HIGHWAYMEN OPERATION IN THIS LOCALITY
Miss Florence Forman of Wiconisco, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mayer Forman, local furniture dealer, while returning to her home in Wiconisco after attending a theatre in Lykens, at 12:30 Wednesday morning, was held up by highwaymen on the Market Street road leading to Wiconisco, near the fork of the road leading to Coaldale, and held by the bandits forty-five minutes during which time they endeavored to secure money.
Miss Forman who attended the last show in the Theatorium, came from the theatre and entered the furniture store of her father on the opposite side of the street, and from there she proceeded to drive to her home in Wiconisco, in the car of her father.
Upon proceeding up the Market Street Highway to Wiconisco, she was preceded by another car a short distance, and upon nearing the place of the holdup, noticed two men in the road with upstretched arms, and to her resembling officers.
Not being able to bring her car to a stop until be had driven past the pair, she waited for them to approach from the rear. Upon reaching her dar she was astonished to see two men wearing masks and immediately demanded money.
The two men standing outside of the car on the left hand side, insisted that Miss Foreman give them her money and upon being repeatedly told by her that she spent the last money she had for her entrance to the theatre, they demanded her purse and hurriedly scanned its contents for cash.
Their objective not reached with the surrender of the purse, they insisted that she release to them money concealed in the car. To this demand she told them no money was concealed and if they doubted her word, they could search it thoroughly.
Still believing that they were not told the truth, they continued to insist and press their claims for cash, until at length Miss Foreman became the victim of fright and burst into tears.
At this point realizing further efforts to get the money, wo9uld by chance, for reason of any passing motorist, lead to their apprehension, told their victim if she would stop crying they would leave providing she did not tell of the occurrence. This she did and in a nervous state continued home, arriving at 1:20 A.M.
Upon arriving home she told her father who was confined to his home for several days, and he immediately reported the incident by telephone to the authorities.
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From the Lykens Standard, 1 April 1932, via Newspapers.com.
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