Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
Men Of Wealth and Prominence
Being Held for Ransom by Al

ever, is constant gOlt player, ana the
knowledge of this would undoubtedly
be in possession of the kidnapers they
might plan, therefore, to commit the
abduction upon his golf links, knowing
that almost certainly he would be upon
them every day. A safe and quiet
place on the links could be selected at
which 1t could be planned his body
might be seized when he reached 1t
In the course of the game.
On the Golf Links
The game of golf requires at least
two players, and each player has a
caddy-that is, a boy who carries his
sticks for him. The golflng party,
therefore, would consist of at least
four players. two men and two boys,
at the lowest estimate. This entire
party must be surprised, overcome,
bound and hid 1t would be necessary
not alone to secure Mr.. Rockefeller,
but also to secure the silence during
the time in which the escape was being
made of his companion There would
be but one way to do this-that is,
capturing binding and gagging.
1t would take not less than three
men to safely capture this party of
four; it probably would take more. But
for the moment admitting that it were
possible with three men, we must re-
member that these three men would
have to make their way into the estate,
eluding the patrol which 1 have spoken
of before, and hide near the golf links
perhaps for some hours-no easy task
you may be certain.
Now after having secured their prey
and disposed of his companions, so that
they could not report the outrage, they
would have to again elude the patrol,
but this time with man who was
bound and gagged-and this in broad
daylight. 1t does not seem likely that
this could be accomplished
overpower the Patrol
OF course by taking a large number
of men the patrol could also be over
powered. No experienced criminal,
however, would venture to take enough
men to do this into his confidence.
They know that In numbers there is
the danger, almost the certainty, of a
leakage. Your experienced criminal
fights very shy Of engaging in anything
that requires more than two confeder-
ates, and few could be induced to go
into an Undertaking requiring as many
as four.
But for the sake of argument we will
admit that the person of Mr.. Rookie
feller had been secured in some man
ner and conveyed without discovery to
a place without the boundaries of his
! lands. The problem now facing the
kidnapers is to remove him to the
place where he is to be imprisoned
without attracting observation and
leaving no trace behind them.
Many difficulties will present them
selves to prevent safely accomplishing
this task. 1t is not probable that men
undertaking so desperate an enterprise
would own an automobile. However, if
they did, the automobile would have
hn
license and number you may be sure
would be noticed and noted by various
of the country authorities who are con-
stantly on the watch for infractions of
the speed law. This number would
give a clew which would lead inevi-
tably to the discovery of the identity
of the men.
The same conclusion follows the
hypothesis that they rent a machine.
The number would lead to the dis
coVery of the renter, who undoubtedly
would be able to identify the criminals
1t can be said with safety that it
would be impossible to establish a cap
ture if an automobile We're used
Auto Impossible
They would therefore be compellod
to use some vehicle which would escape
observation entirely or attract little at
tehtlon. A farm wagon or some sort
OF delivery wagon would best suit
this purpose. Even then they would
be almost certain to be noticed, and
when the hue and cry was raised they
would be remembered and the direction
of their flight would be pointed out.
1t is probably a liberal allowance to
give them an hours start before dis
covery of the crime and pursuit. We
will, however, allow them two. Surely
II is not necessary to enumerate the
various reasons why this should be so.