GUNMAN’S EXPLOIT
PATROLMEN KIDNAPPED. HELD FOR 14 HOURS. (Received Tuesday, 9.30 a.m.) CORLAND (New York State), Monday. A fugitive gunman, believed to be a notorious desperado, kidnapped two patrolmen in a police car at the point of a pistol for fourteen hours. The patrolmen picked up a suspect in Johnson City, New York State, and they were driving to headquarters when the man drew a gun and said: “Get me out of town, quick. ’ ’ The patrolmen drove 35 miles to a deserted farm house on a remote section. The gunmau ordered the car to drive to a barn and sat for twelve hours with a gun pointed at the patrolmen’s hack. He released his captives late at night and gave them flashlights to assist them to find their way. He then drove off.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 7 September 1937, Page 5
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