The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-09-21

to Mr.. ". +. Sniher Dea's''ai
or Penalty Of Death to Him
81. ramily-Captured by c
rc.cr Hu~".
..e-.al from Salisbury to Sun 2
-tarlotte observer says: 7
g. -a~-aoon awaited the citizens OF
.. his morning. when they r
%, e. and learned that black hand
had been attempted and at =
% me Of the party had been ar /
- and vas placed in jail after t
[.4rggh, last night.
RI. facts as given the observer
-...e.satatlve to-day by one OF the {
aho has known Of the AFFAIR :
- ~. start and by authority Of /
.erfaIs OF the Wachoyia Loan
TVS, co. bank in Salisbury are as
follows.
.-st.r If the above bank, and one
- this city's leading and most pro-
..es;ye citizens, who lives in
s,rdsome residence just across the
erect from the Government build
go received the following note.
.~nouriften and folded in the shape [,
o, diamond
Demands Money.
oyou are 10 send $1,000 to the
pl,ck Diamonds by your son, Sep
,ember /. Leaving town at p. m.
b must walk out the road towards
r,f,b until he is attracted by the
,;rqing of a bell, to bag, he must
~, the money in it and keep walk
Ing mil he reaches the fifth creek
or stream from Salisbury, then re-
turn. lie will be followed closely
and he must not have any company.
ia must carry a large write flag
rbicb he must unroll after he cross
Is Town Creek.
You must not say a word ABOUT
This to anyone Money must not be
marked.
"You must follow these directions
implicitlv. upon the conditions that
II Won fail in one detail your home
will be blown up, you will be shot
and your son will not return alive.
The money must be 800 in silver
and the rest in 81, 50 and IS green
backs"
On the back of this note was writ
ten these words:
"If the watchers are placed on the
road our men will not toucn th*
money but will most surely carry GU
their threats
Inspector on the Case.
Immediately upon receiving thl
mite Mr.. Snider turned it over Il
Postmaster James H. Ramsey, Wh'
informed the Postofice Department
at Washington, and Postoftice DE
tectiye Bulla was sent here at one
and put to work on the case. MI
Snider also informed his son but sal
nothing of the matter to any otne
member of his family. He paid n
heed to the demand so far as con
plying with it went, and received SCI
eral more letters, all written on
typewriter and folded in the shal
of a diamond. One of these SAID
had greatly disappointed them al
they had decided to extend the tin
to September Is.
Yesterday at noon he received u
following, typewriter and 1oio'
diamond shape:
Theatens Entire Family.
We simply leave it to you Whet
er you live or die in the next Il
days, whether your family are to
main here or are going to the ce1
etery with you, they will certain
not go together, but 1t is chol
with you now how soon they Will
carried away one at time. The
are enough unexplained murders
this country every day to sho"
how simple a matter it is Tor c
society to fully carry out tn
threats and cover up their trac
Better keep your mouth smut
have the young man to De on
minute with the goods as direct
September Is, leaving town at 3 p
and going straight out the ROAD
wards Faith, carrying a white II
without any company, are the sim
directions he is to follow, and
understand your part without I
Their explaining. Times up.
Laying Plans for Capture.
There were no suspects at the tt
and Detective Bulla had Sherin
Kenzie to cooperate with him. L
night about dark the sheriff pla
nine officers along the road Il