Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-31

VI. Cunningham and other hHnktr. iu
an effort tu raise the sl2,huu she
refused to tell the bankers tho reason
for her desire for the mono I' tnut
Tine in the morning, other THAN tYdt
the family VAS ia terrible Trouble. uuf
because of the TACT that the tlIur Ip.t,
on the various banks wefV tiEhtl! Iu
combination. md there WAS uu
nope of opening thcm before
banking hours, she Was uu-
able To- secure the mono b"for
daylight Evcn II she ha, secured the
money at once II would have aNail,d
nothirR, nS the kidnap.r. had ar
ranged ia their note that the payment
of the money should b. made last
night ana u would have been impos-
sibi' To locate them after tho, lett tho
house. ~ r. Rogers was uutitiod bt
telegraph that he must return at once
H. arrived yesterday morning on the
california limited. Fearing thoif boy
would come tp some harm, th, Rogers
maintained the strictcst secrecy ,cs.
tcrda>. Nol soul besides thcmscl,.s
and the bankers who furnished the
money knew what had occurred Tho
money Wus placed In two packages,
containing st.nu0 each. aud pr.para-
TONS were made to comply with tho
conditions for The return of the boy.
These W'tc that WIN Rogers. whom
the robbers dcsiguatcd az "that lpup-
legged. light Injured hrothcr of youis %
Was To- GO alone. north along th, rail-
road track at midnight. bringing the
money with him. rhis he did lie
got into his automobile SHORTLY after
IL o'clock aud drove north rapidly
-Four miles north uf town ON a rill
between Azuln and the stock Yards
he was stoppcd by "A masked man. who
stepped atone INTO the glpr, of 'h.|
auto lamp
We'll Kid said the man. "you
showed more nerve than | thought
you had from tho way YOU acted last
night Have you the mazumu with
YOU %"
Rogers nodded an assent
'fou needn't mind taking YOUR
hands off that steering wheel" the
man continued 4 can get the money
all right Md he took the packages
OF money from Rogers pockets.
Counting tn, bills one by one. le as
surod himself the full amount was
there. Then hc said "Drvc down the
road u quarter of "A mile and turn
around. Rogers complied. when he
returned the masked man said
You viii find the hoy a, tho tor
of IN. first hin south of Las Vegas
on tn. Rom"rovine road Drive down
there. but don't try to- 20 too fast.
and don't go through town. And then
good night
Rogers aid not lose any time getting
out Of gunshot. He hurried 80 tho
place directed There on blanket,
on the side of the roa2 iay Young
Master Waldo Roe"rs He was IN
good spirits.
Hello, Uncle win, he usped.
He VAS brought 10 the ci,y ~ fast
as the biz automobile could eat M the
miles and was placed in tho hands of
his loving mother. immediately the
Officers wpr. notified and the search
for tn" kidnHpors began. At least
three ana possibly four men were in
clud"d In the kidnapping scheme. Rog
.rs SAYS though hr saw but ono man
when hc handed over the money. tNc
horses were hitchrd 10 frnc. nc4r
IN" road ~, believes he saw another
man standing near wh,r" hr saw the
horses. That other men were ON
guard IN town Yesterday aud last
night. - the belief h'ld bN Rogers
and others r. IN, note of iastrup-
tlons stated that ii IN" money was to
bc turned over at midnight a red lnmp
should bc placed IN the rear window
0f the Rogers homo at o o'clock last
night. this was done. ~u careful were
the men tu hide their identity that
they did not take tho risk at their
handwriting being detected TheS
wrote their note on "a typewriter and
left with the Rogers "a carbon copy.
They specified that th.s was to be
returned With the money. which was
done The fact that the typewriter
VAS used in preparing the letter shoW *
| that tho mrn were in The city SOM
time quite recently. a. 10 ~ not hktl'
thty would carry such machine with
! them I, ~ bclicNcu boz Mr.. ami Mr..
Rogers that several attempts Npr'
mad, b, the kidnap,rs tp steal the 1T
| tie hos before the mon were success
ful in their plans. sion nave been
seen ana heard pruWlug about their
| hum, ANA ON one ui Two occasions
attempts 10 enter w,r, Hrtcctcd, only
a few days ago Mrs Uogcrs found
the key of her husband room Ia "a,
outside of the lock although none &c
the family was able Go .,mombcr hav-
| ing placed IL there 10 ~ believe I
the kidnapcts had planned To- cnlv.'
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