Carroll County GaArchives News.....McEachern, L. L. abducted and robbed; left near Villa Rica .
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"The Cleburne News" .
Heflin, Cleburne Co., Alabama 

NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, AUGUST 29, 1935

HEFLIN FILLING STATION MAN ABDUCTED AND ROBBED FRIDAY MORNING

Heflin, Ala., Aug. 23

A widespread search was conducted by authorities here and in other towns and 
cities in Alabama and Georgia for two men who early Friday abducted L.L. 
McEachern, filling station operator, robbed him of about $3. and escaped in 
the victim's automobile after tying him to a tree near Villa Rica, Ga.

McEachern told Chief of Police B.L. Adams of Heflin that the two men called 
him to fix a puncture on their automobile several miles from there on a 
highway and that while he was working on the tire they drew pistols and made 
him get in his own automobile. McEachern was forced to drive his car to 
Villa Rica area about 50 miles from here where the abductors bought five 
gallons of gasoline and then made McEachern drive several miles out of Villa 
Rica where he was tied to a tree, Chief Adams said.

McEachern worked himself free and walked to Villa Rica, Ga., where he 
reported the abduction and robbery to Police Chief G.E. Harper. The two 
bandits left the automobile they had been driving and fled in McEachern's 
automobile, Chief Adams said.


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