Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1919 — HELD UP BY AUTO THIEVES [ARTICLE]

HELD UP BY AUTO THIEVES

Pete Merritt of Remington Lost Hi* Ford Friday Night. P. W. Merritt of just south of Remington, a brother of John Merritt of Rensselaer, was held up by a conple of highwaymen about !>• o’clock Friday night and at the point of two revolvers was forced to turn his Ford over to them in which Mr. Merritt with four friends was driving to Remington. Th* holdup occurred about 3% mile* west of Remington, near the old J. L. Wood farm on the Renting-ton-Ooodland road, it Is The two men were standing In the road, directly In the path ot the approaching car, and when Merritt stopped, they flashed revolvers and commanded the occupants to get out. One of the men is described as being of middle age and the other as being about 22 years old. The older man had a dark mustache and wore a cap and a checkered suit. The stolen car was a 1917 anodel and the initials P. W. M. were painted on the sides. Mt. Merritt was in Rensselaer Friday evemdng with his wife and another lady to* get his mother, Mrs. Turner Merritt, of Remington, who had been visiting here at the home of her son John, and after reaching Remington is understood to have driven out with some young men and was returning to town when the holdup occurred. Sheriff Woodworth and the sheriffs and toyn marshals in neighboring counties and towns were notified to be on the lookout for the thieves, but at latest report* no trace of the car has been found.