Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-10
DEMANDED
 BY MOB IN MISSOURI
(,Inoa esed uo psnupuoO)

topsy, when the band of kidnapers who | took him from his home Wednesday night of last week, began to fear cap ture. Tonight scores of Springfield men in automobiles were hurrying in pursuit of the county sherif's automo- bile, in which seven persons suspected of complicity in the Kidnapping and murder were being sped to the state prison at Jefferson City. Openly the pursuers have declared their intention of taking summary vengeance upon the perpetrators of the crime.
 Body in We'll.
 The body of the 14-months-old child was found shortly before noon today by sheriff's posse which had gone to a haunted" house long since aban- doned in the Ozark mountains, eight miles southwest of here In some way not yet explained, the sheriff was told last night that trace of the child could be found on the farm. Straight away he left Springfield with deputies and the long search began before midnight
 At noon they thought of the well. A deputy was lowered into the opening while others held him by his feet. And there was found the body of 'Buddie" Rect, wrapped in the pink blanket which was upon his bed the night he was stolen. A woman's skirt, too, of black silk, was wrapped around the body and was the only evidence left by those who threw the baby into the water.
 Tornado Interferes.
 J. Holland Rect, the wealthy father, was given an opportunity to ransom his son. Then the elements, and pos sibly his friends, combined to defeat the rescue. Shortly after the kidnap- ing MT. Rect received an anonymous letter directing him to proceed by au- tomobile along a certain country dis trict, the coming night. When he ob- served lighted lantern by the road side, the letter directed, he was to drive on for a mile, return and ex- change s6,000 for the child.
 But that night d tornado descended upon the country. Roads were all but impossible and rain fell in torrents. [ Nevertheless the anxious father start ! ed his journey, followed by friends in other automobiles, and though he drove until dawn he did not receive the . signal.
 From day to day the search for Lloyd grew more minute. The county | authorities bent every energy in their | effort to catch the kidnapers and to ] save the child. Arrests were made, ! and seven persons are held charged . with conspiracy to kidnap other per sons, but not one was definitely | charged with taking Buddie Rect. To- day federal agents joined in the search, though just what led them to aid in unraveling the mystery has not 1 been learned.
 Mother Prostrated.
 This city. knowing that little Lloyd . had been killed, was aroused tonight | as it has not been for many years. As a result authorities were taking every i. to prevent violence and ef forts were being made to calm the l crowds that grouped everywhere along . the streets, discussing the tragedy. No . secret was made of the crowds feel . ing and threats of lypching were heard . openly.
 Mrs. Rect. the baby's mother. was l on the verge of a complete breakdown tonight physicians attending her said. The father. too. was grief-stricken.
 Mir. Rect repeatedly had offered to pay any ransom sum demanded and | promised at one time that he would not press the prosecution if the baby |