Volume 18 , Issue 16

1928, Union Man Is Victim of Gangster in Oklahoma

The Pacific Transcript, Pacific, Missouri, dated 2 November 1928, Friday, reported on page 1: "Union Man Is Vcitim of Gangster In Oklahoma." Attorney John Henry Vossbrink, son of Mr. and Mrs. henry C. Vossbrink of this city, was the victim of an Oklahoma gangster recently and had been in a hospital in Oklahoma City for the past few weeks recovering from injuries received.

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Mrs. Vossbrink being away on a visit, Mr. Vossbrink had attended a theatre alone that evening. Coming from he theatre he was driving his car, a Cadillac sedan, down the boulevard when he heard a click in the rear seat. Thinking it was the rear door releasing from the first catch, he reached back to pull it shut when he was greeted by looking into the barrel of a revolver. He was told by the occupant of the rear seat to drive on at his direction. After reaching the rural section, Vossbrink was told to stop, the culprit asking him for his tools and that "he had a job to pull" that night. Complying with the request, the tools of the car were given to the gangster, who ditched Vossbrink in an unconscious into a ditch. When Vossbrink regained consciousness he found himself in the ditch about fifty years from the highway. Although in a weakened condition from exhaustion and loss of blood, stripped of his clothing and shoes, he managed to get to the highway and stopped a car which took him to the hospital.

Vossbrink's car was later found in the southern part of the state, badly damaged. The offender had been traced to be a member of a dangerous gang in that section and hopes were entertained of apprehending the culprit.

From late reports Mr. Vossbrink was getting among very nicely and would recover.
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