The Sentinel=record., 1917-06-10
KIDNApPERS MURDERED
CONTINUED FnoM FACE ONE

The motive impcllug the entrance of fedora investigators .uto the case could no. definitely be learned but this was aftordme the hope that they would ald loca authorities and most residents of Springfield were conf. dent tonight that the mystery soon would be cleared up as the result O. the developments as yet held secret
 But uhe case was further comulcat- ed by the lack of clear motive for lloyd's death only an insignificant bruise showed on the body and per sons Who examined it said it shomed no cause of death other than drowning
 The authorities were at a JOSS 10 know why the baby had been thrown into the well The father repeatedly had offered 10 pay any ransom de. manded and promised at one time that he wOu not prosecute the person if the baby was returned to him. Con sequently the only reason apparent was tha the criminal uye5tigators at one time had been 90 close to their quarry that il became necessary for them to seek safety in fl ghl and had killed the little fellow
 From stories gathered around the Square tonight it appeared that more than one motor car party had gone out after the alleged abduction band The first party appeared to have gone out this afternoon and con. sisted of about twenty-five men. They were said to have been reinforced by farmers along the route taken An other party was said to have gone out tonight. The accounts of it which were told of by several persons who apparently believed the reports 10 be true, were that about thirty men gath cred on side street about seven O'Clock. All raised their right hands uncovered and swore solemnly to ayenge the death of Baby Lloyd.
 We will make them confess the leader was quoted as having said Well not take any chances that any guilty party escapes
 They then jumped into motor cars and hurried north. Another report told of attempts being made to char ter a pecial train to Clinton The money for it, subscribed by numerous persons who planned 10 make the trip was ready and offered the railroad officials. who are said to have refused 10 sanction the mob special after they learned of it's nature
 The prisoners were said not to have been t Id that the babys body had been found before they left here. They were allowed to believe they were being taken out for another of the numerous cross questiOnings that has marked the period since their ar rest. Claude Piersol, the youth, who authorities say has made the most damaging confessions. was being questioned when the order of removal came
 The sheriff gave out the report that suspects were to be taken to jail at Ozark. Mo He actually started in that direction. but was said to have gone only few blocks before turn ing north in the direction of Clinton, Mo
 When those bent on mob violence learned that the party had disap- peared, telephone calls were made i'm. mediately to the surrounding towns and farmers living along every road They carried instructions to locate lhe speeding sheriff and to send back reports at once to guide the pursuing band. Business and professional men were said to be among the pursuers .and it was understood they carried ropes.
 Among the hundreds who apeared tonight on the "Souare which Springfield is .N,-were many mothers carrying their children in their arms or watching them closely as they toddled along For days Springfield has thought of little but of the disappearance of the brown haired and brown eyed Rect baby boy.