Word: zobel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Massachusetts State Police reported last night that the two men who kidnapped Harvard Law student Hiller B. Zobel '53 and stole the automobile of Arthur A. Maass, associate professor of Government, have been seized in Des Moines...
They reappeared as Zobel prepared to shut the garage, and forced him back into the car. One of the thugs got behind the wheel, and the other sat on the opposite side of the car, with Zobel in the middle...
They drove at a high speed in the direction of Holyoke. On the way Zobel carried on a lengthy conversation with one of the thugs, whom he described as "very articulate." They talked about a wide variety of subjects, ranging from the Navy to the motivation of crime. Zobel's assailant declared he had turned to crime because "it's the easiest way to make a living...
...arriving in Holyoke, the two men expressed disappointment at the failure of some friends to show up at a prearranged rendezvous. They then drove into the country and threw Zobel out of the car, after relieving him of $20 and some small change. 'We don't want you making any telephone calls," they said...
After 15 minutes of wandering about in the darkness, Zobel came upon a farmhouse. He roused the occupants and called the police...