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NBA' Feature ServicePR ms; FIVE CENTSiYIKHH. D. Darby and Sophia Stone Kidnaoed andiiiFi iTaken to Magnolia, Ark.URJailthelifefor-nndtheInsttlrts5:30 P. M. II. I), Darby telephoned the sheriff from Magnolia, Ark., stating that both he and Miss Stone were uninjured. Kidnappers had forced them out f the car at that nlace.jcesre-herehereere-ruckargaigu-wtishlg-noDyeeat-L. •II c Ighl jdsiy I litre ••H. D. Darby was reported to havo been slugged and Mi3s Sophie Stono was kidnapped by two men nnd two women near the A. P. Foster store at Hico about 2 o'clock this afternoon. . *Darby and Mrss Stone were supposed to have abandoned the hunt for Darby's stolen car and had turned back when accosted by the two bandit pairs and forced to stop their car.Darby was reported to have beon slugged and thrown into the back of the bandit car. Miss Storie was believed to have been forced to abandon her car and enter the bandit car.Keys to Miss Stone's car wore reported tot have been •' thrown away by the four bandits and it is believed that Darby and Miss Stone were taken smowhere into the ' swamps of Claiborne Parish by the bandits.No roport of the condition of either Miss Stone or Darby ! could be obtained at Press time.£DyeJuilvtintrlngsTHREE INJURED IN AUTO MISHAP NEAR SIMSB0R0*amlnasforid-m.2a.nd-ent cut. ghl fix dc-i to ns rom Dill— JIO-I to of atloWhite Man and Two Negroes 1A 1033 model coach belonging to H. D. Darby, was stolen from In front ot the L. K. Brooks residence during the noon hour today. Darby was just leaving the Brooks liotnc after eating luncheon thPre when he saw a man get Into his cav and drive It off. his having left the keysBrought to Ruston-Lin-tfoln SanitariumFOSTER WATERS, BLACK, IS JAILED BY SHERIFFIn the Ignition lock.ttllan-rdc-io rl. It of d In lacc pro-ap-• the »crn-f the vport fur-rarns-Scn-A. Edle, white, and Sharp Davis and Marvin McDonald, negroes, were brought to the Riision-Ltncolu sanitarium ty ambulance at 1:50 to-iay after the pulpwood truck on which they had been riding had i taken the ditch just outside of Sims-toro and turned over on them, in-lurhiR all of them.Reports from the Sanitarium siftl-! cd that the extent of their Injuries j I could not be ascertained until X-1 | ray pictures could be taken No further report was received from the sanitarium at press time.Foster Waters, negro, was placed In the parish Jail by Sheriff A. J. Thigpen, facing possible charges of reckless driving nnd others, pending on the outcome of the condition of the three Injured men at the sanitarium.Eye-witnesses to the accident told Sherlfr Thigpen that the trucks driven by Waters and McDonald, respectively, were both travel lug av top speed down the highway and seemed to be racing, as both trucks were sldc-by-sldc. occupying the entire highway Just before the accident occurred.As the two speeding trucks neared the curve In the highway, the truckDarby- wua- reported to have run - • towards his car and jumped on the . running board In an effort to stop • the thief but seeing Ids efforts were ' futile, ho Jumped off the speed-' Ins car and Immediately started in pursuit In a car driven by Miss Sophia Stone, home demonstration ujciit here.ullleers In Dubacli were notified to be on the look-out and hud the •’ highway bnrrnended there. Tile bundle turned off toward Homer ot Dub itch and late reports of the chase •stated that the bandit nnd the car were somewhere between Homer and Bcrnlce ns lie had turned off on the Kimballtown-Lsbon fond.Shortly alter word of the theft was received by Sheriff Thigpen, deputies Clyde Frasier and Emmett Leggett were sent to join the chase. Mayor Charles Ooync and City Marshal W. P. Rlslnger also Joined In the hunt.Other automobiles from here also Joined the hunt. Reports received from Dubach stated that the pursuers were close on the heels of j the thief when the car came thru there and two cars from Dubach Joined the chase.No further information wras received at press time today. Officials Ir. all neighboring towns were communicated with by Sheriff Thigpen.rAiin/l rAniAr
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Thu, Apr 27, 1933
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