The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-29
LONG DIDN'T PAY.
Young Kansas School Teacher
Fails at Blackhand.
7. s. Wilson Arrested i'm Kansas
City, Mo.
HE WANTED $1,000.
Demanded This Sum From Mil
liOnaire Lumberman.
Police Ready When Bogus Pack
age Was Delivered.
HE WANTED $4,000.

Kansas City, Oct. 29.-When r. A.
Long opened his mail in his office in
the R. A Long building yesterday
morning he found a letter demanding
loan of $5.000sto be sent through the
mail. This letter came in the
! O'Clock mail. At $3.50 o'clock another
letter came repeating the demand for
loan. The letter instructed Mr..
Long to keep the request a secret.
| Mr.. Long. after receiving the first
letter. had a consultation with F. j.
Bannister, secretary and treasurer of
the Long-BeH Lumber company. It
was decided to notify Edward P.
Boyle. inspector of detectives. In
spector Boyle detailed J. B. Keshler
and ]. j. McGraw, detectives, to
watch the postoffice and L. e. Jen-
| nings to guard Mr.. Longs home at
Gladstone and Independence boule-
wards.
Inspector Boyle also told Mr.. Long
to wrap up a package which would
resemble as closely as possible pack
age containing $1,000 in bills and to
post the letter demanded Mr.. Long
| of an s-ounce bottle and bundle of
newspapers wrapped about the bottle
and an old cigar box
/ At 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
a second letter arrived Mr.. Long
read it and turned it over to the po-
/ lice also
| Black Hand Letter.
! The first letter written by Wilson
| follows:
kansas City, Mo-. Oct 27-Mr. R.
/ A. Long, Dear Sir: Say old man I am
! broke and I want some money. I
| have got to have some money. I have
i to help take care of my mother and
/ sister. You know times, are pretty
hard on poor people and. its pretty
stiff. I am trying to give my sister a
education. If I had some money I
would buy a little store for my
mother and I would work. We could
make and save money that way. Now
have got to have some money and
am not going to knock some por
devil down to get it. want you to
you to give it to me. 1 will pay it
all back with interest. I will tell you.
You get $4,000 in bills different kinds
and wrap EN- up in package like
Il good so they won't be torn open. Then
II you mail it like store, goods. 1t will
l come all right.
NOW must have the money I
want to be honest. SO L ask you. for
! it. No guess work or foolin. Nothin
Sure now. Say I've made no threats.
i have not been foo1in either. I have
lots of friends that will stand by me.
You send me $1,000 as soon as pos
sible today as I told you how. I
guess you understand. Now get busy
if you want us both to prosper. You
needen say nothing to anybody either.
For the love of your home send that
money as soon as get this. This is
more important Let other work
60 Waiting for results.
80. B. VANDELLER.
"Gen. Del"
Trap Is Sprung.
All day long the detectives waited
| but no one came for the mail of o. b
Vandeller. 1t was $3.50 O'Clock last night
when a young man about feet inches
tall, dark-eyed and dark-haired, step
ped up to the window and, presented d
small piece of wrapping paper with
something written on it, waited for the
delivery clerk to . read it. IT.. The clerk
mail o. B. vandeller'' The clerk
stepped back to the files. The de-
tectives closed in, one on each side. AS
the fake package and envelope came
over the window, they saw the name on
the outside, and just as Wilson reached
for them, arrested him.
whats the idea?" he asked in q
wondering tone.
Nothing replied McGraw, Except
| that we're looking for the man thai
wants that mall
| Wilson made no more inquiries, ex-
cept several wondering ordinations al
his arrest. while the two were taking
him to police headquarters.
Wilson's Statement.
Wilson made the following statement
to Inspector Boyle early this morning:
NV name is Thaddaeus Sebastian
Wilson; I will be % years old Novem-
Der 5, 1909. I was born near Creyton
Mo. For the last six months my par
ents have lived at Garrett, Kan. My
fathers name is William E Wilson. He
is a. minister in the United Brethren
church, and was moved last night to
carlton, Kan, about six miles south OF
Chanute, Kan.
At have been in Kansas City. Mo-
since the first week of September, 1909
/ had about $50 or $50 when I came to
Kansas City. 1 lived on that since ]
have been here.
reputation of building the Long build
ing 1 wrote Mr.. Long three letters
| About three or four weeks ago I wrote
him the first one. asking him for a
| loan of 81 900, which as near as car
h remember run as follows:
81 told him had been in school, had
been teaching for the last five years
during the winter, and attending school
during the summer time; that my ex-
penses had exceeded my income; and I
1 asked him to help me for the sake Of
my parents. told him I was in debt,
and my creditors. wanted me to pay,
but 1 could not without help
He answered this letter stating that
he had so many like obligations that he
could not consider the loan.
ct answered his letter. thanking him
for his kindness in answering my let
i ter.
HE did not answer this letter
1.-THE third letter wrote him was Just
about the same in meaning as the
/ first. s
I'm reply to this third letter he said
he could not consider my request or
something like that; that he was a
heavy borrower himself.
tT. s. WILSON"
Principal of Greeley Schools.
| Greeley, Kan, Oct. 29.-Thaddeus Sc
ha Sfiau Wilson. was prircina1 of the NIL,