifo in Germany. Their purse was empty, but ■Herr West had ambitions and a plan.' The couple strolled along:; tho street until-they-saw a car worthy of the occasion, says an'overseas; paper. They .we,nt c for..a drive, slept in..the open, and- ; "s.oid.the Bpare wheel, the.electric starter, and' anything" else they could detach, from the car to pay for' 'food and drink. When the car. became rather too shorn they returned to. Berlin..

Six cars disappeared from the streets of-the capital, and-parts of them are now scattered over Germany. The couple's last "journey came to an end in Hanoyer. .The sixth car had been .left'.dereli^fe and:vtho pair, travelled/b|iek with"two platform tickets. ... V-CMIe ticket -inspector demanded money, and Westiiefthis \riie_ as:hostage while<he went and'got .the money. Selecting yet another car, ho drove off. Once out of thecity he stripped it of all its accessories and sold them to a secondhand dealer.' '

Then "West returned and redeemed Frau "West. Triumphantly the pair emerged from : the station, and for the second time that day West.took .a ear. This time they only got as far as Falkenae^, whore a man they ft ad swindled recognised them and handed them over to thei police. ■■/'•.■'"'■ '„ '■■""